Let's rank Judas Priest, #11

1. Defenders of the Faith (1984) 24% of the vote
2. Painkiller (1990) 30% of the vote
3. Screaming for Vengeance (1982) 29% of the vote
4. Stained Class (1978) 40% of the vote
5. British Steel (1980) 50% of the vote
6. Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) 67% of the vote
7. Sin After Sin (1977) 40% of the vote
8. Killing Machine / Hell Bent for Leather (1979) 35% of the vote
9. Firepower (2018) 35% of the vote
10. Point of Entry (1981) 42% of the vote

Point of Entry rounds out the top 10. A good albu...



WHAT IS THAT?!

Why, that's Rob Halford in a sauna. You know, hot rockin'.

Which album do you pick next?

Rocka Rolla

My esteemed Metal Brothers of the jury, I ask you to picture if you will, a young Sentinel walking 5 miles on a hot Saturday in May to the record shop to buy the new Judas Priest album, Ram It Down. Please consider the opening shrill shriek of the title track, one that sets the tone for the whole album, Next, a song titled "Heavy Metal and sung by the Metal God himself. Aster that, you enter the "Love Zone" and realize you are a "Rocker" through and through.

Side 2 brings us the "Blood Red Skies" an epic track with soaring vocals that fits nicely along side other epic Priest tracks of the past like "Victim of Changes" and "Beyond the Realms of Death" and vividly paints the picture of man v. machine in a not too distant dystopian future. I implore you to please look past the remaining contenders and choose Ram It Down and be a true "Monster of Rock."

Thank you for your time.




And remember to "Ram It Down"

You convinced me! I enjoy most of the albums still left, but went with Ram It Down.

Ram it Down all the way. One of Priest's heaviest albums. Halford’s vocals are outstanding on this album.

Ram dammit!

My Top 11:

1. Screaming For Vengeance
2. Stained Class
3. Defenders of the Faith
4. British Steel
5. Sad Wings of Destiny
6. Killing Machine
7. Sin After Sin
8. Point of Entry
9. Redeemer of Souls
10.Firepower
11.Painkiller

Since Redeemer of Souls is still on the board, I'll go with that.

metalinmyveins wrote:

My Top 11:

1. Screaming For Vengeance
2. Stained Class
3. Defenders of the Faith
4. British Steel
5. Sad Wings of Destiny
6. Killing Machine
7. Sin After Sin
8. Point of Entry
9. Redeemer of Souls
10.Firepower
11.Painkiller

Since Redeemer of Souls is still on the board, I'll go with that.

I like your ranking so far.

I got Redeemer here as well. A really nice record with a touch old school production to separate it from all the modern metal albums. I really enjoy this one. And it's got so much to digest. If you got the two disc version, there's a total of 18 songs! It's a different listening experience every time I have it in the car (my commute is only 25 minutes so I skip tracks a lot).

Lari wrote:

metalinmyveins wrote:

My Top 11:

1. Screaming For Vengeance
2. Stained Class
3. Defenders of the Faith
4. British Steel
5. Sad Wings of Destiny
6. Killing Machine
7. Sin After Sin
8. Point of Entry
9. Redeemer of Souls
10.Firepower
11.Painkiller

Since Redeemer of Souls is still on the board, I'll go with that.

I like your ranking so far.

I got Redeemer here as well. A really nice record with a touch old school production to separate it from all the modern metal albums. I really enjoy this one. And it's got so much to digest. If you got the two disc version, there's a total of 18 songs! It's a different listening experience every time I have it in the car (my commute is only 25 minutes so I skip tracks a lot).

Redeemer is truly a great album. I also own the double cd edition and the bonus tracks are very good.

Rocka Rolla voting for a Rocka Rolla man...

Ram It Down

Wrecked Neck wrote:

Rocka Rolla voting for a Rocka Rolla man...

Ten pint a nighter

glassprison wrote:

You convinced me! I enjoy most of the albums still left, but went with Ram It Down.

Troublezone wrote:

Ram dammit!

Witchfinder wrote:

Ram It Down

Wrecked Neck wrote:

Rocka Rolla voting for a Rocka Rolla man...

Ram it Down finally crushing it.

Gilbert wrote:

Ram it Down finally crushing it.

This poll is fixed I say fixed! I demand a recount!!! You Ram it Down voters went and made a bunch of dummy accounts didn't you???

Wrecked Neck wrote:

Gilbert wrote:

Ram it Down finally crushing it.

This poll is fixed I say fixed! I demand a recount!!! You Ram it Down voters went and made a bunch of dummy accounts didn't you???

If we did that, we would’ve done it a long time ago.

Just listen to this song and you should understand why we voted Ram it Down :

Ram It Down is running away with this one. 15 voters already so I don't think there is going to be much more movement. Might as well end this early and make this the quickest poll.

Gilbert wrote:

Just listen to this song and you should understand why we voted Ram it Down     :

In that case, you should listen to this so g, then change your vote lol

I am taking my redeemer of souls double cd to play it in the car today.

The production is terrible on Redeemer of Souls. Tipton was the producer. Firepower was 100% better with Tom Allom and Andy Sneap involved.

I really like the production on Redeemer of Souls. Maybe because it doesn't sound so modern and samey. It's easy on the ears, alive, and stands out among an army of polished, lifeless, loud guitar walls of today's metal.

The guitars could be a tad louder (especially Tipton's), but I think I like it the way it is. I don't feel exhausted after listening to Redeemer.