Judas Priest was and is an enormous influence in metal. Without a doubt, Rob Halford's experience as a gay man was a part of this. It's interesting to look back and see that possibility in quite a few songs. When he came out in the 90's, the fans were accepting, and still are today. Rob is an incredible vocalist and a talented artist. We're lucky to have him. This song is a banger, right along with so many others like Painkiller, Head's Are Gonna Roll, Living After Midnight etc.
The entire leather aesthetic of metal is thanks to Rob too, his original stage getups from the 70s with the biker vests and everything actually came from a BDSM shop
We loved JP so much, and respected Halford immensely as a vocal talent, it just didn't matter if he was gay. We just thought, yeah, right, ok. No problem. Give me more Rob. Finally saw them live about 5 years ago. It was a damn religious experience.
Been listening to Judas Priest since I was a twelve year old little girl. Instead of playing with dolls, I was headbanging to metal. 😀. I have never had the pleasure of seeing these guys live, but that is going to change very soon. In November I'm going to finally get to see them. I can't wait!!! A great one to react to is "Victim Of Changes." I love this channel, and I told all my friends to come check you out and subscribe. You are the best reaction channel I've seen!! Love the way you break the songs down. Peace! 🤘✌
Just be sure to listen to the combination of The Hellion/Electric Eye. The Hellion is an instrumental that segues into Electric Eye. The two are inseparable!
The 70s & 80s Priest are dope as it gets, to really see how good these guys were as metal pioneers and amazing musicians and song writers, try the studio version of Victim of Changes. One of their very best, it has incredible transitions, killer guitar and Rob Halford in all his glory. Amazing track as is Sinner, that one check out live on Unleased In the East or the live in Atlanta 1983 video. They are right after Black Sabbath in Metal history and influenced everyone in that genre. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
Halford has my favorite metal voice of all time and Priest metal has so many colors. Check out Victim of Changes (my personal fav), Diamonds and Rust then get blown away with Painkiller.
Just wanted to mention that when you put the name of the album at the beginning, the date was 10 years late! Screaming For Vengeance was released in 1982.
this album just rocked when it came out n the summer of 82, I had just graduated high school. I remember driving around town, with the radio blasting, ha, good times
Ah, Judas Priest - oh to be sixteen again. Bass & Drums so solid you could build a house on them with twin Guitars weaving a spell throughout & the cherry on top Rob Halford's unique vocal. I can remember Halford coming out as a Gay man. The reaction of the vast vast vast majority of metalheads here in the UK? "Um, OK. But they're still going to go out on tour, right?" Just sorry he spent so much time closeted & unhappy. Give 'Electric Eye' from the same album a spin - a mate of mine, upon his first listen, remarked 'Well that's a yard & a fucking half of Guitar' Keep up the good work - & keep us posted on the motorcycle plans. I've been on two wheels for thirty-eight years - most fun you can have with your clothes on. & it's a lot like sex - even when it's bad it's still pretty good.
The craziest thing about Rob coming out as gay was many of the rest of us being shocked we didn't see it coming. After the fact it all made total sense. Rob is possibly the premier metal vocalist--and he also influenced metal's sartorial look--which it turns out was gay! Awesome! Hilarious! Love it!
This is a great track from the album. Being a musician and songwriter myself, I have played in several different rock bands back in the day where we did both original songs and cover songs and this is one of the ones we used to cover. The funny thing about this band when you were mentioning the line up. That was always the main line up I liked. But did you know that when this band first formed back in 1969 can you believe that there was not one person from this line up in it. So none of them are really original members. The original band was formed by 4 totally different musicians. Then their first album came out in 1974 titled "Rocka Rolla". By that time all these members who are on this song were in the band except for the drummer Dave Holland. He joined the band in 1980 and that same line up was together for 10 years. It's hard to believe that the original 4 members that formed the band, not one of them were in it when that first album came out. There are so many hot tracks on this album. I do like this one here but I do believe that "Bloodstone" is my favorite.
My New England Grandma used to say, "If you think you're comin' in here with those muddy boots on, you've got another think comin'." (I think that's what this line is supposed to be)
I love when a lead singer can get into their upper register and blend seamlessly with the lead guitar. Some others that come to mind are Brad Delp of Boston and Miljenko Matijevic of Steelheart. You should look up both of these bands and check them out.
