Judas Priest Thread

[seely]

Seeing them at Download Festival

Lucky you!! I wish i was going!!

Will this years festival be streamed online like it was last year?

[seely]

Good good, it will save me spending ?100+ on a ticket 

Roll on the new album!

[Malcolm]

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have scheduled a show in Istanbul, Turkey at the Kaliakra Arena on July 13 and an appearance at the Kobetamendi festival in Bilbao, Spain on June 20.

The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows:

Jun. 02 - Icehall - Helsinki, Finland
Jun. 05 - Sweden Rock - S?lvesborg, Sweden
Jun. 07 - Trondheim Rock Festival - Trondheim, Norway
Jun. 08 - Bergenshall - Bergen, Norway
Jun. 11 - Rockhal - Luxembour
Jun. 13-15 - Nova Rock Festival - Nickelsdorf, Austria
Jun. 13-15 - Download Festival - Castle Donington, UK
Jun. 17 - Cez Arena - Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jun. 20 - Kobetamendi Festival - Bilbao, Spain
Jun 20-22 ? Fields of Rock - Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands
Jun. 23 - Philipshalle - Dusseldorf, Germany
Jun. 24 - Zenith - Munich, Germany
Jun. 27 - Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, Belgium
Jun. 28 - Bang Your Head!!! - Balingen, Germany
Jun. 29 - Gods Of Metal - Bologna, Italy
Jul. 01 - Castle Festival - Smederevo Fortress, Serbia
Jul. 02 - Dom Sportova - Zagreb, Croatia
Jul. 03 - Liberec Arena - Prague, Czech Republic
Jul. 13 - Kaliakra Arena - Istanbul, Turkey

JUDAS PRIEST's upcoming tour will include shows where the group's entire upcoming "Nostradamus" album (based on the legendary 16th century prophet Nostradamus) will be performed as well as concerts featuring the band's classic songs.

[ruthie]

I'm thinking about trying to get into priest..

do they have one album that i absolutely must check out or they have some "best of" compilation?

i've got british steel, angel of retribution, screaming for vengeance and painkiller.

...they're all great albums, my first was british steel and its a good first cos you will recognise a lot of the songs off it 


priest are amazing! wish there were more bands i wanted to see at download

[seely]

If you're a newbie for Judas Priest, i recommend the album the person above mentioned: "Metal Works: 1973-1993" as it is an ideal 'greatest hits' album for the band

As for studio albums, buy 'Painkiller', as it is INCREDIBLE!!!

[mrlee]

If you're a newbie for Judas Priest, i recommend the album the person above mentioned: "Metal Works: 1973-1993" as it is an ideal 'greatest hits' album for the band

As for studio albums, buy 'Painkiller', as it is INCREDIBLE!!!

i agree, metal works is great.

i also love screaming for vengeance album.

[seely]

If you're a newbie for Judas Priest, i recommend the album the person above mentioned: "Metal Works: 1973-1993" as it is an ideal 'greatest hits' album for the band

As for studio albums, buy 'Painkiller', as it is INCREDIBLE!!!

i agree, metal works is great.

i also love screaming for vengeance album.

Yeah, that one's worth buying purely for 'Electric Eye'!!!

'Defenders Of The Faith' is a good album too......

[Malcolm]

Greg Prato of Billboard.com reports that JUDAS PRIEST will finally unveil its 16th studio album, "Nostradamus", June 17 via Epic in North America and a day earlier internationally.

A double-disc set that tells the story of the 16th century prophet, Michel de Nostredame (whose name is often "Latinized" as Nostradamus), the release is PRIEST's first-ever concept album, and was recorded throughout 2006 and 2007 at Old Smithy Studio in the U.K.

"Making 'Nostradamus' was a new experience for us in JUDAS PRIEST, insomuch as this was going to be a conceptual writing and recording event," PRIEST singer Rob Halford tells Billboard.com. "His life is well-documented, so for us it was all about taking the significant episodes he went through, and then with the right emotion, create music and lyrics that would convey them."

Read more at Billboard.com.

"Nostradamus" track listing:

01. Dawn of Creation *
02. Prophecy
03. Awakening *
04. Revelations
05. The Four Horsemen *
06. War
07. Sands of Time *
08. Pestilence And Plague
09. Death
10. Peace *
11. Conquest
12. Lost Love
13. Persecution
14. Solitude *
15. Exiled
16. Alone
17. Shadows In the Flame *
18. Visions
19. Hope *
20. New Beginnings
21. Calm Before the Storm *
22. Nostradamus
23. Future Of Mankind

* Intro pieces of music going into the main track 
 
 
 

[Killingmachine]

Wow!!, a lot of songs , I'm looking forward the new Judas Priest Record....

[estranged88]

I'm always ready for a new Priest album, I hope it's as awesome as Angel of Retribution 

[DEAD HORSE]

FUCK YEAH!!!! FINALLY , REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!!! PRIEST PRIEST PRIEST PRIEST!!!

[Malcolm]

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have finally officially confirmed that they will be teaming up with HEAVEN AND HELL for a U.S. tour this summer . Also appearing on the bill are MOT?RHEAD and TESTAMENT.

According to LiveNation.com, the following dates have been confirmed for the trek:

Aug. 06 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
Aug. 07 - Nissan Pavilion - Bristow, VA
Aug. 09 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
Aug. 10 - Nikon at Jones Beach - Wantagh, NY
Aug. 13 - Molson Amphitheatre - Toronto, ON
Aug. 15 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT *
Aug. 16 - Post Gazette Pavilion - Pittsburgh, PA
Aug. 18 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Detroit, MI
Aug. 19 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL
Aug. 22 - Superpages.com Amphitheatre - Dallas, TX
Aug. 23 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Houston, TX
Aug. 24 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - San Antonio, TX
Aug. 27 - Journal Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM
Aug. 28 - Cricket Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ
Aug. 30 - Glen Helen Pavilion - San Bernardino, CA
Aug. 31 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
Sep. 01 - Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort - Las Vegas, NV *

* Not yet listed by LiveNation.com

[TAP]

http://www.epicrecords.com/judaspriest/

Title track from the album. Personally I think it sucks...but don't let that influence your opinion 

[seely]

I think it's AWESOME!! 

Roll on the new album!!!

[Chief]

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003791792

[Malcolm]

Already in the priest thread

[norway]

I don't like the vocal-melody on some parts on the new track, apart from that it's kickass priest

[estranged88]

I really like the sound of the new song, I hope the whole album is similar.

[Malcolm]

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST kicked off their world tour Tuesday night (June 3) at the Icehall in Helsinki, Finland. The group's setlist was as follows:

01. Intro: Dawn of Creation
02. Prophecy
03. Metal Gods
04. Eat Me Alive
05. Between the Hammer and the Anvil
06. Devil's Child
07. Breaking the Law
08. Hell Patrol
09. Death
10. Dissident Aggressor
11. Angel
12. The Hellion / Electric Eye
13. Rock Hard, Ride Free
14. Sinner
15. Painkiller
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16. Hell Bent for Leather
17. The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)
18. You've Got Another Thing Coming

[norway]

So...anyone else taken a sneak preview and listened?