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Rodman
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:13 pm 
 

I'm not overly familiar with post-Painkiller Priest, so hit me with your top 10 lists. I will eagerly check out the most popular selections.

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Face_your_fear_79
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:53 pm 
 

Good question, I am not the right person to ask. Probably a lot of other people can do much better than me because I don't know were to start.

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~Guest 226319
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:06 pm 
 

Here's my personal picks:
1. Jugulator
2. Blood Stained
3. Dead Meat
4. Death Row
5. Decapitate
6. Burn in Hell
7. Brain Dead
8. Abductors
9. Bullet Train
10. Cathedral Spires

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LordStenhammar
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:54 am 
 

Just listen to Judas Rising from Angel of Retribution, and the whole Firepower album. No fucking Surrender! No picks from other albums, because they suck/haven't listened them enough. Seriously: No fucking Surrender!

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~Guest 389043
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:54 am 
 

No Surrender is their best song since any number of tracks from Painkiller. Just quickly, I'd have No Surrender/Judas Rising/Halls of Valhalla/Nostradamus/Firepower as top five, though No Surrender the best by a fair distance.

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CannibalCorpse
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:26 am 
 

Don't miss out and listen to that "Jugulator" - monster!

My list of favourites (not ranked):

Cathedral Spires
Blood Stained
Guardians/Rising From Ruins
Necromancer
Traitors Gate
Judas Rising
Dead Meat
Abductors
Bullet Train
Spectre

Yeah, that's two albums only, but these are the ones I keep coming back to.
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Rodman
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:54 am 
 

LordStenhammar wrote:
Just listen to Judas Rising from Angel of Retribution, and the whole Firepower album. No fucking Surrender! No picks from other albums, because they suck/haven't listened them enough. Seriously: No fucking Surrender!


Everflowingstream wrote:
No Surrender is their best song since any number of tracks from Painkiller. Just quickly, I'd have No Surrender/Judas Rising/Halls of Valhalla/Nostradamus/Firepower as top five, though No Surrender the best by a fair distance.


I should have elaborated.

I've listened to all of the post-Painkiller albums at least once, but nothing has ever grabbed me in a way that's led to repeated listens. Hence, the request.

'No Surrender' is a fine song, but it's a bit too stadium rock for my tastes. I much prefer 'Firepower', which is essentially ersatz 'Painkiller'.

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Xenonas
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 7:41 am 
 

1. Cathedral Spires
2. Cathedral Spires
3. Cathedral Spires
4. Cathedral Spires
5. Cathedral Spires
6. Cathedral Spires
7. Cathedral Spires
8. Cathedral Spires
9. Cathedral Spires
10. Cathedral Spires

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Twisted_Psychology
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:11 am 
 

1. Death Row
2. Burn in Hell
3. Cathedral Spires
4. Judas Rising
5. Worth Fighting For
6. Hellrider
7. Persecution
8. Traitor's Gate
9. No Surrender
10. Sea of Red

Say what you will but any list without Cathedral Spires is objectively wrong.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:31 am 
 

Here are my recommendations:

1. Burn in Hell
2. Death Row
3. Cathedral Spires
4. Lochness
5. Judas Rising
6. Spectre
7. Angel
8. Dead Meat
9. Nostradamus
10. Beginning of the End
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MetallicaTrueFan
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 9:35 am 
 

1. Revelations
2. Flame Thrower
3. Hell And Back
4. Hellrider
5. Death
6. Lochness
7. Necromancer
8. Nostradamus
9. Sword Of Damocles
10. Sea Of Red
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:26 pm 
 

Just skip Priest's post-Painkiller output entirely. They needed viagra to get through Painkiller and after that it's just a whole load of flaccid disappointment.
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Lagartija
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:21 pm 
 

I love 'Jugulator', despite what everyone else thinks.

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Lagartija
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:22 pm 
 

John_Sunlight wrote:
Here's my personal picks:
1. Jugulator
2. Blood Stained
3. Dead Meat
4. Death Row
5. Decapitate
6. Burn in Hell
7. Brain Dead
8. Abductors
9. Bullet Train
10. Cathedral Spires

Great, I'm not alone then :D

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idunnosomename
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Location: England
PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:48 pm 
 

10. Bloodsuckers
9. Blood Stained
8. Burn in Hell
7. Sword of Damocles
6. Bullet Train
5. Halls of Valhalla
4. Jugulator
3. Cathedral Spires
2. Hellrider
1. Demonizer

