The guitar duo of K.K. Downing & Glenn Tipton is one of the greatest in metal history. They wrote some legendary riffs and have influenced countless famous metal guitarists including Kerry King (Slayer) and Dave Mustaine (Megadeth). Great reaction.
Rob Halford (vocals) of Judas Priest inspired a lot of metal singers (More than likely also Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses...) ...U had past singers in the 70's that had the 'high scream' vocal range... Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath), Geddy Lee (Rush), etc... But Halford brought a new level of intensity and edge when Judas Priest started in the mid-70's. Back then, 'heavy metal' was band's like Black Sabbath which had a slow, heavy and punishing sound... Judas Priest began to bring in the faster elements to heavy metal - faster guitars, faster beats w/ double bass... piercing vocals. Their 1977 album 'Sin after sin' and 1978 album 'Stained class' were so groundbreaking for their time... Priest was also a show-no-mercy live band in concert... the twin-lead guitar duo of Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing also wrote the rules on the playing aspect of heavy metal... Priest's 1980 album 'British steel' was a sonic detonation w/ songs like 'Breaking the law' and 'Living after midnight' scoring on the pop charts, which was unheard of back then... 'Painkiller' came later in their career in 1990, after thrash metal bands like Metallica and Slayer were becoming popular... and Judas Priest were seemingly losing ground and sales... They had endured a ridiculous trial in Nevada where they were accused of inspiring a grisly double-suicide w/ their music (allegedly w/ a 'subliminal command' on a record)... Priest were exonerated, but it was tough on them... Their anger shone through on the 'Painkiller' and showed the world that Judas Priest were still one of the greatest heavy metal bands on the planet 🤘🤘🔥🔥Not 1 ballad or filler track... all killer tunes from first to last...
If you are looking into Judas Priest I recommend The Sentinel, I´m a Rocker, Some heads are gonna roll, A touch of evil, Heading out the highway, and Reckless ....
Glenn tipton and Kk Downing the best guitars attack🤘⚡🎸🎸⚡🤘. Painkiller album 1990 is heavy and aggressive Metal. The Drummer. He is my neighbor in Las Vegas Scott Travis ex Drummer of Racer X.
Well, no... not quite like THAT... but like you said, he's 71, so of course he's not gonna nail every note like he did then... the fact he is still going at all is an achievement.
@@twohorsesinamancostume7606 Well, that clip is okay, but still sounds a little strained. Plus, that clip is credited as being from a 2021 show, and the clip I saw that drew me to my conclusion was more recent, like some time in 2022. Also, I'm a self-trained sound editor/engineer (35 yrs experience), so my ears are honed to cut through the layers of sound and noise and filter out certain things (looking for pops & clicks and other glitches to remove them and clean up the recording, among other purposes), things that most people would never hear normally, so maybe I'm just hearing something you're not? Again, no shade on the Metal God, but I'm just not one of those fanboys who praises in a "can do no wrong" kind of way - if one of our metal heroes from the 80s/90s is getting on in their years and not sounding "as good", I'll say so, but still fully acknowledge it's simply due to the fact they're only human like the rest of us and nothing lasts forever - I'll give props that they're still out there giving it their all in spite of their aging instrument (voice), but I won't blow sunshine up anyone's ass. At any rate, cheers! :-)
I love Rob Halford, but he doesn't sound like that anymore. His voice have aged and the approach to his singing in live shows is different. Ronnie was the one who's voice endured the most but I could hear the difference in sustaining it compared to the year it was release and years after.
Nah. It's an unconsistent album with 50% killers and 50% fillers. Especially the second half is mèh. Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders Of The Faith were the JP peak albums.
Most metal thing ever... after Richie Faulkner joined the band, he was playing this song live a few years ago.. he had an aortic ambulism (heart burst and bleeding into the body) while playing this song... he never missed a single note in the solo and finished the song! Rushed to the hospital after and survived 🤘🏼 I just saw them at Power Trip (10/23) they sound just this good!!
Kind of what happened to me, 90's kid picked the CD from dad's collection thinking "that's so cool, steel knight with wings is riding a dragon motorbike". Then Travis opened up the album and it's still playing nonstop in speakers or in my head 20+ years later.
That first solo was Tipton,second was Ken(KK) Downing...Tipton is the greatest metal guitarist ever! Such a perfect tone and very complicated but beautiful...listen to "all guns blazing",every guitar style rolled into one!
I'm 54 and Priest has been my favorite band since I was 15. To see where they started with Rocka Rolla to now has been amazing. You should do some of their older stuff. Beyond the realms of death, the sentinel and victim of changes to name a few. Thanks for the reaction
Same brother... im 55.. love OLD MILL more than ever now!!! Love their early stuff.. Robs voice is peak!!! And he has great respect for the late RJD!! GOT TO LOVE THE MAN!
