Who is the angel of retribution

This is the band that followed up their breakthrough, British Steel , with the lackluster Point of Entry , from which they rebounded on the defiant Screaming for Vengeance. Released on Feb. Those feelings live inside you and you utilize them when you return to the studio. Knowing where to go next is instinctive for us. You can build bridges with music and this song did that. The singer even stated in his Confess autobiography that his split with Priest was due to an overwhelming miscommunication and he never truly wanted to be apart from the group to begin with, so returning to front the metal legends was certainly a desirable outcome.

As high profile of a reunion as this was, it actually came together rather unceremoniously behind the scenes with that pending Ozzfest offer from Sharon Osbourne helping to spur things into action. The inherent pressure here is defining what a reunited Judas Priest sounds like in Judas Priest 's 16th studio album will be a frustrating one for fans, as the leadoff track, "Judas Rising," promises great things -- the swirling guitar intro that slowly reveals a mammoth, multi-tracked Rob Halford scream is positively goosebump-inducing -- but what follows is textbook heavy metal played with precision by a group that doesn't have the slightest interest in challenging anybody, least of all itself.

This is a shame because Halford is still a force of nature and Glenn Tipton and K. Downing are still the most underrated dual-guitar attack in the genre. These are not "bad" songs, however, especially for a band in its 28th year, so never mind that "Revolution" is essentially a rewrite of Jane's Addiction 's "Mountain Song" or that "Eulogy," a ballad that makes references to numerous songs from the group's past, ends up sounding like it's directed at the band itself rather than the listener.

Angel of Retribution does indeed rock just hard enough to please longtime fans and convert a few new ones along the way. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.

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Track Listing - Disc 1. Judas Rising. Deal With the Devil. Worth Fighting For. Wheels of Fire.