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The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
Passport - Infinity Machine (1976)
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
One of my favourite Judas Priest albums.
Edit: Rob Halford’s singing masterclass in Dreamer Deceiver is out of this world.
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Still my favourite Judas Priest album!
I can vividly remember the amazement I felt back in 1990 after, having found the LP in my dad’s collection, giving it a spin. You drop the needle and the first thing you hear are the guitars at the start of Sinner and then those vocals.
Azas
Sinner
I love the sound of the album.
The punch of the first three tracks is great:
“Sinner,” “Diamonds and Rust,” and “Starbreaker.”
The closer, “Dissident Aggressor,” is also excellent. With all that in mind, I personally rate Stained Class a little higher than Sin After Sin. I can’t even fully explain why. Maybe Sin After Sin has higher peaks, but Stained Class flows much more smoothly throughout the entire album. Also, “Beyond the Realms of Death” is impeccable—it's their “Hallowed Be Thy Name.” I agree with @Yax: it’s one of their very best songs, definitely in my top five.
But I love Sin After Sin as well. I also commend Priest for making cover songs their own, if you know what I mean. They were definitely great at this—“Diamonds and Rust,” “Better By You, Better Than Me,” “The Green Manalishi”… perfect.
I also think Stained Class has more ethereal production than Sin After Sin. I like Sin’s rawness, but Stained Class is so smooth… almost criminal, haha.
All in all, two gems from a long-forgotten past.
The punch of the first three tracks is great:
“Sinner,” “Diamonds and Rust,” and “Starbreaker.”
The closer, “Dissident Aggressor,” is also excellent. With all that in mind, I personally rate Stained Class a little higher than Sin After Sin. I can’t even fully explain why. Maybe Sin After Sin has higher peaks, but Stained Class flows much more smoothly throughout the entire album. Also, “Beyond the Realms of Death” is impeccable—it's their “Hallowed Be Thy Name.” I agree with @Yax: it’s one of their very best songs, definitely in my top five.
But I love Sin After Sin as well. I also commend Priest for making cover songs their own, if you know what I mean. They were definitely great at this—“Diamonds and Rust,” “Better By You, Better Than Me,” “The Green Manalishi”… perfect.
I also think Stained Class has more ethereal production than Sin After Sin. I like Sin’s rawness, but Stained Class is so smooth… almost criminal, haha.
All in all, two gems from a long-forgotten past.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Canarios - Ciclos (1974)
Prog-rock masterpiece adapting Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
If anyone is interested, the album can be listened here:
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Azas
Sinner
Listening to “Dreamer Deceiver” by Judas Priest - hmm, it really does feel like a precursor to “Beyond the Realms of Death.” There’s that same emotional weight and dramatic build. And yeah, in places it even brings to mind “Remember Tomorrow” - that slow, atmospheric unfolding.
Lately I’ve re-evaluated Priest, and it’s only reinforced their place as one of my top three bands:
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica
Lately I’ve re-evaluated Priest, and it’s only reinforced their place as one of my top three bands:
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
Coroner - Dissonance Theory (2025)
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Crimson Glory - Chasing The Hydra
Solid prog metal writing, heavy riffs, interesting and worthy playing, good vocals.
''Redden The Sun'' is a solid Halford-esque banger and one of the best songs with its verses, chorus and instrumental section (classic outro for them), the title track sums up the album well, ''Broken Together'' is nice with its vocal ideas and approach (brings the thrash instrumental section), ''Angel In My Nightmare'' starts with yet another calm intro and is very similar to everything before (it works enough I guess), ''Indelible Ashes'' is one of the more accessible first listens (the riffs remind me of Bruce's solo, more calm intros, the main melody is cool, melodic chorus, great solo), ''Beyond The Unknown'' brings a Queensryche vibe and good heavy riff (interesting instrumental section), ''Armor Against Fate'' is a typical rocker for the album, while ''Pearls Of Dust'' brings the classic thrash playing (intro and riffing), but not the best vocal ideas.
All in all, although it feel samey, it's worth to check it out for the atypical rhythms, the heavy riffs, and the high vocals. Classic 80s style of theirs, maybe not that fast. They also sound good live nowadays.
Solid prog metal writing, heavy riffs, interesting and worthy playing, good vocals.
''Redden The Sun'' is a solid Halford-esque banger and one of the best songs with its verses, chorus and instrumental section (classic outro for them), the title track sums up the album well, ''Broken Together'' is nice with its vocal ideas and approach (brings the thrash instrumental section), ''Angel In My Nightmare'' starts with yet another calm intro and is very similar to everything before (it works enough I guess), ''Indelible Ashes'' is one of the more accessible first listens (the riffs remind me of Bruce's solo, more calm intros, the main melody is cool, melodic chorus, great solo), ''Beyond The Unknown'' brings a Queensryche vibe and good heavy riff (interesting instrumental section), ''Armor Against Fate'' is a typical rocker for the album, while ''Pearls Of Dust'' brings the classic thrash playing (intro and riffing), but not the best vocal ideas.
All in all, although it feel samey, it's worth to check it out for the atypical rhythms, the heavy riffs, and the high vocals. Classic 80s style of theirs, maybe not that fast. They also sound good live nowadays.