The Priest is back, baby!

[Warmart]

Man, gotta say I'm blown away. Like being transported back in time, yet the sound is modernized. How does this happen? Bitches been taking some serious geritol.

Real music with intros and melodies and solos and a 72 year old teaching people how to sing! Amazing stuff.

 

[la szum]

Killer album. Listened to it on the way home from work. Need to blast this on my studio monitors on the weekend.

Hell yeah! From the first track on I keep waiting for some filler. Haven't found it yet!

Enjoy!

 

[la szum]

Man, gotta say I'm blown away. Like being transported back in time, yet the sound is modernized. How does this happen? Bitches been taking some serious geritol.

Real music with intros and melodies and solos and a 72 year old teaching people how to sing! Amazing stuff.

Exactly! It is impressive if they were 35 to 45 and in their physical prime.

Take their age and history into account and it blows my mind---and inspires
the F out of me.

 

[Frodebro]

Just seeing the responses in this thread brings back memories of how excited my buddies and I were when I brought home the new Defenders Of The Faith album (on vinyl, no less!).

 

[Aleksi]

Seeing Priest live in 2022 was what got me back into playing the guitar after a few years off (and cost me several thousand in new gear ). Faulkner was just so charismatic and looked so happy being there, as he probably would be after nearly dying on stage a few years ago. I've been a huge Halford fan since my young mind was blown by his solo albums. I still think he's the most extreme vocalist in all of metal and has done some absolutely insane stuff. If you haven't listened to his solo albums, you should check out Resurrection and Crucible. Handing out bullets is one of the heaviest songs ever recorded as far as I'm concerned.

Aaaanyway, the new album is awesome. I was a bit worried about the length, but I feel like there's not a filler in there. Firepower, while awesome, felt a bit padded out in comparison. A classic band still evolving.

 

[Lysander]

Seeing Priest live in 2022 was what got me back into playing the guitar after a few years off (and cost me several thousand in new gear ).

I caught Priest live on their 2022 European tour as well, incredible show. Hearing Halford perform stuff like Painkiller live at 70+ years old was an amazing experience.

 

[Aleksi]

I caught Priest live on their 2022 European tour as well, incredible show. Hearing Halford perform stuff like Painkiller live at +70 years old was an amazing experience.

I'm seeing them again in june. Can't wait

 

[GTR37]

It’s a really good album that really as someone said prior is modern but still manages to sound like all the classic priest like you can hear stuff like the Hellion the big intros
Freewheel Burning Screaming for vengeance
And there is some older influence there to like Fight of your life sounds like a stained class era track
The amazing thing outside of the guitar tones and riffs is Halfords voice , on a track like Fight for your life you could almost be convinced it was an outtake from 20 years ago as Robs voice is just so strong and nostalgic , I found that on so many of the tracks
This could be from defenders
Or this could have been recorded for painkiller
I think that’s the coolest part it sounds like a record Priest could have made 10 years ago but it came out a week ago.

 

[GTR37]

Devil in disguise
Gates of Hell
Crown of Horns
Giants
Fight of your life
Panic Attack

Those I think for me are the standouts , Faulkner is on

 

[la szum]

I am so happy we can all agree on something around these parts.

This is as much consensus on ANY topic I have seen around here.

#jinx

 

[Warmart]

I am so happy we can all agree on something around these parts.

This is as much consensus on ANY topic I have seen around here.

#jinx

Grumpy old bastards united!

 

[Warmart]

Hmm, GOBU. Kinda has a ring to it, no?

 

[dbagchee]

Finally got a chance to listen to the album. So good! Apparently it hit #2 on the Uk charts which is their highest ever (British Steel peaked at #4) - pretty freaking awesome.

 

[Zodiac]

Could never really take JP seriously...... Living After Midnight, Breaking The Law??????

 

[laxu]

Could never really take JP seriously...... Living After Midnight, Breaking The Law??????

Surely you can believe that guys with this much leather and spikes are up to no good, and stay awake past midnight!

 

[Lysander]

Could never really take JP seriously...... Living After Midnight, Breaking The Law??????

Like all good bands from that era, they have their goofy tracks - and more "serious" stuff as well.

I mean, the guys who wrote those also wrote these:

 

[dbagchee]

And these:

 

[Aleksi]

Living after Midnight and breaking the law are classics that have stood the test of time. The story behind living after Midnight is also pretty funny.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I LOVE Judas Priest and I would gladly never hear either of those songs ever again. So much more to their discography.

 

[Zodiac]

I suppose every band has recorded it's turkeys at some time or another, D'yer Mak'er by Led Zep springs to mind ( and Zep are my all time favourite band), but for whatever reason, I just could never get into Judas Priest.
But, hey, we can't all have the same tastes, I get that.