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The genre of Judas Priest song Victim of Changes(1976)?


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The genre of Judas Priest song Victim of Changes?  

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  1. 1. The genre of Judas Priest song Victim of Changes?

    • HEAVY ROCK (something like incomplete heavy metal)
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    • HEAVY METAL totally
    • I am undecided, so I guess it's tie between these two terms


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Let's think about this.

 

My personal view: While listening to a Judas Priest song "Victim of Changes" I find it's a transition, the raw HEAVY ROCK from the second half of the 70's. Yes, it is already named heavy metal, and let's say it is. But this song by its very structure is that dirty, raw and a little more extreme kind of heavy rock, like Deep Purple increased by 20%.

 

NWoBHM bands fully developed HEAVY METAL sound. Black Sabbath started that kind of heavy sound, 70's Judas Priest were a transition(undeveloped heavy metal), Iron Maiden defined HEAVY METAL in complete form, they represent fully developed heavy metal.

 

So I chose third option in this poll. On the one hand VoC is a HEAVY ROCK song(a little more extreme kind), and on the other it is HEAVY METAL(not fully developed though).

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Victim Of Changes is a f***in' hard rockin' metal song. That's all.

I watched Live Vengence '82 last night. Killer performance. :haz:

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My quick analysis of Victim of Changes:

Song structure: Sabbath for example had already developed complex compositions and Maiden went then further with Phantom of the Opera (but VoC remains an anthem)

Sound: sharper cutting edges

Voice: something never heard before (Halford being a more 'passionate screamer' than Gillan IMO)

So for me Victim of Changes is clever METAL at his best

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