New Judas Priest song. Who needs a good guitar sound? Really. Who?
http://www.epicrecords.com/judaspriest/
There it is. The thing that I waited 3 years for! Three years since their last letdown of an album. It started out promising enough, with its epic and over-the-top operatic intro. I listened intently, hoping I wouldn’t be let down when the guitars came in. And indeed I wasn’t let down.
I was kicked down and then shat upon.
The “guitar sound” seems to come from a Line 6 POS. It’s quiet, buzzy, and completely gutless. The bass is also brought down to where it was in the old days. Namely, obscurity. Production aside, it’s the same boring vocal phrasing that Halford has used for a while now. Predictable and slow. I don’t feel like being eloquent or particularly articulate right now. I’m just too disappointed. So go listen to it and make up your own minds.
I’m out like Priest’s career.
April 24, 2008 at 1:38 pm
well it isnt as bad as Johny b goode
August 12, 2008 at 8:15 am
sorry but the priest,still my fave group,aint done a particlularily (?) good tune since electric eye! there early stuff is great,sad wings especially,far superior to anythin the sabbath or similar have ever done.it just lacks abit of power and maybe a touch of pace if bein super critical,which i always am! the deathnail for judas was gettin the dreadful Tom Allom on production,and, after swappin drummers constantly through the 70s settlin for the most bland uninspirin skin beater ever.just happens to coincide with there massive breakthrough in america,says all you need to know!
anyway,to expect somethin gd nowadays is unfortunately a pipe dream.halford still a great vocalist,possibly the best,but they should stop and stop ruinin my esteem as the greatest metal band ever!
go steve vai
August 12, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Why apologize for your opinion? It’s yours to have.
I think Priest were instrumental in solidifying the definition of metal, but they tapered off faster than most people would like to believe. It’s interesting how they and Sabbath were in a seemingly unintentional rivalry for kings of metal. In 1975, Sabbath was pummeling us with “Symptom of the Universe” when Priest had nothing but the limp-wristed “Rocka Rolla”. But then by 1979, Priest were on top with “Killing Machine” while Sabbath’s last album was the utterly embarrassing “Never Say Die”.
They were roughly evenly matched in 1980 with “Heaven and Hell” vs. “British Steel”, and then Priest fell waaaay behind with “Point of Entry” compared to Sabbath’s monumental “Mob Rules”. It’s at that point Priest started their fall into mediocrity. Sure they would have some shining moments to come such as “Electric Eye”, “Freewheel Burning”, and “Painkiller”, but really, by 1983, they were not a driving force in metal. Metallica, Motorhead, Megadeth, their ilk would shape metal for the decade to come.