Im really enjoying JP's older stuff lately! Love RUN OF THE MILL! And the whole band seem very humble. Rob especially. He and RJD.. they are both GOATS!
this band has been around since the early 70's and has changed so much over the years. The main solo is played by Glenn Tipton. He has sadly had to retire from the band due to Parkinson's. I named my son after Glenn
That note that Rob Halford is holding at the end of the song there goes on for some 25+ seconds. That is not an easy feature for Any vocalist in Any genre to pull off which makes Rob Halford one of the Greatest vocalist of all time.
So in the 80s Judas Priest had some very "commercial" sounding albums and alot of fans said they lost their edge and sold out...then they unleashed this beast.....Questioned no more.
Yeah, Turbo Lover nabbed them a whole new group of what I called “pink rock” fans and drew them in nice and close and then threw this at them ahahahaha - and they loved it too!
They didn't break the rules, they made them. Inspired so many artists all over the world. So long on stage and so different. One of my first own audio cassettes was their album Turbo when I was about 10 years old, so I've known them for a long time. But I really fell in love and began to understand their music differently much later and after I returned to their early albums. Especially Sad Wings of Destiny. Victim of Changes has already been recommended here - a great song, but it's better to listen to the whole album. Painkiller is a good song, but it does not make it possible to understand who judas prie. Sorry for my English and thanks for reaction!
This is one of them songs you get in the car and pop on as you get on the freeway and moments later look down and you are doing 130Mph and didn't even notice well till you check the rear view and wonder how long the red and blue lights have been back there.
Yeah, could you imagine back then? Popping this in cranking it up Friday pulling up to your buddies house picking him up and then heading out to a party or something!!!’
Green mandalishi victim of changes screaming for vengeance nightcrawler electric eye grinder running wild bloodstone diamonds and rust tyrant firepower
It's exactly as you described. I listen to our local rock radio channel while driving, I've noticed they don't often introduce this song. They just hit play and the drum solo kicks in and I'm like oh f*** yeah here we go and suddenly my gas foot feels heavy.
Legendary song! The most metal! How can a song be so perfect? The vocals, the guitar, the drums. Everything is pumping so hard, including your pulse. It's so hard but is so smooth at the same time. Epic!
You should listen to Judas Priest’s Victim of Changes Live from 1983. It really highlights Rob Halford’s vocals and is an awesome song. I read he said it is his favorite song. Has all the melodic changes. The song is beautiful yet metal.
Lol This is Rob Halford and Judas Priest. Priest and Iron Maiden are the HARD CUT between 70s rock and 80s METAL. Basically everyone after Priest and Maiden were doing their best version of Priest and Maiden not just Axel Rose.
At the time they received a lot of criticism with people sayind they couldn´t keep up younger metal bands because their previous albums had a more glam 80s bent. Painkiller was the best way for them to say like "fuck off it´s because of us you guys have a job"
I bought Painkiller when it first came out, I was 19. Painkiller is the best song on the album, but the whole album is very good. The only Priest album that is all killer with no filler.
I'm seeing a lot of the same Judas Priest songs in the suggestions here that are always mentioned. And don't get me wrong: it's with good reason, they're all great listens. However, I'll suggest a JP song I don't see a lot, and explain why I suggest it. Run of the Mill. It's from their debut album, all the way back in 1974, and it showcases a lot of what they'll become known for: great musicality, catchy riffs, guitar solos to die for, and Rob Halford displaying an impressively wide vocal range. Since it's a ballad, it not a heavy one (especially not as heavy as Painkiller here), but it still packs a good punch, and has a killer climax. The fact it's from their very first album makes it all the more impressive, it shows they never really needed the time to hit their stride; they came in running.
I bought the cassette in 1990 listened to it,went ohhhh there's the new drummer...awesome! It's Glenn Tipton who played 1st solo in that video,not Ritchie Faulkner. He does now on tour cause Glenn is 75 with Parkinson's disease. Back then it was Glen and Ken Downing on guitars...best duo ever!
@@JEppsLars Testament was the other opener for the North American tour when I saw them. Pantera toured with them in the European segment. I had to look that one up.
I was a sound engineer in Virginia. In 1985 this drummer Scott Travis booked a Friday night in my studio. He needed a demo tape to take to Los Angeles. Scott blew me away that night! He told me he didn't want to just be a rockstar. He wanted to be the drummer for Judas Priest. Dreams really do come true! Judas Priest was the inspiration for the Mark Wahlburg movie "Rockstar". Glen Tipton doesn't play for them anymore because of Parkinson's decease.
