The Hudson Valley Squares: 1982 Album War- Screaming for Vengeance vs. The Number of the Beast
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- Join the Hudson Valley Squares for a first round of classic heavy metal album wars from 1982, this week it's Judas Priest 'Screaming for Vengeance' vs. Iron Maiden 'The Number of the Beast'. #1982 #judaspriest #ironmaiden
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I would give Screaming a slight edge but they are both great. If it was Piece of Mind which is my favorite Maiden it might go the other way.
Two of the greatest Metal albums ever. Both 5 star classics in their own right. The better of the two, in this age old debate, for me is the mighty “Screaming For Vengeance”. I completely disagree about filler tracks (on either album for that matter), as Priest’s more melodic side is still anchored in their identifying and majestic sound. The band’s adventurousness and wide musical palette has always appealed to me, and SFV showcases that phenomenally. If it had been given a video and proper push by the label, “(Take These) Chains” would have likely racked up solid FM radio play. Such a strong hook while still maintaining a bottom end heaviness throughout. It was cool seeing that one pulled out for the tour with Uriah Heep a few years back. The moody “Pain and Pleasure” has only gotten better over time. The soloing in that one during the breakdown just soars. “Fever” is very underrated, and ranks among the band’s finest ballad leaning tracks. Halford’s vocals on it are among his best on the record. The straightforwardness and heft of “Devil’s Child” has made it a concert favorite over the years and a perfect punch to end the album on. It’s tough picking the best overall Priest album, but SFV is arguably their best sequenced release. It just flows perfectly from start to end, with the band’s power and Allom’s production being the constant through line. A masterpiece, period! The same can be said of “Invaders” and “Gangland” on NOTB. Both are great, urgent tracks that fit where they’re placed on the album. I’d love to see either played live on an upcoming tour. The best part of the debate between these two iconic records is that there isn’t a wrong answer. It just comes down to preference. Both will continue to be revered for years to come 🤟
Screamin was my entry into Judas Priest. I remember being blown away with the sound. I would pick that based on sentimental reasons. No disrespect to the Maiden album. A classic for sure.
Screaming For Vengeance. Between the two, Judas Priest was what we usually ended up listening to most of the time. However, I give them both five out of five. 👍💕
I love 'Screaming for Vengeance' but 'The Number of the Beast' was the album that started it all for me as a metalhead. That was the first metal album I ever bought and that album single-handedly made me a Maiden fan and a metalhead so that album will always have a special place in my heart...... I think the Iron Maiden record is stronger so gotta go with 'The Number of the Beast'.
Pretty much ditto, it’s why I’m a metal head \m/ Invaders first track🥊
Same for me
Takeaways from tonight's episode:
1. Ryan, Nick, Steve, Chris, Sydney and Lynne with guests John, Christian and Ralph in the house...
2. "Especially when Rob is singing it to another dude"
3. "We were thinking it, Chris said it"
4. "Fever is sexy"
5. "Drummer fever"
6. As Pete points out for me, lol., Lynne immediately drops an F bomb and only mentions the drummer...
7. "No honorable mentions"
8. "...despite the hot man on man love that was going down..."
9. "Just pull the trigger"
10. "Are you dead inside?"
11. "Did you find Charlotte?"
12. "She's only asking for 15 quid"
13. "I'm nothing if not boringly predictable"
14. "I was negative 17"
15. "Every time I hear that intro I'm proud to be metal"
16. "Now there's an 18 minute intro"
17. "Your brother is now my favorite person"
18. "I'm giving Maiden a 666 out of 5"
19. "Me not too"
20. "Wake me when its over"
21. Iron Maiden has too many guitarists and Judas Priest not enough
22. Joe Bag of Doughnuts
23. "Lose Twinkle Toes"
24. "You're a bitch. Can we go out?"
25. "I love you, man"
26. " ...doing the Herman Munster"
And in regards to the topic, I prefer The Number Of The Beast easily over Screaming For Vengeance. I rate the Priest album a 4 and the Maiden album 4.5. It's still my third favorite Maiden album behind the Dianno albums and is a masterpiece of playing by my all time favorite heavy metal drummer, Clive Burr.
