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Judas Priest Is An English Heavy Metal Band Formed In Birmingham Warwickshire In 1969. They Have Sold Over 50 Million Albums And Are Frequently Ranked As One Of The Greatest Metal Bands Of All Time. Despite An Innovative And Pioneering Body Of Work In The Latter Half Of The 1970s The Band Had Struggled With Indifferent Record Production And A Lack Of Major Commercial Success Until 1980 When They Rose To Commercial Success With The Album British Steel. The Band's Membership Has Seen Much Turnover Including A Revolving Cast Of Drummers In The 1970s And The Departure Of Singer Rob Halford In 1992. Tim "Ripper" Owens Formerly Of Winter's Bane Replaced Halford In 1996 And Recorded Two Albums With Judas Priest Before Halford Returned To The Band In 2003. The Current Line-Up Consists Of Halford Guitarists Glenn Tipton And Richie Faulkner Bassist Ian Hill And Drummer Scott Travis. The Band's Best-Selling Album Is 1982's Screaming For Vengeance With Their Most Commercially Successful Line-Up Featuring Ian Hill Rob Halford Glenn Tipton Guitarist K. K. Downing And Drummer Dave Holland. Tipton And Hill Are The Only Two Members Of The Band To Appear On Every Album. Halford's Operatic Vocal Style And The Twin Guitar Sound Of Downing And Tipton Have Been A Major Influence On Heavy Metal Bands. Judas Priest's Image Of Leather Spikes And Other Taboo Articles Of Clothing Were Widely Influential During The Glam Metal Era Of The 1980s. The Guardian Referred To British Steel As The Record That Defines Heavy Metal. Despite A Decline In Exposure During The Mid-1990s The Band Has Once Again Seen A Resurgence Including Worldwide Tours Being Inaugural Inductees Into The VH1 Rock Honors In 2006 Receiving A Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance In 2010 And Having Their Songs Featured In Video Games Such As Guitar Hero And The Rock Band Series. In 2022 Judas Priest Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Judas_Priest Studio Albums
Rocka Rolla 1974 Sad Wings Of Destiny 1976 Sin After Sin 1977 Stained Class 1978 Killing Machine 1978 British Steel 1980 Point Of Entry 1981 Screaming For Vengeance 1982 Defenders Of The Faith 1984 Turbo 1986 Ram It Down 1988 Painkiller 1990 Jugulator 1997 Demolition 2001 Angel Of Retribution 2005 Nostradamus 2008 Redeemer Of Souls 2014 Firepower 2018 Invincible Shield 2024
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Judas-Priest - British Steel
Metal Gods Opens With The Sound Of Loud Thunderous Metallic Robotic Bangs. This Was Achieved By Slamming The Large Ornate Doors Of The Church Building Compressing The Sound And Adding Effects To It. The Big ‘swoosh’ That Can Be Heard Right Before The Chorus Section Was A Billiard Cue Sweeping Through The Air Recorded In The Kitchen With Heavy Compression On It. The Whip-Like Sound In The Final Bridge Was A Guitar Cable Slammed On A Flight Case. Breaking The Law Has The Sound Of Breaking Glass Towards The End Of The Song Which Was The Band Actually Smashing Bottles Against A Wall Outside. Those Were The Days Before Samples And Sound Effects Were Available At One’s Fingertips Meaning That The Approach Had To Be Very Hands-On And DIY. Everything You Hear On The Album Was Created By The Band And Producer In That House. Towards The End Of Metal Gods The Song Emphasises Its Own Rhythm Focusing On The Percussive Hypnotic Elements Of Robots Marching Down The Streets. That’s Where The Cool But Uneasy Sound Effect Of Hundreds Of Robotic Feet Walking In Unison Sets In. It Sounds Rather Bad-Ass Until You Learn That This Sound Was Created By Ringo’s Cutlery. “That Was Me Holding Ringo’s Cutlery Trays From His Drawers ” Says Rob Halford. “I’m Standing There With A Tray Full Of Knives And Forks Shaking Them Rhythmically. It All Had To Be Done In Real Time. I Lifted And Dropped That Cutlery Tray 100 Times I Think. Heavy Metal Cooking!” And Then It All Ends. Not With An Elaborate Play-Out Section And Certainly Not On A Fade-Out. The Song Reaches Its Final Note And – Boom! It Ends Up Punctuating The Song Wonderfully And Sharply. A Solid And Powerful Ending. Like Most Judas Priest Songs From This Line-Up Metal God Was Written By Halford With Guitarists K.K. Downing And Glenn Tipton The Latter Two Coming Up With The Music. British Steel Was Released On 14 April 1980 And Made It All The Way To #4 On The UK Album Chart. Incredibly It Also Reached #34 On The US Billboard Top 200 Chart Signalling That America Were About To Wake Up To The Phenomenon That Was Judas Priest.