Rob Halford is a force of nature. For some metal fans, particularly the classic and power variety, his voice epitomizes metal. Well, him or Dio but that is an internet fight for another day. Anyway, World Coming Down by Type O Negative.
Back in the day we listened to the whole album a very good and overlooked Judas'Preist's defenders of the faith . Screaming for vengeance is their most commercially successful album. But I think DOTF has some great guitar riffs and songs fans of JP have in their metal arsenal. It bums me out that as far as I can see in my favorite reaction videos everyone I watch spin the same 3 songs. They've got so much more to offer. I like that you go off-road and play full albums once in a while it's a great way to discover music that you wouldn't have otherwise heard because there were people deciding for us what the hits were. They have some great offerings off their you are the only one that I know of out of my favorite reactions that will play an entire album keep up the good work I think this is worth your consideration priest has a lot of talent that this generation hasn't discovered yet.
The "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" years were full of great sing-along songs. Bands like Judas Priest and Saxon were maybe simpler and less technical than Iron Maiden, but that simplicity of theme and sound made the songs more catchy and earwormy.
Fuel For Life tour Live is one of my favorite live albums and this song sounds great from that album. Actually all the songs sound great from that album!🤘🏻🤘🏻
I have said before that I think you are reactions while seemingly not coming from a musician, are really intelligent and observant and spot on. It's really great. And yeah, this came out when I was in high school and I think you nailed it although I would add just this bit and it was true for me but I know it was true for a lot of other kids my age. At that age it's easy to Harbor anger about things. Sometimes justified, sometimes not so much, but there was that chorus that you drew particular attention to, when they hit that, it just really expressed our anger. And it was hopeful more in the sense of man something's going to change because we're angry enough about it something's going to change and if you don't understand it, you better get out of the way. This is perpetually I'm sure generationally of feeling of Youth. But it really resonated with us for sure. I actually saw them on this tour in Wichita kansas. Rob came out on a Harley all dressed in black leather and it was a fairly small Arena and so you can smell the exhaust and of course they had all those mics on the stage and then he just like cranked it hard one time and it was deafening absolutely deafening and then he killed it and got off the Harley and then they started I believe with this song just really hard charging and of course there was lots of fog and crazy lights and all that kind of stuff. People getting high and drinking whiskey with impunity inside the small Arena everybody for the most part underage. Fantastic.
Nice review. Do explore JP more as this was one of many, many great songs this band has graced us with, this one being more radio friendly than most. If you like this positive metal, check out “Heading out to the Highway”, another great song with a great message. Correction on your research, JP was never a glam metal band. They started out in their early days more blues influenced metal, transitioned into more compact, speeder metal of which this album is a part of. They dabbled a bit in synth metal (guess that was the glam part) and then had a variety of kinda standard metal offerings with each of those different in their own right. Honestly, there are at least 50+ JP song worth listening to, they are that good. Next one to listen to - that’s hard but I would recommend Free Wheel Burning. Enjoy!
Halford has crazy high vocals that will absolutely stun you. But I HAVE TO WARN YOU, do NOT listen to painkiller until you are later down your metal journey because it is some of the most intense music out there and really drives away a lot of new listeners
I have to agree. That song is one of the pinnacles of the metal genre, but not easy for the beginner to listen to. It really does take a journey to go deeper into the harder, fiercer sounds. I started with classic metal and it took a few years of thrash to move into death metal and beyond.
As a long, long TIME jp fan, the operatic styles of Rob Halford can be heard in many of their early works, Dreamer / Deceiver or Victim of changes . But also on their Metal Opera album "Nostradamus." Nostradamus, is a themed album in the spirit of "Tommy". Now if you want to take the JP metal to 11 do the studio version of "Painkiller"
Good review and insghts.. This is a good introduction track to the group, tailor made for turning up in your car or on your bike. ("Heading out to the Highway" and "Living After Midnight" are in this same mold.) This song is mid-career Priest. (1980-1988) Priest is known most for Halford's vocals and Downing/Tipton's guitar duels, and moving tempos faster, inspiring many Thrash metal bands. A good example of all those elements from this same album is "Riding On The Wind." and "The Sentinel" from the next album. Agreed that, even though you'll have tons of requests for 'Painkiller' ( and it's a GREAT, benchmark statement of a song,) give yourself some time to explore the catalog first to maximize that experience. Great job!