My friend. The whole album is insane. One of the best metal guitar albums out there. Most songs after listen to them for a while, you'll probably get tired of them. But when it comes to Painkiller I could put it on repeat and have it played in the background from now until the time Im dead; and I still would love it as much I did first time I listen to it... if not more. 🤘
I saw Judas Priest in concert in 2012 and they were still killing it. On a future Metal Friday, Please consider reviewing Queensryche: "Silent Lucidity" (one of the most moving songs I've ever heard) or "Take Hold of the Flame" (the Live in Tokyo version is one of the greatest live performances ever). Geoff Tate is the GOAT vocalist.
your scenario about buying this album...on cassette, of course...punching it into the deck in a 1970 Monte Carlo, 454 SS.....I had my first ever speeding ticket before the song was over.....lmao
The greatest metal song of all time!!! Glenn Tipton is a freakin' metal monster just destroying those frets. Awesome. You mention what it must have been like to buy it and put it in and hear it. I was that dude. Camelot Music at University Mall in 1990, was in the store and they pulled it right out of the box from the warehouse. I had no idea they had a new album, so I was pumped. Put it in the car and was immediately smiling ear to ear. I knew I had just heard the greatest metal song in the history of life. Much like the solo that Tipton just utterly nails. What an awesome band. Love your reviews, dude. Good job.
Judas Priest have not only become a huge, legendary act in their own right, but also influenced innumerable other bands to play fast-paced, yet melodic, and meticulously well-crafted heavy metal. Among them, the "US power metal" bands, usually not well-known in their home country but rather in Europe, where heavy metal to this day remains very, VERY popular. Some of those obscurish US gems you could try include Savatage (I suggest the song "Hall of the mountain king"), Helstar (I suggest the song "Run with the pack") and Riot (I suggest the song, and album, "Thundersteel"). Here you find musicianship, hooks, high-pitched vocals and guitar playing second to none. We also have German bands: again, not well-known in the US but big on the verge of deserving the label stars in Europe. The biggest, and arguably best, are Helloween (I suggest the song "I want out"), their spin-off band Gamma Ray (I suggest the song "Fight") and Running Wild (I suggest the songs "Whirlwind", "Black soul" and "Wheel of doom"). The legendary Accept would also belong to this category, having produced a buttload of certified classic heavy metal tracks like "Fast as a shark", "Balls to the wall" and "Metal heart". But as far as dual heavy metal guitars classic heavy metal style go, there is simply no beating the undisputed super behemoth that is Britain's Iron Maiden. (In recent times, they even upgraded from dual to triple lead guitars.) If you have an interest in bass guitar as well, Iron Maiden's leader Steve Harris is the architect of one of the most unique bass sounds in music: his fingerstyle playing is lightning-fast but with an undeniable groove, greatly adding to the singular identity of Iron Maiden. Last, but arguably not least, we have modern day acts of exceptional quality as well - again, predominantly European. Fastest of the fast are Britain's Dragonforce (every Guitar Hero player is familiar with the classic "Through the fire and flames"), but Sweden and Finland would probably be the greatest "Judas Priest-style heavy metal" nations of all. From the latter country come Stratovarius (I recommend the song "Hunting high and low") and Battle Beast (I recommend the songs "Kingdom" and "Raven"). Sweden in turn boasts the likes of Hammerfall (I recommend the song "Hearts on fire") and modern day superstars Sabaton (I recommend the songs "Primo Victoria", "40:1" and "Dreadnought"). But if you like it just a little more brutal, though still similar, perhaps no one today can beat Arch Enemy, the Swedish act currently sporting Canadian singer Alissa White-Gluz. Their 2022 album "Deceivers" include gem after gem, including the video track "Deceiver", and is an introduction as good as any. The musicianship is nothing short of spectacular, not least the dual guitar playing by main man Michael Amott and Jeff Loomis (formerly a member of Seattle US metal legends Nevermore). Go investigate! It WILL be worth your while.
Sabbath created *doom metal, "metal" was an American blues thing first, the English simultaneously experienced a similar working class culture in their own music with the acid rock / psych bands American pop culture kind of slept on originally
Painkiller is one of the best albums I've ever heard. Cant go wrong with any song from it. There are only a hand full of albums I would say that about.
If you wanna go down this rabbithole( And I can't suggest strongly enough that you do!!!) I would go to "Victim Of Changes" next. Amazing songwriting from the VERY early Priest years. A masterpiece!!!!! Even if you dismiss my suggestion, keep doing Priest!!!!
This is one side of Judas Priest. The other side of them are the beautiful and emotional power ballads, but still with heavy edge. That's why we love them.
Priest were heavy metal pioneers, but by the mid-80s they were kind of seen as dinosaurs. They still had some great songs and albums, but thrash was making them sound old and slow. Then they got Scott Travis on drums for Painkiller and they were right back in the mix.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it yet, but at the time this video was made, the lineup was: Rob Halford - Vocals Glenn Tipton - Guitar - 1st solo K.K. Downing - Guitar - 2nd solo Ian Hill - Bass Guitar Scott Travis - Drums
Glen Tipton and K.K. Downing back then. I have always considered Tipton one of the greatest guitarists ever, and this was my favorite band for many years. (btw, the singer, Rob Halford did a version of this song and one other, Breaking The Law, with BABYMETAL at the 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards.) Kitsune dao! Oh, my Priest suggestion is Victim Of Changes, Live Vengeance 82
The first time I ever heard this song on the radio my jaw about hit the floor and I let out and audible “holy fuck what is this?” Then of course I went home and tried to learn it on guitar.
