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what can be argued as the finest heavy metal album of all time, Judas Priest must have been surprised at what their 4th album had managed to achieve.
whether it was their decision to move away from the previous rock n blues sound in their earlier 3 efforts, or the addition of the exceptionally talented time keeper Les Binks who went on to be their driving force for the next 2 albums Hell Bent For Leather & Unleashed In The East is for time to judge,
this album was released the same year Van Halen made their debut with the multi platinum selling debut, but if one compares it with any other release that was out at that time, this by far is the heaviest & darkest album by a mile.
a highly complex album, Judas Priest laid down the basics for how true heavy metal is supposed to be played. Loud, Fast, complex, dark and In your face. this one also had its share of controversies thanks to Better By You Better Than Me with its so called subliminal message which resulted in a tragic suicide of one of the fans. Then u have the double bass drum assault on Exciter, the vocal histrionics of Rob on Savage, tribute to Black Sabbath with Saints In Hell and a truley power ballad with Beyond The Realms Of Death, with its complex guitar arrangements, and epic solos.
the bonus track Fire Down Below even has a Flemenco style solo by Tipton.
there are no stand out tracks here as the entire album is just brilliant from the word go. But the most haunting track has to be easily Beyond The Realms Of Death, which sounds very doomy & disturbing. Rob showing his vocal range in this slow paced track which has a great build up to a total head banging experience.
Led Zepplin is credited to be the first band to sound metal. But this is probably the very first ALBUM to be metal.
dark and haunting, yet extremely catchy this is metal at its finest.
my rating
10/10
- Rob Halford
- Glenn Tipton
- K.K. Downing
- Ian Hill
- Les Binks
- Exciter
- White Heat, Red Hot
- Better By You Better Than Me
- Stained Class
- Invader
- Saints In Hell
- Savage
- Beyond The Realms Of Death
- Heroes End
what can be argued as the finest heavy metal album of all time, Judas Priest must have been surprised at what their 4th album had managed to achieve.
whether it was their decision to move away from the previous rock n blues sound in their earlier 3 efforts, or the addition of the exceptionally talented time keeper Les Binks who went on to be their driving force for the next 2 albums Hell Bent For Leather & Unleashed In The East is for time to judge,
this album was released the same year Van Halen made their debut with the multi platinum selling debut, but if one compares it with any other release that was out at that time, this by far is the heaviest & darkest album by a mile.
a highly complex album, Judas Priest laid down the basics for how true heavy metal is supposed to be played. Loud, Fast, complex, dark and In your face. this one also had its share of controversies thanks to Better By You Better Than Me with its so called subliminal message which resulted in a tragic suicide of one of the fans. Then u have the double bass drum assault on Exciter, the vocal histrionics of Rob on Savage, tribute to Black Sabbath with Saints In Hell and a truley power ballad with Beyond The Realms Of Death, with its complex guitar arrangements, and epic solos.
the bonus track Fire Down Below even has a Flemenco style solo by Tipton.
there are no stand out tracks here as the entire album is just brilliant from the word go. But the most haunting track has to be easily Beyond The Realms Of Death, which sounds very doomy & disturbing. Rob showing his vocal range in this slow paced track which has a great build up to a total head banging experience.
Led Zepplin is credited to be the first band to sound metal. But this is probably the very first ALBUM to be metal.
dark and haunting, yet extremely catchy this is metal at its finest.
my rating
10/10
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