Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K Downing makes an appearance in the video for the song "Freedom Act" from the young British heavy metal act HOSTILE. Downing produced both of HOSTILE's albums so far, 2013's "Eve Of Destruction" and 2016's "New World Disorder", and also co-wrote the song "Addiction" with the band, marking the first time K.K. had ever released anything outside of JUDAS PRIEST. "New World Disorder" includes HOSTILE's cover version of the PRIEST song "Blood Stained", which originally appeared on the heavy metal legends' 1997 album "Jugulator". Asked how HOSTILE ended up working with Downing, guitarist A.J. Mills told the Steel Mill web site: "Well, K.K. actually went to school with my uncle Steve, believe it or not. We are all from the same hood, the Black Country, where, as you well know, is the birthplace of heavy metal. So, anyway, Steve convinced K.K. to step out of his metal fortress in Shropshire to come and check out HOSTILE play live at a place called JB's in Dudley. Now the really cool thing about this is that JUDAS PRIEST actually used to play at this venue, when they were just starting out and up and coming. After the show, K.K. told us that he would like to produce our album, so we played it cool whilst he was still there, and after he left to go back home, we all went crazy! Being massive JUDAS PRIEST fans, it was a dream come true!" Regarding HOSTILE's decision to cover "Blood Stained", Mills said: "Well, when we were all growing up and swapping tapes at school, Ripper Owens was the current singer in JUDAS PRIEST, and 'Jugulator' as well as ''98 Live Meltdown' were the tapes that were doing the rounds in school. Of course, we were well aware of what came before those PRIEST records, as we grew up listening to the likes of 'Painkiller' and 'Stained Class' and all those other great records that came before, but the Ripper era was the era that made us, and most definitely me in particular, want to pick up an instrument and play in a band. I even have a 'Jugulator' tattoo on my arm! Just in case I ever forget why I do what I do! So it only seemed right when we decided to do a PRIEST cover to do one from this era." HOSTILE's European tour, dubbed "The European Disorder Tour 2016", will kick off on October 6 in Naples, Italy.
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