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"A Touch of evil" by Judas Priest, a slow song by a heavy band. Starting off with the sound of wind blowing, followed by a haunting guitar and then some lovely riffs.

A man talking about a woman who appears to him. "I'm so afraid, and I still feed the flame." It seems that he has no control he cannot resist this woman. "A dark angel if sin, preying deep from within," obviously this guy has some troubles.

He cannot resist her and she keeps on coming. The song seems to switch between him wanting her to go away, and wanting her to take him away. "Without warning you're here, like magic you appear, I taste the fear..." He is scared, yet aroused, he can taste the fear yet he still wans her, "Aroused with desire, you put me in a trance, a vision of fire, i never had a chance." This woman is not a good woman, her touch is both torture and pleasure in one.

When Halford hits some of those high notes it sends chills up my spine, like he is screaming out in ecstasy or rage or fear, or all three even.

The solo follows the same lines, hitting high notes followed by a flurry or lower ones, only to go back to ear splitting high notes again.

I believe that the song is about a demon woman who basically possesses him. He can't resist her even though he knows that he should.

The fact that she comes at night makes it more ominous, a very cool song, very dark, and not scary in a slasher sense, scary more in an intimate darker sense. It is what many people fear, an addiction that they can't stop even if it destroys them.

All lyrics in quotes are from Judas Priest of course. "A Touch of Evil" was originally released on the "Painkiller" album, it has been rereleased on "Metalworks 73-93" and "98 Live Meltdown"

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