The drummer was a new drummer on that album. Starting it with that drum solo was Scott's way of saying "hello, I'm here." Indeed, I remember buying that cd my senior year in high school -- huge Priest fan then and now. Hearing that for the first time was one of the greatest metal moments of my life. Once again, Priest took metal to a new level, another dimension. Rock hard, ride free, all metal heads....
Heck ya. Heavy Metal bands Deep Purple Iron Maiden Judas Priest Black Sabbath Blue Oyster Cult Scorpions These , in no order, are just some of my favorite metal bands from the 80's Hard Rock Van Halen Rush (prog now) Aeorsmith REO Speedwagon Thin Lizzy (a bit early)
If you look op info on the element metal this song just starts playing. This is so metal the even pure steel listens to this song for inspiration. Great reaction and analysis so to say. As a massive priest fan i would recommend the sentinel next
The guitar duo of K.K. Downing & Glenn Tipton is one of the greatest in metal history. They wrote some legendary riffs and have influenced countless famous metal guitarists including Kerry King (Slayer) and Dave Mustaine (Megadeth). Great reaction.
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does that have anything to do with k k slider?
Adrian Smith and Dave Murray
@@shallowlord I was just gonna say that
heh, I still have a Tipton Rd sign.
I uh....found it in the river back in 1984.
Its on the wall today.
Rob Halford (vocals) of Judas Priest inspired a lot of metal singers (More than likely also Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses...) ...U had past singers in the 70's that had the 'high scream' vocal range... Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath), Geddy Lee (Rush), etc... But Halford brought a new level of intensity and edge when Judas Priest started in the mid-70's.
Back then, 'heavy metal' was band's like Black Sabbath which had a slow, heavy and punishing sound... Judas Priest began to bring in the faster elements to heavy metal - faster guitars, faster beats w/ double bass... piercing vocals. Their 1977 album 'Sin after sin' and 1978 album 'Stained class' were so groundbreaking for their time... Priest was also a show-no-mercy live band in concert... the twin-lead guitar duo of Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing also wrote the rules on the playing aspect of heavy metal... Priest's 1980 album 'British steel' was a sonic detonation w/ songs like 'Breaking the law' and 'Living after midnight' scoring on the pop charts, which was unheard of back then...
'Painkiller' came later in their career in 1990, after thrash metal bands like Metallica and Slayer were becoming popular... and Judas Priest were seemingly losing ground and sales... They had endured a ridiculous trial in Nevada where they were accused of inspiring a grisly double-suicide w/ their music (allegedly w/ a 'subliminal command' on a record)... Priest were exonerated, but it was tough on them... Their anger shone through on the 'Painkiller' and showed the world that Judas Priest were still one of the greatest heavy metal bands on the planet 🤘🤘🔥🔥Not 1 ballad or filler track... all killer tunes from first to last...
This may actually be THE definitive heavy metal song of all time.
If you are looking into Judas Priest I recommend The Sentinel, I´m a Rocker, Some heads are gonna roll, A touch of evil, Heading out the highway, and Reckless ....
Without a shadow of a dought
Speed metal
That song popping up on MTV in the 90s was a watershed moment for metal.
This is epic power thrash...whole album is perfect..but nothing really beats this one..painkiller is the best.
"imagine buying this cassette ...."
You mean REMEMBER!!! hahah!
Painkiller is one of the defining song in metal, at least for me.
too me
Not just you
We're millions 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Glenn tipton and Kk Downing the best guitars attack🤘⚡🎸🎸⚡🤘. Painkiller album 1990 is heavy and aggressive Metal. The Drummer. He is my neighbor in Las Vegas Scott Travis ex Drummer of Racer X.
Rob Halford doesn't "sound" like anyone, everyone else tries to sound like him. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
What's really wild is that the lead singer Rob Halford is 71, still touring and still sounds like that.
Well, no... not quite like THAT... but like you said, he's 71, so of course he's not gonna nail every note like he did then... the fact he is still going at all is an achievement.
@@BlackieNuff idk my guy, it's pretty damn close th-cam.com/users/shorts-VCAloAKzCs?feature=shares
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Well, that clip is okay, but still sounds a little strained. Plus, that clip is credited as being from a 2021 show, and the clip I saw that drew me to my conclusion was more recent, like some time in 2022. Also, I'm a self-trained sound editor/engineer (35 yrs experience), so my ears are honed to cut through the layers of sound and noise and filter out certain things (looking for pops & clicks and other glitches to remove them and clean up the recording, among other purposes), things that most people would never hear normally, so maybe I'm just hearing something you're not?
