Judas Priest: Redeemer of Souls (Dual-Review)

Yes, we’re back. The Priest dual-review series is still a thing, though at this stage it hardly resembles anything that could be actually called a series. Nevertheless, our second to last entry in the series is here, with 2014’s Redeemer of Souls. A very unassuming album in the Priest discography, and unfortunately for a good

Song of the Week- The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)

Another week, another song. And this time we’re returning to the rarely used alternate format for the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac classic. And so let us begin praising the original. I first heard this version in full very recently, and I was surprised at how well it stacked up against the Judas Priest cover

Judas Priest: Nostradamus (Dual-Review)

Judas Priest’s first foray into concept albums and double albums occurred at the same time, with this very album in 2008. It was undoubtedly uncharted territory for the band and critical and fan reception at the time was mixed. Of course that’s never stopped me from liking anything before, so let’s see if Nostradamus stood

Song of the Week- Turbo Lover

Today we’re looking at was once the black sheep of the Judas Priest discography. Thankfully around the turn of the century it was reinstated in setlists. And even more thankfully we have enough versions that we don’t need to include the ‘High-octane’ mix. Top 5 Renditions 1- The Studio Version While I love live the

Judas Priest: Angel of Retribution (Dual-Review)

Welcome back to the Judas Priest dual-review series. Yes, it is still a thing. We’ve just lost all semblance of punctuality. Anyway, we’re done with the Ripper era and Rob Halford returns to the Judas Priest dual-review series with Angel of Retribution, an album notable for being the first album in this series where both

Song of the Week- Hell Bent For Leather

Song of the week (obviously) returns this week, though with a perhaps slightly confusing pick, given my review of the album that shares its title with this week’s song of the week. My opinion has changed a bit since then, so let us examine Judas Priest’s equivalent of “Paranoid”. Top 5 Renditions 1- ’98 Live

Song of the Week- The Sentinel

Welcome everyone. Judas Priest returns to the Sunday special this week again with a song from my favorite album. Now let us begin. Top 5 Renditions 1- The Studio Version The studio version might not have be the most unchained version, but it’s my favorite version. It’s got an unrelenting heaviness and that makes for

Song of the Week: Beyond the Realms of Death

This week’s song of the week features a song that has quite obviously grown on me a bit since the legendary trashing of Stained (Cl)ass. Top 5 Renditions 1- Live Miami 1988 There’s no better way for me to describe this adequately. Just listen to it. If you thought “The Sentinel” on Priest…Live! was going

The Mystery of the 2-star Judas Priest Reviews (Ramble)

Welcome everyone, to a rather lengthy ramble. I thought it might be prudent to take the time during this break from the dual-review series to provide a little backstory to how I was introduced to Judas Priest. It might help you understand why I feel the way I do, or at the very least it

Judas Priest: Painkiller (Dual-Review)

Painkiller is an album I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. Not because it thought I’d enjoy it but instead because it has my least favorite Judas Priest song of all time: “Painkiller”. The ultimate shrill Halford, it doesn’t come much worse than this. Every time I listen to this song it’s worse