What are your views of Angel Of Retribution?

[Profanity]

Discuss.

 

[no country for old wainds]

It's one of their more fun releases, but ultimately worthless like virtually all post-80s trad.

EDIT: My post hasn't bumped the thread up. Looks like www.reliability.com is playing up again...

 

[Jean-Pierre]

It's pretty good. I like it.

 

[TheGraveDigger]

I dig it. It's pretty much what I expected it to be. It is a medium between the greatness of Painkiller, Defenders of the Faith, Sad Wings of Destiny, and Stained Class and the secondary great albums like Sin After Sin, Killing Machine, British Steel, and Screaming For Vengeance. I rank it somewhere in the middle of those two groups.

"Deal With The Devil" rocks hard. I love that track.

 

[Profanity]

I've just been listening to it and feel that it's a fine blend of the new Priest sound and the classic sound. It's ultra heavy and features excellent song structure and instrumentation. The epic song "Loch Ness" is a true masterpiece which captures the mystique and atmosphere associated with Loch Ness but does so in a JP manner. The album shows variation on the JP sound with many new elements incorporated.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Worthless because it's not innovative or what? Just wondering.

So, "Loch Ness" was the experimental track, I take it?

 

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]

Which version is worth picking up? The digi with a DVD or the cheaper one with the audio DVD? Or whatever?

 

[Profanity]

Just the CD, you should concentrate on listening to it, not be put off by moving pictures.

 

[skeptik]

Get the separate CD/DVD. With that, you get the seven live tracks in their entirety, instead of just the samples in the documentary that comes on either DVD.

 

[CF87]

It has some good songs being, Hellrider,Demonizer,Lochness,Deal With the Devil,Wheels of Fire and Judas Rising. Which is enough to make the cd worthwhile.

Weak links would be: Revolution.... 'here comes the relolution' you guys are not revolutionizing anything, the ending of the song is drawn out to long also. The cd could have came out in the 80's and early 90's. Eulogy and Angel of Retribution are pointless tracks. 'Worth Fighting For' is actually a demi decent ballad. The cd could have been better, the last 2 Iron Maiden cds are a lot better.

 

[polarity]

I listened to it once and I fucking hated it. I'll give it another chance, I guess.

 

[Profanity]

the last 2 Iron Maiden cds are a lot better.

With their same 2 chord sequence and lack of innovation?

AOR used much more complicated structures, used the full repoitre of chords and was innovative. Songs like Loch Ness are masterpieces.

 

[Hammer of Might]

How can it be said to be "worthless" in any way? Rather perplexing.

I think it's a very solid release, great fun all the way through and not half as bland as it might have been had they just rested on their laurels and thrown together a lesser effort.

It's varied, powerful, technically proficient, catchy...everything you could ask from a Priest album, and pulled off very well.

Especially for a band who have been in the game as long as JP.

 

[Spirit In Black]

I like......I like it alot....the single sucks but everything else is pretty damn good.....I got the version with the DVD and it's pretty good....decent song selection and some ok interview stuff

 

[skeptik]

Revolution is a highly underrated track.

 

[Jean-Pierre]

Revolution is a highly underrated track.

Seriously, that song's fucking awesome.