Posted on 11/28/2017 11:02:10 AM PST by Mariner
Judas Priest is locked and loaded for the new year.
The heavy metal legends have shared a snippet of the title track from upcoming album, Firepower.
The group’s 18th studio effort is set to debut sometime in March. A confirmed release date is yet to arrive.
“It’s great. This is what Priest lives for,” frontman Rob Halford told Blabbermouth. “We’re a hard-working metal band still making the metal forty-odd years later, thanks to our glorious metal fans around the world. So we make music now, obviously, still for our own pleasure and enjoyment, and the challenge of finding a new riff and a new melody is always very… It’s a great feeling.”
Check out a preview of Judas Priest’s latest below.
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While always selling well, this may be the most under rated band from the previous century.
Do not miss their show. You will not regret it.
Thanks. I’ve always been a Maiden guy, but I’ll check it out.
New Judad Priest music.
And the horror never ends...
I couldn’t believe they weren’t in the RRHOF. I would have always guessed they were in.
Saw Maiden 3 times here in L.A.,in the past 5 years. Eddie didnt show up on the second show (WTF!). After the JP lead singer came out fag, I cant head bang to it.
If you missed quite a bit, check out Halford. He put out an album a while ago that was really good. Also a big fan of his Nostradamus album. (Kind of a Sgt. Peppers type thematic album that tells story of duh, Nostradamus).
The only band that caused ringing in my ears for a week.
I am planning to go when they come around near me.
I see why they’re underrated. The teaser sounds like every other thing they have done for the last twenty years. It could have been recorded and saved in a vault until now.
Meh.
I first saw Judas Priest around 1980 at the Palladium in NYC. Iron Maiden warmed up. We drank Schaefer quarts in the park before going in. Someone threw an m-80 off the balcony. Good times!
Also saw Priest in 1982 with Maiden as the opening act. My first concert actually. I was like 12. Saw both bands many times over the years since that time. While I am still a fan of JP, I thought their best work was almost everything before Turbo. After that, nothing really stood out that much for me. But I love all the old classics off British Steel, Point of Entry and back into the 70s. Same with Maiden really, I like the older stuff better. Killers is actually my favorite album - love Wrathchild, Murders in the Rue Morgue, etc.
1982’s Screaming for Vengeance...
Best Metal Album ever.
Best Metal Album ever.
Yup, from beginning to end a great album including the lesser known tracks like Riding on the Wind and Devil's Child.
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