10 Best Rock Music Videos Of The 1980s

Rock music and high fantasy go together like peanut butter and jam, fish and chips, internet lists and the rule of three...

Just ask Led Zeppelin; they've written entire songs about the Lord of the Rings series and nobody has ever batted an eyelid.

So, it's no surprise that one of the finest music videos from the 1980s took heavy inspiration from the genre of elves, orcs, and mythical kingdoms.

1983's Holy Diver sees main man Ronnie James Dio kitted out in full fantasy warrior garb entering a church to dispatch an evil foe. With his mighty sword and even mightier hair, Dio defeats his various enemies whilst demonic imagery swirls around him.

There's even a volcano going off in the background - what more could you possibly want?

Dio plays this objectively-ridiculous sequence so straight, never once breaking out from his menacing glare. The over-the-top nature of the video fits perfectly with the lyrics to the song, which are all about riding tigers and the waves of the midnight sea.

Few people in rock history have ever understood the assignment quite as well as the team that put this campy masterpiece together.