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Judas Priest Is An English Heavy Metal Band Formed In Birmingham Warwickshire In 1969. They Have Sold Over 50 Million Albums And Are Frequently Ranked As One Of The Greatest Metal Bands Of All Time. Despite An Innovative And Pioneering Body Of Work In The Latter Half Of The 1970s The Band Had Struggled With Indifferent Record Production And A Lack Of Major Commercial Success Until 1980 When They Rose To Commercial Success With The Album British Steel. The Band's Membership Has Seen Much Turnover Including A Revolving Cast Of Drummers In The 1970s And The Departure Of Singer Rob Halford In 1992. Tim "Ripper" Owens Formerly Of Winter's Bane Replaced Halford In 1996 And Recorded Two Albums With Judas Priest Before Halford Returned To The Band In 2003. The Current Line-Up Consists Of Halford Guitarists Glenn Tipton And Richie Faulkner Bassist Ian Hill And Drummer Scott Travis. The Band's Best-Selling Album Is 1982's Screaming For Vengeance With Their Most Commercially Successful Line-Up Featuring Ian Hill Rob Halford Glenn Tipton Guitarist K. K. Downing And Drummer Dave Holland. Tipton And Hill Are The Only Two Members Of The Band To Appear On Every Album. Halford's Operatic Vocal Style And The Twin Guitar Sound Of Downing And Tipton Have Been A Major Influence On Heavy Metal Bands. Judas Priest's Image Of Leather Spikes And Other Taboo Articles Of Clothing Were Widely Influential During The Glam Metal Era Of The 1980s. The Guardian Referred To British Steel As The Record That Defines Heavy Metal. Despite A Decline In Exposure During The Mid-1990s The Band Has Once Again Seen A Resurgence Including Worldwide Tours Being Inaugural Inductees Into The VH1 Rock Honors In 2006 Receiving A Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance In 2010 And Having Their Songs Featured In Video Games Such As Guitar Hero And The Rock Band Series. In 2022 Judas Priest Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Judas_Priest Studio Albums
Rocka Rolla 1974 Sad Wings Of Destiny 1976 Sin After Sin 1977 Stained Class 1978 Killing Machine 1978 British Steel 1980 Point Of Entry 1981 Screaming For Vengeance 1982 Defenders Of The Faith 1984 Turbo 1986 Ram It Down 1988 Painkiller 1990 Jugulator 1997 Demolition 2001 Angel Of Retribution 2005 Nostradamus 2008 Redeemer Of Souls 2014 Firepower 2018 Invincible Shield 2024 read less
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Metal Gods opens with the sound of loud, thunderous, metallic robotic bangs. This was achieved by slamming the large, ornate doors of the church building, compressing the sound, and adding effects to it. The big ‘swoosh’ that can be heard right before the chorus section was a billiard cue sweeping through the air, recorded in the kitchen with heavy compression on it. The whip-like sound in the final bridge was a guitar cable slammed on a flight case. Breaking the Law has the sound of breaking glass towards the end of the song, which was the band actually smashing bottles against a wall outside. Those were the days before samples and sound effects were available at one’s fingertips, meaning that the approach had to be very hands-on and DIY. Everything you hear on the album was created by the band and producer in that house.
Towards the end of Metal Gods, the song emphasises its own rhythm, focusing on the percussive, hypnotic elements of robots marching down the streets. That’s where the cool but uneasy sound effect of hundreds of robotic feet walking in unison sets in. It sounds rather bad-ass, until you learn that this sound was created by Ringo’s cutlery.
“That was me, holding Ringo’s cutlery trays from his drawers,” says Rob Halford. “I’m standing there with a tray full of knives and forks, shaking them rhythmically. It all had to be done in real time. I lifted and dropped that cutlery tray 100 times, I think. Heavy metal cooking!”
And then it all ends. Not with an elaborate play-out section, and certainly not on a fade-out. The song reaches its final note, and – boom! It ends up punctuating the song wonderfully and sharply. A solid and powerful ending.
Like most Judas Priest songs from this line-up, Metal God was written by Halford with guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton, the latter two coming up with the music.
British Steel was released on 14 April 1980, and made it all the way to #4 on the UK album chart. Incredibly, it also reached #34 on the US Billboard Top 200 chart, signalling that America were about to wake up to the phenomenon that was Judas Priest. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.