Judas Priest - Firepower

I think the 80s era of Priest is some of their best (particularly Defenders).

what you said makes sense. I noted on the last album, Redeemer of Souls, that it sounded like there was some european power metal influence sprinkled in (possibly by Faulkner, but I don't know his pedigree) that wasn't there in the past.

I guess over time it becomes difficult to determine how much of your inner musical voice is your original voice vs how much of it has been influenced/modified by the groups you inspired.

The interesting thing about this one is I find it catchy and enjoyable af and yet it doesn't really have the memorable choruses of 80s Priest like Defenders, Screaming, British Steel. Not that I think it's meant to, but it definitely doesn't have the immediacy of those albums.

Agreed that this album doesn't have the big-ass hooks of their 80s work (I always want to like Ram It Down, but ultimately only the first two songs are any good at all and their version of "Johnny B. Goode" is mind-crushingly awful), but it has the right sound. Instantly recognizable as Judas Priest, but just different enough to count as something new.

i have been playing the shit out of it

wow the setlist on this tour is nuts. "Sinner", "Some Heads are Gonna Roll"...and "Saints in Hell".

i was really skeptical about the last one but he sounds really good on it!

https://youtu.be/fAYboPgqbfs

this rules. reminds me of maiden going ultra-maiden again on brave new world

Rob's got his voice back. take a look at this version of "Freewheel Burning" in 2018, and compare it to another version from 2009.

wonder what kinda exercises he did. obviously he doesn't sound like he did in the 80s/90s but I am kinda stunned.

and listen to how slow the 2009 is!!!!

2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuKTZRzpNRA

2009:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdAYJBcksH0

his "Victim of Changes" from this year, while still in a lower key, he's singing with his clean voice rather than singing the entire thing in his metal shrieketto like he did on the last tour. and the falsetto has fuckin power.

I really want to know what he did, cos ten years ago he could barely sing 40% of his catalog without changing major parts of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ip8do4tOlQ

Are there three guitarists on that stage? And is one of them wearing a fucking baseball cap?

Glenn was on stage for this one so ya, him, Sneap, and Faulkner

Saw them last night. Going again Wednesday.

The songs from this album SMOKE live. Like if these had come out in 1993 the title track and "Lightning Strike" would be staples.

Also...they brought back "Delivering the Goods"

The Jax show was sick. I am very drunk

the fact that I am not going to see these boys this year like I thought I was going to is killin me

like a

killing

machine.