Gianluca Podda, that’s an interesting take, since this song is pure molten metal madness in my opinion! I love Heavy Metal though, as much now as I did 40 years ago, and this song and this entire album is just pure genius.
How cool would it be if they made a movie with all the creatures and characters from the Judas Priest mythology?: The Electric Eye, the Sentinel, the Jawbreaker, the Painkiller, the Night Crawler... All together in an animated anthology, just like in Heavy Metal movie (1981).
It's funny. I grew up as a kid in the 80's with comics as my biggest obsession; X-Men were my favorite. Then I discovered metal right before this album came out. Loved every second of the album from the start of course, and I always associated this song with Kurt Wagner because of my love for the X-Men.
Makes sense considering it depicts the lyrics of "Painkiller" which is arguably the most singular and pure concentration of heavy metal in sound form. Like to the point I can't think of a song in a different genre to accurately compare it to. Also, disagree. You'd probably see a picture of like, lead or something. Lol/j
Howling winds keep screaming around And the rain comes pouring down Doors are locked and bolted now As the thing crawls into town Straight out of hell One of a kind Stalking his victim Don't look behind you Nightcrawler Beware the beast in black Nightcrawler You know he's coming back Nightcrawler Sanctuary is being sought Whispered prayers a last resort Homing in its' cry distorts Terror struck they know they're caught Straight out of hell One of a kind Stalking his victim Don't look behind you Nightcrawler Beware the beast in black Nightcrawler You know he's coming back Nightcrawler As night is falling The end is drawing near They'll hear Their last rites echo on the wind (Spoken word) Huddled in the cellar Fear caught in their eyes Daring not to move or breathe As the creature cries Fingernails start scratching On the outside wall Clawing at the windows "Come to me" it calls Atmosphere's electric As it now descends the stairs Hiding in the darkness Is so futile from its glare Death comes in an instant As they hoped it would Souls ascend to heaven While it feasts on flesh and blood
THE album that out of the blue converted an avid Michael Jackson fan (circa 1991) to metal fan. My roommate had it playing all the time and I could not believe how great that music was, it blew my mind.
As someone who is much more familiar with the heavier genres of metal and not too familiar with the popular OG heavy metal and Thrash/speed metal bands. I'm trying to get more into those bands and this is the first Judas Priest album I decided to try out, and it's fucking awesome! On the other hand the first Metallica album I heard was Master of Puppets.. And it is good but honestly it didn't hook me as much as I wanted it to, but their first Kill 'em All album was better I thought.
Painkiller is the most consistently incredible album I’ve heard from front to back. Every track is just incredible. That’s why it’s my second favorite album of all time
If you look up heavy metal in the dictionary… You'll likely find the definition for heavy metal… Of which Judas Priest is the greatest band of all time
I'm from Russia I really like this group 👍💯And this album is a masterpiece. I heard this album for the first time in 1990 and immediately fell in love with it. And I still enjoy listening to it. 😎✌👍💯 Just super cool. 👍💯💯💯
Я с этого альбома начал слушать (стал фанатом) JP. И до сих пор он у меня как-то особняком в списке их дисков. Его как лучшее вино хочется слушать не часто, но от души. =)
Copy paste Lyrics: [Verse 1] Howling winds keep screaming around And the rain comes pouring down Doors are locked and bolted now As the thing crawls into town [Pre-Chorus] Straight out of Hell One of a kind Stalking his victim Don't look behind you [Chorus] Night crawler Beware the beast in black Night crawler You know he's coming back Night crawler [Verse 2] Sanctuary is being sought Whispered prayers our last resort Homing in its cry distorts Terror struck they know they're caught [Pre-Chorus] Straight out of Hell One of a kind Stalking his victim Don't look behind you [Chorus] Night crawler Beware the beast in black Night crawler You know he's coming back Night crawler [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] As night is falling The end is drawing near They'll hear Their last rites echo on the wind [Bridge] Huddled in the cellar Fear caught in their eyes Daring not to move or breathe As the creature cries Fingernails start scratching On the outside wall Clawing at the windows Come to me it calls Atmosphere's electric As it now descends the stairs Hiding in the darkness Is so futile from its glare Death comes in an instant As they hoped it would Souls ascend to heaven While it feasts on flesh and blood [Pre-Chorus] Straight out of Hell One of a kind Stalking his victim Don't look behind you [Chorus] Night crawler Beware the beast in black Night crawler You know he's coming back Night crawler [Outro] He's going to get you He's going to get you Beware of the beast Night crawler Beware of the beast He's going to get you Night crawler Straight out of hell Beware of the beast He's going to get you
I actually recently became a Judas Priest fan After hearing powerwolf's cover of this song this is freaking amazing now I wanna buy all the albums I can off of iTunes
Yeah, I love Powerwolf and I’ve heard their entire discography but the Priest version of this song is still my go-to. Both amazing though. This is one of my favorite Judas Priest songs.
