I listen to Nostradamus a few times a year. I pour myself something nice, dim the lights and turn it up. I know I'm in the minority but I love that album! If they ever played the whole thing live I'd be the first one in line.
It's worth mentioning that all but 2 of the 2001 remasters have bonus tracks that don't belong on the album that they're placed on, which was really weird. For example, the remastered version of Defenders of the Faith has a bonus track called Turn On Your Light, which is from the Turbo session and the remastered version of Screaming for Vengeance has a bonus track called Prisoner of Your Eyes which is also from the Turbo session and the same thing for the remastered version of British Steel, which also has a Turbo session track called Red, White & Blue, while the remastered version of Point of Entry has a bonus track called Thunder Road which is from the Ram It Down session, as well as the remastered version of Stained Class, having a bonus track called Fire Burns Below which is also from the Ram It Down session and the remastered version of Hell Bent for Leather has a Screaming for Vengeance session track called Fight for Your Life and the remastered version of Sin After Sin has a bonus track from the Stained Class session called Race with the Devil. This makes ZERO sense. Why not put the appropriate bonus track from the session of the actual album that's being remastered? Why put it on another album which was recorded years apart? The only 2 remasters that got it right were Turbo and Painkiller, which each has a bonus track (All Fired Up and Living Bad Dreams respectively) that was actually from that albums actual recording session.
Crazy. What a hell of a career this band. The inventors of the twin lead guitars . Pepperd in all those songs are some of the very best well written track's in metal period. Thanks Man,🤘
I wish I would have seen Judas Priest when I was much younger 🔸I only recently saw Judas Priest in 2018 w/Saxon! ▪️2nd row Glenn Tipton stepped in for awhile▪️note: Chris you have a great memory and passion for Judas Priest 🎙️I enjoyed this
Nostradamus isn't love song, nor even ballad. If you like J.Priest ballads go and listen to "Before the dawn" from Killing Machine. (One of the best metal slow songs in heavy metal).
Thanks for the info on JP"s albums. I own 11 of their albums. Probably buy "Sad Wings of Destiny" and "Firepower" next! I hope the both of you can do more video's together! You both work well off each other!
Maybe the songs on Redeemer of Souls are so varied and refer to other eras of the band as they had just done such a successful tour of different era songs? Great show!!! Thanks so much! I learn so much from this channel!
treeduck, nah man, it’s Judas Priest’s For The Greater Good Of God. Boring, way too long and SO. MANY. CHORUS. REPEATS. I’ve heard Gregorian chants less repetitive
@@aidanbouw5224 Yeah, the lenght is the problem but other than that i don't see why they consider it an aweful song, l saw the video of their top 10 songs and seriously, they chose songs that are lamer than Lochness, like Devil's Child and lsland of Domination
@@aidanbouw5224 I agree I also feel this way while listening to these type of songs like "Heavy Metal" off of "Ram It Down" album. Enjoyable song I lose interest when the chorus gets repeated multiple times. Kind of like "angel and the gambler" from maidens "virtual xi" or kiss "I wanna rock n roll all nite"
I really enjoy listening to you guys. Thank you. For me..in my opinion and experience, I love judas priest, and I appreciatte true creativity. I really like both ripper albums, hell is home is awesome. I also have listened to nostradamus many many times. It's a very cool story. I think the music is big and powerful.
I've been a JP fan since hearing Green Manalishi on a local radio station in probably 1982 and knew they were different. I've since bought everything before that time and most of the albums after including Rob's solo projects Fight and Halford (Two was a mistake). Thank you guys - great job!
This was really entertaining. We both did a great job. Christmas stories about the band and enormous insight, release dates and additional information was really good. Pete you always do a great. Thank you for this. 1. Sin after sin. 2. Hellbent for leather 3. British steel 4. Screaming for vengeance 5. Stained glass Honorable mentions would be of course unleashed in the east and fire power.
I have never gotten into Judas Priest only because there is so much out there. I have all the Iron Maiden's, and have been listening to them since about 1984, go figure. Judas Priests time has come for me now I think, been previewing and like. I gave first listen to Nostradamus, because this seems the most hated on this video (wanted to start with so called worst, first), and I really like this, a great effort with many peaks & valleys, a very ambitious effort! I've heard others of theres, and like what I've heard, a great band!
I saw Dream Theatre play their concept album 4 years ago. This was the first and only time I saw people leave in droves. The Stranahan in Toledo has a nice lobby so we downed another drink and headed to the Distillery. Concept albums are dangerous and usually can only be pulled off by a band on top at the moment.
True that Maiden with Blaze collapsed in America. But if we go further, Maiden starts declining (ticket sale wise) in America as early as 1988. On the other hand, they became huge in Europe from 86 and so on. Fear of the dark tour '92 saw Maiden play at... the Ritz (with Dream Theatre) which is a tiny concert place. So my point is: if Bruce or Rob stayed in their band, would the 90's be different for both Maiden and Priest ?