Screaming for me! No contest in my book
Both albums are great. "Screaming" easily has the best album intro with "The Hellion-Electric Eye," and "Number" has the best album closer with "Hallowed Be Thy Name."
Devil's Child is a great closer too, but yeah Hallowed is a little better.
@@KevinQ1989 "Devil's Child" is a decent song, but it's a little too AC/DCish to me.
Devil’s Child is the weak point on SFV.
That is the best comment I could read in this conversation.
Chris Alo's rant had me howling in laughter, dude you legend, that was the best one yet that i couldnt stop laughin for the rest of the show lol
thanks buddy!
I wonder how many people watch these "Hudson Valley Square" shows just to see what Chris is going to say next. I think what makes him so funny is, he isn't purposefully trying to be funny.
@@gemini2012100 thanks buddy, I just call em like I see em!!
@@chrisalo2989 "Lose twinkle toes" I agree lol.
Screaming for Vengeance 10/10
The Number of the Beast 9/10
Great show 👍
Screaming was more 'electric' and my favorite metal album of all time! Killers was my 2nd favorite! Piece of Mind 3rd and Defender of the Faith my 4th favorite. Oddly enough, I never really cared for Number, but I respect the impact it had on our culture.
1981-84 was dominated by these two bands.
The rant at the end was just awesome, Chris Alo at his best! And I totally agree...
For the actual topic: Maiden for me, same reasons as most of you. Screaming - cool album, but not this groundshaking masterpiece that NotB is.
And also like most of you, both are not my favorite albums by both bands, but of course absolute classics.
Great show as always, guys!
These are in my opinion the strongest albums in each band's catalog.
I have to give the edge to Judas Priest.
I like every song off of Screaming for Vengeance.
There are a couple of weeker songs on Number of the Beast.
When these two albums came out both were equally exciting and popular. I saw the show, it was the fall of 1982, Iron Maiden opened for Priest on the World Vengeance tour at the New Haven Coliseum. The show was incredible Priest was probably more popular but after this tour Maiden was just as big. Maiden emerged as Priest’s evil twin brother and the Number of the Beast album cover was despised by parents so it made the Maiden record even more interesting. At the end of the day, Number of the Beast is the greatest heavy metal album of all time.
That is awesome.. Wish I got to see that..my first ever show was Piece of Mind tour New Haven Coliseum’83 still have the ticket stub..saw some great shows there..which the facility no longer exists
I didn't go to the Screaming show in New Haven in 82, but I saw Priest show on the Defenders tour in New Haven in 84. My dad brought me (I was 13). He wasn't a fan, but he said he enjoyed it at the time (still does). I also saw them in New Haven in 86, 88, and 91, I think it was. A lot of good shows at that venue. Shame they knocked it down. I've had tickets to see them at Tsongas Center at Lowell since early March 2020. It's supposed to happen now in April. I hope so.
@@EyeCandyAthlete yeah they had all the major tours at the Coliseum. Those were the days.
@Matthew Feduzi - I was at that show, too. I was amazed at how many Maiden shirts I saw! Maiden was great, but overall, Priest came out and made them seem like beginners. As for the two records, I have to give NOTB the EDge, although, I prefer Priest’s overall catalog to Maiden’s.
@@crusheverything4449 I totally agree with you on all points.
Chris Alo was on fire 🔥 once again towards the end!! 🤟🏻🤟🏻
thanks buddy!
You Rock Chris!
@@craiglewis3477 thanks my man!
I obviously love both albums and even though I got into Iron Maiden first.......Judas Priest is the band that opened my eyes and changed my life........however if you are basing it on the year 1982 Iron Maiden was much hungrier and more determined to make that perfect album and they absolutely succeeded with Number of the Beast
Awesome show as always! :)
My pick is The Number of the Beast. Changed my life. Sad that Clive was out after that album because that lineup was just amazing.
I was 12 when these albums came out. That was right when I was getting into metal. What a fantastic time the late 70s and early 80s were when it came to metal
Love it when Chris goes supersonic on a rant - his voice will go so high, it will disappear altogether!
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengance for me
I even like the deep cuts including Fever which is killer.
