>a bunch of old men made an album heavier than 95% of avant garde metal at the timeHow do you explain this?
>>129852116Rob Halford was 39 when this came out anon
>>129852116They were dialed in. It can happen to anybody
>>129852116My guess is it's experience. Near 30 years of surfing on trends and then it was one of their most genuine and well-directed albums after their NWOBHM golden era. A stroke of genuis that happens when everything is set in the right place: artistic freedom, good skills, good direction, financial means and a bit of inspiration
>>129852116Why is even the dude with wings would even need a dragon motorcycle???? He could just fly around? Fucking hate egomaniac fags
>>129852404>Why is even the dude with wings would even need a dragon motorcycle?EVIL'S GOING UNDER DEADLY WHEEEEEELS
>>129852166>Rob Halford was 39 when Priest released Painkiller>You're 36 and have no family, no accomplishments, no gfGrim
>>129852116When I first heard Painkiller I was shocked it was the same guy from Breaking the Law.
>>129852824It's okay. Rob doesn't have a gf either.
>>129852824I'm 21 and a girl asked me outWe'll see if it goes anywhere
>>129852116Black Sabbath is still heavier than most modern extreme metal
>>129852116not heavy at all, literally just a mid thrash album.
>>129852824Iktfb
>>129853426Kek
>>129853426>It's okay. Rob doesn't have a gf either.
>>129852116very overrated album. not even in the top 5 priest albums
>>129852116metal was never heavy
>>129853426kek
>>129856265To be fair, if you made a Priest top 5 you would necessarily have to leave out a few all-time classics.
>>129852166it's actually crazy to think in music terms that 1990 was only 14 years after 1976, given how completely different rock and metal changed during that time.
>>12986021814 years ago from today would be 2012, feels like music has not changed all that much in that time.
That garbage came out 1990, being Priest's TWELFTH album (how pathetic is it that your breakthrough takes twelve fuKKKing albums?). By that time, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH heavier metal had been coming out for nearly a decade. Try killing yourself.
>>129860542>Painkiller>breakthroughyou are one stupid nigger
>>129852116they weren't old then?
>>129856265its the only good Priest album
>>129852116Rob had settled into his sobriety, they had a new shit hot drummer and Glenn and KK had time to understand the whole Thrash thing, just a perfect scenario really, lightning in a bottle.
For me, it’s Stained Class, the true Judas Priest masterpiece.
>>129852116Again like most metal albums it all depends on who is your drummer. Travis Richter was like a 30000% upgrade over their previous shitter of a drummer
>>129856265This is peak revisionism, almost up there with the Tony Martin Sabbath glazing (and I like some of the spooky low budget Cock Rock stuff, it's kino)
>>129860760>their previous shitter of a drummerwho was also a pedophile
>>129852116honestly I like the hellion/electric eye best and everything else is pretty good
>>129860760>Travis Richterwat? tbf I get where you're coming from fftl had amazing drumming
>>129860781>>129860760lmao whoops I meant Scott Travis
>>129852824Nice projection kek
>>129852116gay ass vocals and speed metal riffs that were already lame by 1985. calling this diaper shit heavy is an embarrassment to metal. realm of chaos was out a full year before it.
Nobody remembers the cover Death did? Pretty sweet. although the guy above is me probably way too cool to enjoy anything that isn't actual dogshit.
>>129856265I agree, the song itself is just them proving they could do a heavier style. But it's not what they're good at or what I want out of Judas Priest
>>129861067agreed. it's actually kinda crazy how many times they successfully pivoted styles, melding with the metal landscape as it changed from year to year.
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>>129860827>bolt thrower fan thinking they have any credibilitylmao.
