JUDAS PRIEST — Screaming For Vengeance (review)

JUDAS PRIEST — Screaming For Vengeance album cover Album · 1982 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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Metal and pleasure...

Genre: heavy metal

After the disappointing and, honestly, boring, "Point of Entry", Judas Priest return with a vengeance. "Screaming for Vengeance" is a legendary heavy metal album, and when you listen to it and compare it to the metal music released by a host of artists thereafter (all the way up until to day), you can really hear how influential it is.

The iconic opening riff of "Electric Eye" is melodic and aggressive at the same time and has virtually been "ripped off" by more metalcore bands than I can count. "Riding on the Wind" is a straight heavy metal track as is "Screaming for Vengeance", "You've Got Another Thing Coming" and "Devil's Child", while "Bloodstone" is more of a bouncy affair with some nice riffage and a simple but haunting chorus. "(Take these) Chains" is a more commercial affair whose legacy resonates in the world of glam metal and pop metal even today - and I really like the chorus, I must admit. "Fever" is a quasi-ballad with lots of powerful sections nonetheless, and some nice lead guitar work.

While a lot better than "Point of Entry", "Screaming for Vengeance" is not as good as "Killing Machine" or "British Steel", but it is still a really good heavy metal album which I think most fans of traditional metal will appreciate.
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