Judas Priest finish recording new album

[Rushman14]

It's all right. Reminds me of Hell Razor from Halford IV.

 

Hell Razor

 

[Rod in Toronto]

The new song sounds great, VERY old school. I´ve always respected Judas Priest but never listened to them with the attention they deserve. Halford sounds good in this new track, even though he´s sticking to the mid range.

[Your_Lion]

It's all right. Reminds me of Hell Razor from Halford IV.

 

Hell Razor

 

You've got to love a heavy metal pun

[treeduck]

It's all right. Reminds me of Hell Razor from Halford IV.

 

Hell Razor

 

The funniest song from that album is Undisputed with it's He'stheheavyweightchampionoftheworld chorus!

[bathory]

18 songs? f**k's sake, let's hope they don't overdo it again like so many old bands do. just because the space is there on a compact disc doesn't mean you have to fill it up.

 

haven't heard the new song but if folks are saying it sounds like painkiller-era priest then it must be pretty good

Well they have been recording it on and off since 2011, if this were the 80's they'd have about 3 albums out in that time which would be about 27 songs, it's not like they started recording it in January.

 

ah

[treeduck]

18 songs? f**k's sake, let's hope they don't overdo it again like so many old bands do. just because the space is there on a compact disc doesn't mean you have to fill it up.

 

haven't heard the new song but if folks are saying it sounds like painkiller-era priest then it must be pretty good

Well they have been recording it on and off since 2011, if this were the 80's they'd have about 3 albums out in that time which would be about 27 songs, it's not like they started recording it in January.

 

ah

Actually it appears that 18 songs was a mistake and 13 songs is the actual figure, based on the fact that most sites are quoting Tipton with 13 songs as the number, though both numbers are being bandied about.

[Your_Lion]

18 songs? f**k's sake, let's hope they don't overdo it again like so many old bands do. just because the space is there on a compact disc doesn't mean you have to fill it up.

 

haven't heard the new song but if folks are saying it sounds like painkiller-era priest then it must be pretty good

Well they have been recording it on and off since 2011, if this were the 80's they'd have about 3 albums out in that time which would be about 27 songs, it's not like they started recording it in January.

 

ah

Actually it appears that 18 songs was a mistake and 13 songs is the actual figure, based on the fact that most sites are quoting Tipton with 13 songs as the number, though both numbers are being bandied about.

13 songs sounds more like I was expecting.

I guess a 3 could look a bit like an 8

[treeduck]

18 songs? f**k's sake, let's hope they don't overdo it again like so many old bands do. just because the space is there on a compact disc doesn't mean you have to fill it up.

 

haven't heard the new song but if folks are saying it sounds like painkiller-era priest then it must be pretty good

Well they have been recording it on and off since 2011, if this were the 80's they'd have about 3 albums out in that time which would be about 27 songs, it's not like they started recording it in January.

 

ah

Actually it appears that 18 songs was a mistake and 13 songs is the actual figure, based on the fact that most sites are quoting Tipton with 13 songs as the number, though both numbers are being bandied about.

13 songs sounds more like I was expecting.

I guess a 3 could look a bit like an 8

Seems like half the press are saying 13 and half are saying 18. It could be a typo. We'll find out eventually anyway. There is a two CD version of the album so maybe there is 18 altogether 13 on the main disc and 5 bonus tracks?

[treeduck]

This might confirm that there are 18 tracks:

 

Guitarist Glenn Tipton added that the band set out from the start to write a more direct, heavy-hitting album than "Nostradamus," noting that some Priest fans were disappointed by that release. And once the band hit stride, the songs kept flowing, so Priest ended up recording almost two album's worth of material. "Sometimes in the past we may have come under fire for being too adventurous musically, so we have listened," Tipton said. "From start to finish, 'Redeemer of Souls' is 18 songs of pure classic Priest metal."

[treeduck]

This confirms it:

 

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will release their long-awaited new album, "Redeemer Of Souls", in July through Epic/Columbia.

