JUDAS PRIEST — Redeemer Of Souls (review)

JUDAS PRIEST — Redeemer Of Souls album cover Album · 2014 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
666sharon666
Judas Priest's seventeenth album Redeemer of Souls, the first without guitarist K. K. Downing, sees the band moving away from the concept album style of the previous release Nostradamus and back into more familiar territory; standalone heavy metal songs as you may expect a long running band like this to be making this far down the line. The results are not exactly spectacular but Redeemer of Souls offers up one of the more satisfying releases of the band from their post-Painkiller years and it's a lot less patchy than Nostradamus was, though in the previous album's defence, it's not as adventurous either.

For me, Redeemer of Souls is a good album but not a great one. It's just a classic band showing that they can still get the job done even if it doesn't rival their best work. And to be honest I don't ask any more of Judas Priest. Sure it would be nice if they, like Iron Maiden, continued to deliver upper tier goods in their later years instead of the rather patchy run they've had from Jugulator onwards but if they didn't do enough for you between the years 1974 - 1990 then I guess you're just the kind of person who is never satisfied. With that said I have read some stuff that implies this will be the last album of the band, but I hope not, as it would be nice for the leather rebels to bow out with something really spectacular as their epitaph.
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666sharon666 wrote:
more than 2 years ago
The first one was unintentional. When I realised what I'd written I put a few more in to see if anyone noticed. ;)
more than 2 years ago
Did you intentionally include Judas Priest song titles in your review? Deliver(ing) the Goods. Never Satisfied. Epitaph.

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