Nobody could touch Priest in 1982! Watch the videos in Memphis, Tenn 1982 and 1983 US Festival. Priest was a machine. Priest scripted guitar solos are legendary compared to Maidens guitar solos. Not even close guitar wise. And vocal wise Halford is the metal god. Maiden is #2. This coming from someone who saw Iron Maiden on the Piece of Mind Tour and World Slavery Tour and I've never seen Judas Priest. And Bruce signed my Piece of Mind Tour book. Song wise Hallowed Be Thy Name may be the greatest metal song of all time but Hellion/Electric Eye/Riding On The Wind are the greatest metal starters with scripted solos of all time. And Priest in their prime was a tad better than Maiden in their prime.
WTF is a scripted solo?
You think Murray/Smith was just making that shit up on the fly? What??
The coke faces during both of the Priest shows is worth the price of admission alone. Second only to Tony Iommi on the Never Say Die concert video.
This is an epic battle of metal dominance known amongst the headbangers throughout time. Maiden vs Priest. Beast vs Vengeance. Wielding axes and swords as the war drums pound across the battle field. Classic albums clashing to find a victor. I choose Judas Priest “Screaming for Vengeance” by a few songs.
@DFV Louderilk True. I never really thought of JudasPriest as “RadioFriendly” but I reckon they are. I don’t remember many IronMaiden songs actually making it to regular rotation on FM Rock stations. Maybe “RunToTheHills” but other than that I concur with your statement. I still enjoy both bands and both albums immensely, but in my latter years (I am 78 for Christs sake) I tend to lean more towards The Priest for my metal cravings.
@DFV Louderilk Yes sir it’s cold here in central TX for sure. Have you heard the news of Priest stating they will go forward as a 4 piece band after releasing Andy Sneap from his duties as a touring guitarist ? Maybe Maiden can loan them Janik for the year.
Love both albums, but it's Screaming For Vengeance for me. That being said.... Hallowed Be Thy Name is the best Maiden song and probably tops everything on Screaming, but the level of Screaming overall is just better in my opinion. Nice show!
The intro to the song Number of the Beast is recited by Barry Clayton, not Vincent Price. They wanted him but didn't want to pay his asking Price.
I too started with British Steel and Killers. Still think of Bruce as the new guy haha. Picture if you will Paul's voice on the Number album. Classic Maiden right there.
Screaming had super high peak songs, then some duds so my vote goes to Maiden easily
I would say these 2 albums are what actually solidified the term "Heavy Metal" as a genre in the States. These 2 should be mutually celebrated for that reason,especially that they toured the state's together that year!!
Nether band really broke the States until this point. Priest somewhat but not like Screaming, rhat's when they really broke.
Both great albums - I bought them both when they came out, but I definitely lean towards Number of the Beast. The addition of Dickinson brought Maiden to the next level.
Ready for battle!, up the Irons!!
Fun episode, everyone. These 'battle' episodes should generate some interesting conversations, and laughs. Speaking of the latter, Chris had me ROLLIN' from minute 45 and on.
BTW, When Chris said he didn't like the new Maiden, I think that would have been the perfect opportunity for someone else on the panel to ask him if he would have preferred Priest's Nostradamus, instead.
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Chris Alo is awesome,the only thing is I don't consider him a true Iron Maiden fan,to hate,yes hate every song that's over 5 mn,that's there last 7 albums at least,he hates any song live over 5mn,and says he hates the long jams,and guitar solos,I just don't consider him a Maiden fan,if I can pick at least 40 songs that he hates because there not short like Aces High,or The Trooper
Where´s the fun? I do like Nostradamus. A lot. IMO, a TOP5 Priest records.
@@robertparks7233 Hey Robert, I don't hate any song that's over 5 minutes, my two favorite Maiden tracks are "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Powerslave". I hate BORING Iron Maiden songs, which is what they just released a double album of.