I agree 98% with everything you say. Only thing not mentioned here is the alcohol problem Rob had around Turbo. Also, I found out about a rare, intro version of Freewheel burning relatively late. It would be cool to have a comprehensive list of Priest rarities, such as Father mother son, the older live version of Island of Domination with different riffs etc. But absolutely brilliant work on this double video!
Looking back at this again can't believe its been 5 years. Dave Holland was an underated drummer he was the most suitable for priest in my opinion, he was great live too.
1. Painkiller 2. Defenders 3. Killing machine 4. Stained class 5. Vengeance 6. Sad wings 7. Firepower 8. Ram it down 9. Angel of retribution 10. Sin after sin
"Painkiller maybe not their best album?" Jeez, it's their heaviest, fastest and melodic at the same time, most complex guitar solos and structures, pure heavy metal, no cheesy lyrics, no filler songs at all, each song is outstanding in its own right... This is definitely THE JUDAS PRIEST ALBUM!
I'm a huge Preisthead myself but...... I know it's your opinion and you're obviously big fans but Nostradamus is musically and creatively one of their best. I couldn't believe a band that made a song as simple as Breaking the Law to something as complex as Nostradamus blew me away. One day someone will make a huge musical production and bring it to Broadway and justice will be served.
I love The History Of Black Sabbath episodes, and thesr History Of Judas Priest episodes big time!!! Hopefully you guys will eventually do The History Of Iron Maiden, and do it justice like the other two.
The Metal Masters Tour was so damned awesome. Halford was pulling his punches with the high notes, but he still sounded pretty decent (he actually sounds really good lately). It's the only time I've seen Ronnie, and to see him with Sabbath less than two years before he passed away makes it an extra special memory for me.
I saw a young Priest Early 70s in a pub near my home town I was under age to enter the bar but was let in there must of been 50 people there mainly drinking not particularly interested in the band.. I think they just brought out sad wings if destiny album a true story...
Jugulator was brutally heavy and had some killer songs like Bloostained, Burn In Hell, Bullet Train, Abductors and the epic Cathedral Spires and some other strong tracks. Demolition album on the other hand had literally only 2 good songs on it, One on One and Hell is Home. I guess Machine Man and Feed on Me were passable also (barely).
Pete. We’re the same age. I will say one thing. After hearing Turbo for a couple of years and yes. I had heard about those pop recordings. So to me. Buying Ram it Down. I put the needle on tbe a 19:04 record. And that SCREAM !! At that moment. I thought. The Priest is back!!
Saw Priest in London,with Pantara as support!(Painkiller Tour) Priest's stage set was so big, it apparently couldn't fit into Hammersmith,and had to be remodeled accordingly!!! Great show,and glad I got to see them! P.S. Priest recorded with Stock,Aitkin and Waterman? W.T.F?!!! Didn't know that!😱😱😱
The 90's did have some heavy hitters like Pantera, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Iced Earth, Machine Head, Sepultura, Nine Inch Nails, Type O Negative, Death and obviously the heavy hitters who had changed their style like Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Kreator, Dio, Queensryche, Maiden and Priest and several others. Metal was still around, but it had definitely splintered and morphed into something different than it had been PRE-early 90's.
Priest blue printed speed and thrash ... painkiller was like thrashy technical 70's approach updated they didnt take the train .. they just recall that this key was theirs
A Touch of evil is a great concert album. All the songs are better than in regular albums - very heavy and full of energy and emotions. You didn't mention it.
Agree, it takes a lot of heat because it isn’t “metal” but I think it’s a great rock/prog rock album, probably would have been a little more palatable if it had been a single album, but I rank this one near the upper middle of the pack for me tbh.
SadWings86, no way! I disagree hard. Half the tracks on Nostradamus are filler. Stuff like Shadows In The Flame, Peace, Hope And Sands Of Time aren’t terrible, just SO unnecessary. They could have taken away combined songs like that, to make a shorter album when it comes to songs. Redeemer is in my opinion great. High energy, straight to the punch, epic and a reimagined Priest. Richie Faulkner pumped some liters of fresh blood into the bands metal veins and by doing that, he gave this album a different that doesn’t stray too much from the signature sound either. Redeemer is shorter, more polished and just better in my opinion
Imo, Angel of Retribution was their best album since Painkiller. It's criminally underrated. Unfortunately, Rob's high range was gone, because he started smoking again after he ended his Crucible tour and you could tell by the time he started singing live with Priest in June 2004 that it had severely diminished since the June 2003 (only 1 year of Rob smoking again screwed up his vocals).
OMG, my response to Ram it Down was exactly the same. Getting into heavier stuff, not thrilled with Turbo, JBG?! So I ignored it. Then I was living in Iowa, going to college and I was getting a tattoo when the Painkiller CD came on. I asked the guy, ‘who’s this band with this guy sounding like halford?’ I could’ve shit to learn it was Priest. I like Ram it Down a bit more now. It would have been cooler to have been that twin turbos idea.