 

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

 

01. Dragonaut

02. Redeemer Of Souls

03. Halls Of Valhalla

04. Sword Of Damocles

05. March Of The Damned

06. Down In Flames

07. Hell & Back

08. Cold Blooded

09. Metalizer

10. Crossfire

11. Secrets Of The Dead

12. Battle Cry

13. Beginning Of The End

 

Bonus tracks:

 

14. Snakebite

15. Tears Of Blood

16. Creatures

17. Bring It On

18. Never Forget

[Stormtron]

Needs some more "of" titles.

[treeduck]

Needs some more "of" titles.

 

I still think my own fictional 2014 Priest album tracklist is better, and it's only got 16 tracks, I cut some of the fat off! I've got 5 "ofs" myself though!

 

 

Judas Priest – Acolytes of the Black Witch

 

1 Architects of Extinction 5:46

2 Twilight Horizon 4:53

3 Eucharist 3:39

4 Venerators of Astaroth 4:35

5 Exclusion Principle 4:02

6 Freeway Frenzy 3:47

7 Acolytes of the Black Witch 7:33

8 The Wretched 2:55

9 Merciless Carnage 5:32

10 Annihilation Dream 4:45

11 Medusa's Kiss 5:56

12 Menace 3:21

13 The Chancel of the Ravaged 6:04

14 Light Bearer's Supper 3:50

15 Burial: From the Abyss 4:41

16 Slaves of Angkor 8:24

 

Total Time: 79:53

[Your_Lion]

09. Metalizer

 

There always needs to be a title ending in "er", and this fits the bill nicely :haz:

[Stormtron]

Needs some more "of" titles.

 

I still think my own fictional 2014 Priest album tracklist is better, and it's only got 16 tracks, I cut some of the fat off! I've got 5 "ofs" myself though!

 

 

Judas Priest – Acolytes of the Black Witch

 

1 Architects of Extinction 5:46

2 Twilight Horizon 4:53

3 Eucharist 3:39

4 Venerators of Astaroth 4:35

5 Exclusion Principle 4:02

6 Freeway Frenzy 3:47

7 Acolytes of the Black Witch 7:33

8 The Wretched 2:55

9 Merciless Carnage 5:32

10 Annihilation Dream 4:45

11 Medusa's Kiss 5:56

12 Menace 3:21

13 The Chancel of the Ravaged 6:04

14 Light Bearer's Supper 3:50

15 Burial: From the Abyss 4:41

16 Slaves of Angkor 8:24

 

Total Time: 79:53

 

Acolytes of the Black Witch sounds bad ass. I'm making the song up in my head.

[treeduck]

09. Metalizer

 

There always needs to be a title ending in "er", and this fits the bill nicely :haz:

Aye! :haz:

[treeduck]

Needs some more "of" titles.

 

I still think my own fictional 2014 Priest album tracklist is better, and it's only got 16 tracks, I cut some of the fat off! I've got 5 "ofs" myself though!

 

 

Judas Priest – Acolytes of the Black Witch

 

1 Architects of Extinction 5:46

2 Twilight Horizon 4:53

3 Eucharist 3:39

4 Venerators of Astaroth 4:35

5 Exclusion Principle 4:02

6 Freeway Frenzy 3:47

7 Acolytes of the Black Witch 7:33

8 The Wretched 2:55

9 Merciless Carnage 5:32

10 Annihilation Dream 4:45

11 Medusa's Kiss 5:56

12 Menace 3:21

13 The Chancel of the Ravaged 6:04

14 Light Bearer's Supper 3:50

15 Burial: From the Abyss 4:41

16 Slaves of Angkor 8:24

 

Total Time: 79:53

 

Acolytes of the Black Witch sounds bad ass. I'm making the song up in my head.

That was a late switch, I suddenly had to have a Witch in there! Priest need a witch song!

[Rushman14]

This confirms it:

 

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will release their long-awaited new album, "Redeemer Of Souls", in July through Epic/Columbia.

