JUDAS PRIEST’S METAL GOD ROB HALFORD DISCUSSES HIS VOICE AND HIS FAVORITE SCREAM
Blabbermouth.net reports:
On September 3rd, Judas Priest singer Rob Halford called in to Chaz & AJ, the morning radio talk show program on 99.1 WPLR, a rock radio station broadcasting from Milford, Connecticut.
When asked what his favorite scream is in all the songs that he record, Halford replied, “Actually, there’s a new scream for everybody on the new Redeemer Of Souls album, we have a track called Halls Of Valhalla, and there’s a little moment in that song where it kind of breaks down and I do this ungodly, unearthly scream and I don’t know where it came from. In fact, we kept it from one of the demo rehearsals that we were doing, because it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime things that you do once and you can’t exactly get it right again. So check that out, because that’s my current favorite heavy metal scream.”
When questioned if he is still able to pull off the scream every night in concert, Halford replied, “Yeah, I am, I am. And it’s one of those things where I love it so much and I am just so stoked by standing on stage still, 40 years later, still screaming my head off and having the time of my life, along with Glenn [Tipton] and Richie [Faulkner] and Scott [Travis] and Ian [Hill].”
In a July 2014 interview with the Birmingham Mail, Halford stated about how his vocal performance has evolved over the years: “The voice changes obviously. The trick is just to look after it — don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t do drugs. I look after my voice these days, and still belt it out. When I was a raging drunk and drug addict, I really abused my voice. Thank God I realized I was doing some stupid things. You can damage your voice, and find that you can’t do softer things in your music.”
additional source: blabbermouth.net
“Painkiller” by far does it for me. That song just sounds beyond BRUTAL to pull off!
After that though… A lot of stuff off of the “Defenders of the Faith” CD! Then again, i’m probably biased since that was, and will always be my favorite Priest CD!
Don’t care what anyone says. Defenders was the definitive metal album from any band. Jawbreaker is one of their most underappreciated songs.
I know it is an overlooked album, but I absolutely love Rocka Rolla. Truly an underestimated album. A lot of my friends don’t like it because it is so different from what Priest became but there is so much great stuff on that album. It is bowl worthy for sure.
And I forgot to mention, it is 40 years old now. Amazing !!
pain pain killer killer……………lol
Sad Wings of Destiny from Live Insurrection. Good grief! Makes my voice hoarse just listening to it!
The scream at the end of the studio version of Tyrant is unreal and like 30 seconds long!