Amazing review!!! What a great band. I like your reviews of these band a lit; perhaps you can make some more of UFO, rory gallagher, NWoBHM and early Riot too! Greetings Matthias
I agree with the both of you on many things such as Jugulator does have some great songs such as Cathedral Spires, Bullet Train, Burn In Hell, and Blood Stained. I hate everything on Demolition. I love everything on Angel Of Retribution accept the song Lochness. I could not get into Nostradamus at all accept for two songs Prophecy and title track Nostradamus. I love Redeemer Of Souls album. I love Dragonaut, March Of The Damned, Title track, and especially Halls Of Valhalla. I really, really love Firepower album big time. I love everything on it, especially Rising From Ruins, No Surrender, Spectre, Traitors Gate, Firepower, Lighting Strike, Never The Heroes, and Sea Of Red. Firepower is the best Judas Priest album since Painkiller in my opinion. Firepower tour is the first time I ever got to see Judas Priest live. I have been a huge fan of theirs for over thirty years, but I was too young to see them in the 80's and I refused to see them when Tim Owens was in the band. I am glad that Judas Priest did not stop touring after the Epitaph tour because I would never have seen them live.
I actually liked the first 8 songs or so on "Nostradamus". It's over ambitious, I'd say. If they'd stripped it down instead of going for a two-disc-set it could've been a great album.
A true legendary band, but I think Firepower is a great way to end a fantastic run. It's just not the same without Glenn and KK has now burned all his bridges. Rob, Ian, Scott have made more money than we'll ever see in our lifetime. Richie has a great future ahead on him. I think it's now time for them to hang up the guitars.
@Flat Earth Florida No it didn't mate. Angel Of Retribution, Redeemer Of Souls and Firepower are all excellent releases. And Firepower would've been a great way to end their career.
I bought my copy of Master of Puppets on Vinyl and that came with a record sleeve lyric sheet, and they broke down the solos of who played what where on it. Also, I bought Powerslave on cassette and that came with a fold out sleeve with all the lyrics and awesome art work. Piece of Mind was like that as well. Maiden was really cool to their fans in the 80s.
In my opinion, the version of Starbreaker on the Priest Live and Rare record has the best Rob vocal ever. The amount of different styles on that one track, is just amazing.
Lemme take a run at ranking : 18. Nostradamus 17. Demolition 16. Turbo 15. RockaRolla 14. Point of Entry 13. Ram it Down 12. Jugulator 11. Angel of Retribution 10. Sin After Sin 9. Redeemer of Souls 8. Firepower 7. Hell Bent for Leather 6. Sad Wings 5. Screaming 4. Painkiller 3. Stained Class 2. British Steel 1. Defenders 2-6 difficult, almost mood dependent 7-10 a tick below, but interchangeable within those four 1 and 18 are locked. Unleashed clearly the best live record. Priest Live is awesome EXCEPT for the shit tracks of Parental Guidance and Private Property. But Love Bites, The Sentinal, Another Thing...... Amazing versions. I’ve just ordered the vinyl of Battle Cry to give it a good listen. I’ll grab the Ripper live record, IF I can get a reasonable price. But since that will complete the vinyl collection, I’ll get it at some point.
Can't understand your position about "Nostradamus". Songs like "Revelations", "Awakening", "Alone", "Shadows in the Flame" remind the very beginning with Rock Rolla... In fact, they made a progressive album... Why not ? I love that album, sorry !
Talking about "Jugulator" and "Demolition"...I think you should listen to them as an answer to what Halford did at the same period with "Fight" and "Halford"...but with a touch of Priest in it...If you manage to do that I think you can see the beauty in these two albums.
Those are surprisingly my favorites as well in a different order! I love the general atmosphere of many of those 70s songs, and those three albums are just a gold mine for some of the most stellar vocal performances in heavy music.
Nostradamus isn't garbage. Wow. The Title track, persecution, visions, pestielience and plague, revelations.. The album is underrated, if only a little bloated with excess. It's not their best, but certainly not the worst.
Playing Nostradamus start to finish would have been as bad as Iron Maiden doing A Matter of Life and Death start to finish and that sucked out loud . I was so pissed off.
For me, the audio quality on “Priest…Live!” Is not great. You get mostly the same live songs (minus the Turbo ones) with the anniversary release of “Defenders of the Faith”, and the audio quality is much better.
You’re making me want to hear ‘Nostrodamus’! It sounds so terrible it has to be worth a listen! When are bands going to wise up to the fact that less is more? Most classic albums are between 35-40 minutes long.
I like the production on Angel and Nostradamus but it is funny I have been trying to relisten to Nostradamus for a long time and I can't bring myself to do it.
It’s a good thing Neil Young didn’t make ‘Nostradamus’; he’d have performed the whole album in its entirety and then when the audience started shouting for something familiar he’d have performed it again.
Also. Say what you will about Priest Live. It really is some of best moments of Halford’s vocals. Yeah. I know. Very 80s production and sound. But still Rob really shows off on this… Love Bites is a great example
I'm sorry but Demolition is not a horrible album. I felt like his description of it was disrespectful. It's certainly not a great Priest album but it does have high points. One on One, Hell is Home, Feed on Me are great tracks. Just my opinion.
