Judas Priest (Official Thread)

[Lynch]

Here's a blurb from the official Judas Priest YT channel:

March of the Damned


Just a taste, but something else from the upcoming new album this summer!

 

[Riff Raff]

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

Good song, feels very old school, but none of the two new tracks are up there with post-reunion songs like "Judas Rising".

 

[Riff Raff]

Yeah they do pale in comparison to those but I just like them on its merits. Good songs.

 

[Lynch]

Directly from the JP website, announced earlier today:

It has been confirmed that Judas Priest will be playing selected dates in support of their latest studio triumph, 'Redeemer of Souls,' with a full listing and details to follow soon via the band's official site, judaspriest.com.

'Redeemer of Souls' will be made available from Epic Records on Tuesday, July 15th, 2014, as both a standard version and a deluxe edition with five bonus tracks. When asked what fans can expect from Priest's 17th album overall, guitarist Glenn Tipton replied, "Sometimes in the past we may have come under fire for being too adventurous musically - so we have listened!! From start to finish 'Redeemer of Souls' is 13 songs of pure classic Priest metal!!"

It is ~kinda~ funny though as this is basically an announcement that they will be making an announcement in the future.

 

[Lynch]

As for the new album and tour...

I'm stoked. REALLY hope that they come to town. I'm hooking up with an old friend the day after the new album is released in July. We are going to hit the local record store that we both used to frequent in our teens, going to buy the new album then go out on kind of a day trip and listen to it a couple of times.

This gal and I used to do this when we were in our teens on into our early 20's. Grab a new album, maybe something drink or smoke, and go find a place where we could crank up the tunes and get our first good listen in together.

WE talked about this album last week and are going to do it again for the first time in probably close to 25 years. We are also going to go see JP in concert if they come to town, just like the old days. So yeah, I REALLY hope their tour comes through our neck of the woods.

 

[Riff Raff]

Full excitement kicking in for the new record. I know people weren't too keen on the songs they put out but they were pretty damn decent to my ears and can only think the rest of the album will be kick ass. Doesn't have to be fast pace to be good.

 

[charles_ryder]

Judas Priest is a great band, especially on their early albums. IMO they always plays hard rock, very hard rock that they called metal.

 

[Riff Raff]

Not hard rock, they are heavy enough to be metal.

 

[Malikarcanum]

Another new song: