PAINKILLER - Judas Priest Original Vinyl
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Description
To many if not most of the fans say it's the best album they ever recorded. Of course, this is a perfect production, incredible songwriting, a brand new sound you would not have imagined before 1990.
Devastating drums and screaming guitars, a sound that has influenced many bands since the release of Painkiller, the most famous album among Priest's works. The guitars remind me at times of a chainsaw, incredible, light speed solos, this album gives you all that you may desire, but it is a complete breakaway from the sound the metal legends were famous for.
To me the cover artwork already shows what kind of a furious monster of metal was unleashed with the release of Painkiller, the pure metal massacre… here comes the 'Metal Meltdown', run for your lives! My favourites on this album are definitely 'Night Crawler', a real metal-nightmare, 'Between The Hammer & The Anvil' and 'A Touch Of Evil', the latter using keyboards. The bonus track 'Living Bad Dreams' fits this record perfectly and the 'Leather Rebel' live is unnecessary but what the heck… this record could not be ruined even if the song had a bad quality.
Once again Priest have proven that they can make a record without a single weakness, leaving you the choice of loving or hating it. As I said I prefer the classic sound, but worship this of course as a masterpiece, just as it deserves.
Track listing
All tracks written by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and K. K. Downing, except where noted..
Side one No. Title Length 1. "Painkiller" 6:06 2. "Hell Patrol" 3:35 3. "All Guns Blazing" 3:56 4. "Leather Rebel" 3:34 5. "Metal Meltdown" 4:46 Side two No. Title Length 6. "Night Crawler" 5:44 7. "Between the Hammer & the Anvil" 4:47 8. "A Touch of Evil" (Tipton, Halford, Downing, Chris Tsangarides) 5:42 9. "Battle Hymn" (Instrumental) 0:56 10. "One Shot at Glory" 6:46price rating