Never brought any priest stuff had some halford solo stuff and the first fight album. But these extended if you will history ofs are great. Same as the black sabbath ones. Would be cool if you did them on well known singers or guitarists like satch or schenker and what influence they had on projects. Can be anybody. Bring in someone else who is a die hard fan
No, that one doesn’t count as the double. Because the standard version was only one disc. I don’t think that rule applies to a second disc being just 3-5 bonus or expanded edition tracks. (I could be wrong, but I don’t think so).
Some thoughts... I started with Priest in 1988 and I bought the Ram It Down Album back then which I kinda liked. Painkiller, though, blew me away. It still does. - Demolition is not good, agreed. But even there still are quite nice songs, I like "One On One" and "Close To You". - Loch Ness is a killer track, really great doomy thing, but agreed with that it does not fit well on the album. - I really love the Nostradamus album, and I recommend to listen to it in its full entirety. OK, two songs are weak, but I love that thing. - Redeemer was solid, some great tracks there. - Live perfomances on RUclips showed an old Rob with an old voice - I feared that the end of Priest was near. But then: Firepower is very strong, cool and hot and I saw the band live and they blew me away again. As if they got 20 years younger. Astonishing! Even the new guitar duo worked more than well and all fear that the magic of Tipton/Downing could have been dies was gone. The atmosphere in the big festive tent in Mannheim (GER) was magical, the whole audience was on fire. One of my best memories ever.
My first JP live show was on the Turbo tour in Philly with Dokken opening. Had had tickets to see them with Maiden in 82 but had gotten food poisoning so ended up missing that one which pains me to this day. Turbo is such a bad album in JPs catalog but the show was killer and probably the loudest show I’ve ever been to, ears were ringing for a week after that one !
I listen to Nostradamus a few times a year. I pour myself something nice, dim the lights and turn it up. I know I'm in the minority but I love that album! If they ever played the whole thing live I'd be the first one in line.
Cheers!
I like the album too. You are not the only one.
I like it too. What they're off about?
I'm not too keen on Nostradamus but I will give it a another listen,. You never know.
You wouldn't have to worry because, you'd be, in the minority.
Same as part one. I watch this at least once every 2 weeks. What can I say, I love Priest. I love the episode. Chris and Pete do this so damn good.
I personally really enjoy both Ripper albums and Nostradamus and love Lochness. The title track to Nostradamus might be my favorite Priest song.
It's worth mentioning that all but 2 of the 2001 remasters have bonus tracks that don't belong on the album that they're placed on, which was really weird. For example, the remastered version of Defenders of the Faith has a bonus track called Turn On Your Light, which is from the Turbo session and the remastered version of Screaming for Vengeance has a bonus track called Prisoner of Your Eyes which is also from the Turbo session and the same thing for the remastered version of British Steel, which also has a Turbo session track called Red, White & Blue, while the remastered version of Point of Entry has a bonus track called Thunder Road which is from the Ram It Down session, as well as the remastered version of Stained Class, having a bonus track called Fire Burns Below which is also from the Ram It Down session and the remastered version of Hell Bent for Leather has a Screaming for Vengeance session track called Fight for Your Life and the remastered version of Sin After Sin has a bonus track from the Stained Class session called Race with the Devil. This makes ZERO sense. Why not put the appropriate bonus track from the session of the actual album that's being remastered? Why put it on another album which was recorded years apart? The only 2 remasters that got it right were Turbo and Painkiller, which each has a bonus track (All Fired Up and Living Bad Dreams respectively) that was actually from that albums actual recording session.
Crazy. What a hell of a career this band. The inventors of the twin lead guitars . Pepperd in all those songs are some of the very best well written track's in metal period. Thanks Man,🤘
Red White and blue is f*****g aweful.
I'd say Thin Are more important for that sorta thing in the Hard Rock/ Heavy metal context.
I wish I would have seen Judas Priest when I was much younger 🔸I only recently saw Judas Priest in 2018 w/Saxon! ▪️2nd row Glenn Tipton stepped in for awhile▪️note: Chris you have a great memory and passion for Judas Priest 🎙️I enjoyed this
thank you!
Pantera & Rob Halford - Light Comes Out Of Black (Buffy The Vampire Slayer Soundtrack) 1992. A must hear!
Loved this show and the Sabbath show with Chris! Killer stuff guys!!!
Nostradamus' Lost love song, one of the best Judas Priest ballads.
Nostradamus isn't love song, nor even ballad. If you like J.Priest ballads go and listen to "Before the dawn" from Killing Machine. (One of the best metal slow songs in heavy metal).
@@flammaferus2998 Maybe I did not write properly. I meant the song called "Lost love" from Nostradamus album.
@@flammaferus2998 the last rose is an amazing version of a 1805 poem that Rob showed his range
Thanks for the info on JP"s albums. I own 11 of their albums. Probably buy "Sad Wings of Destiny" and "Firepower" next! I hope the both of you can do more video's together! You both work well off each other!
Maybe the songs on Redeemer of Souls are so varied and refer to other eras of the band as they had just done such a successful tour of different era songs? Great show!!! Thanks so much! I learn so much from this channel!
You make 2020 so much cooler. Thank you!
