Poll: What’s the Best Judas Priest Album?

Over the span of 5 a long time and 18 studio albums, Judas Priest have cemented themselves as one in all the most essential and influential bands in steel historical past. Which of these albums is the greatest, although? That’s what we need to hear from you throughout this week’s Loudwire Nights Album of the Week ballot.

You’ll have till Friday at 12N ET to forged your votes. We’ll then play the three tracks from the album with the most votes throughout Loudwire Nights‘ Album of the Week block to begin the following Monday’s present!

Judas Priest initially fashioned with Al Atkins behind the mic, however they did not file any correct albums with him — the majority of their discography was recorded with Rob Halford as the vocalist. The band had a little bit of a gradual begin, releasing 4 albums all through the mid-to-late-’70s earlier than actually discovering their sound and business success with 1978’s Killing Machine, which was issued in the U.S. below the title Hell Bent for Leather the following yr.

Around the time Hell Bent for Leather got here out was additionally when Rob Halford and co. began sporting the studded leather-based and motorbike equipment, so by the time 1980’s British Steel was launched, they not solely had a sound, however a picture too. Priest in the end performed a pivotal function in the sort of trend being related to steel.

The band put out one other six albums all through the Eighties and 1990 with Halford, after which Tim “Ripper” Owens took over as frontman. Two albums had been recorded with him as the vocalist — 1997’s Jugulator and 2001’s Demolition — earlier than Halford returned.

The steel legends have since put out one other 4 albums, with the most up-to-date being 2018’s Firepower. They spent a lot of the final yr touring in assist of their fiftieth anniversary, nevertheless it does not appear they plan on stopping anytime quickly.

Head under to vote on your favourite Judas Priest album, then tune into Loudwire Nights subsequent Monday at 7PM ET to search out out which file prevailed. During tonight’s present, you may get to search out out which Offspring album was voted the greatest, and listen to three songs from the winner.

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