@@chrisalo2989 ok here we go,Red and the black,Where The wild Wind Blows,Empire of The Clouds,Clansmen,longest Day,Alexander The Great,Ghost of The Navigator,The Prisoner,7th Son,Benjamin Being,Long Distant Runner,Thoughts,do you like any of them?I got 23 more I can think of,and yeah Angel and the Gambler,7 Min cut version.You still rock,and I enjoy you're views,I'm just confused how you don't love the long tracks, significant guitar changes,and tempo downs and ups etc
@@robertparks7233 “Red and the Black” - yep, I like this one. I like Book of Souls WAY more than the new record. “Where The wild Wind Blows”, ahhh, don’t really like this one, but because it’s mellow, not because it’s long. “Empire of The Clouds” don’t really like it, kinda boring. “Clansmen”, great tune, even better with Bruce, “Longest Day”, I like this one, but I REALLY like AMOLAD, “Alexander The Great”, great song. “Ghost of The Navigator”, one of my all time favorite Maiden songs. "The Prisoner”,”7th Son” Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg”,”Long Distant Runner”. These last few, those are all GREAT songs. Again, I have NOTHING against a song being long. I just don’t like BORING songs.
Back in ‘82 if you’d asked 20 year old me, I’d definitely have said Beast. I was into NWOBHM big time & was ecstatic over Bruce joining Maiden. On the other hand whilst I liked Screaming, I didn’t love it. But now….. I regularly listen to Screaming for Vengeance & I think it’s held up well, whilst I rarely listen to Beast. So this evening i listened to both whilst driving home. Verdict - Screaming for Vengeance - 4/5 & Number of the Beast - 3.5/5. As everyone said, both are great albums.
Number of the Beast and Screaming for vengeance are actually very similar. They're both iconic but flawed records.
Screaming is not flawed in my book
@@igolfjtweetler4097 I don't know but "Fever" and "Pain and Pleasure" are turkeys just like "gangland" and "Invaders" aren't really great either.
Screaming gets my vote . 👍
Super tough one. As I was getting more into 80s metal in my teens, my dad steered me towards Priest and Maiden. I went to the store and grabbed the first one I saw for each band, which were these two albums. They quickly became my favorite bands. I’d give Maiden the slight edge here mostly due to hallowed be thy name
SFV for me, I bought NOTB when it was released and sold it to a school friend a week later. Iron Maiden albums are like firework displays for me, ooh ahh and thats it. There's nothing musical to return to on a Maiden album for me but I do return to the D'Anno albums once in a while
This is a very interesting topic. Both have great twin guitar harmonies and vocals. Both are terrific albums, and it’s hard to choose. I have a habit of comparing bands (ex: Motörhead v. Judas Priest v. Iron Maiden)-and their catalogs, I’ve considered ‘British Steel’ as Priest’s classic album and ‘NOTB’ as Maiden’s classic album BONUS: ‘Ace of Spades’ as Motörhead’s classic album. ‘Screaming for Vengeance’ is in my top 10 Priest albums. The Hellion/Electric Eye is a great opener on this albumToday, I’m going with ‘Number of the Beast’ by an edge.
Pete I hope you do Toto IV vs Asia S/T in a future 1982 album vs episode of The Hudson Valley Squares. This seemed like an interesting episode.
Defenders over Screaming always!
Two albums from my High School days, Maiden Number of the Beast for me.
Screaming for Vengeance = 5/5 for me. Number of the Beast = 4/5. SFV is my favorite Priest album and as far as I'm concerned there isnt a dud song on it. NotB is a great album, but Gangland and Invaders have never been my favorites, every other song is great. Given my choice I'd always put Piece of Mind over Number of the Beast as far as Maiden albums go.
Two great bands! For me, Number of the Beast: Children of the Damned, 22, Acacia Avenue, Number of the Beast, Hallowed be Thy Name.
I love the opening 3 songs on SFV though...
Burke Shelley. R.I.P.
Two classic metal albums. We'll see what happens.
Great topic, great battle. Chis is the man. His comments and thoughts are legit
You are too kind, thank you Sir!!
Joey Bagodonutz!!! Number of the Beast for me, just. I remember seeing both tours that year. A Priest headlining show, and Maiden sandwiched between Scorpions and Girlschool. Both epic albums and shows. Gotta say I agree that "Total Eclipse" should have replaced "Gangland" on the album. Surprised that nobody mentioned that "Take These Chains Off" was written by an outside writer, a case of the label looking for hits. It says a lot that "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" was by far the biggest hit on the album, written by the band.