2021
A Master Class in JP; thanks guys👏🏻👏🏻
Lochness is a GOOD song as far as I'm concerned. I've always liked it.
definitely. Never understood the disdain for that track.
treeduck, nah man, it’s Judas Priest’s For The Greater Good Of God. Boring, way too long and SO. MANY. CHORUS. REPEATS. I’ve heard Gregorian chants less repetitive
@@aidanbouw5224 Yeah, the lenght is the problem but other than that i don't see why they consider it an aweful song, l saw the video of their top 10 songs and seriously, they chose songs that are lamer than Lochness, like Devil's Child and lsland of Domination
@Flat Earth Florida l think they should re-record the album and give it a more metallic sound and it would surely work at concerts
@@aidanbouw5224 I agree I also feel this way while listening to these type of songs like "Heavy Metal" off of "Ram It Down" album. Enjoyable song I lose interest when the chorus gets repeated multiple times. Kind of like "angel and the gambler" from maidens "virtual xi" or kiss "I wanna rock n roll all nite"
That was a great double video. Love hearing in depth of Priest.
Pete how do you keep your CD covers looking so new and unscratched?! Great Show!
Rock you all around the world. Is a great song.
Great video! It's nice to hear a couple of knowledgeable people talk about the greatest heavy metal band ever!
I really enjoy listening to you guys. Thank you. For me..in my opinion and experience, I love judas priest, and I appreciatte true creativity. I really like both ripper albums, hell is home is awesome. I also have listened to nostradamus many many times. It's a very cool story. I think the music is big and powerful.
I've been a JP fan since hearing Green Manalishi on a local radio station in probably 1982 and knew they were different. I've since bought everything before that time and most of the albums after including Rob's solo projects Fight and Halford (Two was a mistake). Thank you guys - great job!
2wo Project was not bad, it was simply different. Industrial metal at its best
OMG!!! Music NERDS!!! You guys are awesome!! Thanks for taking the time to make this 2 part video!!!
Watching in 2021. Riveting!!
Some heads are gonna roll is a banger
This was really entertaining. We both did a great job. Christmas stories about the band and enormous insight, release dates and additional information was really good. Pete you always do a great. Thank you for this.
1. Sin after sin.
2. Hellbent for leather
3. British steel
4. Screaming for vengeance
5. Stained glass
Honorable mentions would be of course unleashed in the east and fire power.
I was very good episode The both episodes Long Live Judas Priest Godfather of heavy metal
Great stuff and funny at times as well--super job!
I have never gotten into Judas Priest only because there is so much out there. I have all the Iron Maiden's, and have been listening to them since about 1984, go figure. Judas Priests time has come for me now I think, been previewing and like. I gave first listen to Nostradamus, because this seems the most hated on this video (wanted to start with so called worst, first), and I really like this, a great effort with many peaks & valleys, a very ambitious effort! I've heard others of theres, and like what I've heard, a great band!
Priest > Maiden
Saw Judas Priest initially on the Turbo tour with Dokken opening up, thought it was one best shows I went to, I was 15 years old.
IMMMM UUUURRR TUUUURBOOOO LUUUUHHH-VAAAAHHH!!🤘
Very cool stuff
You Rock Pete 🤘.
I saw Dream Theatre play their concept album 4 years ago. This was the first and only time I saw people leave in droves. The Stranahan in Toledo has a nice lobby so we downed another drink and headed to the Distillery. Concept albums are dangerous and usually can only be pulled off by a band on top at the moment.
Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime was a magnificent album.
Totally agree on Mindcrime. It can rival Maidens SSOSS easily or even Another Brick by PF
Nice work, thanks guys
Live vengeance 82, hands down best live release ever☠️👺🤘
They were at the top of there game taking "Memphis Tennessee,andthe whole world by storm!!!
unleashed in the east. I think was a tad better.
Mike m. I like Live Meltdown 98 better. Yeah I said it, better setlist and Ripper rules!
Best live video of any band. The GOAT.
Meltdown 98 is my favorite Priest album, great setlist and audience.
True that Maiden with Blaze collapsed in America.
But if we go further, Maiden starts declining (ticket sale wise) in America as early as 1988.
On the other hand, they became huge in Europe from 86 and so on.
Fear of the dark tour '92 saw Maiden play at... the Ritz (with Dream Theatre) which is a tiny concert place.
So my point is: if Bruce or Rob stayed in their band, would the 90's be different for both Maiden and Priest ?
Halford's solo projects are so good, he can sing anything!
wow great show, tons of info, bin a priest fan from way back,\m/
I agree 98% with everything you say. Only thing not mentioned here is the alcohol problem Rob had around Turbo. Also, I found out about a rare, intro version of Freewheel burning relatively late. It would be cool to have a comprehensive list of Priest rarities, such as Father mother son, the older live version of Island of Domination with different riffs etc. But absolutely brilliant work on this double video!
Looking back at this again can't believe its been 5 years. Dave Holland was an underated drummer he was the most suitable for priest in my opinion, he was great live too.
