New Priest Album is Finished!

Eyesore wrote:

It's a very cool cover; it just doesn't strike me as a "Priest" cover. Although I'm not really sure what a "Priest" cover is, to be honest. This one just doesn't seem to fit the band. It looks like an Iced Earth cover or something.

it has a Painkiller feel to it.

That artwork is f*cking foul.

Looks a lot like an iced earth cover

hope the music is as heavy and good as the cover.

exact33 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

It's a very cool cover; it just doesn't strike me as a "Priest" cover. Although I'm not really sure what a "Priest" cover is, to be honest. This one just doesn't seem to fit the band. It looks like an Iced Earth cover or something.

it has a Painkiller feel to it.

Yeah, but Painkiller looked like a metal album. This looks more like a comic book cover, you know.

That's a bad thing?   

I'd love to see Defenders/SFV/Turbo reference type of artwork personally.

In their entire history, I have only ever liked two Priest album covers

This one



and this one



So I'm not really bothered that I don't like this one either.

Rex wrote:

That's a bad thing?   

Not necessarily. I don't dislike the cover. It's just not something I think fits Judas Priest. You won't hear me complain, though. =)

I've said it many times, I think it's downright silly to bitch about covers. Some may be a bit odd, some are better than others, etc. but to complain about it is just a waste of time, I think. The music is what matters.

I thought Painkiller looked like a comic book cover.

I never really got the Stained Class cover. It looks like some metal rod going through the head of a statue to me.

The cover blows - it looks like some crap Euro power metal cover. I think album art is important, but album art has generally been terrible since the cd age began. Go back and look at your albums released in the 90s - complete garbage covers. Some of the laziest, dumbest covers ever.

^^thank you.

Most 70's album covers were also shit, so what's the point?

I think that the point is that the new Priest album cover looks like a teenage boy comic book nerd jerk off fantasy and a band that has been going for 40 years should probably try a little harder.

And most '70s album covers rock!   

It's........... yeah, it's pretty bad, but it's Priest. I would feel amiss if Priest didn't have a bad album cover.

Bad Euro metal album covers are all done by Felipe Machado Franco. He's like the Rob Liefeld of modern metal.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Iced_G_Z/cover_artwork_by_felipe_machado_franco/

I remember the days back when metal shopping was guided by cover arts.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

It's........... yeah, it's pretty bad, but it's Priest. I would feel amiss if Priest didn't have a bad album cover.

Bad Euro metal album covers are all done by Felipe Machado Franco. He's like the Rob Liefeld of modern metal.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Iced_G_Z/cover_artwork_by_felipe_machado_franco/

Yeah, those are not bad at all.

I really dig this. Just straightforward heavy metal.

Sounds decent.

It's okay, a little dull to be honest.

Have they announced pre-order info? Which store/site is releasing which tracks?

EDIT: Never mind, found the deluxe edition on Amazon.

Don't like the recording. The song is okay, if not lazy .

It sounds like Saint, and I'm being completely serious.   

I am still waiting for a speed metal track. Painkiller style.