Artist: Judas Priest

SoCal owl photographer, Ron Lyon, gives us the lowdown on his life during the awkward transition to adulthood.

ARTIST: Judas Priest - [Live] VENUE: Sleep Train Pavillion - Concord, CA - 10/27/11 DATE: 11-01-11 REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner PHOTO: Raymond Ahner After almost forty years as one of the most influential Heavy Metal bands of all time, the mighty Judas Priest announced earlier this year that their "Epitaph" tour would be their last and, after witnessing the tour's stop at the Sleep Train Pavilion last week, I can honestly say that the band will be going out on the [view more]

We've been covering the morsels of information trickling in about a potential Black Sabbath reunion and it's safe to say that it's not a matter "if" but "when" this will happen. And then "when" could just be the Spring of 2012. Canadian metal mag Brave Words, Bloody Knuckles reports that they have heard rumbles that ...

In my first list, I discuss my favorite clean and harsh metal vocalists.

Judas Priest, Black Label Society and Thin Lizzy Allen Event Center Sunday, October 16, 2011 Better than: getting all decked out in studs and leather and going to Oak Lawn. ​ Back in the '80s, ... Continue reading "Last Night: Judas Priest, Black Label Society and Thin Lizzy at the Allen Event Center" >

Judas Priest Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion October 15, 2011 Saturday night, at 10:15 or so, a euphoric chill went up Aftermath's spine. Coupled with the cool weather, standing in the presence... Continue reading "Saturday Night: Judas Priest At The Woodlands" >

For over four decades, England's Judas Priest has been making one hell of a heavy metal racket. Formed in 1969, the band didn't find widespread success until the late '70s and early '80s. But c... Continue reading "Q & A: Rob Halford of Judas Priest Talks Coming Out and His Band Continuing On." >

The British metal group hit late night TV.

Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight's notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Garland Jeffreys The singer/songwriter is supporting The King Of In Between. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Puddle Of Mudd POM is plugging new album Re: (Disc)Overed. Late [...]

White Wizzard , also known as the more traditional half of Holy Grail (who were initially called Sorcerer ), are die-hard-in-denim: They refuse to acknowledge that any time has passed (musically speaking, anyway) since, say, 1985. They wear tons of band patches proudly. They won't detune. I admire that. I admire their taking a stand. Unfortunately, it's also their major problem. It appears their muse is both very demanding and very narrow-minded. Short version of Flying Tigers (sweet cover, though, huh?)-- the first half is a bad [...]

Explosive. Brutal. Complex. Machine Head is redefining the epic metal album for a new generation.

Era il 2001 quando gli As I Lie Dying pubblicarono Beneath the Encasing of Ashes , album di debutto del quintetto californiano e primo atto della "rivoluzione" metalcore che i ragazzi, insieme al resto del movimento americano ed europeo, hanno contribuito a tramutare in una splendida quanto innovativa realtà. E, per celebrare se stessi e il loro decennale, Tim Lambesis e soci hanno ben pensato di pubblicare Decas , album che conterrà parecchie cover, remix e ben tre nuovi brani che la band ha inciso per questa speciale ed unica ricorrenza. E, tra tutte, [...]

The fine folks over at Noisecreep had not one but two big track debuts today. And so, although it is unfair to the bands, I am lumping them into one post. Sorry. And so - As I Lay Dying have debuted their cover of Judas Priest's "Electric Eye," which is actually one of two Priest [...]

We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… With the status of Buffalo Springfield's reunion tour up in the air, we're staying optimistic that iconic band does live up the rumored promise of more dates. One of the band's founding members - Stephen Stills - has made plans to hit the road this fall. Stills, who holds the distinction of being the only artist to be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame twice in the same night, and will be [...]

Judas Priest at PNC Bank Arts Center in 2009 ( more by BBG ) After storming the world for nearly 40 years and taking their very special brand of heavy metal to all four corners of the planet, JUDAS PRIEST - one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, have announced this will be their final world tour !! However, the mighty PRIEST will certainly be going out strong as they rock the planet starting in 2011 on the massive EPITAPH tour - hitting all the major [...]

To help promote their upcoming tour, on October 11 Judas Priest will release The Chosen Few, their umpteenth career retrospective, and one which does not feature any new material. The Chosen Few does have a hook, though - I mean, beyond the fact that the band members appear on the cover only as silhouettes, I [...]

Few records could be as intrinsically polarizing as Anthrax's Worship Music, the thirteen-song set whose release tomorrow ends a maddening period of band tumult while launching a new era with singer Joey Belladonna. It's an album with history, having been completed with a new vocalist, imperiled by the new vocalist, shelved, shuffled, completed again by [...]

My own fragile sense of mortality means that I'm still adjusting to the fact that the original bands from the New Wave of American Heavy Metal - commonly mislabeled as "metalcore" - are now hovering somewhere around their tenth year of existence. As I Lay Dying are the latest band to hit the one decade [...]

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Dois grandes nomes do heavy metal se encontram em show histórico. Promovido pela Time For Fun, Judas Priest e Whitesnake voltam ao Brasil em quatro apresentações. Começando por São Paulo neste sábado (10), as bandas ainda se apresentam no Rio de Janeiro (11/09), Belo Horizonte (13/09) e Brasília (15/09). Vai ficar fora dessa? O Rock'n'Beats e a Time For Fun te levam para conferir o show em São Paulo! Temos 4 pares de ingressos dando sopa e você pode faturar um deles. :: As bandas :: O [...]