1. Painkiller
2. Defenders
3. Killing machine
4. Stained class
5. Vengeance
6. Sad wings
7. Firepower
8. Ram it down
9. Angel of retribution
10. Sin after sin
"Painkiller maybe not their best album?" Jeez, it's their heaviest, fastest and melodic at the same time, most complex guitar solos and structures, pure heavy metal, no cheesy lyrics, no filler songs at all, each song is outstanding in its own right... This is definitely THE JUDAS PRIEST ALBUM!
"I didn't know that if I wanted to see them live after Nostradamus" "So I saw them 5 times on this tour" lol
Well Pete didn't want to see Priest on Nostradamus, but Chris (me), I still saw them a bunch of times on that tour.
Ram It Down, Hard as Iron and BLOOD RED SKIES (killer song)!
your lucky chris i never saw priest till the 2000's and i was into them since 79 !!!!
Awesome show!
I'm a huge Preisthead myself but......
I know it's your opinion and you're obviously big fans but Nostradamus is musically and creatively one of their best. I couldn't believe a band that made a song as simple as Breaking the Law to something as complex as Nostradamus blew me away. One day someone will make a huge musical production and bring it to Broadway and justice will be served.
I love The History Of Black Sabbath episodes, and thesr History Of Judas Priest episodes big time!!! Hopefully you guys will eventually do The History Of Iron Maiden, and do it justice like the other two.
The Metal Masters Tour was so damned awesome. Halford was pulling his punches with the high notes, but he still sounded pretty decent (he actually sounds really good lately). It's the only time I've seen Ronnie, and to see him with Sabbath less than two years before he passed away makes it an extra special memory for me.
I saw a young Priest Early 70s in a pub near my home town I was under age to enter the bar but was let in there must of been 50 people there mainly drinking not particularly interested in the band.. I think they just brought out sad wings if destiny album a true story...
Jugulator was brutally heavy and had some killer songs like Bloostained, Burn In Hell, Bullet Train, Abductors and the epic Cathedral Spires and some other strong tracks. Demolition album on the other hand had literally only 2 good songs on it, One on One and Hell is Home. I guess Machine Man and Feed on Me were passable also (barely).
Painkiller
Jugulator is my favorite Judas Priest album.
Pete. We’re the same age. I will say one thing. After hearing Turbo for a couple of years and yes. I had heard about those pop recordings. So to me. Buying Ram it Down. I put the needle on tbe a 19:04 record. And that SCREAM !! At that moment. I thought. The Priest is back!!
Saw Priest in London,with Pantara as support!(Painkiller Tour)
Priest's stage set was so big, it apparently couldn't fit into Hammersmith,and had to be remodeled accordingly!!!
Great show,and glad I got to see them!
P.S. Priest recorded with Stock,Aitkin and Waterman?
W.T.F?!!! Didn't know that!😱😱😱
The 90's did have some heavy hitters like Pantera, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Iced Earth, Machine Head, Sepultura, Nine Inch Nails, Type O Negative, Death and obviously the heavy hitters who had changed their style like Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Kreator, Dio, Queensryche, Maiden and Priest and several others. Metal was still around, but it had definitely splintered and morphed into something different than it had been PRE-early 90's.
Priest blue printed speed and thrash ...
painkiller was like thrashy technical 70's approach updated
they didnt take the train .. they just recall that this key was theirs
Dan Maler, TOOL isn’t metal, TOOL is shit!
Guillaume Pépin, the same goes for Jugulator. Priest saying: PanterA, Slayer, Machine Head And all other imitators, step aside
About time for a Manowar retrospective!
A Touch of evil is a great concert album. All the songs are better than in regular albums - very heavy and full of energy and emotions. You didn't mention it.
Sounds good but not enough good songs for me. I like riding on the wind and hammer and anvil.
Bino Hyper
Yes Yes Yes !!! That cd is heavy as he'll.Love HEAVY. Could you recommend a few please.
Pete, have you done a The History of Wishbone Ash yet. Would love that.
Awesome videos guys looking forward to your Iron Maiden videos
Nostradamus is a great album not perfect but much better then redeemer
Agree, it takes a lot of heat because it isn’t “metal” but I think it’s a great rock/prog rock album, probably would have been a little more palatable if it had been a single album, but I rank this one near the upper middle of the pack for me tbh.
SadWings86, no way! I disagree hard. Half the tracks on Nostradamus are filler. Stuff like Shadows In The Flame, Peace, Hope And Sands Of Time aren’t terrible, just SO unnecessary. They could have taken away combined songs like that, to make a shorter album when it comes to songs. Redeemer is in my opinion great. High energy, straight to the punch, epic and a reimagined Priest. Richie Faulkner pumped some liters of fresh blood into the bands metal veins and by doing that, he gave this album a different that doesn’t stray too much from the signature sound either. Redeemer is shorter, more polished and just better in my opinion
Great job🖒
Imo, Angel of Retribution was their best album since Painkiller. It's criminally underrated. Unfortunately, Rob's high range was gone, because he started smoking again after he ended his Crucible tour and you could tell by the time he started singing live with Priest in June 2004 that it had severely diminished since the June 2003 (only 1 year of Rob smoking again screwed up his vocals).
