JUDAS PRIEST — Demolition (review)

JUDAS PRIEST — Demolition album cover Album · 2001 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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Genre: amalgamated metal

Priest with a modern edge, this album integrates elements from thrash metal, nu metal and classic Priest metal, and things work well most of the time.

The opener, "Machine Man", is essentially a thrash metal song along the lines of Annihilator's darker and more aggressive tracks, while "One on One" is more of a traditional metal track which, however, seems inspired by RATM's brand of alternative metal (in that the band uses a lot of guitar-created sound effects). "Jekyll and Hyde", which is my favorite track, is more of a power metal track, although it contains more heavy and dark parts than usually associated with that genre. "Subterfuge" is more of a nu metal inspired groovy affair, while "Feed on Me" is in the same vein as "One on One", and "Bloodsuckers" sounds like very early thrash metal. "Cyberface" and "Hell Is Home" are quite heavy tracks, but not as memorable as some of the heavier track on, say, "Painkiller". "Closy to You" is a ballad, which, I think, sounds just as horrible as some of GnR's ballads from "Use Your Illusion" (things improve a bit when the distorted guitar solo kicks in) - "Lost and Found" is another ballad, which works better, perhaps, but is equaliiy unmemorable. "Metal Messiah" is another nu metal sort of track, and not a bad one at all, while "Devil Digger" sounds more like Judas Priest playing 90s metal.

Most people do not consider this album to be among Priest's legendary albums, and it certainly is not one of the best Priest albums, but cetainly not the worst either.

Ripper does a good job on this album like he did on 'Jugulator', and I am sure that a lot of metal fans will appreciate this album for what it is.
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