Judas Priest - British Steel (1980)

Judas Priest - British Steel review by Pritham 'metal farmer' Dsouza

Track Listing:

1. Breaking The Law
2. Rapid Fire
3. Metal Gods
4. Grinder
5. United
6. Living After Midnight
7. You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
8. The Rage
9. Steeler
10. Red white and blue(bonus)

Lineup:

• Rob Halford
• Glenn Tipton
• K.K. Downing
• Ian Hill
• Dave Holland

Judas Priest is credited with giving us 2 of the highly abused college band anthems in Breaking the law & living after midnight in this 1980 classic British Steel. while the former has a laughable music video, which shows the band robbing a bank with guitars for guns, the latter is a favourite party song anywhere, anytime.

Metal God simply rules with its anthemic overtones, ultra cool rhythm section again mid paced, while tracks like Rapid fire and steeler is straight on fast & hard.

the most surprising track is United, where Rob sings about the brotherhood of metal & how we must stand united against its enemies... (pop music?)

the riffs on Grinder makes u wanna look for meat, and You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise is pretty much self explanatory.

a superb masterpiece here and please do yourself a favour and get this one now.
the latest re issue contains a new track Red white and blue, which is actually a patriotic song.

my rating
9/10