I think Between the Hammer and the Anvil has got to be my favorite Judas Priest Song. In fact I think it is one of the hallmarks of Heavy Metal. You have to figure that Judas Priest was going to be influenced by the European power metal scene, who was in turn heavily influenced by Judas Priest. The problem for those European bands like Gamma Ray, Primal Fear, Running Wild, etc., is that they can't hold a candle to Judas Priest. Painkiller is the golden standard of the modern European heavy metal sound. Every song on that album took the old stuff that JP invented, added some freshness that the newer bands infused into the old JP sound, and totally taught all of them how to do it. The amount of screaming metallic glory encapsuled in this album, is just short of miraculous. But I guess if anyone could do it, its Judas Priest.

Painkiller is the golden standard of the modern European heavy metal sound. Every song on that album took the old stuff that JP invented, added some freshness that the newer bands infused into the old JP sound, and totally taught all of them how to do it. The amount of screaming metallic glory encapsuled in this album, is just short of miraculous. But I guess if anyone could do it, its Judas Priest.

So I have glorious news:

I have just heard from my friend who works at a concert ticket company that this summer, Priest will be going on tour with... HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTORHEAD, and Testament, unfortunately. That is going to be one fucking orgasm of a concert.

And yes, HT, Priest and Maiden are pretty much undisputed at the top.

Excellent point, my list shuffles as well. Last week my favorite Judas Priest Song was Tyrant, and before that it was Sinner. Ha ha, my point is that Judas Priest, as well as Iron Maiden, are the kings of heavy metal, more so than Ozzy Osbourne or the guys from Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath laid down a very primitive framework for other bands to follow. Their stuff was more blues oriented, whereas Priest and Maiden added a new dimension that BS lacked: Speed, and some of the most magnificent shredding rock and roll has ever seen. So when Judas Priest writes a power metal song, they are, like the pope issuing a dogmatic decree, are releasing their own metallic decree: "This is what metal should sound like, I know because I helped invent it."

So I have glorious news:

I have just heard from my friend who works at a concert ticket company that this summer, Priest will be going on tour with... HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTORHEAD, and Testament, unfortunately. That is going to be one fucking orgasm of a concert.

And yes, HT, Priest and Maiden are pretty much undisputed at the top.

So I have glorious news:

I have just heard from my friend who works at a concert ticket company that this summer, Priest will be going on tour with... HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTORHEAD, and Testament, unfortunately. That is going to be one fucking orgasm of a concert.

And yes, HT, Priest and Maiden are pretty much undisputed at the top.

I only own 3 Priest albums: Defenders of The Faith (My favorite), British Steel, and Painkiller. I would own more of them but the 3 I have, I bought as the re-release ones with the bonus tracks and when you get em all they have letters on the side, so now I need to buy those ones only to finish what it says, yeah I know what it says already, not hard to figure out, but I want it to look cool on my shelf. Thats my excuse for only owning 3 albums by them, since I havent found any others in those cases.

Best songs: Freewheel Burning (which has just about the awesomeist video ever made for it, lol), Jawbreaker, Painkiller, Between The Hammer & The Anvil, and All Guns Blazing.. Of course it changes from time to time.

yeah, you can't go wrong with Judas Priest. They and Iron Maiden are the reigning kings of metal.

I think my favorite Judas Priest songs are Painkiller, Hell Patrol and ofcourse Between the Hammer and the Anvil in that order. But since JP have so many amazing songs my top ten is often shuffled according to current mood.