It makes sense that if Germany hosts the world's largest heavy metal festival – the Wacken Festival, with more than 200 bands – the country's major film festival is the chosen venue to premiere the season's heavy metal documentary. The Ballad of Judas PriestMoreover, it has in its favor an element highly valued at the Berlinale: the vindication queer through the figure of its iconic singer, Rob Halford, who came out in the late 90s after nearly three decades of imposed silence regarding his sexual orientation.