On Monday, June 9th, Judas Priest released a preview of the song Dragonaut from the band’s forthcoming album Redeemer of Souls. The band has now released the tune in its entirety and it can be heard below.
In the past several weeks, Judas Priest have been previewing and streaming many of the songs from Redeemer of Souls. Click on the highlighted titles below to hear the corresponding song.
Redeemer of Souls
March of the Damned
Halls Of Valhalla
Crossfire
Redeemer of Souls will be released in the States on July 8th through Epic/Columbia.
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I LIKE IT!!!!!! As i always say,the world is a better with some new priest!!!!!
Without Priest, there would be no Metallica. Priest is doing what they do best. Metallica are stretching their artistic boundaries. Cant argue with the results.
True, this song has a “wag the dog” thing going for it.
not bad, a good guitar solo in there but the mixing is weird. Halford’s voice sounds too loud and the guitars sound too low. This reminds of something off of the Painkiller album as someone had mentioned. Painkiller is a half-an-album, brilliant first half and the wheels come off like I’ve never seen on album before or since, as it degrades into generic metal schlock. Also missing is the KK/Tipton psychic link which provided flawless and seamless double guitar solos. It will be impossible to get that back. I like the heavy approach to this album. I will check out the rest of it.
Solid track. Priest (and Maiden, and Metallica, etc.) aren’t going to blow our minds with anything unlike we’ve ever heard before at this stage of their careers. If they just give us solid stuff that “sounds like they’re supposed to” then I’m fairly satisfied these days. This sounds like Judas Priest should sound – cliche lyrics, recycled riffs and all. I’m not saying that as a put down – I am a long time Priest fan and am looking forward to this album. They tried to be different with “Nostradamus” and it got thrown back in their faces – a shame because although it’s not my favorite Priest album by a long shot it was huge, ambitious, and showed how deeply creative this band can be. So they’ve gone back to what people said they want from them – straight up classic style metal. And that’s exactly what this song sounds like: textbook Priest classic metal. I have no problem with that.
I agree on the comments about Glenn Tipton – hugely underrated (and KK of course as well). I think the guitar solo “duel” in “The Sentinel” is one of the finest examples ever recorded of a twin guitar attack in a metal song. Epic.
Judas Priest has never put out a bad album with Halford. Their is a reason he is a metal god. He could make a country song metal. This is just a band that has great chemistry and their musicianship compliments each other. Can’t wait to get the full version of this CD