Judas Priest

Sometimes it seems like there just aren't any bad Judas Priest records, only great ones. This is one such record: tough as nails, with a killer performance from Rob Halford and Priest's trademark leather-clad guitar chug all over "Metal Gods," "Grinder," "Breakin' the Law," etc. The hit, "Livin' After Midnight," is one of Priest's best songs, but don't miss "United."

Heavy-metal monsters rarely die but eventually collapse under the accumulated weight of
their own leaden riffing, Tarzan-like singing and boorish macho arrogance. Three new
albums by Kiss, Humble Pie and Judas Priest merely represent different ways of trying to
avoid the inevitable. Once the clown princes of glitter rock, Kiss started cooling their
riotous act on vinyl last year with Dynasty, openly courting AOR radio with the d... More >