I mean, some of Firepower is fun but I don't think I can try and push any of these out for it. Primal Fear did it better. Oh, Nostradamus...! The title track is great but do I prefer it to Blood Stained/Bloodsuckers? It's kinda similar to the latter one in being a Painkiller-esque pedal-riff monster but is less innovative ultimately.... (the rest of the album is bobbins)

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Ace_Rimmer
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:30 pm 
 

I own 2 Priest records post Painkiller. One I like, AoR, one I find boring, RoS. So I'm not the best to answer this. However from what I'm reading I think I need to find a copy of Jugulator.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:52 pm 
 

It's a ripper albem so it doesn't sound like your grandpa's Judas Priest. Gotta approach it as an alternate universe Priest.

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MrMcThrasher II
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:20 pm 
 

I know most people are fans of Cathedral Spires, but it's nice to watch it typed down so much anyway.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 1:59 am 
 

  1. Subterfuge
  2. In Between
  3. Cyberface
  4. Bullet Train
  5. Cathedral Spires
  6. Solitude/Exiled
  7. The Beginning of the End
  8. Hellrider
  9. Halls Of Valhalla
  10. Crossfire or Never the Heroes

Have always been in the minority among fellow Priest fans but I love the Ripper era of the band. Subterfuge and Cyberface are wicked awesome to jam along with and shred too. I could have named 8 of the 10 spots to Ripper era songs but could not say I necessarily like them better than some songs since Halford reuniting. Death Row is blisteringly awesome but I could not put it above Hellrider for instance, however Jugulator I find is better than every album Priest has done since Halford rejoined.
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LordStenhammar
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:09 am 
 

Perhaps I got to put my suspicions aside, and check Jugulator out. Only thing I remember was the song Bullet Train in some compilation album.

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MatsBG
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:02 am
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Location: Norway
PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:10 am 
 

In no particular order:

1. Blood Stained
2. Cathedral Spires
3. Subterfuge
4. Judas Rising
5. Prophecy
6. Alone
7. Halls of Valhalla
8. Battle Cry
9. Guardians/Rising From Ruins
10. Traitors Gate

But yeah, give Jugulator a spin. Jam-packed with lethal riffs :headbang:

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Rasha_yad
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Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:46 pm
Posts: 121
PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:03 am 
 

Xenonas wrote:
1. Cathedral Spires
2. Cathedral Spires
3. Cathedral Spires
4. Cathedral Spires
5. Cathedral Spires
6. Cathedral Spires
7. Cathedral Spires
8. Cathedral Spires
9. Cathedral Spires
10. Cathedral Spires

What's #11 then?

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Resident_Hazard
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:32 am 
 

Rasha_yad wrote:
Xenonas wrote:
1. Cathedral Spires
2. Cathedral Spires
3. Cathedral Spires
4. Cathedral Spires
5. Cathedral Spires
6. Cathedral Spires
7. Cathedral Spires
8. Cathedral Spires
9. Cathedral Spires
10. Cathedral Spires

What's #11 then?


Subterfuge.
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TheGreatTrendkiller
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:55 am 
 

No particular order:

Deal with the Devil
Demonizer
Hellrider
Jugulator
Blood Stained
Death Row
Burn in Hell
Bullet Train
Cathedral Spires
Nostradamus

Notable mentions:

Persecution
Flame Thrower

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Sweetie
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:15 pm 
 

After giving this some thought, here we go:
1. Angel
2. Deal With The Devil
3. Hellrider
4. Halls Of Valhalla
5. Firepower
6. Nostradamus
7. Rising From The Ruins
8. Crossfire
9. Dragonaught
10. Judas Rising
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LordStenhammar
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:18 pm 
 

Angel is truly a great track. At least for a tenderhearted man like me. Totally forgot that one.

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Steve Nebraska
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:44 pm 
 

Although most of you guys picked terrible songs (just kidding) but em I only the one thinks the song one on one is a very underrated song? I don’t know, but when I hear that song especially when I’m having a shit week at work or someone grinds my gears I just feel a boost of aggression when I hear that song.

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jimbies
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:01 am 
 

I can't make a list right now, but Halls Of Valhalla + the newest record are the most memorable to me. I haven't heard Nostradamus in years, though.

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Zdan
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:50 am 
 

This one is fairly easy as there some awesome jams on post-Painkiller tracks. My shot at the list:

1. Cathedral Spires
2. Burn in Hell
3. Bullet Train
4. Hellrider
5. Demonizer
6. Lightning Strike
7. Deal With The Devil
8. Spectre
9. Halls of Valhalla
10. Firepower

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:40 pm 
 

Do you have to be a Metallica fan to like 'Cathedral Spires' ? It doesn't sound like Priest in the slightest, not even in that "It's still us, we're just pretending we can keep up with Slayer" way that Painkiller sounds like Priest.