I am a diehard priest fan since way back in 1976. So for me its simple - Judas Priest all the way.
Great topic! Go Judas go!
Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance tour was my first concert. introduced me to metal. my two favorite bands, seen both many times. i have to give the edge to Screaming for Vengeance
Screaming for Vengeance for me.
I knew of Number of the Beast when it came out in 1982, but I was a kid and didn't have the album. I didn't listen to Screaming until the early 90s. I was also a huge Maiden fan in the 90s and had all their albums up to Seventh Son.
However in the last decade I have gotten into early Priest albums, and have come to appreciate how good they were back then.
Even though I never listened to Screaming for Vengeance in the 80s it evokes memories of the metal music of that time that I do remember. The album is pure energy. They were at the peak of their fame. If you look at their live performances from that year they are like gods on stage. This album is a monument from that year.
In my mind Screaming was a bolder album than Beast, and in their body of work Priest has been more creative and influential than Maiden. That's my two cents.
Screaming for vengeance 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Wish that two albums this badass could be released by these bands this year. They still crank out good stuff considering they’ve “got the olds”
Props for Clive Burr!! Well-deserved! (R.I.P.)
Thank you for your picks.
All the damn time.
JP’s, British Steel, Sad Wings of Destiny, Iron Maiden’s debut and Peace of Mind are my favorites. I don’t own the two you’re talking about. I do like the song , ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Coming’ from ‘ Screaming for Vengeance’. I pick Judas Priest because of that song. I would pick” Iron Maiden”, if it was between, the debut, or ‘ Piece of Mind.
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Life is better with music.
Number of the Beast is a more consistent album, but the dynamic range and compositional diversity on Screaming for Vengeance alone exceeds that of the entire Maiden discography. This is partly a function of Halford's vocals, and partly a function of musical composition and execution. Just consider the intensely energetic rage of the "Screeeeammmmiiiinnng" scream near the end of Screaming for Vengeance or the sheer ecstasy of the "So destiny has brought us, oh so close together..." section of Fever. Maiden never matches those moments.
Screaming for Vengeance; 4.5/5
The Number of the Beast: 4/5
Anyone who disagrees is wrong.
I love SFV, but Beast takes it hands down for me. You really hear Maiden’s hunger here, accentuated by Clive’s frantic drumming style. Bruce just storms in here making an instant mark. Beast is far more consistent, though I DO love SFV - even the more commercial songs such as Take The Chains and Fever.
Maiden for me!! I went to the Priest/Maiden tour in '82 as a Priest fan and came out as a Maiden fan!! Still listen to both bands a lot but Maiden has a much stronger catalog.
I'd go for Screaming for Vengeance.
Because Number of the beast has way more filler tracks on it. Like 4 or 5 tracks are really big within Iron Maiden's discography
While almost every song on Screaming for vengeance is such a step forward for the band. All killer, no filler.
Love Screaming for Vengeance but Iron Maiden is my favorite band, Number of the Beast is my favorite album of all time. So I have to go with Maiden on this one.
The Hellion is the best concert intro ever!
What great tour when they toured together for these albums. One I'll never forget.
I saw this tour in 7th grade. I always lump these two albums together. I give Maiden the edge on this one. It was my second concert and they were both incredible.
i know more people would go with maiden, but i would go with Judas Preist -SFV
The answer is always Priest!
Like Nick said. It wasn’t close for me either. Iron Maiden all the way on this one. Screaming fro Vengeance is great too, but some track like Pete said I don’t care for. Good topic this week.
My two peneth to the debate. I must first declare an interest, The NOTB album was transformative to my music taste when I first bought it in Woolworths in 1982. Before then I liked Status Quo, and a bit of AC/DC, but metal was still unknown to me. As soon as I saw the album cover I had to have it, something that was backed up by Eddies face rotating at 33rpm as the album played. It blew my mind, and opened up a love of metal that continues to this day. So to be objective is difficult, however I have just listened back to back to both albums, and they are both very strong albums. TNOTB is more aggressive, the Priest album is more commercial, made for FM radio and MTV. There is no thought of that from the Maiden, and why would there be, this was a band emerging from the NWOBHM to take on the world. Listening 40 years on I still think TNOTB is the better album, not by much, but track by track it is stronger in my opinion, but spending a couple of hours in the company of these two great albums is fantastic.
