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Re: Judas Priest - Nostradamus - June 17
The Download festival used to be called Castle Donington: Monsters of Rock. It's the biggest, most prestigious (debatable over recent years) hard rock/heavy metal festival in Europe. Priest played the very first one in 1980, along with Rainbow, Scorpions, April Wine, Saxon, Riot, and Touch (DAMN, I'm getting old). And you probably knew that anyway, since I just read the press release, and that info is there. But let's hear it for my memory of what other bands played that day!
(No, I wasn't there...)
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this, although I'm a little leery of the whole "concept album" idea from Priest (one of my favorite bands of all time, BTW). I just hope it's better produced than AOF.
Edit: I just d/led the title track. Good stuff, but I can't picture Halford belting those lyrics out from underneath the 200 lbs. of leather and chains he's been wearing in recent years...
When she embraces, your heart turns to stone
She comes at night, when you're all alone
And when she whispers, your blood shall run cold
You'd better hide before she finds you...
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Re: Judas Priest - Nostradamus - June 17
Excellent!
As I stated in the American Idol thread: Best. Live. Band. EVAR. Too bad they don't have any dates scheduled around here.
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Re: Judas Priest - Nostradamus - June 17
They just released the entire Screaming for Vengeance album as a download for the Rock Band game.
Do I keep waiting for that patch for the GH3 guitar, or is it time to bite the bullet? . . .
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Re: Judas Priest - Nostradamus - June 17
The Ant Commandos put out an adapter that lets you use PS2 Guitar Hero guitars to play Rock Band (and GH3) on the PS3.
Rock Band is on the way to my house. . .
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Re: Judas Priest - Nostradamus - June 17
| Would be great to see Testament too. Is their new album out yet? |
Yep! ...and I love it so far. It's not quite as good as "The Gathering", but it's also much more melodic and has more guitar solos since Skolnick returned. It's very much in the same vein as "The Ritual", but with heavier lyrics.
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Re: Judas Priest - Nostradamus - June 17
By "heavier lyrics," do you mean the words are more meaningful or the vocals are more growly?
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Re: Judas Priest - Nostradamus - June 17
| By "heavier lyrics," do you mean the words are more meaningful or the vocals are more growly? |
They're more growly, although I think you could make a strong argument that they're more meaningful too. There's a song about 911 as well as a song questioning whether there is an afterlife. I don't recall too many Testament songs from the past with much meaning behind the lyrics. I'm sure that Chuck's bout with cancer had something to do with that.
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Re: Judas Priest - Nostradamus - June 17
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Originally Posted by James Lee
I don't count myself as one of the hardcore, but I am a huge fan of bands like Dream Theater, Kamelot, Nightwish, Within Temptation-- stuff that is epic, symphonic and complex. Color me incredibly impressed with what Priest did this time.
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I love epic, symphonic, and complex as well, but I also consider JP to be the greatest live band of all time.
Sounds like I am going to have to snag this release ASAP!
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That's a show I wish I could see.
