JUDAS PRIEST

Release Year: 2019
Artist Origin: ENG
Style: catchy diverse intricate heavy metal

absolutely catchy third album [1977] of Priest is the most consistent and focused work of their early era, rocking and riffing through eight glorious compositions, starting with a definite opener highlight Sinner, and ending with violent Dissident Aggressor, later successfully covered by Slayer and thus heavily influencing future generations as well, of course not to forget an anthemic cover of Joan Baez's Diamonds and Rust, that instantly become a live favourite from then onwards, plus seven other bombastic tracks, where guitar arrangements pop upfront with more and more heaviness in them; recent Japanese edition comes with a remastered sound, two rare bonuses - demo version of Race with The Devil and live recording of Jawbreaker from 1984's show, as well as OBI strip and extra booklet written in Nihongo