New Judas Priest album

Just read that Glenn Tipton is working on new riffs for the follow-up to 2018's Firepower.

The band is highly motivated and the next album will be out in the very near future. Now this is excellent news .

Check out the full article here:

https://loudwire.com/judas-priest-glenn-tipton-riffs-new-album/

Heard about that a couple weeks ago. Looking forward to hearing it.

I wish they would ditch Andy Sneap and get KK Downing back. I believe they only have one or two more albums in them and it would be ideal to have at least one original guitarist on stage.

That said, Gus G or Jeff Loomis would be great too!

Troublezone wrote:

I wish they would ditch Andy Sneap and get KK Downing back. I believe they only have one or two more albums in them and it would be ideal to have at least one original guitarist on stage.

That said, Gus G or Jeff Loomis would be great too!

Gus G would be great .

Troublezone wrote:

I wish they would ditch Andy Sneap and get KK Downing back. I believe they only have one or two more albums in them and it would be ideal to have at least one original guitarist on stage.

That said, Gus G or Jeff Loomis would be great too!

Nah! Ken's burned his bridges for me. The current Priest isn't the original band but I loved Firepower so more of that is fine.

Boris2008 wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

I wish they would ditch Andy Sneap and get KK Downing back. I believe they only have one or two more albums in them and it would be ideal to have at least one original guitarist on stage.

That said, Gus G or Jeff Loomis would be great too!

Nah! Ken's burned his bridges for me. The current Priest isn't the original band but I loved Firepower so more of that is fine.

And with all the trash talking I'm sure his bridges have been burned and set on fire again. And the lineup seems fine and inspired again.

Hmm...Sneap should go, that's for sure. Loomis isn't a bad idea, but one thing I enjoy about Faulkner is his ability to maintain restraint like KK did. Loomis might not hold back as a virtuoso.

Anybody can make a good replacement for KK IMO. Glenn though--dude has a stamp of character and identity on every one of his solos. I'm really gonna miss his lead work. No one else can replicate it, and no other guitarist from the old guard has worked as hard as he did to keep up with the post-VH shredder technique in the 80's.

If anything, Firepower was a great curtain call for the man. I'd be happy if he just laid his axe to rest at this point.

They don't need to change anything.

I'd be happy if Priest just recorded Firepower II.

Lari wrote:

They don't need to change anything.

I'd be happy if Priest just recorded Firepower II.

I'm wondering how rapid Glenn's disability is growing. He may not even be able to track the next record. He sounded rather stiff on Firepower and I had noticed that both on first listen and also before I (or all of us) learned of his condition.

You can even tell in the video for No Surrender. I don't think the dude is doing to well. Hoping I'm wrong.

I went and watched that video again and I think you're right. Sad to watch.

nevermore wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

I wish they would ditch Andy Sneap and get KK Downing back. I believe they only have one or two more albums in them and it would be ideal to have at least one original guitarist on stage.

That said, Gus G or Jeff Loomis would be great too!

Nah! Ken's burned his bridges for me. The current Priest isn't the original band but I loved Firepower so more of that is fine.

And with all the trash talking I'm sure his bridges have been burned and set on fire again. And the lineup seems fine and inspired again.

I’m fully aware that reuniting with Ken is extremely unlikely... but I would like to see Sneap replaced.

I personally would love to see K.K. Downing return, but his book and his continued interviews where he continues to trash talk his former bandmates have probably put to bed any chances of him being returned to the band, which is a shame.

Andy Sneap already said he is only going to do this tour, but who knows, but Sneap has his band Hell, which is now a sideband to his very successful production career.