I have both of these on CD's and I have no preference. Both are fantastic.
A great show magnified by the recent announcement of Priest to 'slim down' to a powerful four-piece band. Thanks to everyone who participated and honorable mention to Mr. Joe Bag-Of-Donuts, wherever and whoever he may be. Thanks again, folks.
Chris Alo is the man, thanx for yet again saying what everyone is thinking!!
Maiden without a doubt. But Priest's "Riding on the Wind" is fist pumping metal at it's finest.
I liked Maiden better in my youth, prefer Priest now. Hellion/Electric Eye is superior to everything on NOTB. In my humble opinion Priest's live setlist in '82 was their absolute best ever, was near perfect blend of their 70's and early 80's staples. Only very tiny flaw was the retiring of the song "Tyrant".
When it comes to defining HEAVY METAL… it’s apples and apples… they are both awesome albums!! However, Halford is the metal God! If I had to send one of them into a time capsule, Screaming For Vengeance. Priest is Heavy Metal. The “chunk” is there… with Number Of The Beast the time signatures are chaotic. Not consistent with the theme.
You nailed it!
Such a great show, I think the album battles are my fave series. The Alo JP rant was priceless! 🤣 Much prefer Defenders over Screaming though, easily my fave 80s Priest album.
Tough one...Hallowed Be Thy Name and Children Of The Damned for me are the reasons I'm going with Number Of The Beast.
Great Topic and Discussion
Number of the beast 4.5, The first 8 maiden albums you can't go wrong.
Screaming for Vengeance 4.0, there is 5 or 6 priest albums I'll take over Screaming .
Nice series guys. «Number of the Beast» for me. My younger brother played the hell out of it in his room, in ‘82, and i heard it through the wall.
I love Screaming For Vengeance, it was my favorite Priest album for years (now it's Stained Class), but Number of the Beast will always be my favorite Maiden album, it was definitely said tonight but as phenomenal as Screaming For Vengeance is there are one or two too many filler tracks on it (especially if you have the remastered edition, where they include the awful ballad Prisoner of Your Eyes), while there is no filler whatsoever on Number of the Beast.
The irony of the fact that my first concert ever was Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance Tour with Iron Maiden opening. You cannot make me partake of such sacrilege as to compare two Gods one against the other. Oh no not I. 😝Okay, so, if I HAD to choose - SFV. And now I 😓. For me THE most underrated metal tune ever - Bloodstone.
For me it´s no competition. Maiden rules!
My buddies and I performed You've Got Another Thing Comin' back in '82 three times at Cardi's in Austin, TX for their airband contests. Won once, came in second twice. Good times. We even made our own video in front of someone's garage with car lights shining on us at night.
I got to see both these bands on these tours! Back in 1982 City Island Harrisburg Pennsylvania! My ears are still ringing!
TBH, I never understood why Priest is so popular. Especially against maiden, they never stood a chance.
Priest CAN be great, but to me art least, this is rare
What a great crew. Both bands have great drummers, bass players, guitar players, and singers. I'll leave it to the real metal heads. I have to say to Lynn. Your room looks like a club. Do you have a drum set, and a drummer in the other corner? Just kidding. Steven have always loved your black light poster room. Not kidding. All you guys are great.
I do have a drum set … a Gretsch.
For me, Screaming, although fantastic, was the album that broke Priest in the US as it focused as much on melody as heaviness, but for me Beast was just jawdropping from the moment the needle hit the groove. And it has Halliowed Be Thy Name on it. 4/5 for Screaming, 5/5 for Beast...
Easy choice for me. Screaming is my favorite Priest album so I go with that one. I really like Maiden also though and I played the Number of the Beast album quite a bit when it was new.
