karljant
Ancient Mariner
If this tour happens... who cares ???
Judas Priest
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
If I'm not mistaken, Rob also wanted to play the whole album live.
KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
Yes he did.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
It would have been fun to see this kind of concert. All of Nostradamus and nothing more (the album is 102:48 minutes long - a standard Priest gig length nowadays). Or with an orchestra, but I'm not a fan of that.
karljant
Ancient Mariner
Angel Of Retribution
Reunions always carry great expectations. And, after 2 great Priest like solo albums, re-signing with Columbia records, the return of Rob made expectations go sky high and fans could not be slightly disappointed with the band's newest recording: Angel Of Retribution.
Judas Rising kickstarts the album with a guitar lead fade strongly resemblant of 76's masterpiece Sad Wings of Destiny only to be interrupted by the storming rumble of Travis' kit and Rob's hear piercing warcry. What comes next is nothing short of amazing. Heavy and epic as hell, this mammoth of a song shows a band focused in Heavy Metal's pure essence whith guitars and double bass druming leveling anything that dares to cross its path. Rob's singing sounds brutal, spewing some kind of avenging metal gospell to be revered in the following centuries. In contrast with the cheesiness of their 2 last albums each verse out of this track could be easily a strong name for a metal song itself or even an album. By now the only question is wether the rest of the album can hold on to the standards of such a mythical opener.
Well... in all honesty it does. Deal With The Devil is a great fast paced banger, resembling the Screaming/ Defenders era while Revolution has that kind of late 70's/ early 80's punch without sounding slightly forced or out of place. Worth Fighting for is a beautiful and melancholic rocker (featuring a slight revisiting of 84's Love Bites guitar lead) and Demonizer could easily be taken out of Jugulator such is the heaviness and aggression of this anthem letting fans know that the band insn't done with that recent feature of their sound quite yet. Wheels of Fire is an ok straight forward radio friendly rocker and Angel is simply gorgeus: a typical 70's semi acoustic Priest ballad filled with emotion and intention while not sounding dated. Hellrider comes storming in at an unstoppable pace like some beast out of the Painkiller album while Epitaph is an interlude that brings strong memories of some of its 70's sibblings (once again exquisitly).
By now two things are rock solid: 1) Angel Of Retribution is nothing short of a masterpiece. 2) One feature that reinforces that standard is the fact that this album covers all the aspects that made Priest an Heavy Metal legend from the Mid 70's to the late 90's. There's a little bit of every era and nothing seems out of place. Due to some strange type of alchemy only metal legends can master, the diverse hues of these songs seem to combine in perfect harmony. Nevertheless, there's a color lacking in this painting: the long classic. And so enters Lochness.
After a guitar intro we're presented a eerie, slow paced, heavy doomer that sounds like something Candlemass would write. And man does it sound great! Then Rob starts singing a nice spooky melhody that goes along just fine with the whole ambiance... but... what is this? A poorly penned description of the imaginary dinosaur under loch Ness? After 8 songs of solid crafted heavy metal imaginarium we're presented with a epic 13 minute track wich verses seem like a 10 year old depicting a giant lizard hidding in a lagoon? and if the music up till now is still great then enters the chorus and the whole thing comes to pieces. The melody is awful and the lyrics get even worst: "Loch Ness confess your terror of the dee / Loch Ness distress malingers what you keep/ Loch Ness protects monstrosity/ Loch Ness confess to me" WTF????????? Seems like Rob is also trying to prove he can pen some Demolition like lyrics on this one and by now I'm left wishing Epitaph would be an epilogue and not an interlude to this... errr... thing.
Nevertheless, and in all fairness, Angel Of Retribution is a blatant triumph and a huge comeback for Priest as the following tour would prove. The gang was together again and the metal machine was well oiled. So what would be the next chapter. As always these guys would surprise half world.
Highs: Judas Rising, Demonizer, Hellrider, Angel, variety of sounds while remaining coherent.
Lows: Yeah... Loch Ness *sigh*
18,5/20
Reunions always carry great expectations. And, after 2 great Priest like solo albums, re-signing with Columbia records, the return of Rob made expectations go sky high and fans could not be slightly disappointed with the band's newest recording: Angel Of Retribution.