Again, no shade on the Metal God, but I'm just not one of those fanboys who praises in a "can do no wrong" kind of way - if one of our metal heroes from the 80s/90s is getting on in their years and not sounding "as good", I'll say so, but still fully acknowledge it's simply due to the fact they're only human like the rest of us and nothing lasts forever - I'll give props that they're still out there giving it their all in spite of their aging instrument (voice), but I won't blow sunshine up anyone's ass.
At any rate, cheers! :-)
I just saw them a few months ago and Rob definitely still has it. Yeah he isn't in his 20s anymore, but they still rocked the place. Great show.
I love Rob Halford, but he doesn't sound like that anymore. His voice have aged and the approach to his singing in live shows is different. Ronnie was the one who's voice endured the most but I could hear the difference in sustaining it compared to the year it was release and years after.
The whole Painkiller album is killer.
Nah. It's an unconsistent album with 50% killers and 50% fillers. Especially the second half is mèh.
Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders Of The Faith were the JP peak albums.
Easily their heaviest album
the whole judas priest catalog is killer ;)
Back in the day even Priest fans didn't know what was coming after the drum intro, and it was facemelting!
Most metal thing ever... after Richie Faulkner joined the band, he was playing this song live a few years ago.. he had an aortic ambulism (heart burst and bleeding into the body) while playing this song... he never missed a single note in the solo and finished the song! Rushed to the hospital after and survived 🤘🏼 I just saw them at Power Trip (10/23) they sound just this good!!
I CAN imagine buying this CD in 1990 and pressing play...Holy smokes...this was next level for JP
I did exactly that, dude. And I saw them live in 1991.
It can't get any better.
I clearly remember dropping the needle on the LP for the first time......Blown away to say the least !!!!🤘
That’s what I did! Mind blown!
Kind of what happened to me, 90's kid picked the CD from dad's collection thinking "that's so cool, steel knight with wings is riding a dragon motorbike". Then Travis opened up the album and it's still playing nonstop in speakers or in my head 20+ years later.
Judas Priest - The Sentinel is another insanely good song by them, great reaction aswell!
LIVE version is even better!!
Also Electric Eye
Defenders of the Faith is my second favorite Priest album..next to Painkiller
My fave song
That first solo was Tipton,second was Ken(KK) Downing...Tipton is the greatest metal guitarist ever! Such a perfect tone and very complicated but beautiful...listen to "all guns blazing",every guitar style rolled into one!
I'm 54 and Priest has been my favorite band since I was 15. To see where they started with Rocka Rolla to now has been amazing. You should do some of their older stuff. Beyond the realms of death, the sentinel and victim of changes to name a few. Thanks for the reaction
I'm 63, and I totally agree with you!!! Rock ON!!
Same brother... im 55.. love OLD MILL more than ever now!!! Love their early stuff.. Robs voice is peak!!! And he has great respect for the late RJD!! GOT TO LOVE THE MAN!
Hats off to Scott Travis!!! He came on board after the electric drums and surpassed them!! Thank you Mr. TRAVIS!!
Im really enjoying JP's older stuff lately! Love RUN OF THE MILL! And the whole band seem very humble. Rob especially. He and RJD.. they are both GOATS!
When you get thirsty listening to music…. Lol. Great reaction…!
this band has been around since the early 70's and has changed so much over the years. The main solo is played by Glenn Tipton. He has sadly had to retire from the band due to Parkinson's. I named my son after Glenn
Check up next : Judas Priest with Blood Red Skies , as a Live Version and Painkiller as a Live Version
When you look up Heavy Metal in a dictionary this song starts playing.
That note that Rob Halford is holding at the end of the song there goes on for some 25+ seconds. That is not an easy feature for Any vocalist in Any genre to pull off which makes Rob Halford one of the Greatest vocalist of all time.
So in the 80s Judas Priest had some very "commercial" sounding albums and alot of fans said they lost their edge and sold out...then they unleashed this beast.....Questioned no more.
Yeah, Turbo Lover nabbed them a whole new group of what I called “pink rock” fans and drew them in nice and close and then threw this at them ahahahaha - and they loved it too!
@@omegasobsessions But Turbo itself is an excellent album itself, full of memorable songs.
Turbo lover was a killer album. Out in the Cold is an amazing song!
We don't call them the Metal Gods for nothing brother. Im 60 and my introduction to Judas Priest was "Hell Bent For Leather" back in 1978. 🤘🤘
They didn't break the rules, they made them. Inspired so many artists all over the world. So long on stage and so different. One of my first own audio cassettes was their album Turbo when I was about 10 years old, so I've known them for a long time. But I really fell in love and began to understand their music differently much later and after I returned to their early albums. Especially Sad Wings of Destiny. Victim of Changes has already been recommended here - a great song, but it's better to listen to the whole album. Painkiller is a good song, but it does not make it possible to understand who judas prie. Sorry for my English and thanks for reaction!