PRIEST hands down. Every fucking track! Love Maiden... total respect. But... PRIEST hands down. Two words: DEVILS CHILD
For me, it's Number of the Beast, all day long. I LOVE both albums but Number of The Beast is an album where I actually like every song, a rarity for me, there are a few others for sure but yeah... Maiden baby! \m/ \m/
Love them both. But I give the nod to #IronMaiden
GODDAMMIT! I'm so mad I missed this I never remember exactly when the squares are on.
Today really difficult to split these albums, love them both, and can’t split them, I need a tie breaker. So I’m going to let the 19 year old Steve decide. In 1982 after following Maiden in the clubs, and support slots including Priest from their self produced Soundhouse tape.’ through to Killers I was disappointed that Paul D’anno had been replaced , and their gritty sound become a more polished sound. So it took me a year or so to come around to Number of the Beast. While Screaming for Vengeance was a Priest return to form, So 19 year old me. in 1982 Is voting for Priiest Screaming for Vengeance.
Judas Priest's best album couldn't beat any of the first 7 Maiden albums.
Both were a big part time of my life from my favourite bands saw the.both in the uk on this album tours 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏
I vote for Number, easily. Agree with Nick, there's no comparison. Number is a 5 star album, Screaming is a 3,5.
Number of the Beast for me. My favorite metal album of all time!!
Both albums are one of the bands best. Overall to me the number of the beast has more classic songs. The production though is modern and sounds fantastic on screaming for vengeance. I love both albums and bands. A crossover period where priest started getting less good after and iron maiden getting even better after.
Good point: Maiden on the way up, priest on the way down
Number Of The Beast for me, but kudos to both bands for these records. Both are great in their own right. Up The Irons! 🍺
Priest already had their " Number of The Best " in 1976 ." Sad Wings of Destiny " .
I was 19 in 1982 and a long haired headbanger playing both Screaming For Vengeance and The Number Of The Beast. Saw both bands together at Joe Louis Arena in ‘82 as well. Can’t decide a winner.
Beast is a solid top 5 Maiden album, if not top 3. Screaming is a tier 2 Priest album, just too much filler. I always was of the opinion that taking the heaviest tracks of Screaming and Defenders into 1 album, that would have been a killer record.
Maiden’s Beast : 4.5
Priest’s Screaming: 3
Anyone know where Rich Catino went? Is he doing ok?
The Number of the Beast...and it's not close. TNOTB is a 9.5 while SFV is an 8.
Awesome Goodfellas reference by Lynn! 🤟
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Wow that tour T shirt is absolutely mind blowing!! Best band T Ever Nomination. Oooh yeah! Priest or Maiden. Great topic! Great panel. Up the Irons -but in our house Priest edges out Maiden. Sorry. We had deep dive discussions when Firepower came out.
In our house Firepower is #1 fave of ALL LP's released after 2000. We spin both band's LP's a LOT. But Priest more.
Covered both bands at L.A. jam nights. (!) Trooper, Breakin The Law, You Gotta Another...Run To Hills, others.
Priest ahead of Maiden. Sorry. Though we like Dave Murra y's leads best overall. Maiden!
We have seen both bands live. Firepower tour smoked! Fab setlist. Priest's double flying v's Oooooh! 2 V's! Faulkner soars.
Again edging out Maiden's recent tours -though we REALLY like Gers' energy live. 3 guitars !?!
We think KK and Faulkner/Sneap should follow Maiden's approach -bring back KK and tour with 3 guitarists too.
KK's new band could open ! Yep, KK plays twice, baby. Solo band AND Priest. KK can handle it. Plus he gets 2 wages!. $$. Ha.
Fantasy Tour Bonus: Add Queensryche or LA Guns. How 'bout Jack Russel/Great White? Bohnom's Zep Experience? UFO, Dokken?
Add Scorpions or Whitesnake and bam! Priest Fest. Shoot, P Dianno's solo band could open too. Make it a huge tent.
Metalheads unite! Zap! Ha. Thanks for reading! From Michael T Wyman and 99 in L.A.
I could listen to both of these albums back-to-back-to-back-etc over and over. Screaming For Vengeance is my all time favorite... Number of the Beast is in my top 10.