Judas Rising kickstarts the album with a guitar lead fade strongly resemblant of 76's masterpiece Sad Wings of Destiny only to be interrupted by the storming rumble of Travis' kit and Rob's hear piercing warcry. What comes next is nothing short of amazing. Heavy and epic as hell, this mammoth of a song shows a band focused in Heavy Metal's pure essence whith guitars and double bass druming leveling anything that dares to cross its path. Rob's singing sounds brutal, spewing some kind of avenging metal gospell to be revered in the following centuries. In contrast with the cheesiness of their 2 last albums each verse out of this track could be easily a strong name for a metal song itself or even an album. By now the only question is wether the rest of the album can hold on to the standards of such a mythical opener.
Well... in all honesty it does. Deal With The Devil is a great fast paced banger, resembling the Screaming/ Defenders era while Revolution has that kind of late 70's/ early 80's punch without sounding slightly forced or out of place. Worth Fighting for is a beautiful and melancholic rocker (featuring a slight revisiting of 84's Love Bites guitar lead) and Demonizer could easily be taken out of Jugulator such is the heaviness and aggression of this anthem letting fans know that the band insn't done with that recent feature of their sound quite yet. Wheels of Fire is an ok straight forward radio friendly rocker and Angel is simply gorgeus: a typical 70's semi acoustic Priest ballad filled with emotion and intention while not sounding dated. Hellrider comes storming in at an unstoppable pace like some beast out of the Painkiller album while Epitaph is an interlude that brings strong memories of some of its 70's sibblings (once again exquisitly).
By now two things are rock solid: 1) Angel Of Retribution is nothing short of a masterpiece. 2) One feature that reinforces that standard is the fact that this album covers all the aspects that made Priest an Heavy Metal legend from the Mid 70's to the late 90's. There's a little bit of every era and nothing seems out of place. Due to some strange type of alchemy only metal legends can master, the diverse hues of these songs seem to combine in perfect harmony. Nevertheless, there's a color lacking in this painting: the long classic. And so enters Lochness.
After a guitar intro we're presented a eerie, slow paced, heavy doomer that sounds like something Candlemass would write. And man does it sound great! Then Rob starts singing a nice spooky melhody that goes along just fine with the whole ambiance... but... what is this? A poorly penned description of the imaginary dinosaur under loch Ness? After 8 songs of solid crafted heavy metal imaginarium we're presented with a epic 13 minute track wich verses seem like a 10 year old depicting a giant lizard hidding in a lagoon? and if the music up till now is still great then enters the chorus and the whole thing comes to pieces. The melody is awful and the lyrics get even worst: "Loch Ness confess your terror of the dee / Loch Ness distress malingers what you keep/ Loch Ness protects monstrosity/ Loch Ness confess to me" WTF????????? Seems like Rob is also trying to prove he can pen some Demolition like lyrics on this one and by now I'm left wishing Epitaph would be an epilogue and not an interlude to this... errr... thing.
Nevertheless, and in all fairness, Angel Of Retribution is a blatant triumph and a huge comeback for Priest as the following tour would prove. The gang was together again and the metal machine was well oiled. So what would be the next chapter. As always these guys would surprise half world.
Highs: Judas Rising, Demonizer, Hellrider, Angel, variety of sounds while remaining coherent.
Lows: Yeah... Loch Ness *sigh*
18,5/20
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KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
Why is the max score 20? Wouldn't 10 or 100 be better?
karljant
Ancient Mariner
Because it's an usual scale of evaluation in my homeland (other being 100). But hey! I'll make it easier for you and do the math: 9.25/10 or 92.5/100. There ye go.
KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
Ok that makes sense. And I'm good at maths, thank you.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Yeah, it's obviously Megadeth and Priest. Why? Because I like them more, so they're obviously bigger than Maiden and Metallica.
karljant
Ancient Mariner
Saw both along with Testament during the 2009 Priest Fest.
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MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Shout out to our very own @Night Prowler in that vid!
Also, how the hell did he miss The Wicker Man + Running Wild?!
Edington
Last Son of The Miracle
I wondered that too, perhaps it was too obvious?
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
The ace of CHAAAAAAAAANGEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!Fuck it let’s just have a Judas Priest / Motörhead tour instead.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
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www.blabbermouth.net
It is what it is K.K., you know?