Stained Class/Point Of Entry - Judas Priest

It's Judas Priest with a twist

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... Turbo, and Ram It Down come to mind... but this 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 ...

BigCS 06.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Nostradamus - Judas Priest

Judas Priest - return of the metal Gods

Advantages: 2 hours of headbanging classics
Disadvantages: none unless you can't tune your air guitar properly

Judas Priest.... so what are they all about then? They're a classic heavy metal band, a product of the heavily industrialised Black Country area near Birmingham (along with the likes of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Slade etc), playing a form of Heavy rock that is typically British in style, with some fast and furious songs, some slow and melodic, and a few with a bit of both. Add to the mix Rob Halford's massive vocal range, the twin lead guitars, and pounding drums and bass and you have a recipe for something a bit loud and more than a bit special! As for the band image - it's almost always been about leather, studs, chains etc etc, slightly camp, tongue in cheek, and a more than a wee bit over the top. A bit of history first. The main line up of the band came together in the early 70's and quickly garnered a reputation as a superb ...

BigCS 16.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Judas Priest - Rising In The East (DVD)

Judas Priest's last album with Rob Halford

Advantages: Some TRUE gems found here...
Disadvantages: Some tracks maybe remind to much of each other.

The year is 1991 and it has been 17 years since the release of their debut album "Rocka Rolla" and now once again they are back again with Rob Halford as frontman with "Painkiller". "Brittish steel", "Point of entry" and "Defender of faith" were albums that were released in the early 80s and are still today considered by a lot if people to be on of the best heavy-metal albums out to date. Their two latest albums before this one were not as successful as those and now the band really needs a killer album to increase the falling popularity of Judas Priest. Is this album up for the job? The answer is simply YES!! The album starts with the titletrack and it sounds better than anything they ever done before! This track is fastpaced, very aggressive and Rob does a hell of a job on the vocals, the first solo is absolutely brilliant ... "THIS ...

jmp_1981 09.09.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Painkiller [Remastered] - Judas Priest