Judas Priest

[Black Bart]

An interesting bit of history by Al Atkins: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/al-atkins-how-original-judas-priest-lineup-came-together/
By the way, is there a good (not necessarily official) biography of Judas Priest?

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Still more interesting than Nostradamus, in my opinion.

That's like saying dog shit is better than human shit. At the end of the day, they're both shit.

 

[Jer]

That's like saying dog shit is better than human shit. At the end of the day, they're both shit.

Never understood the hate for Nostradamus. Yeah, it’s not Painkiller Mk. II. It’s not trying to be. It’s a story set to music, and stories don’t constantly go for the jugular.

It clicked for me, but I’m obviously in the minority (again)...

 

[Diesel 11]

Dammit Jer, not again!!

 

[Mosh]

For what it is, I don’t find Nostradamus to be very good. I wasn’t expecting anything other than a concept album with a compelling story and music to go with it. Didn’t really turn out that way imo.

 

[srfc]

I was expecting Loch Ness style guff like "ooh ooh Nostradamus what do you see in your crystal ball, let's party tonight" and it's far better than that.

 

[Black Bart]

Never understood the hate for Nostradamus. (...)

It clicked for me, but I’m obviously in the minority (again)...

I never said I hated Nostradamus. It is just that I tend to find it boring. My relation towards this album is more of polite indifference than "hate".

It’s a story set to music, and stories don’t constantly go for the jugular.

As opposed to, say, Jugulator?

 

[Night Prowler]

Still more interesting than Nostradamus, in my opinion.

That's like saying dog shit is better than human shit. At the end of the day, they're both shit.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Never understood the hate for Nostradamus. Yeah, it’s not Painkiller Mk. II. It’s not trying to be. It’s a story set to music, and stories don’t constantly go for the jugular.

I’ve never tried to compare it to Painkiller. Fact is: it’s monotonous and subpar compared to Priest’s entire catalogue.

 

[Night Prowler]

It's by far the most eclectic Judas Priest album.

 

[Jer]

I’ve never tried to compare it to Painkiller. Fact is: it’s monotonous and subpar compared to Priest’s entire catalogue.

Looking at them as whole albums and not just the highlights, I’d take Nostradamus over British Steel, Point Of Entry, and Defenders Of The Faith any day of the week. I don’t feel compelled to skip anything on Nostradamus, but my finger gets itchy when all the filler tracks come up on the other three.

 

[Black Wizard]

I wasn’t expecting anything other than a concept album with a compelling story and music to go with it. Didn’t really turn out that way imo.

You could be referring to 'The Astonishing' here.

 

[Mosh]

That’s true, they share similar weaknesses although I slightly prefer The Astonishing. At least that sort of thing is in their wheelhouse so the musical themes were fleshed our better imo.

 

[Collin]

The Astonishing has some awesome songs like 'Ravenskill', 'Moment of Betrayal', and ' A Life Left Behind'. Nostradamus has none.

 

[Kalata]

Nostradamus has none.

 

[Black Wizard]

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[Diesel 11]

 

[Collin]

There are no good songs on Nostradamus. The truth hurts. Judas Priest won't play any songs from the album on this tour. The truth hurts.

 

[Black Wizard]

There are no good songs on Nostradamus. The truth hurts. Judas Priest won't play any songs from the album on this tour. The truth hurts.

This is so wrong.

 

[Diesel 11]

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