His life style was subtilty in the lyrics. It was a rumor when I was a kid back in the 80s but no one believed or cared and just keep listening and rocking out to the good music. Freddy Mercury was another gay man who made Great music in rock. Great singer he was also Indian and like Rob a Brit. But that's another story for another day.
Great video! Just letting you know that Priest is even better LIVE :) My 3 suggestions would be: one ballad (Blood Red Skies - LIVE from Epitaph) and two faster tracks (1 studio and 1 live): Painkiller (studio), Screaming for Vengeance (LIVE from 1983). Enjoy!
Please go down the priest rabbit hole! They are one of the founders of the NWOBHM! All metal bands were influenced by them in the 80’s. They have multiple albums and singles to dig into 🤘🔥🔥🎸🤘
This is really on the border between HARD rock and metal. Back in that time, when I heard references to Priest, it was as a very hard, heavy rock band. To me, the guitar sounds here have echoes of Van Halen’s guitar sound, rather than a metal sound like Metallica.
They are considered one of two bands that started Heavy Metal so what the hell are you talking about!!? Educate yourself next time before disrespecting Priest fans across the planet.
@@patrickbateman7369 Be nice. Most metal fans are nice. Better to spread the word than alienate the uninitiated, as I say. Oh--and to address your username: HEY PAUL!!! ;-)
For me it was and always will be Judas Priest + Iron Maiden .........................................................then everyone else. As far being gay we all new singers like Freddie Mercury, Elton John, George Michael and Rob Halford were but nobody cared.
I would really love if you would try a relatively newer metal band from the 2000's called Alterbridge. They have a song called Black bird that is AMAZING. the vocalist wrote it as a tribute to a friend. I would appreciate it. Love your reactions. Thank you. Subscribed.
This album is a staple in my life since it dropped. Their best whole album in my opinion. Btw it was a 1982 drop. Check out WASP "I Wanna Be Somebody."
Awesome song!! And no, we never realized back then that he was gay. Hell, we were so naïve back then we didn’t even know Freddie Mercury was. And he wore leather chaps! 😂😂
Priest are the real deal. In terms of Birmingham UK Heavy Metal sound, Sabbath is the originator and best, Priest are the innovators and masters of the rest.
My friends and I were big Judas Priest fans way before this album. Beyond the Realms of Death has 2 great guitar solo's, Victim of Changes is great, The Ripper (about Jack the Ripper), and Painkiller has more metal than a Star Destroyer.
Not a bad song on that whole album. This is JP in their prime. Their following album is in my opinion their best album, and one of the best albums of all time, from the first note to the last, an absolute metal symphony. 'Defenders of the Faith. That tour, that concert was so f'n awesome. 🔥 🔥 🔥
It’s a well done song, but along the lines of Def Leppard, Van Halen, and others, it felt as it was specifically for 80s radio-friendly airplay. Hard to explain... like when metal got too popular? Felt as some were trying to write simple hooks to compete with hair metal bands. Rob Halford is a metal god. "Victim of Changes," Live Japan is on my Staylist. But to think as kids we were copying metal hero's fashion that he basically got from the local sex shops. Funny looking back… running around the suburbs like little teenage metal pups from a BDSM army!😂 Correction to your opener, surprised no one in the comments mentioned Scott Travis(!). He replaced Dave Holland in 1990 and is an objectively much better drummer. I credit him with giving Judas Priest a second life. Literally offering them musical opportunities they previously lacked. Travis also came up with the epic opening to "Painkiller" maybe metal's greatest drum opening of all time. Looking forward to your future reaction to that!
Sorry, but Dave Holland didn't join the Priest until 1980's British Steel album. I don't recall who was banging the skins from Rocks Rolla to Sin After Sin, but Les Binks was their best drummer, on Stained Class, Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather here in the States) and Unleashed In The East... Not that I wore the grooves put on those last there LP's. Nah. BTW, we knew Rob was gay in the 70's. It's like knowing Elton John is gay. We never cared.