This song is one of their best. It is just put together so well. It builds... goes to a break and comes back even stronger. The individual musicianship is just amazing. The guitar throughout and the drums are just mesmerizing and to top it all off the range of Rob Halford's voice pulls it all together. When they say a song is "a banger" this is what they are talking about.
I love the atmosphere of this song. It was the first song I heard from this band and I still love this song to this day, although I hardly ever listen to this type of metal anymore. The clean guitar parts are great, Rob's voice, and the ambient sounds, it brings back a lot of good memories of listening to this at night, in the car, it was great.
Still have my painkiller concert tee, and all the way back to defenders. I went to screaming but was only 13 didn't have coin for a tee, that show changed my world of music.
@@captpain1 that was a great tour , nobody will ever have any idea what they missed except us fortunate one's how amazing the sound of Judas Priest was live in the day's of the 70's ,80's and 90's!!
Absolutely stupendous, Thank you, Love Judas Priest, Keep on rockin 😃🤘🎸🥰💞😀🤟🎸 Peace, love to everyone, Thank you universe 🎸🤟😀🥰🤘😃😁🦄🐺🌈🧿👁♾️♾️💫🛸🦅👽❤️😍✨️🧝♀️💙
Halford's 'He's gonna GET YOU!...' shrieks as this legendary song ends finish the whole affair off beautifully... Get to bed before the Nightcrawler gets you!
Judas priest el mejor album Painkiller no me canso de escucharlo lo mejor del metal más lo escucho cuando más nesesito escuchar la vos de Rob HALFORD 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤟🤟🇦🇷🇦🇷
Alberto, copio y pego, amo este tipo, me hace llorar y con su edad tabajando su limitación de no llegar sus épicos altos tonales hoy mete una variedad y entrega que te llega bien profundo. Gracias Judas por tus discos, suerte la mía en haber escuchado hell bent for leather aquella vez¡¡
I'm french, I don't understand everything, the only thing I can tell you is that this part gives me chills 4:00, it's sounds so extrem and gives me the courage to do whatever fear me to do when I think about it ^^
En gros ça décris une personne qui se cache dans sa cave pendant que le Night Crawler rôde autour de sa maison, jusqu’a ce qu’il entre finalement et assassine le gars, ça me fais frissonner aussi, la chanson est super !
Hi Priest thank you so much for releasing this song in this perfect quality of audio, this song was my favorite one when I began listening to Judas priest and to these days it continue giving me goosebumps ❤️🤘🏻 I will be so grateful if you release Run Of The Mill from the Rocka Rolla album in this quality and clearly a lot of your fans too 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
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This song is pure gold. The thunder effect at the start, the riffs, Rob's vocal delivery and the atmosphere it creates just nails it.
Gianluca Podda, that’s an interesting take, since this song is pure molten metal madness in my opinion! I love Heavy Metal though, as much now as I did 40 years ago, and this song and this entire album is just pure genius.
NAILS IT
I play it on stormy nights
Metal masterpiece!! I actually own the fx disc from which this intro for the song was taken.
Exactly
How cool would it be if they made a movie with all the creatures and characters from the Judas Priest mythology?: The Electric Eye, the Sentinel, the Jawbreaker, the Painkiller, the Night Crawler... All together in an animated anthology, just like in Heavy Metal movie (1981).