 

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

 

01. Dragonaut

02. Redeemer Of Souls

03. Halls Of Valhalla

04. Sword Of Damocles

05. March Of The Damned

06. Down In Flames

07. Hell & Back

08. Cold Blooded

09. Metalizer

10. Crossfire

11. Secrets Of The Dead

12. Battle Cry

13. Beginning Of The End

 

Bonus tracks:

 

14. Snakebite

15. Tears Of Blood

16. Creatures

17. Bring It On

18. Never Forget

 

does the deluxe edition come with a cod piece? sign me up!

[Union 5-3992]

This confirms it:

 

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will release their long-awaited new album, "Redeemer Of Souls", in July through Epic/Columbia.

 

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

 

01. Dragonaut

02. Redeemer Of Souls

03. Halls Of Valhalla

04. Sword Of Damocles

05. March Of The Damned

06. Down In Flames

07. Hell & Back

08. Cold Blooded

09. Metalizer

10. Crossfire

11. Secrets Of The Dead

12. Battle Cry

13. Beginning Of The End

 

Bonus tracks:

 

14. Snakebite

15. Tears Of Blood

16. Creatures

17. Bring It On

18. Never Forget

 

does the deluxe edition come with a cod piece? sign me up!

 

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[treeduck]

09. Metalizer

 

There always needs to be a title ending in "er", and this fits the bill nicely :haz:

Actually I checked this and every single Priest album has at least one "er" song except Nostradamus and Jugulator, (which comes close with two songs ending in "or"). :haz:

[Your_Lion]

09. Metalizer

 

There always needs to be a title ending in "er", and this fits the bill nicely :haz:

Actually I checked this and every single Priest album has at least one "er" song except Nostradamus and Jugulator, (which comes close with two songs ending in "or"). :haz:

Yeah. I think I remember reading someone saying that what the Nostradumus album really needs is a song called Prophesizer

[treeduck]

Needs some more "of" titles.

 

I still think my own fictional 2014 Priest album tracklist is better, and it's only got 16 tracks, I cut some of the fat off! I've got 5 "ofs" myself though!

 

 

Judas Priest – Acolytes of the Black Witch

 

1 Architects of Extinction 5:46

2 Twilight Horizon 4:53

3 Eucharist 3:39

4 Venerators of Astaroth 4:35

5 Exclusion Principle 4:02

6 Freeway Frenzy 3:47

7 Acolytes of the Black Witch 7:33

8 The Wretched 2:55

9 Merciless Carnage 5:32

10 Annihilation Dream 4:45

11 Medusa's Kiss 5:56

12 Menace 3:21

13 The Chancel of the Ravaged 6:04

14 Light Bearer's Supper 3:50

15 Burial: From the Abyss 4:41

16 Slaves of Angkor 8:24

 

Total Time: 79:53

I thought I hadn't got an "er" ending song but without realising I had put one in, "Light Bearers Supper"

[Rushman14]

[Union 5-3992]

 

No it isn't.

 

[sitboaf]

That was a perfect spot for a Rick Roll.

Thanks for that teen feauxmetal, though... :(

[treeduck]

ROB HALFORD Says New JUDAS PRIEST Album 'Redeemer Of Souls' Is 'Relentless'

 

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On Monday, May 5, Eddie Trunk — co-host of the VH1 Classic television program "That Metal Show" — conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST members Glenn Tipton (guitar), Rob Halford (vocals) and Richie Faulkner (guitar) for Eddie's show "Trunk Nation", which airs live Mondays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST on SiriusXM's Hair Nation, XM channel 39 and Sirius channel 39. A few excerpts from the chat follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

 

On the amount of time it took to put together JUDAS PRIEST's new studio album, "Redeemer Of Souls":

 

Halford: "Six years has whizzed by, but in that time, of course, we did not only the 'Nostradamus' tour, but the 'Epitaph' tour as well. Then we got into writing mode and made 'Redeemer Of Souls'. So we ain't been hanging out doing nothing."

 

Tipton: "It's 18 or 19 tracks — I can never remember — so there's a big chunk of work there. But we enjoyed it. It's returning back to the roots of PRIEST. It's classic PRIEST."