Judas Priest was and is an enormous influence in metal. Without a doubt, Rob Halford's experience as a gay man was a part of this. It's interesting to look back and see that possibility in quite a few songs. When he came out in the 90's, the fans were accepting, and still are today. Rob is an incredible vocalist and a talented artist. We're lucky to have him.
This song is a banger, right along with so many others like Painkiller, Head's Are Gonna Roll, Living After Midnight etc.
The entire leather aesthetic of metal is thanks to Rob too, his original stage getups from the 70s with the biker vests and everything actually came from a BDSM shop
@@justindevoe9556 It's so obvious now, lol. We had no idea back then.
We loved JP so much, and respected Halford immensely as a vocal talent, it just didn't matter if he was gay. We just thought, yeah, right, ok. No problem. Give me more Rob. Finally saw them live about 5 years ago. It was a damn religious experience.
Been listening to Judas Priest since I was a twelve year old little girl. Instead of playing with dolls, I was headbanging to metal. 😀. I have never had the pleasure of seeing these guys live, but that is going to change very soon. In November I'm going to finally get to see them. I can't wait!!! A great one to react to is "Victim Of Changes." I love this channel, and I told all my friends to come check you out and subscribe. You are the best reaction channel I've seen!! Love the way you break the songs down. Peace! 🤘✌
hell yeah, been getting into judas priest myself lately. i love the song "the sentinel." the guitar work is incredible
I wanted to recomend this one two!
Yes guitarwork is awesome!
"come and get it" is also incredible!
Best track off DOTF IMO. great suggestion
Great analysis! You should check out “Electric Eye” on this album. The saw the surveillance state coming!
Just be sure to listen to the combination of The Hellion/Electric Eye. The Hellion is an instrumental that segues into Electric Eye. The two are inseparable!
This is the song that brought Judas Priest to the attention of our crowd. Kind of an anthem to living life as we wanted.
Most metal is uplifting actually
KKDowning and Glen Tipton duelling guitars. Possibly the greatest guitar duo ever.
I was a young Air men in the U.S. Air force on the "Rock" Guam back in 1982/83 and we'd listen to this song to get jacked up for major exercises!
The 70s & 80s Priest are dope as it gets, to really see how good these guys were as metal pioneers and amazing musicians and song writers, try the studio version of Victim of Changes. One of their very best, it has incredible transitions, killer guitar and Rob Halford in all his glory. Amazing track as is Sinner, that one check out live on Unleased In the East or the live in Atlanta 1983 video.
They are right after Black Sabbath in Metal history and influenced everyone in that genre. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
Your future has T-shirts in it, with the phrase "Turn it up!" and a big thumbs up.
Halford has my favorite metal voice of all time and Priest metal has so many colors. Check out Victim of Changes (my personal fav), Diamonds and Rust then get blown away with Painkiller.
Wow, what a great track. Of course, I've heard this song before, but I don't think I've ever sat down and really listened to it. Awesome.
Just wanted to mention that when you put the name of the album at the beginning, the date was 10 years late! Screaming For Vengeance was released in 1982.
“back in black”
Please!!!!! Very uplifting song and it ROCKS!
I saw them in Dallas for this tour! Great live show!
this album just rocked when it came out n the summer of 82, I had just graduated high school. I remember driving around town, with the radio blasting, ha, good times
I saw this tour live in Toronto - AWESOME!!!
Ah, Judas Priest - oh to be sixteen again. Bass & Drums so solid you could build a house on them with twin Guitars weaving a spell throughout & the cherry on top Rob Halford's unique vocal.
I can remember Halford coming out as a Gay man. The reaction of the vast vast vast majority of metalheads here in the UK? "Um, OK. But they're still going to go out on tour, right?" Just sorry he spent so much time closeted & unhappy.
Give 'Electric Eye' from the same album a spin - a mate of mine, upon his first listen, remarked 'Well that's a yard & a fucking half of Guitar'
Keep up the good work - & keep us posted on the motorcycle plans. I've been on two wheels for thirty-eight years - most fun you can have with your clothes on. & it's a lot like sex - even when it's bad it's still pretty good.