There's other things too
DUUUUUUUUUDE that would be so kick-ass
Never knew Judas Priest loved X-Men so much
It's funny. I grew up as a kid in the 80's with comics as my biggest obsession; X-Men were my favorite. Then I discovered metal right before this album came out. Loved every second of the album from the start of course, and I always associated this song with Kurt Wagner because of my love for the X-Men.
It's about time they got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! They've earned it! Congratulations Rob Halford
RandRHofFame deserves the name now.
Finally, they do it
Well 3 of the four at least. Downing forfeited his place after that childish bullshit he pulled.
imho they are the hall
They weren't before??? What the hell?
This is actually my favorite album from them Painkiller is legendary 🤘
My favorite is Defenders of the faith. Painkiller is second, Screaming 4 vengeance 3th.
You say it like this album isnt that good lol ..only Judas I listen to is rught here and metalworks ,🤘🖤
Same. Second is Screaming for vengeance third is British steel and fourth it's firepower surprisingly
The only song of them you actually know is painkiller that's why
F
if you would look up "heavy metal" in a dictionary, you would just see this album cover
My favorite song and album by them
I was thinking similar, this is the album I would present to anyone if they asked me to simply sum up metal
No this album has both thrash and heavy metal. The most heavy metal album is peace of mind of iron maiden
Oh! Hell Yeah... 😊😂😂😁
Makes sense considering it depicts the lyrics of "Painkiller" which is arguably the most singular and pure concentration of heavy metal in sound form. Like to the point I can't think of a song in a different genre to accurately compare it to.
Also, disagree. You'd probably see a picture of like, lead or something. Lol/j
Howling winds keep screaming around
And the rain comes pouring down
Doors are locked and bolted now
As the thing crawls into town
Straight out of hell
One of a kind
Stalking his victim
Don't look behind you
Nightcrawler
Beware the beast in black
Nightcrawler
You know he's coming back
Nightcrawler
Sanctuary is being sought
Whispered prayers a last resort
Homing in its' cry distorts
Terror struck they know they're caught
Straight out of hell
One of a kind
Stalking his victim
Don't look behind you
Nightcrawler
Beware the beast in black
Nightcrawler
You know he's coming back
Nightcrawler
As night is falling
The end is drawing near
They'll hear
Their last rites echo on the wind
(Spoken word)
Huddled in the cellar
Fear caught in their eyes
Daring not to move or breathe
As the creature cries
Fingernails start scratching
On the outside wall
Clawing at the windows
"Come to me" it calls
Atmosphere's electric
As it now descends the stairs
Hiding in the darkness
Is so futile from its glare
Death comes in an instant
As they hoped it would
Souls ascend to heaven
While it feasts on flesh and blood
Pure Metal poetry.
From Sweden.
Heja dig.
No shit! 😀🇬🇧
You know the chorus repeats after the bridge, right?
This is Heavy Metal 🤘🤘🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
@Gianluca Podda Music Of The Gods.
This is Muzic not noise !
kinda weak
RS na área
This is true metal
THE album that out of the blue converted an avid Michael Jackson fan (circa 1991) to metal fan. My roommate had it playing all the time and I could not believe how great that music was, it blew my mind.
Fucking amazing
No rule against being a fan of both MJ and metal.
Well, it's okay to be both, I loveMichael Jackson and he is my favorite singer of all time but I also love metal c:
Michael Jackson is the shit ngl.
Hahah the first thing I heard other then my parents music was Slipknot, Korn and Linkin Park on Kerrang. Fell in love instantly. Still loved MJ though
My lullaby for tonight…👶⭐️
50+ years on it and still kicking ass!
This is masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hail from Portugal.
We really need the Priest in Lisbon!!!
This was my first JP album to buy. What a good choice
Same here when I finally bought one of their albums.
As someone who is much more familiar with the heavier genres of metal and not too familiar with the popular OG heavy metal and Thrash/speed metal bands. I'm trying to get more into those bands and this is the first Judas Priest album I decided to try out, and it's fucking awesome!
On the other hand the first Metallica album I heard was Master of Puppets.. And it is good but honestly it didn't hook me as much as I wanted it to, but their first Kill 'em All album was better I thought.
