It is universally agreed that one of the greatest heavy metal vocalists of all-time is Rob Halford – who is often referred to as the “Metal God” due to his distinctive, multi-octave singing voice, and his larger-than-life, leather n’ studs persona.
While best-known as the long-time singer of Judas Priest, Halford has also launched his own successful solo career. And now, two of his classic solo efforts will be issued on vinyl for the first time ever – Crucible and Made of Metal.
Both will be issued in several limited edition color variants – Crucible in the colors black (900 units), neon violet (500), ghostly purple (500), and black purple/navy splatter (100), while Made of Metal will be issued in black (900), white (500), coronetto (500), and ghostly (100). A limited number of copies of each variant will be personally signed by Rob Halford.
“I am really proud to see these two Halford band records released on vinyl for the first time,” says the Metal God. “My fans will love the packaging and care that went into these re-issues.”
Both albums were produced by Roy Z. 2002’s Crucible spawned such headbanging favorites as Betrayal and the title track (and saw Halford joined by Metal Mike Chlasciak – guitar, Patrick Lachman – guitar, Ray Riendeau – bass, and Bobby Jarzombek – drums), while 2010’s Made of Metal gave us Till the Day I Die and Fire and Ice (and saw both Chlasciak and Jarzombek returning, as well as bassist Mike Davis and Roy Z providing additional guitar work).
With vinyl’s popularity at an all-time high, these two vintage metal masterpieces by the Metal God will undoubtedly be highly sought after by collectors – grab them while you can.
Crucible Track Listing:
Side one:
1. Park Manor (Instrumental)
2. Crucible
3. One Will
4. Betrayal
5. Handing Out Bullets
Side 2 :
1. Hearts Of Darkness
2. Crystal
3. Heretic
4. Golgotha
Side 3:
1. Wrath Of God
2. Weaving Sorrow
3. Sun
4. Trail Of Tears
Side 4:
1. She (Bonus)
2. Fugitive (BONUS)
3. Rock The World (Bonus Japan)
4. In The Morning (Bonus Japan)
Made of Metal Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. Undisputed
2. Fire And Ice
3. Made Of Metal
4. Speed Of Sound
Side 2:
5. Like There’s No Tomorrow
6. Till The Day I Die
7. Ww Own The Night
8. Heartless
Side 3:
9. Hell Razor
10. Thunder And Lightning
11. Twenty-Five Years
Side 4:
12. Matador
13. I Know We Stand A Chance
14. The Mower
To order copies go to: visionmerch.com/halford.
Please note:
Manic Vision Records is re-releasing these albums. These re-issues will not be sold in stores and will be exclusively available on Rob Halford’s official merchandise store located at VisionMerch.com/Halford. There is exclusive Rob Halford merchandise available in the store as well. This is a pre-order item.
Both Double-LPs are expected to ship around December 1st.
4 Responses
IMO, the greatest and best heavy metal vocalist ever. Rob Halford is a pioneer of the heavy metal genre.
Haven’t listened to those in years. Might kick them up if the price is right. Would rather have Resurrection over those two, but they were decent records for sure.
Resurrection was reissued on vinyl back in 2022. Still widely available.
Oh, just noticed the prices. Sorry Rob, luv ya but not spending $40.00 on a record.