 

Halford: "When we finished 'Epitaph', we just got so buzzed from the fans and the reaction wherever we went. Just to put the 'Epitaph' tour together, which was we tried to put a song from every record into the show, and we were living in the life of JUDAS PRIEST, all those decades, in one show, night after night on the world trek, and I think that really did something to us eternally; as musicians, it should do when you tour. So we realized that this next record really had to be really strong, full of energy, because it's relentless, the tracks are relentless. The energy that you feel off 'Redeemer Of Souls' is replicated in that direction time and time and time again."

 

On whether they still feel good about "Nostradamus" six years after the album's release:

 

Tipton: "Yeah. [We're] absolutely proud of the album. Yeah, it was a little bit off the wall, and it wasn't quite a small element of people expected from PRIEST, and maybe they would prefer a more PRIEST classic album. But we've done it now, with 'Redeemer Of Souls', a completely classic PRIEST album, and probably the same element will turn around and say, 'I wish they'd tried something a bit different.' So you can't please all of the people all of the time, or some of the people some of the time, whatever that saying is. But we enjoyed writing ['Nostradamus']… A lot of it was done on keyboards, wasn't it?! We wanted to do a concept album. We've always wanted to do something that was a bit different, and we've never been afraid to experiment and try. You never know how it's gonna turn out, but you've gotta try these things and we're very proud of that album. And the small element, again, that said, 'We want more classic PRIEST,' we listened — you've gotta listen to your fans — and that's what we've done now. And you couldn't have a more classic album than 'Redeemer Of Souls'."

 

Halford: "If you look at bands of longevity, like PRIEST, you see the trail of music that we've left, I don't think we could have probably made as great a record as we have with 'Redeemer Of Souls' if we didn't have 'Nostradamus' as a reference point. It's a stepping stone to the next place. Every record that we've made, we've tried to give it some distinction, some separate identity. 'British Steel' doesn't sound like 'Stained Class', 'Stained Class' doesn't sound like 'Painkiller', 'Painkiller' doesn't sound like 'Defenders Of The Faith'… So I think everything has its place and has its moments, and we've always fed off these different areas that we've gone into with our metal. So thanks to 'Nostradamus', we've got 'Redeemer Of Souls'."

 

On how guitarist Richie Faulkner's addition to JUDAS PRIEST has changed the band's outlook on its future following the departure of founding PRIEST axeman K.K. Downing:

 

Tipton: "Richie came in and energized the band a lot. And when I say that, before anybody reads it wrong, I'm talking about energized me, certainly… I'm getting on a bit now, and we're all from a different generation than Richie comes from, so he came in and really did energize the band. And not only that, his contribution, particularly to the writing, is unbelievable, because he came in and fitted in, slotted in straight away. But that's because he did his homework, and he's always been a PRIEST fan. He listened to PRIEST and he knew what he needed to bring to the table, and he brought exactly the right things to the table, so that we got a new angle at looking at things, but it's still very much JUDAS PRIEST."

 

On whether they changed their minds about not doing any more tours once they got on the road and saw the overwhelmingly positive reactions to JUDAS PRIEST's new lineup:

 

Tipton: "In all honesty, we always said — we never really changed our mind — that 'Epitaph' was the last world tour that we were gonna do, that there was a possibility we would always do more dates. So we stuck to our guns. We weren't trying to trick people by saying it was our last tour. It was our last world tour. It can take a chunk out of your life. Just work takes a big part of your life, and when you go out on tour, it takes a chunk out of your life. So I think we're re-energized now with the new album [done]. I think it makes you think twice: 'How could I give this up?' You know? 'How could I possibly give this up?' And that drives you on. And it's driven us on for 40 years. And we're still alive… barely. But we're still alive."