@@cookiesontoast9981 MOP their best album in my opinion with Ride The Lightning being behind it
@@evilpie8130 Haven't heard Ride the Lightning yet, hoping I love it.
As I said though, I think MOP is good, but not great in my opinion.
@@cookiesontoast9981 listen to The Call of Ktulu, Fight Fire With Fire, and Fade To Black. Those are good songs from the RTL album
The Best song of The metal gods. ..
HEAVY METAL.
@Gianluca Podda "The real genre".
yea man..
so solid...
This song is a masterpiece
Yeah it is and u look hot
Right on dude keep on rocking
Yes
🤩🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁
This ALBUM ROCK'ED TOO JUDAS PRIEST ROCK'S TOO
2:36 That is INSANELY GOOD the best vocalist of all music
True
This whole album is metal history.
History of heavy metal is in 80's ;-)
2:16 Fills me with such power.
That's such a damn good solo
Judas !!! Judas !!! Judas !!! Priest For Life !!! Salud y Vida Pa'lante !!! Cheers and Life On !!!
Heavy Metal masterpiece
30 years later, this guitar-voice co working still make my cry with goosebumps....
Judas Priest always deliver
I still can't believe how good of an album Painkiller is. Every song on it is beyond amazing
Painkiller is the most consistently incredible album I’ve heard from front to back. Every track is just incredible. That’s why it’s my second favorite album of all time
Witnessed the PAINKILLER TOUR 12/20/1990 at the Miami Arena...Phenomenal Show!
The PAINKILLER album has most definitely stood the test of time!
@@matthewtaylor1785 what album tops painkiller?
@@Iveraxi Rust in Peace by Megadeth
@Matthew Taylor ok makes sense that's a killer album
If you look up heavy metal in the dictionary… You'll likely find the definition for heavy metal… Of which Judas Priest is the greatest band of all time
💯
33 years later, this is still one of the darkest and most kick ass Judas Priest songs ever.
The song that made me get into the Priest world... Epic!!!
Listen to “Sad Wings of Destiny” and “Stained Class” instead.
The lyrics what do they know who wrote those
@@The1WhoKnowsTheTruth Incredible albuns too, but Painkiller stills my favorite
Judas forever!!
Hail judas priest 🤟
Nah night crawler is deffo top heavy metal tune for me. That takes no prisoners
Megadeth reference?
I'm from Russia I really like this group 👍💯And this album is a masterpiece. I heard this album for the first time in 1990 and immediately fell in love with it. And I still enjoy listening to it. 😎✌👍💯 Just super cool. 👍💯💯💯
Вещь 10 баллов из 10 !
@@user-le7xi2cz2v 100 %👍💯
Right on! Hope you’re doing alright with everything going on in the world . Unity and peace
@@mn-lw5qv Thanks !!! Everything is fine with me at the moment, and I wish you the same. Be good 😎✌
Я с этого альбома начал слушать (стал фанатом) JP.
И до сих пор он у меня как-то особняком в списке их дисков.
Его как лучшее вино хочется слушать не часто, но от души. =)
King
of metal
I listen to this song every time I hit a pr at the gym and always get it. This song is the best
Love me some badass Judas Priest
The perfect metal song doesn't exi... 😯🎤🎸🤘
⚡
🤘
🇬🇧🏍️🎤🎸⛓️🤘
😎🤘😎🤘😎
fucking exists, an there are thousands of them, for every mood and weather.
This is the definitive heavy metal!
The whole album. But this song is my favorite.
A leg jobb lemezūk ,Tökèletes kàr hogy az utolsò nagy lemezūk
The perfect fusion of classic heavy , thrash and speed metal
The Best and Mega Judas Priest album ever!!! with Defenders of the Faith and Sad Wings of Destiny!!! lml 💀
Painkiller album is the pinnacle of music
The thing just crawled in my town. Gotta go !!!
This song finally get 1,000,000 of views, Judas Priest never gonna die, the true Gods of Metal.
What a great line….
