Judas Priest Announce New Album 'Invincible Shield' at Power Trip

While onstage at the Power Trip pageant, Judas Priest formally introduced their nineteenth studio album, Invincible Shield, which might be launched subsequent yr.

The highly-anticipated followup to 2018’s well-received Firepower would be the band’s third with guitarist Richie Faulkner, who joined in 2011 after traditional guitarist Okay.Okay. Downing retired from the group. Invincible Shield has been within the works for years and can lastly be accessible for followers to listen to on March 8, 2024.

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The announcement got here at Power Trip Festival, the place AC/DC will shut out the night time with their first efficiency since 2016.

After Ozzy Osbourne bowed out of his scheduled Saturday look as a consequence of well being points, Judas Priest have been tabbed because the alternative at the fest which already featured Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden yesterday (Oct. 6), with Metallica and Tool wrapping issues up tomorrow (Oct. 8).

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There was hypothesis that the heavy steel legends have been as much as one thing once they wiped their Instagram web page clear yesterday (Oct. 6) and shared one model new publish, which is the Judas Priest emblem with a caption that reads, “TOMORROW.”

Now, it is clear that the group was main as much as the album announcement. The launch can also be vital as it’s going to arrive a formidable 50 years after Judas Priest’s first album, Rocka Rolla, got here out.