Agreed Judas Priest created metal, they were metal before metal even existed.
The drum intro was a salutation from the new drummer (at the time), Scott Travis…He rocks to this day with the Priest!
There are two guitarists here-Glenn Tipton and KK Downing. Both mind blowing!
"Dude I 'm thirsty." Might be the best reaction to this song I've ever seen ROFL
Don’t know the context in which I said this. But the song was sick AF. Thanks for watching.
You failed to mention how long Halford held that note on the last Painkiller at the end.
the entire Painkiller album is absolute FIRE, well worth the purchase. please add All Guns Blazing and Nightcrawler to your playlist
This is one of them songs you get in the car and pop on as you get on the freeway and moments later look down and you are doing 130Mph and didn't even notice well till you check the rear view and wonder how long the red and blue lights have been back there.
pumped, and awestruck.
Yeah, could you imagine back then? Popping this in cranking it up Friday pulling up to your buddies house picking him up and then heading out to a party or something!!!’
Green mandalishi victim of changes screaming for vengeance nightcrawler electric eye grinder running wild bloodstone diamonds and rust tyrant firepower
As the saying goes,
"There is enough Metal in this video to build a fucking Battleship!"
I bought the tape the day it dropped and it blew my mind and still does.
Rob Halford is 2023 over 70 years old and still with Judas Priest on Tour
One of the best drum intros EVER
On the solos you have Glen Tipton and K K Downing. Both legends!
VICTIM OF CHANGES Live 🤟😎
Saw Judas priest in 1979 as a teenager in a small venue with around 300 people in it .
Most metalist metal song ever metalled!
The Metal Gods of Birmingham, England. No-one anywhere can compare.
It's exactly as you described. I listen to our local rock radio channel while driving, I've noticed they don't often introduce this song. They just hit play and the drum solo kicks in and I'm like oh f*** yeah here we go and suddenly my gas foot feels heavy.
Legendary song! The most metal! How can a song be so perfect? The vocals, the guitar, the drums. Everything is pumping so hard, including your pulse. It's so hard but is so smooth at the same time. Epic!
There's enough metal in this song to build 2 aircraft carriers.
Great comment haha!
This isn’t music you can hear in the background on an elevator. This music says “Cone with me… or I will ruin your day!”
"Dude I'm Thirsty" appropriate reaction :D
If someone asked me to define heavy metal this is one of two songs I would point them towards!
i feel happiness and joy . like a blanket of sound comfort
You should listen to Judas Priest’s Victim of Changes Live from 1983. It really highlights Rob Halford’s vocals and is an awesome song. I read he said it is his favorite song. Has all the melodic changes. The song is beautiful yet metal.
Lol This is Rob Halford and Judas Priest.
Priest and Iron Maiden are the HARD CUT between 70s rock and 80s METAL.
Basically everyone after Priest and Maiden were doing their best version of Priest and Maiden not just Axel Rose.
At the time they received a lot of criticism with people sayind they couldn´t keep up younger metal bands because their previous albums had a more glam 80s bent. Painkiller was the best way for them to say like "fuck off it´s because of us you guys have a job"
Priest is the metal band all other metal bands wish they could be. They've been the metal Gods for over 50 years running.
Seen this show live in Calgary Canada. Front row, one of the best metal shows of all time. Priest rocks!!!
I bought Painkiller when it first came out, I was 19. Painkiller is the best song on the album, but the whole album is very good. The only Priest album that is all killer with no filler.
I'm seeing a lot of the same Judas Priest songs in the suggestions here that are always mentioned. And don't get me wrong: it's with good reason, they're all great listens.
However, I'll suggest a JP song I don't see a lot, and explain why I suggest it.
Run of the Mill.
It's from their debut album, all the way back in 1974, and it showcases a lot of what they'll become known for: great musicality, catchy riffs, guitar solos to die for, and Rob Halford displaying an impressively wide vocal range. Since it's a ballad, it not a heavy one (especially not as heavy as Painkiller here), but it still packs a good punch, and has a killer climax. The fact it's from their very first album makes it all the more impressive, it shows they never really needed the time to hit their stride; they came in running.
I bought the cassette in 1990 listened to it,went ohhhh there's the new drummer...awesome! It's Glenn Tipton who played 1st solo in that video,not Ritchie Faulkner. He does now on tour cause Glenn is 75 with Parkinson's disease. Back then it was Glen and Ken Downing on guitars...best duo ever!