Nobody cared that he was gay. Have you seen the Hot Rockin' video? It was kinda obvious. We're like, whatever he's doin', it's workin'.
The craziest thing about Rob coming out as gay was many of the rest of us being shocked we didn't see it coming. After the fact it all made total sense. Rob is possibly the premier metal vocalist--and he also influenced metal's sartorial look--which it turns out was gay! Awesome! Hilarious! Love it!
This is a great track from the album. Being a musician and songwriter myself, I have played in several different rock bands back in the day where we did both original songs and cover songs and this is one of the ones we used to cover. The funny thing about this band when you were mentioning the line up. That was always the main line up I liked. But did you know that when this band first formed back in 1969 can you believe that there was not one person from this line up in it. So none of them are really original members. The original band was formed by 4 totally different musicians. Then their first album came out in 1974 titled "Rocka Rolla". By that time all these members who are on this song were in the band except for the drummer Dave Holland. He joined the band in 1980 and that same line up was together for 10 years. It's hard to believe that the original 4 members that formed the band, not one of them were in it when that first album came out. There are so many hot tracks on this album. I do like this one here but I do believe that "Bloodstone" is my favorite.
Yeah this is a perfect hard rock/metal track. Killer riffs, great hook, awesome vocals. I love it.
I had this album & saw them in concert. Absolutely fantastic!!! They f..... rock boys!!!!!
My New England Grandma used to say, "If you think you're comin' in here with those muddy boots on, you've got another think comin'." (I think that's what this line is supposed to be)
You have taken the first steps into a whole new world…..
I love when a lead singer can get into their upper register and blend seamlessly with the lead guitar. Some others that come to mind are Brad Delp of Boston and Miljenko Matijevic of Steelheart. You should look up both of these bands and check them out.
KK Downing shredding that guitar 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 Total rock God 🎼 🎸 🎼
Rob Halford is a force of nature. For some metal fans, particularly the classic and power variety, his voice epitomizes metal. Well, him or Dio but that is an internet fight for another day.
Anyway, World Coming Down by Type O Negative.
Back in the day we listened to the whole album a very good and overlooked Judas'Preist's defenders of the faith . Screaming for vengeance is their most commercially successful album. But I think DOTF has some great guitar riffs and songs fans of JP have in their metal arsenal. It bums me out that as far as I can see in my favorite reaction videos everyone I watch spin the same 3 songs. They've got so much more to offer. I like that you go off-road and play full albums once in a while it's a great way to discover music that you wouldn't have otherwise heard because there were people deciding for us what the hits were. They have some great offerings off their you are the only one that I know of out of my favorite reactions that will play an entire album keep up the good work I think this is worth your consideration priest has a lot of talent that this generation hasn't discovered yet.
Bloodstone and Devil's Child are awesome Judas Priest songs
The "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" years were full of great sing-along songs.
Bands like Judas Priest and Saxon were maybe simpler and less technical than Iron Maiden, but that simplicity of theme and sound made the songs more catchy and earwormy.
Can’t forget early Def Leppard either
There is some pretty cool footage out there of the boys before they found their look and sound, where Halford dressed more like Plant.
Should make that guitar intro my ringtone
An all around great song.
My favorite metal solo by far 🔥
Awesome reaction now try the live version of The Sentinel 86 In Dallas Awesome performance as always 👏
Fuel For Life tour Live is one of my favorite live albums and this song sounds great from that album. Actually all the songs sound great from that album!🤘🏻🤘🏻
Probably their best LIVE song
Turn it up!...Turn it UP!! Haha 👏 yeah!!
I have said before that I think you are reactions while seemingly not coming from a musician, are really intelligent and observant and spot on. It's really great. And yeah, this came out when I was in high school and I think you nailed it although I would add just this bit and it was true for me but I know it was true for a lot of other kids my age. At that age it's easy to Harbor anger about things. Sometimes justified, sometimes not so much, but there was that chorus that you drew particular attention to, when they hit that, it just really expressed our anger. And it was hopeful more in the sense of man something's going to change because we're angry enough about it something's going to change and if you don't understand it, you better get out of the way. This is perpetually I'm sure generationally of feeling of Youth. But it really resonated with us for sure. I actually saw them on this tour in Wichita kansas. Rob came out on a Harley all dressed in black leather and it was a fairly small Arena and so you can smell the exhaust and of course they had all those mics on the stage and then he just like cranked it hard one time and it was deafening absolutely deafening and then he killed it and got off the Harley and then they started I believe with this song just really hard charging and of course there was lots of fog and crazy lights and all that kind of stuff. People getting high and drinking whiskey with impunity inside the small Arena everybody for the most part underage. Fantastic.
