Metal Reviews

the british accent doesnt annoy me in general, just in screaming metal vocals, but hey, Rob Halford will never, even if he tried, be as annoying as Dani Filth

Blasphemy. Besides, your name comes from an album which features one of the worst vocalists in metal. Don't get me wrong, Anders was fine (basically when the rest of the band was fine) but starting in Clayman really, him and the rest of the band got a lot shittier.

i agree that in flames is now officially crap, but i would argue that the tranformation from good to crap started with reroute to remain not with clayman, i think clayman was a fkn amazing album

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And due to the fact that Anders is largely responsible for turning the band from a great melo-death band into another crappy nu-metal band, i would agree that he is a dick, but only earlier stuff he is a great vocalist, while jesper still had control over the direction of the band

ok the accent officially no longer annoys me, ive listened to it enough that i hardly even notice it anymore so my rating on this album is now slightly higher at 92/100. my apologies to any brits i offended

I give it a 92/100 a great reunion album a diverse CD for sure.

What was the biggest shocker is Angel.Now JP has done ballads in the past but never an emotional ballad on this level it was a real treat that showed Judas Priest as being bad boys with a tender side one of my top 5 favorite ballads of all time.

I like the opener Judas Rising and I'm glad they started off this way showing that they still have that 1 2 punch they have been known for.And yes I like Lochness I can't understand why some don't like this song it's a catchy epic and besides JP had the guts to write a song about the Lochness monster I have never seen any band do that at least metal hell if Mastodon can do an album about Moby Dick why not JP do a song about the Lochness monster lol

Anyway one of the best releases this year.

I like this even more now than when it first came out. This is definitely the best album of 2005 so far... I love you, Judas Priest.

Fuckin great album. It definitely grew on me as well.

DEMONIZZZZZEEEEERRR!!!!!!!

Yeah i have to agree with you, this album is still in my current playlist.

I just listened to this album for the first time today. Actually, this is also my first time seriously listening to JP!

Overall, the last three songs are great. Angel is pretty good too. The remaining songs: They're very well written and well played. But they just have a very "dated" sound to them which kind of turns me off. Nothing against early-80s style metal, but when I listen to a 2005 album I want it to actually sound like a 2005 album. Oh well, I was saying the same thing about Better Than Raw when I bought it and now I love that album. May be when I listen to AoR again, it will have grown on me. First things first, though, I'm buying Painkiller next month.

Funny that you mention this, because whe AoR came out, a lot of fans were worried that it wouldnt have that 80s, 70s style that the fans love about Jp, and then there were some that were dissapointed with this album, saying that it didnt had that old jp sound, i agree with you, but that is why i love this album, it combines a lot of elements form early jp, it almost feels like a compilation album, anyway let me know what you think of Painkiller when you buy it.

Yes, the problem with this album is that Priest were attempting to please everyone, a little of something from each era (well, no Turbo type stuff, thank God). It made the album feel a little forced, but its still a good 'un.

...which leaves me extremely curious about their next one. I don't think it will be a diverse collection like AoR. But I have no idea in which direction they'll go. I expect most people will want something along the line of Painkiller, but what the band will choose to do... damn that's hard to guess.

Wow,i think Turbo is one of their best,but we already had a thread about it!

Motherfuckin' Priest!

I loved this album from the very first time I heard it.