Judas Priest - Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music

Sony Records Int'l - 19439891781

Heavy metal legends Judas Priest celebrate their incredible 50 year career with Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music, a brand new collection of 16 tracks including remastered studio recordings and 7 previously unreleased live cuts from the band's archive.

Judas Priest originally formed in 1970 in Birmingham, England (an area that many feel birthed heavy metal). The original nucleus of musicians would go on to change the face of heavy metal. Throughout the 70's Priest were responsible for helping trail blaze metal with such classic offerings as 'Sad Wings of Destiny' (1976) 'Sin After Sin' (1977) and 'Hell Bent for Leather' (1978) as well as one of the genre's top live recordings 'Unleashed in the East' (1979) among others.

It was during the 80's that Priest conquered the world becoming a global arena headliner on the strength of such all-time classics as 'British Steel' (1980) and 'Screaming for Vengeance' (1982). They were only of the first metal bands to be embraced by the then-burgeoning MTV. The band also performed at some of the decades biggest concerts (1980's Monsters of Rock, 1983's US Festival and 1985's Live Aid). Judus Priest were the first metal band to exclusively wear leather and studs - a look that began during this era and would eventually be embraced by metal heads throughout the world. Priest's success continued throughout the 90's and beyond with the addition of drummer Scott Travis as evidenced by such additional stellar offerings as 'Painkiller' (1990) 'Angel of Retribution' (2005) and 'A Touch of Evil: Live' (2009) the latter of which saw Priest win a Grammy Award for a killer rendition of the classic "Dissident Aggressor".

In 2011 new guitarist Richie Faulkner came in to replace KK Downing who had left in 2010 - the move seemed to have reinvigorated the band as evidenced by a show-stealing performance on the 'American Idol' Finale that also served as Faulkner's debut performance with the band (also in 2011 was the release of a new compilation 'The Chosen Few' which included Priest classics selected by some of metal's biggest names) and the 'Epitaph' concert DVD in 2013.

Priest's next studio effort would arrive in 2014 - 'Redeemer of Souls' which was supported by another strong tour. In 2017 (and again in 2019) Judas Priest received a nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and got ready to unleash their latest studio album 'Firepower' (produced by Andy Sneap and Tom Allom) which received global success and critical acclaim. In 2020, a fully official and authorized photographic book 'Judas Priest: 50 Heavy Metal Years' was issued.

Side A:
Let Us Prey / Call For The Priest
You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
Fever
Eat Me Alive

Side B:
All Guns Blazing
Never The Heroes
Dissident Aggressor
Out In The Cold
Running Wild

Side C:
Victim Of Changes
The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)
Bloodstone
The Ripper

Side D:
Beyond The Realms Of Death
The Hellion / Electric Eye
Sinner

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