I had the pleasure to see them in January of 91' for the Painkiller tour with Megadeth opening for them. One bad ass show.🤘🤘
Wasn't Pantera part of that tour at some point? That would have been epic to see them at that stage of their career.
@@JEppsLars Testament was the other opener for the North American tour when I saw them.
Pantera toured with them in the European segment. I had to look that one up.
Back when Marty was still with them. I am so sorry I missed that one.
@@JEppsLars Pantera, Annihilator, Judas Priest! This was the European Tour 91. One of the best of all time I saw (ca.300)
METAL GODS - and I did by the LP in 1990, been a fan since the early 80's.
I was a sound engineer in Virginia. In 1985 this drummer Scott Travis booked a Friday night in my studio. He needed a demo tape to take to Los Angeles. Scott blew me away that night! He told me he didn't want to just be a rockstar. He wanted to be the drummer for Judas Priest. Dreams really do come true!
Judas Priest was the inspiration for the Mark Wahlburg movie "Rockstar".
Glen Tipton doesn't play for them anymore because of Parkinson's decease.
That man turned that guitar solo into a banshee scream!!!
RIP to Chris Tsangarides the charismatic producer of this incredible Studio Album for whom noone ever talks about...
My friend. The whole album is insane. One of the best metal guitar albums out there.
Most songs after listen to them for a while, you'll probably get tired of them. But when it comes to Painkiller I could put it on repeat and have it played in the background from now until the time Im dead; and I still would love it as much I did first time I listen to it... if not more. 🤘
I saw Judas Priest in concert in 2012 and they were still killing it. On a future Metal Friday, Please consider reviewing Queensryche: "Silent Lucidity" (one of the most moving songs I've ever heard) or "Take Hold of the Flame" (the Live in Tokyo version is one of the greatest live performances ever). Geoff Tate is the GOAT vocalist.
your scenario about buying this album...on cassette, of course...punching it into the deck in a 1970 Monte Carlo, 454 SS.....I had my first ever speeding ticket before the song was over.....lmao
The greatest metal song of all time!!! Glenn Tipton is a freakin' metal monster just destroying those frets. Awesome. You mention what it must have been like to buy it and put it in and hear it. I was that dude. Camelot Music at University Mall in 1990, was in the store and they pulled it right out of the box from the warehouse. I had no idea they had a new album, so I was pumped. Put it in the car and was immediately smiling ear to ear. I knew I had just heard the greatest metal song in the history of life. Much like the solo that Tipton just utterly nails. What an awesome band. Love your reviews, dude. Good job.
The whole album is relentless!
Judas Priest have not only become a huge, legendary act in their own right, but also influenced innumerable other bands to play fast-paced, yet melodic, and meticulously well-crafted heavy metal. Among them, the "US power metal" bands, usually not well-known in their home country but rather in Europe, where heavy metal to this day remains very, VERY popular. Some of those obscurish US gems you could try include Savatage (I suggest the song "Hall of the mountain king"), Helstar (I suggest the song "Run with the pack") and Riot (I suggest the song, and album, "Thundersteel"). Here you find musicianship, hooks, high-pitched vocals and guitar playing second to none.
We also have German bands: again, not well-known in the US but big on the verge of deserving the label stars in Europe. The biggest, and arguably best, are Helloween (I suggest the song "I want out"), their spin-off band Gamma Ray (I suggest the song "Fight") and Running Wild (I suggest the songs "Whirlwind", "Black soul" and "Wheel of doom"). The legendary Accept would also belong to this category, having produced a buttload of certified classic heavy metal tracks like "Fast as a shark", "Balls to the wall" and "Metal heart".
But as far as dual heavy metal guitars classic heavy metal style go, there is simply no beating the undisputed super behemoth that is Britain's Iron Maiden. (In recent times, they even upgraded from dual to triple lead guitars.) If you have an interest in bass guitar as well, Iron Maiden's leader Steve Harris is the architect of one of the most unique bass sounds in music: his fingerstyle playing is lightning-fast but with an undeniable groove, greatly adding to the singular identity of Iron Maiden.
Last, but arguably not least, we have modern day acts of exceptional quality as well - again, predominantly European. Fastest of the fast are Britain's Dragonforce (every Guitar Hero player is familiar with the classic "Through the fire and flames"), but Sweden and Finland would probably be the greatest "Judas Priest-style heavy metal" nations of all. From the latter country come Stratovarius (I recommend the song "Hunting high and low") and Battle Beast (I recommend the songs "Kingdom" and "Raven"). Sweden in turn boasts the likes of Hammerfall (I recommend the song "Hearts on fire") and modern day superstars Sabaton (I recommend the songs "Primo Victoria", "40:1" and "Dreadnought"). But if you like it just a little more brutal, though still similar, perhaps no one today can beat Arch Enemy, the Swedish act currently sporting Canadian singer Alissa White-Gluz. Their 2022 album "Deceivers" include gem after gem, including the video track "Deceiver", and is an introduction as good as any. The musicianship is nothing short of spectacular, not least the dual guitar playing by main man Michael Amott and Jeff Loomis (formerly a member of Seattle US metal legends Nevermore).
