Judas Priest

The heavyweights of heavy metal heavyweights return with a ridiculous amount of power, especially for dudes that have been at it as long as Priest have (read: forever). "Judas Rising" is a majestic call to arms, and from there they kick out the non-stop leather-tough chug they pioneered. It's as if rap metal never happened.

Good metal bands usually kick ass early on, then remain on a proven path until the albums
stop selling or the band implodes. Judas Priest, born thirty-five years ago in the same
Birmingham, England, factory shadows that sired Black Sabbath, have a much more
complex history -- one that spans Seventies prog-rock, Eighties arena metal (which they
more or less invented) and the thrash that came after. They survey that history... More >