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The members of Judas Priest have found themselves in a unique position; decades into their heavy metal career, the band still has a passion for performing live onstage, and yet since the release of their acclaimed 2014 effort ‘Redeemer of Souls‘ all they’ve really wanted to do is head back into the recording studio.
Just months after the release of ‘Redeemer,’ lead vocalist Rob Halford revealed that he’s suddenly been revitalized in terms of wanting to work on more material.
“There’s a sense that there’s another great metal song to write, another great metal album to put together, another great tour to go out on,” said Halford.
“It’s the hunger. If you’ve still got that, that serves a series of purposes and reasons why you still do it. Maybe we’re chasing the elusive finale, but right now I feel like it’s amazing to think what might come next from Priest.”
It now seems as though we may see the next Judas Priest installment hit the shelves sooner than expected, based upon a recent statement from bassist Ian Hill that reemphasized the group’s passion for making music.
Hill told Classic Rock magazine: “I don’t think there’s any reason why there shouldn’t be a Priest album next year, you know?! It’s pretty early days yet; we’re still touring with’Redeemer.’ Towards the end of the year, we’ll take stock of where we are and go from there.”
Newly appointed guitarist Ritchie Faulkner shared a more relaxed standpoint compared to his veteran colleague. “I think next year might be a bit optimistic,” he cautioned. “As Ian said, we’re out for most of this year.
“But the last studio record we did, ‘Redeemer Of Souls,’ was really creative. We’d just come up with idea after idea after idea. We actually had to cut off the writing process; otherwise, we’d run out of time… we wouldn’t have time to record all the stuff.
“So, based on that, and the creative energy that was in the room, I’d be confident that there’d be another Priest record. Maybe not next year, though. But we’ll definitely start having a look at things in the near future.”
The members of Judas Priest have found themselves in a unique position; decades into their heavy metal career, the band still has a passion for performing live onstage, and yet since the release of their acclaimed 2014 effort ‘Redeemer of Souls‘ all they’ve really wanted to do is head back into the recording studio.
Just months after the release of ‘Redeemer,’ lead vocalist Rob Halford revealed that he’s suddenly been revitalized in terms of wanting to work on more material.
“There’s a sense that there’s another great metal song to write, another great metal album to put together, another great tour to go out on,” said Halford.
“It’s the hunger. If you’ve still got that, that serves a series of purposes and reasons why you still do it. Maybe we’re chasing the elusive finale, but right now I feel like it’s amazing to think what might come next from Priest.”
It now seems as though we may see the next Judas Priest installment hit the shelves sooner than expected, based upon a recent statement from bassist Ian Hill that reemphasized the group’s passion for making music.
Hill told Classic Rock magazine: “I don’t think there’s any reason why there shouldn’t be a Priest album next year, you know?! It’s pretty early days yet; we’re still touring with’Redeemer.’ Towards the end of the year, we’ll take stock of where we are and go from there.”
Newly appointed guitarist Ritchie Faulkner shared a more relaxed standpoint compared to his veteran colleague. “I think next year might be a bit optimistic,” he cautioned. “As Ian said, we’re out for most of this year.
“But the last studio record we did, ‘Redeemer Of Souls,’ was really creative. We’d just come up with idea after idea after idea. We actually had to cut off the writing process; otherwise, we’d run out of time… we wouldn’t have time to record all the stuff.
“So, based on that, and the creative energy that was in the room, I’d be confident that there’d be another Priest record. Maybe not next year, though. But we’ll definitely start having a look at things in the near future.”
