Already while in L.A. the promo of the new Judas Priest's album started to be available here an there on the net, and J13, that gave an advance listen to it, one day shocked me telling me "Dude, it's a shit! It's strange, I really don't like it!!".
Back home, I got my copy, sat down and concetrated on it and...
Well, it's a different stuff. In my impression, more slow, more melodic and more complex than a usual Priest stuff. It gets close to an epic metal... perhaps because of the concept behind it. You need to listen to it a couple of times to get an hold of its content... But if you let yourself go with it, you can get how heavy it actually is! Tracks load slowly and then burst from half-a-way on. It fits a less screamy but more melodic and chanting Halford voice, in my opinion.
I have to say, I like it! And I'm sure also J13 will do... It's just that after a Maiden gig with backstage passes and a 3 Inches of Blood live you are understandably much more in a Vader mode, rather slow Priest's tunes! ;-)
Give a try to the PROMO (before the link expires)!