It was a civil suit. If they we're found guilty, they wouldnt have gone to jail lal. Just would have to pay big wampum
Judas priest should have sued the parent's for slander
OMG, my response to Ram it Down was exactly the same. Getting into heavier stuff, not thrilled with Turbo, JBG?!
So I ignored it. Then I was living in Iowa, going to college and I was getting a tattoo when the Painkiller CD came on. I asked the guy, ‘who’s this band with this guy sounding like halford?’
I could’ve shit to learn it was Priest.
I like Ram it Down a bit more now. It would have been cooler to have been that twin turbos idea.
Amazing review!!! What a great band. I like your reviews of these band a lit; perhaps you can make some more of UFO, rory gallagher, NWoBHM and early Riot too! Greetings Matthias
Check out our History Of playlist- posted a History of UFO a while back
I agree with the both of you on many things such as Jugulator does have some great songs such as Cathedral Spires, Bullet Train, Burn In Hell, and Blood Stained. I hate everything on Demolition. I love everything on Angel Of Retribution accept the song Lochness. I could not get into Nostradamus at all accept for two songs Prophecy and title track Nostradamus. I love Redeemer Of Souls album. I love Dragonaut, March Of The Damned, Title track, and especially Halls Of Valhalla. I really, really love Firepower album big time. I love everything on it, especially Rising From Ruins, No Surrender, Spectre, Traitors Gate, Firepower, Lighting Strike, Never The Heroes, and Sea Of Red. Firepower is the best Judas Priest album since Painkiller in my opinion. Firepower tour is the first time I ever got to see Judas Priest live. I have been a huge fan of theirs for over thirty years, but I was too young to see them in the 80's and I refused to see them when Tim Owens was in the band. I am glad that Judas Priest did not stop touring after the Epitaph tour because I would never have seen them live.
I actually liked the first 8 songs or so on "Nostradamus". It's over ambitious, I'd say. If they'd stripped it down instead of going for a two-disc-set it could've been a great album.
Oliver L.
That's the case with most double albums.
My favourite is Killing Machine, such a great record, a great blend of heavy and commercial tunes.
A true legendary band, but I think Firepower is a great way to end a fantastic run. It's just not the same without Glenn and KK has now burned all his bridges. Rob, Ian, Scott have made more money than we'll ever see in our lifetime. Richie has a great future ahead on him. I think it's now time for them to hang up the guitars.
@Flat Earth Florida No it didn't mate. Angel Of Retribution, Redeemer Of Souls and Firepower are all excellent releases. And Firepower would've been a great way to end their career.
Would love to buy a reconstruction of the Twin Turbo double album.
Such a great era of Priest, and there are still unreleased Turbo songs.
It was just about time someone would say something about those Priest Live inner sleeve...My God , how godawful they are !
I bought my copy of Master of Puppets on Vinyl and that came with a record sleeve lyric sheet, and they broke down the solos of who played what where on it. Also, I bought Powerslave on cassette and that came with a fold out sleeve with all the lyrics and awesome art work. Piece of Mind was like that as well. Maiden was really cool to their fans in the 80s.
In my opinion, the version of Starbreaker on the Priest Live and Rare record has the best Rob vocal ever. The amount of different styles on that one track, is just amazing.
Lemme take a run at ranking :
18. Nostradamus
17. Demolition
16. Turbo
15. RockaRolla
14. Point of Entry
13. Ram it Down
12. Jugulator
11. Angel of Retribution
10. Sin After Sin
9. Redeemer of Souls
8. Firepower
7. Hell Bent for Leather
6. Sad Wings
5. Screaming
4. Painkiller
3. Stained Class
2. British Steel
1. Defenders
2-6 difficult, almost mood dependent
7-10 a tick below, but interchangeable within those four
1 and 18 are locked.
Unleashed clearly the best live record.
Priest Live is awesome EXCEPT for the shit tracks of Parental Guidance and Private Property. But Love Bites, The Sentinal, Another Thing...... Amazing versions.
I’ve just ordered the vinyl of Battle Cry to give it a good listen. I’ll grab the Ripper live record, IF I can get a reasonable price. But since that will complete the vinyl collection, I’ll get it at some point.
Turbo is a great pop metal album. I love that record. “No parental guidance here” should have been a smash hit.
Can't understand your position about "Nostradamus". Songs like "Revelations", "Awakening", "Alone", "Shadows in the Flame" remind the very beginning with Rock Rolla... In fact, they made a progressive album... Why not ? I love that album, sorry !
Talking about "Jugulator" and "Demolition"...I think you should listen to them as an answer to what Halford did at the same period with "Fight" and "Halford"...but with a touch of Priest in it...If you manage to do that I think you can see the beauty in these two albums.
I don’t know how you can see a band so many times, Judas Priest have only played in my city twice ever
K.K. kind of comes across as petty and delusional.
my top/fave 5 Priest albums
Sad Wings
Stained Glass
Sin after Sin
Defenders
Painkiller
He seems to throw Glenn under the bus at every opportunity. Not cool.