MUST check out Victim of Changes! Phenomenal track!!
Another great tune from this album is "Bloodstone"
Nice review. Do explore JP more as this was one of many, many great songs this band has graced us with, this one being more radio friendly than most. If you like this positive metal, check out “Heading out to the Highway”, another great song with a great message.
Correction on your research, JP was never a glam metal band. They started out in their early days more blues influenced metal, transitioned into more compact, speeder metal of which this album is a part of. They dabbled a bit in synth metal (guess that was the glam part) and then had a variety of kinda standard metal offerings with each of those different in their own right. Honestly, there are at least 50+ JP song worth listening to, they are that good. Next one to listen to - that’s hard but I would recommend Free Wheel Burning. Enjoy!
Halford has crazy high vocals that will absolutely stun you. But I HAVE TO WARN YOU, do NOT listen to painkiller until you are later down your metal journey because it is some of the most intense music out there and really drives away a lot of new listeners
I have to agree. That song is one of the pinnacles of the metal genre, but not easy for the beginner to listen to. It really does take a journey to go deeper into the harder, fiercer sounds. I started with classic metal and it took a few years of thrash to move into death metal and beyond.
As a long, long TIME jp fan, the operatic styles of Rob Halford can be heard in many of their early works, Dreamer / Deceiver or Victim of changes . But also on their Metal Opera album "Nostradamus." Nostradamus, is a themed album in the spirit of "Tommy". Now if you want to take the JP metal to 11 do the studio version of "Painkiller"
Good review and insghts.. This is a good introduction track to the group, tailor made for turning up in your car or on your bike. ("Heading out to the Highway" and "Living After Midnight" are in this same mold.) This song is mid-career Priest. (1980-1988) Priest is known most for Halford's vocals and Downing/Tipton's guitar duels, and moving tempos faster, inspiring many Thrash metal bands. A good example of all those elements from this same album is "Riding On The Wind." and "The Sentinel" from the next album.
Agreed that, even though you'll have tons of requests for 'Painkiller' ( and it's a GREAT, benchmark statement of a song,) give yourself some time to explore the catalog first to maximize that experience. Great job!
Great ever metal band.
If you listen to this while driving you will get a speeding ticket
This is the I play right before I make a bad decision
His life style was subtilty in the lyrics. It was a rumor when I was a kid back in the 80s but no one believed or cared and just keep listening and rocking out to the good music. Freddy Mercury was another gay man who made Great music in rock. Great singer he was also Indian and like Rob a Brit. But that's another story for another day.
Great video! Just letting you know that Priest is even better LIVE :)
My 3 suggestions would be:
one ballad (Blood Red Skies - LIVE from Epitaph)
and two faster tracks (1 studio and 1 live): Painkiller (studio), Screaming for Vengeance (LIVE from 1983). Enjoy!
STOP requesting newbies check out Painkiller, their never ready
Please go down the priest rabbit hole! They are one of the founders of the NWOBHM!
All metal bands were influenced by them in the 80’s. They have multiple albums and singles to dig into 🤘🔥🔥🎸🤘
This is really on the border between HARD rock and metal. Back in that time, when I heard references to Priest, it was as a very hard, heavy rock band. To me, the guitar sounds here have echoes of Van Halen’s guitar sound, rather than a metal sound like Metallica.
No, this is pure heavy metal.
They are considered one of two bands that started Heavy Metal so what the hell are you talking about!!? Educate yourself next time before disrespecting Priest fans across the planet.
@@patrickbateman7369 Be nice. Most metal fans are nice. Better to spread the word than alienate the uninitiated, as I say.
Oh--and to address your username:
HEY PAUL!!! ;-)
I think you would really enjoy Electric Eye off the same album.
