you guys i think i may be starting to lose faith

[Baliset]

the new judas priest album just isn't that good.

 

[capeda]

I like what I've heard from it so far (first 5 tracks and Loch Ness). Based on that, I think it's probably just as good as anything of theirs from the 80s.

 

[Baliset]

well then again i don't think that there is one single priest album that i like all the songs on.

 

[capeda]

excluding Unleashed in the East, I hope!

 

[Greg B.]

It's not as terrible as I half-expected though...

 

[S4R]

another failed comeback, shocking. really. for real.

 

[gekko]

Gotta be honest, though this may make me a heretic, I've never been much of a fan of Priest.

 

[lizard]

neither have I been....consistency has never been their strong suit. basically, I believe you could boil away the filler from their entire catalogue and create maybe one good cd of their tunes.

 

[Baliset]

hence why in the debate of iron maiden vs. judas priest i always chose maiden.

 

[lizard]

yeah I would choose maiden as well. although I resist the nostalgia aspect I think its cool that at ozzfest they'll be playing only their classic material.

 

[FalseTodd]

maiden's last album sucked though

 

[Greg B.]

This thread gave me an erection and also hahahah FUCKING OUCH

 

[capeda]

I always choose Priest because of the innovation/influence aspect. I kinda get sick of Maiden more easily as well because their early stuff heavily relies on variations of the same chord progression (E-D-C, E-D-C-D, etc).

 

[Helm]

Whereas Priest write one killer track per album (painkiller's all uh, killer, though) write a few generic rockers, and stick one or two 'anthemic' party tunes in, and a silly ballad.

 

[capeda]

pfft! Only the 80s stuff. Sad Wings of Destiny has one track that I don't care for (Epitaph... I'm sorry, but this is just *silly*), and Stained Class has absolutely no filler. Easily the two best studio albums JP ever did, IMO.

Sin after Sin does suffer a bit, though. I think that JP was just trying to be too progressive. The cover of Diamonds and Rust kinda sounds disco-ish or something (far better and more m3t4L live as heard on Unleashed in the East). Last Rose of Summer, while my second favorite track on the album, has absolutely no place on the record. I'm not exactly sure what Here Come the Tears is trying to accomplish, either. Other than those three tracks, though, it was a solid album!

After Stained Class, JP just kinda fell apart and became more interested in being a commercial band. From Killing Machine on, the band's catalogue would just have lots of filler on every album, along with tracks that just don't appeal to metalheads!

 

[Helm]

Sad Wings is mostly fine I agree. Although I could never stand a big part of Victim of Changes, it grew on me, somewhat. It took 10 years, but ok. Epitaph is insanely corny, yes. I looked at the stained glass songlist and really, there's nothing there that I really mind. I guess you're right, the 70's stuff really stands up better than Killing Machine, British Steel and all that latter stuff. Metal Gods? What?

Also, I probably shouldn't like Painkiller as much as I do because it's rockets-exploding-galaxies-burning-overproduced. Plus, the booklet's pink. But the songwriting is so good!

 

[capeda]

It took me a long time to appreciate Painkiller... the guitar tones always pissed me off and reminded me of the audio equivalent of neon lights.