I like Angel of Retribution, and Firepower is a great album for driving fast to, so I can manage five -

No Surrender
Firepower
Necromancer
Hellrider
Lochness (sing Stonehenge in your head, it's great)

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:19 am 
 

Steve Nebraska wrote:
Although most of you guys picked terrible songs (just kidding) but em I only the one thinks the song one on one is a very underrated song? I don’t know, but when I hear that song especially when I’m having a shit week at work or someone grinds my gears I just feel a boost of aggression when I hear that song.
Always thought it sounded like a great entrance song for a pro wrestler.
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Do you have to be a Metallica fan to like 'Cathedral Spires' ?
What does this even mean?
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It doesn't sound like Priest in the slightest
Since when can one say "This song perfectly represents the sound/style of Judas Priest!"? The band willingly has only one identifying trait and that was to have no identity to call their own. Hence why they could get away with making a Speed Metal monster like Call for the Priest, which is preceded by - and interpolates - a genre of music as far removed as one can get... Gospel. That same album to have probably the first ever proper Power Metal song (Sinner), Thrash Metal song (Dissident Aggressor) and a mostly acoustic Folk ballad that would make David Gates and Bread sound like King Diamond and Mercyful Fate (Last Rose of Summer). Saying a song does or does not "sound like Judas Priest" is, sorry, just incredibly dumb.
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not even in that "It's still us, we're just pretending we can keep up with Slayer" way that Painkiller sounds like Priest.
Or maybe Judas Priest were just happy to continue evolving as a musical outfit that had four mainstays who brought in their influences from multiple genres. Besides, Slayer have barely ever reached a magnitude that would permit them to carry Judas Priest's traveling bags.
Methuen wrote:
I like Angel of Retribution, and Firepower is a great album for driving fast to, so I can manage five -
So two of the bands most forgettable albums is somehow better than blistering metal albums and a really surreal symphonic album?
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Twisted_Psychology
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:19 pm 
 

Steve Nebraska wrote:
Although most of you guys picked terrible songs (just kidding) but em I only the one thinks the song one on one is a very underrated song? I don’t know, but when I hear that song especially when I’m having a shit week at work or someone grinds my gears I just feel a boost of aggression when I hear that song.


One on One would basically be a Rob Zombie song if they threw in a movie sample and some extra "yeah's" in there. I also enjoy me some classic Rob Zombie so there's that.
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Sweetie
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:36 pm 
 

Twisted_Psychology wrote:
I also enjoy me some classic Rob Zombie so there's that.


Same! Just saw him in concert last week with Manson!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:28 pm 
 

Luvers666 wrote:
Methuen wrote:
Do you have to be a Metallica fan to like 'Cathedral Spires' ?
What does this even mean?


That it sounds like one of those mid-paced tracks that Metallica put out, and I just don't get it as a Priest track. Maybe it's Owens' vocals ? I take the point about them having a musical evolution, so take a breath. (The quintessential Priest track is CLEARLY Turbo Lover. Obviously).

:)

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MorbidEarth
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:13 pm 
 

Cathedral Spires
Judas Rising
Hellrider
Demonizer
Persecution
Nostradamus
Halls of Valhalla
Firepower
Lightning Strike
Traitor's Gate

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aloof
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:13 pm 
 

only one mention for Worth fighting for? :/
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Solidus_Shong
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:58 am 
 

Dead Meat
Brain Dead
Blood Stained
Close To You
Metal Messiah
Lost And Found
Lochness
No Surrender
Never The Heroes
Rising From Ruins

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idunnosomename
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Location: England
PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:13 pm 
 

One on One I always thought sounded like a rip-off of Megadeth's Crush 'em. Or maybe they're just part of a zeitgeist. I kinda like them though even though they are very dumb.

aloof wrote:
only one mention for Worth fighting for? :/

Very well written song, yes. Clearly channelling Desert Plains, but only to its advantage.

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aloof
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:12 pm 
 

;) glad you mentioned that... PoE is a vastly underrated album.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:03 pm 
 

Solidus_Shong wrote:
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Finally found somebody that actually likes the song that's in strong contention for being Judas Priest's worst song. Seriously, Judas Priest doing nu metal. :puke:
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