You have to do judas priest - victim of changes , or beyond the realms of death.
You'll remember me
Check out Delivering The Goods from the Hell Bent For Leather album!🔥🔥🔥
For me it was and always will be Judas Priest + Iron Maiden .........................................................then everyone else.
As far being gay we all new singers like Freddie Mercury, Elton John, George Michael and Rob Halford were but nobody cared.
0:27 slight correction, the text on the screen says released in 1992
I would really love if you would try a relatively newer metal band from the 2000's called Alterbridge. They have a song called Black bird that is AMAZING. the vocalist wrote it as a tribute to a friend. I would appreciate it. Love your reactions. Thank you. Subscribed.
Have you reacted to BOSTON yet? You have to!
This album is a staple in my life since it dropped. Their best whole album in my opinion. Btw it was a 1982 drop. Check out WASP "I Wanna Be Somebody."
IMy first rock concert was Judas Priest when I was 14. 1986. Halford not officially gay back then but we speculated about it.
Awesome song!! And no, we never realized back then that he was gay. Hell, we were so naïve back then we didn’t even know Freddie Mercury was. And he wore leather chaps! 😂😂
Priest are the real deal. In terms of Birmingham UK Heavy Metal sound, Sabbath is the originator and best, Priest are the innovators and masters of the rest.
My friends and I were big Judas Priest fans way before this album. Beyond the Realms of Death has 2 great guitar solo's, Victim of Changes is great, The Ripper (about Jack the Ripper), and Painkiller has more metal than a Star Destroyer.
Real tough guy riffs
Not a bad song on that whole album. This is JP in their prime. Their following album is in my opinion their best album, and one of the best albums of all time, from the first note to the last, an absolute metal symphony. 'Defenders of the Faith. That tour, that concert was so f'n awesome. 🔥 🔥 🔥
It’s a well done song, but along the lines of Def Leppard, Van Halen, and others, it felt as it was specifically for 80s radio-friendly airplay. Hard to explain... like when metal got too popular? Felt as some were trying to write simple hooks to compete with hair metal bands.
Rob Halford is a metal god. "Victim of Changes," Live Japan is on my Staylist. But to think as kids we were copying metal hero's fashion that he basically got from the local sex shops. Funny looking back… running around the suburbs like little teenage metal pups from a BDSM army!😂
Correction to your opener, surprised no one in the comments mentioned Scott Travis(!). He replaced Dave Holland in 1990 and is an objectively much better drummer. I credit him with giving Judas Priest a second life. Literally offering them musical opportunities they previously lacked. Travis also came up with the epic opening to "Painkiller" maybe metal's greatest drum opening of all time. Looking forward to your future reaction to that!
Great radio era song ..... Check out earlier stuff .... Victim of Changes.
You need to hear #QUEENSRYCHE
You should react to the live version from the fuel for life tour
Or the Epitaph version with Richie's incredible solo!! Imo its even better than the one you suggested :)
Unleashed in the east is the best. You want great guitars weaving in and out then Green Manalishi with a two pronged crown is it!!
Yes love them…. But to truly get Rob and Priest as Iconic metal, I suggest The Ripper🔥🔥🔥🔥
It was released in 1982, not 1992.
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This album was released in 1982 not 1992.
bad British geezers! wave the horns and scream your truth!
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I think the message is meant for everyone! Rob Halford's sexual proclivities, at least to me, are inconsequential.
1982.
Halford is a Legend his sexual preference is absolutely irrelevant
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Im a gen x and it's just my opinion, but we had the best music
KK let us go
Sorry, but Dave Holland didn't join the Priest until 1980's British Steel album. I don't recall who was banging the skins from Rocks Rolla to Sin After Sin, but Les Binks was their best drummer, on Stained Class, Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather here in the States) and Unleashed In The East...
Not that I wore the grooves put on those last there LP's. Nah.
BTW, we knew Rob was gay in the 70's. It's like knowing Elton John is gay. We never cared.
if u dont know rob halford , u dont know nothing, pk? chip 1
yeah, pretty much everybody knew he was gay. It wasn't really socially acceptable back then but rock stars got away with it.
Disappointed that you weren't reacting to the video