JUDAS PRIEST will finally unveil its 16th studio album, "Nostradamus", June
17 via Epic in North America and a day earlier internationally.
A double-disc set that tells the story of the 16th century prophet, Michel
de Nostredame (whose name is often "Latinized" as Nostradamus), the release
is PRIEST's first-ever concept album, and was recorded throughout 2006 and
2007 at Old Smithy Studio in the U.K.
"Making 'Nostradamus' was a new experience for us in JUDAS PRIEST, insomuch
as this was going to be a conceptual writing and recording event," PRIEST
singer Rob Halford tells Billboard.com. "His life is well-documented, so for
us it was all about taking the significant episodes he went through, and
then with the right emotion, create music and lyrics that would convey
them."
"Nostradamus" track listing:
01. Dawn of Creation *
02. Prophecy
03. Awakening *
04. Revelations
05. The Four Horsemen *
06. War
07. Sands of Time *
08. Pestilence And Plague
09. Death
10. Peace *
11. Conquest
12. Lost Love
13. Persecution
14. Solitude *
15. Exiled
16. Alone
17. Shadows In the Flame *
18. Visions
19. Hope *
20. New Beginnings
21. Calm Before the Storm *
22. Nostradamus
23. Future Of Mankind
* Intro pieces of music going into the main track
17 via Epic in North America and a day earlier internationally.
A double-disc set that tells the story of the 16th century prophet, Michel
de Nostredame (whose name is often "Latinized" as Nostradamus), the release
is PRIEST's first-ever concept album, and was recorded throughout 2006 and
2007 at Old Smithy Studio in the U.K.
"Making 'Nostradamus' was a new experience for us in JUDAS PRIEST, insomuch
as this was going to be a conceptual writing and recording event," PRIEST
singer Rob Halford tells Billboard.com. "His life is well-documented, so for
us it was all about taking the significant episodes he went through, and
then with the right emotion, create music and lyrics that would convey
them."
"Nostradamus" track listing:
01. Dawn of Creation *
02. Prophecy
03. Awakening *
04. Revelations
05. The Four Horsemen *
06. War
07. Sands of Time *
08. Pestilence And Plague
09. Death
10. Peace *
11. Conquest
12. Lost Love
13. Persecution
14. Solitude *
15. Exiled
16. Alone
17. Shadows In the Flame *
18. Visions
19. Hope *
20. New Beginnings
21. Calm Before the Storm *
22. Nostradamus
23. Future Of Mankind
* Intro pieces of music going into the main track