Death comes in an instant
As they hoped it would
Souls ascend to heaven
While it feasts on flesh and blood
Hopefully we'll get a 30th anniversary version of this album, since we didn't get one for Ram It Down..
Copy paste
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Howling winds keep screaming around
And the rain comes pouring down
Doors are locked and bolted now
As the thing crawls into town
[Pre-Chorus]
Straight out of Hell
One of a kind
Stalking his victim
Don't look behind you
[Chorus]
Night crawler
Beware the beast in black
Night crawler
You know he's coming back
Night crawler
[Verse 2]
Sanctuary is being sought
Whispered prayers our last resort
Homing in its cry distorts
Terror struck they know they're caught
[Pre-Chorus]
Straight out of Hell
One of a kind
Stalking his victim
Don't look behind you
[Chorus]
Night crawler
Beware the beast in black
Night crawler
You know he's coming back
Night crawler
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
As night is falling
The end is drawing near
They'll hear
Their last rites echo on the wind
[Bridge]
Huddled in the cellar
Fear caught in their eyes
Daring not to move or breathe
As the creature cries
Fingernails start scratching
On the outside wall
Clawing at the windows
Come to me it calls
Atmosphere's electric
As it now descends the stairs
Hiding in the darkness
Is so futile from its glare
Death comes in an instant
As they hoped it would
Souls ascend to heaven
While it feasts on flesh and blood
[Pre-Chorus]
Straight out of Hell
One of a kind
Stalking his victim
Don't look behind you
[Chorus]
Night crawler
Beware the beast in black
Night crawler
You know he's coming back
Night crawler
[Outro]
He's going to get you
He's going to get you
Beware of the beast
Night crawler
Beware of the beast
He's going to get you
Night crawler
Straight out of hell
Beware of the beast
He's going to get you
"He's going to get you"
He's going to get you"
It's about mental health issues despair,anxiety and depression and suicide.
@@jbneverkeepshiswordandjust4608 what? It's not about some scary black creatures dismembering people? :(
Greatest Priest song ever.
I actually recently became a Judas Priest fan After hearing powerwolf's cover of this song this is freaking amazing now I wanna buy all the albums I can off of iTunes
Yeah, I love Powerwolf and I’ve heard their entire discography but the Priest version of this song is still my go-to. Both amazing though.
This is one of my favorite Judas Priest songs.
It’s f******g BAD ASS!!! If you drink some water and listen this song will take you there🤘🏻
El mejor disco de Judas... Sonido demoníaco y fuerte. El grupo que más fuerza tiene para mi.
El mejor grupo, 50 años creando buena música, y los que faltan.
Woow old Judas great track 🤘🤘🤘🤘
What a great sensation, it tickle my ears.
Since the eighties this band and iron maiden their lyrics together with their instrumentalism
yeeeeeah. Judas priest fantastic music the greatest group and album and songs congratulations
This song needs to be used in a Stephen King movie
...
Most correct, most right, most epic, most strong, most melodic, most crazy insane good album of JP. Eternal classic. Love song and album so much.
This song is one of their best. It is just put together so well. It builds... goes to a break and comes back even stronger. The individual musicianship is just amazing. The guitar throughout and the drums are just mesmerizing and to top it all off the range of Rob Halford's voice pulls it all together. When they say a song is "a banger" this is what they are talking about.
Hell yeah!!!! Rock will never die🤘🎸
I love the atmosphere of this song. It was the first song I heard from this band and I still love this song to this day, although I hardly ever listen to this type of metal anymore. The clean guitar parts are great, Rob's voice, and the ambient sounds, it brings back a lot of good memories of listening to this at night, in the car, it was great.
This is my favorite track from them 🖤
This whole album is a masterpiece imo,I love it!
Such a perfect album!
I wish I still had all my old concert t-shirts 😢
@Spectrum of Eternity Official nope
Still have my painkiller concert tee, and all the way back to defenders. I went to screaming but was only 13 didn't have coin for a tee, that show changed my world of music.
@@captpain1 that was a great tour , nobody will ever have any idea what they missed except us fortunate one's how amazing the sound of Judas Priest was live in the day's of the 70's ,80's and 90's!!
