21st Century Priest. Judas Priest – Angel of Retribution – 2005 (iTunes – Amazon) Well, this is more like it. From the opening harbinger of doom track Judas Rising, right through the next track Deal with the Devil, we know that we are back in familiar territory. I’m not sure Continue Reading
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Listening Post: Judas Priest – Demolition
Rap? Judas Priest and….rap????? Judas Priest – Demolition – 2001 (iTunes – Amazon) Okay, yes. There is a nu-metal rapcore song on this album. It is the last. It’s called Metal Messiah and it serves to remind me of a terrible time when it seemed that Limp Bizkit would never Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: The Network – Money Money 2020
Oh, Green Day. You pranksters. The Network – Money Money 2020 – 2003 (iTunes – Amazon) The Network were a side project of Green Day’s plus a few friends in the early 00’s. Apparently there was a “feud” between the two bands, which generated interest in The Network. Remember that? Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Jugulator
Oh. No. Nonononono. Judas Priest – Jugulator – 1997 (Not Available) What the fuck were they thinking? Okay. Let’s get this out of the way. This is the record with “Ripper” Owens, you know, the guy that the movie Rock Star was (“NOT”) based on? Halford is gone. And somehow Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Painkiller
Waitaminnit. Judas Priest – Painkiller – 1990 (iTunes – Amazon) I don’t know what happened. I don’t know how it came to be. I imagine that the new drummer, Scott Travis unleashed something but… This album is great.I mean it’s scary great. Halford is in full voice and the Tipton/Downing Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – Shenanigans
Hey! It’s Green Day’s B-Sides! I don’t know why that excited me so much. Green Day – Shenanigans – 2002 (iTunes – Amazon) Let’s just go through this track by track, shall we? 1. Suffocate. B-Side for Good Riddance Classic Dookie type GD. (A)2. Desensitized. B-Side for Good Riddance Well, Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Ram It Down
It’s 1988. Metal is everywhere. And the fathers of the movement are rendering themselves anonymous in their quest for domination and relevance. Judas Priest – Ram It Down – 1986 (iTunes – Amazon) Now, I’m just confused.Ram It Down is supposed to be the second half of Turbo. Everything I’ve Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Turbo
Uh-oh. Judas Priest – Turbo – 1986 (iTunes –Amazon) Turbo Lover? Oh, dear.Someone has run almost completely out of ideas or hung out with Freddie Mercury far too often.Synthesizers? Who is this? Night Ranger? Loverboy? It must have really sucked to be a Judas Priest fan in 1986. Can you Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – Warning
Consider this a different kind of Listening Post and more like a Reflections Column. With Reflecting Pool I will be going back through the catalog of bands that I love and have been following for years. I will try to be as impartial as possible, but I admit that I Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith
And the metal Gods roll along….. Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith – 1984 (iTunes – Amazon) I really feel like I should put about as much effort into this review as the band did into this record. Mediocre. There. Okay, I’ll put in a little more, after all, Continue Reading