REVIEW: JUDAS PRIEST - DEMOLITION

 

JUDAS PRIEST - DEMOLITION (Atlantic Records, 2001):

Technical data:

Recorded at Silvermere Sound and Riverside Studios

Mastered by Jon Astley

Produced by Glenn Tipton.

Track List: 1- Machine Man, 2- One on One, 3- Hell Is Home, 4- Jekyll and Hyde, 5- Close To You, 6- Devil Digger, 7- Bloodsuckers, 8- In Between, 9- Feed on Me, 10- Subterfuge, 11- Lost and Found, 12- Cyberface, 13- Metal Messiah

Judas Priest is back !!! Again with Tim "Ripper" Owens on vocals (this time more confident and with a more personal voice). I think that Judas Priest is one of those bands that does not become stagnant even if they have their own style and even if they are a legend. So, this time,as happened with the previous CD "Jugulator", Judas Priest has a definitely more modern sound, specially on the guitars and in tracks like "Machine Man" or "One on One" (thefirst two of the album) they have achieved a heavier result (obviously diehard Halford fans will say that they don´t like it and that Rob Halford should come back). But the good thing is too see a classical band evolving and doing it better with each album creating always great melodies for their songs (eventhough there are not much guitar solos here and I would like to listen them because Tuipton and Downing are killer guitarists). The sound is great here and they sound as a classical and at the same time new band. Favorite tracks: "One on One", "Jekyll and Hyde" and "Feed on Me". Contact: www.judaspriest.com