Agree with everything else, but i'm not that big on Sin after Sin.
Those are surprisingly my favorites as well in a different order! I love the general atmosphere of many of those 70s songs, and those three albums are just a gold mine for some of the most stellar vocal performances in heavy music.
@@Mr.Truxton agree. I'll replace Sin after sin with killing machine aka hell bent for leather.
@@dietersmit6639 Yes Killing Machine or maybe Screaming for Vengeance.
Nostradamus isn't garbage. Wow. The Title track, persecution, visions, pestielience and plague, revelations.. The album is underrated, if only a little bloated with excess. It's not their best, but certainly not the worst.
It definitely is NOT their worst album. Over ambitious is the right word imho. Too long but there are some dramatic and nice songs
I'm listening to Painkiller, at this very moment.
Ripper Owens sang for Charred Walls of the Damned
It must have pissed Rob off to bring girls into the audience
Bring on that History of Maiden show!
YES!!! The greatest band of all time in my opinion.
@@johnkatsoudas4767 oh no, another Maiden fanboy.
DVD live in Memphis 1982-great one, and they play Desert Plains ( very fast version ) seen them a few years ago and they played it more slowly
Playing Nostradamus start to finish would have been as bad as Iron Maiden doing A Matter of Life and Death start to finish and that sucked out loud . I was so pissed off.
The ‘Take on the World’ 12” record is awesome.
Nostradamus is quite a good album. Don't exaggerate.
Not for me, thanks!
For me, the audio quality on “Priest…Live!” Is not great.
You get mostly the same live songs (minus the Turbo ones) with the anniversary release of “Defenders of the Faith”, and the audio quality is much better.
You’re making me want to hear ‘Nostrodamus’! It sounds so terrible it has to be worth a listen!
When are bands going to wise up to the fact that less is more? Most classic albums are between 35-40 minutes long.
You're right, have to listen...some fans regard it a masterpiece and I tend to agree more with them.
Just listened to "Prophecy" from Nostradamus - did he predict that JP would parody Spinal Tap?
Rob said in his second book that the Fuel for Life tour (turbo) made a lot of money, but also cost even more, so they lost money on it.
I like the production on Angel and Nostradamus but it is funny I have been trying to relisten to Nostradamus for a long time and I can't bring myself to do it.
I liked a few of the songs. I did listen to it yesterday.
It’s a good thing Neil Young didn’t make ‘Nostradamus’; he’d have performed the whole album in its entirety and then when the audience started shouting for something familiar he’d have performed it again.
Also. Say what you will about Priest Live. It really is some of best moments of Halford’s vocals. Yeah. I know. Very 80s production and sound. But still Rob really shows off on this… Love Bites is a great example
I'm sorry but Demolition is not a horrible album. I felt like his description of it was disrespectful. It's certainly not a great Priest album but it does have high points. One on One, Hell is Home, Feed on Me are great tracks. Just my opinion.
Never brought any priest stuff had some halford solo stuff and the first fight album. But these extended if you will history ofs are great. Same as the black sabbath ones. Would be cool if you did them on well known singers or guitarists like satch or schenker and what influence they had on projects. Can be anybody. Bring in someone else who is a die hard fan
Is that a snow beast whimpering in the background I hear…??
Yep, she was banished from the room!
No, that one doesn’t count as the double. Because the standard version was only one disc. I don’t think that rule applies to a second disc being just 3-5 bonus or expanded edition tracks.
(I could be wrong, but I don’t think so).
Heavy metal parking lot was film in late May 86 at capital center largo Maryland..I think it was Saturday May 31st.
At that time, I did here that they were working with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. And I thought "NO! Vicious Rumour!!" It sounded too silly to be true.
I saw Priest in 14 Steel Panther opened
Some thoughts... I started with Priest in 1988 and I bought the Ram It Down Album back then which I kinda liked. Painkiller, though, blew me away. It still does. - Demolition is not good, agreed. But even there still are quite nice songs, I like "One On One" and "Close To You". - Loch Ness is a killer track, really great doomy thing, but agreed with that it does not fit well on the album. - I really love the Nostradamus album, and I recommend to listen to it in its full entirety. OK, two songs are weak, but I love that thing. - Redeemer was solid, some great tracks there. - Live perfomances on RUclips showed an old Rob with an old voice - I feared that the end of Priest was near. But then: Firepower is very strong, cool and hot and I saw the band live and they blew me away again. As if they got 20 years younger. Astonishing! Even the new guitar duo worked more than well and all fear that the magic of Tipton/Downing could have been dies was gone. The atmosphere in the big festive tent in Mannheim (GER) was magical, the whole audience was on fire. One of my best memories ever.
My first JP live show was on the Turbo tour in Philly with Dokken opening. Had had tickets to see them with Maiden in 82 but had gotten food poisoning so ended up missing that one which pains me to this day. Turbo is such a bad album in JPs catalog but the show was killer and probably the loudest show I’ve ever been to, ears were ringing for a week after that one !
NOSTRADAMUS is a great album and totally daring and better than more recent albums which have this euro metal style
Turbo is my favorite album. Parental guidance