 

Halford: 'We've said a million times and we'll say it a million times again, it's all down to the fans. The fans constantly motivate us. We've never ignored the fact that without our incredible JUDAS PRIEST fans, we wouldn't have had the life that we've had. So at the end of that 'Epitaph' tour, you go home for the first time in almost two years and you're thinking about all of that great emotion, and it's very difficult to say, 'That's the end of that. That's the end.' So we're refocusing, and we are gonna go out, [but] not as extensively [as before]. We feed on the energy that the fans give us, as we've always said, and they were the inspiration for us to put together 'Redeemer Of Souls'. We were thinking all the time about how the fans would react to this vibe or that vibe. And that's not to say that we were letting somebody else take our musical direction, but it's great to have that understanding, to have a reference point of who put you where you are. When you've been doing it for 40 years, you're thinking a lot more about things that you didn't when you first kicked off. 'Cause at the beginning, you're just very organic and you don't have a big fan base. There's a purity, like we've always said. With a lot of bands, to some extent, some of the best moments happen on the first two or three releases, and then all the other things start to come into play."

 

On Richie's involvement in the writing process for "Redeemer Of Souls":

 

Faulkner: "It was an incredible honor to be a part of it. I mean, since Day One, since the band said, 'You're in. You've got the job,' there's been creative input from all sides. It's not a situation where there's maybe two people that run the whole show and everyone else just turns up and plays — it's not like that at all. There was discussions about the setlist or changing songs or input into the set design or the production… You know what I mean?! So right from the word 'go,' it was very inclusive, like a creative family, and that dynamic has kind of spread throughout my three years in PRIEST into the writing included in there. And we were out on tour during the 'Epitaph' tour. I had a recording rig out on the road with me. So I'd go back in the dressing room, spend a few hours putting down riffs. Rob would poke his head around the door and say, 'Oh, what's that? What's that you're putting down? I've got an idea for that.' Or Glenn would come in the room with his guitar and say, 'Oh, I've got this riff. Can you put this down?' So it started very organically. We were out on the road putting down riffs. And when it came to the time to actually sit down, get together, put the ideas in the pot, if you will, for the 'Redeemer Of Souls' record, we had already started. It was an organic process. And it had been inclusive from the beginning."

 

On why there are five "bonus" tracks that are included on the deluxe version of the album and do not appear on the CD's regular version:

 

Tipton: "They are all great songs. The reason they are not on the album is because the 13 that we chose are very consistent with what we wanted to do, which was release an undisputable heavy metal album. The others, they are not lightweight by any chance, but they've got a different feel, a different texture. So it's not a case of trying to rip the kids off and trying to get more money for an extra album, it's just a case of, these five tracks seem to deserve to go on their own CD, and that's what we did."

 

Halford: "We didn't want to drop the energy. From the opening thunder-and-lightning on 'Dragonaut' right up 'till the end of 'Battle Cry', it's just full-on, it's relentless. It's great."

 

On JUDAS PRIEST's touring plans:

 

Tipton: "It's all a little bit 'play it by ear.' We're looking at starting some dates in the fall — exactly how many and what size, what capacity, we're not sure. But one thing that we have discussed is PRIEST have got such a wealth now of songs behind us, we probably won't go over the top on production like we've done before; the strength will be in the music. That's our feeling at the moment with this next tour."

 

Halford: "We wanna go back to basics, to a certain extent."

 

"Redeemer Of Souls" CD track listing:

 

01. Dragonaut

02. Redeemer Of Souls

03. Halls Of Valhalla

04. Sword Of Damocles

05. March Of The Damned

06. Down In Flames

07. Hell & Back

08. Cold Blooded

09. Metalizer

10. Crossfire

11. Secrets Of The Dead

12. Battle Cry

13. Beginning Of The End

 

Bonus tracks:

 

14. Snakebite

15. Tears Of Blood

16. Creatures

17. Bring It On

18. Never Forget

 

"Redeemer Of Souls" release dates:

 

Friday, July 11:

 

Australia

Austria

Benelux

Finland

Germany

Ireland

New Zealand

Norway

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

 

Monday, July 14:

 

Asia (excluding Japan)

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Greece

Hungary

Poland

Portugal

South Africa

UK

 

Tuesday, July 15:

 

Canada

Italy

Latin America

Russia

Spain

USA

 

Wednesday, July 16:

 

Japan

 

The "Redeemer Of Souls" title track can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The song was made available for purchase via iTunes and other digital service providers on April 29.