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Based loosely on the life and prophecies of Nostradamus, it's a double CD. A lot of it sounds like your typical Judas Priest material, but a lot of it is far from it. There are many pieces of music that 'link' the main songs, and these contain things you would not normally associate with ... Read review
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Advantages: It's different to anything else released by the band, therefore deserves a listen Disadvantages: maybe alienate a few fans
This is a very difficult album to review for me... the Priest were one of the first metal bands I became a fan of back in my teen days in 1978, so I've been with them every step of the way for the last 30 years now. Over that time they've released several classic albums... Stained Class, Killing Machine, British Steel, Screaming For Vengeance, Painkiller, and even the last album 'Angel Of Retribution'. They've also stuck out a couple of average albums... ... ...new one... heck, this one had me stumped from the day they announced the concept (what were they thinking of?), until I actually bought it and gave it a few listens.
Based loosely on the life and prophecies of Nostradamus, it's a double CD. A lot of it sounds like your typical Judas Priest material, but a lot of it is far from it. There are many pieces of music that 'link' the main songs, and these contain things you would not normally associate ...
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Advantages: A nicely diverse album of early material. Disadvantages: Poor production and bad decisions.
...'t live up to the first, attempting the kind of proggy soft song that would be perfected later in the album but coming off as somehow unconvincing, Halford's voice sounding less impressive in a more downbeat style. It was still an interesting experiment overall, but perhaps explains why the band hasn't attempted anything similarly conceptual since (at least, not until next year's highly anticipated Nostradamus album).
'Cheater' is the first song that really sounds like classic JudasPriest, with a fantastically simple and violent subject matter - a man finds his wife in bed with another man, and shoots them both in primal vengeance - and it's hard to resist joining in with the chorus towards the end, and thereby clearly condoning the speaker's actions. This is stupid and fun heavy metal the way it was supposed to be, leaving behind...
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Label / Distributor: Columbia / Sony BMG/Arvato Services
Pieces in Set: 2
Studio / Live: Studio
Format: Performer
EAN: 886973155929
Catalogue Number: 88697315592
Additional notes
Album Notes: One of the most influential heavy metal bands in the world return with a concept album that is unlike anything they have produced since their formation in the mid 1970s. 'Nostradamus' is a rock opera of epic proportions and follows up 2005's 'Angel Of Retribution'. Based around the drama and tragedies of the 16th century prophet of the same name, the album takes the listener on a journey via heavy guitar riffs, orchestrial strings, keyboards and frontman Rob Halford's unmistakable vocal range.
Titles on disc 1
1.: Dawn Of Creation
2.: Prophecy
3.: Awakening
4.: Revelations
5.: Four Horsemen
6.: War
7.: Sands Of Time
8.: Pestilence And Plague
9.: Death
10.: Peace
11.: Conquest
12.: Lost Love
13.: Persecution
Titles on disc 2
1.: Solitude
2.: Exiled
3.: Alone
4.: Shadows In The Flame
5.: Visions
6.: Hope
7.: New Beginnings
8.: Calm Before The Storm
9.: Nostradamus
10.: Future Of Mankind
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