Absolutely stupendous, Thank you, Love Judas Priest, Keep on rockin 😃🤘🎸🥰💞😀🤟🎸 Peace, love to everyone, Thank you universe 🎸🤟😀🥰🤘😃😁🦄🐺🌈🧿👁♾️♾️💫🛸🦅👽❤️😍✨️🧝♀️💙
touch of evil + night crawler + pain killer = nightmares for days for the childrens
One of the first albums I bought on a CD. I was so excited, and it was as awesome then as is today.
I love the words and the instrumental, this album is one of the greatest albums ever.
Halford's 'He's gonna GET YOU!...' shrieks as this legendary song ends finish the whole affair off beautifully...
Get to bed before the Nightcrawler gets you!
This was the first Judas Priest song that I ever listened to. Instantly fell in love with this band from that point on.
I love this song. The visual concept is so clear. Rob Halford is ricks answer to Marty Robbins.
Judas priest el mejor album Painkiller no me canso de escucharlo lo mejor del metal más lo escucho cuando más nesesito escuchar la vos de Rob HALFORD 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤟🤟🇦🇷🇦🇷
Alberto, copio y pego, amo este tipo, me hace llorar y con su edad tabajando su limitación de no llegar sus épicos altos tonales hoy mete una variedad y entrega que te llega bien profundo. Gracias Judas por tus discos, suerte la mía en haber escuchado hell bent for leather aquella vez¡¡
Why doesn't my generation have good musical tastes.
Metal meltdown was Pure Heavy Metal....
I'm french, I don't understand everything, the only thing I can tell you is that this part gives me chills 4:00, it's sounds so extrem and gives me the courage to do whatever fear me to do when I think about it ^^
En gros ça décris une personne qui se cache dans sa cave pendant que le Night Crawler rôde autour de sa maison, jusqu’a ce qu’il entre finalement et assassine le gars, ça me fais frissonner aussi, la chanson est super !
@@cbt7commender980 Ahah merci pour la traduction
Im serb and i understand everything in this song.
@@Autisticwanderer Learn history and you will be aware of the great past of France, or just remember 2nd world war :)
@@WheronMan France has had our backs since 1778
2022 im still listening this golden era masterpiece songs❤️🤟🤟🤟🇬🇷
lo mejor del predicador! metal 100%! desde mi Panamá 🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦 Judas Priest forever!
Beware the beast !
I cannot stress how much a *FUCKING BANGER* this is
This was such a bass ass song .
For the year it came out?
HOLY CRAP ..
it still just kicks ass , on a bigger stereo it’s a lot
Love it!
Used the title as my CB radio handle, back in the day. Almost used it for my gamertag instead of this one...
This song is a real response to what an excellent of heavy metal...
THE NIGHT RIDER
MEMORY I SENT TO UNION TOWNSHIP
Oh my gosh i've listened to this song thoundsands times yet every time is like te first time. Glorious.
If hell has a juke box then it plays Priest.
MASTER OF MUSIC DAM ITS SO DAMN GREAT AND COOL OMG THAT MUSIC TOP OF WORLD SONGS
Utube are you a good person by living waters, my people
The thing just crawled in my town jamming to this METAL
La biblia del Heavy Metal🤘🏼
This is H30 heavy 😎🔥🔥🔥🏁
Clássico fantástico! Grande Judas Priest!
In heavy metal school this album should be a mandatory lesson!!!!
I never had as much fun playing in a band as i did playing this tune. It's an immense tune.
Awesome song, awesome band.
One of my favourite songs from Judas Priest! 🤟🔥
if your girlfriend does not make you feel like the Nightcrawler, she is not marriage material.
Exacly my brother
True
#1 Heavy Metal Album of all time.
Bring forth the sacrificial worms
Impossible epicness of music, Rock music.
Hi Priest thank you so much for releasing this song in this perfect quality of audio, this song was my favorite one when I began listening to Judas priest and to these days it continue giving me goosebumps ❤️🤘🏻 I will be so grateful if you release Run Of The Mill from the Rocka Rolla album in this quality and clearly a lot of your fans too 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
This song has taken over my car stereo. Brilliant.
Epic
It's so very epic this song 💓💖