It's not hard to tell which Nostradamus Quatrain Judas Priest's new video "War" is about. As Jim Morrison sang so long ago: "This is the end/your only friend/the end." "War" illustrates the apocalypse biblical-style with computer animation that looks like an ass-kicking new video game.

The vid features witches practicing magic then being burned at the stake, a tyrannical ruler exerting fascist control, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse storming through the sky, fire spreading across the earth, winged beasts reigning destruction and lots more imagery that would have make Hieronymus Bosch giddy with delight. Priest are nowhere to be found in the clip -- neither in actual nor animated form -- but their operatic new music echoes through the video, creating a thunderous soundtrack for the devastation.

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Now that you've heard all of Judas Priest's new album Nostradamus as streaming audio on Headbangersblog.com's debut of "The Leak," check out the first segment of our three-part video interview with the band.

Gathered at the bar of The Bourgeois Pig, a restaurant in New York's East Village, singer Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing discuss the life of French prophet Nostradamus, and how the events in his life acted as musical cues for the creation of the band's heavy metal opera. Priest also talk about the largely animated video for "War," which will debut next week on HeadbangersBlog.com and "Headbangers Ball.". Lastly, the band address the inclusion of their music in the video game Guitar Hero and how that has helped spread their sounds to a new audience.

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