Go investigate! It WILL be worth your while.
Judas Priest are one of the bands that created metal. Before them metal didn't exist. I have this song set for my alarm in the morning.
Black Sabbath created it. Priest definitely did it proud
Sabbath created *doom metal, "metal" was an American blues thing first, the English simultaneously experienced a similar working class culture in their own music with the acid rock / psych bands American pop culture kind of slept on originally
After a couple of previous “average” albums and this came out, every Priest fans first thought was “ The Priest is back” !!
💯! I had moved on. Seeing Halford “dance” To Turbo Lover was the most un-Judas Priest thing ever. I’d say this song saved their career.
Full album its amazing
That is the best metal song of all time its relentless from intro til end when i hear that song it just fires me up one word awsome🎸🤘
Painkiller is one of the best albums I've ever heard. Cant go wrong with any song from it. There are only a hand full of albums I would say that about.
Screaming for vengeance is also perfect
If you wanna go down this rabbithole( And I can't suggest strongly enough that you do!!!) I would go to "Victim Of Changes" next. Amazing songwriting from the VERY early Priest years. A masterpiece!!!!! Even if you dismiss my suggestion, keep doing Priest!!!!
I know I feel empowered and energized!! It's a mind-blowing amazing song!! Judas Priest is one of my favorite bands! 🤘🏻🔥❤️ Great reaction!!
This is one side of Judas Priest. The other side of them are the beautiful and emotional power ballads, but still with heavy edge. That's why we love them.
This song is mandatory on leg day playlist, more reason to never skip leg day
All hail the metal gods! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Priest were heavy metal pioneers, but by the mid-80s they were kind of seen as dinosaurs. They still had some great songs and albums, but thrash was making them sound old and slow. Then they got Scott Travis on drums for Painkiller and they were right back in the mix.
I’m a lifetime metal head and your speaking the truth! New subscriber 🤘🤘
That is the greatest lead in Metal.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it yet, but at the time this video was made, the lineup was:
Rob Halford - Vocals
Glenn Tipton - Guitar - 1st solo
K.K. Downing - Guitar - 2nd solo
Ian Hill - Bass Guitar
Scott Travis - Drums
Not only is Painkiller the first, and title track, to the album, it's their new drummer Scott Travis's introduction to their fans. What an intro.
Tipton is the master of the memorable solo.
Glen Tipton and K.K. Downing back then. I have always considered Tipton one of the greatest guitarists ever, and this was my favorite band for many years.
(btw, the singer, Rob Halford did a version of this song and one other, Breaking The Law, with BABYMETAL at the 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards.)
Kitsune dao!
Oh, my Priest suggestion is Victim Of Changes, Live Vengeance 82
O g masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥
I remember blasting this cd in my 68 Camaro when it came out 😂
Don’t have to imagine it. It happened.
This is as metal as it gets 🤘😝🤘
The first time I ever heard this song on the radio my jaw about hit the floor and I let out and audible “holy fuck what is this?” Then of course I went home and tried to learn it on guitar.
32 years ago! Think about that. Proving once again, the music I grew up with is much better than today.
Im 54 and have been listening to priest since 77.ive also met rob halford in personin 95
Painkiller is what you make someone who asks: "What is Heavy Metal?" listen to.
This is metal distilled.
No BS, just pure, raw metal.
That is Glenn Tipton.
The blonde headed guitarist is founder K.K. Downing.
The whole CD is awesome.
I saw Judas Priest Megadeth and Testament at the Salt Palace back in 1990 in SLC great show
judas priest is one of the bands that invented metal
This is one of the songs I would play if someone asked me to define heavy metal.
Just giggling waiting for Sebs to listen to the guitar solos.
The drummer was a new drummer on that album. Starting it with that drum solo was Scott's way of saying "hello, I'm here." Indeed, I remember buying that cd my senior year in high school -- huge Priest fan then and now. Hearing that for the first time was one of the greatest metal moments of my life. Once again, Priest took metal to a new level, another dimension. Rock hard, ride free, all metal heads....
Heck ya.
Heavy Metal bands
Deep Purple
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Blue Oyster Cult
Scorpions
These , in no order, are just some of my favorite metal bands from the 80's
Hard Rock
Van Halen
Rush (prog now)
Aeorsmith
REO Speedwagon
Thin Lizzy (a bit early)
of course theres the southern rock bands too lol!
If you look op info on the element metal this song just starts playing.
This is so metal the even pure steel listens to this song for inspiration.
Great reaction and analysis so to say. As a massive priest fan i would recommend the sentinel next
I was a senior in high school when it was released, it was awesome then and still is today.