Fuel of the Furnace
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 8: The 40th Anniversary of “Reckless”
After finishing the “Defenders Of The Faith” world tour in Japan late 1984, Judas Priest took their first ever lengthy time off. During 1985 Priest only played one live show, the famous Live Aid appearance in Philadelphia which took place in July. Although this was hardly a full show with only three songs played. Shortly…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace Pt. 7: The 50th Anniversary of “Tyrant”
For their second album for Gull Records Judas Priest knew they were in a crucial position. After “Rocka Rolla” it was obvious the band needed to fulfil their true potential if they wanted to move ahead and gain proper foothold in the metal market. Some of the material used for the album was already an…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace Pt. 5: The 20th Anniversary of “Lochness”
In the early 2005 expectations for the first Judas Priest album by the definite line-up in nearly 15 years were sky high. In many regards meeting those was simply impossible since the band had never stuck to one formula before, one man’s meat was one man’s bad luck and so forth. What Priest did with…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 14: The 50th Anniversary of “Never Satisfied”.
As hard as it is to believe Judas Priest have been around now well over 45 years. Despite many hardships and turmoil, they are still touring the world, in many ways more popular than ever.
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 2: The 40th Anniversary of “Jawbreaker”
By 1984 Judas Priest were superstars. With their previous album “Screaming For Vengeance” the band had broken the US market and lengthy tour across the stadiums of America had cemented their position as the leading group of the NWOBHM. Everyone was now watching their next step with bated breath.
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The Fuel Of The Furnace Pt.11: The 40th Anniversary of “Screaming For Vengeance”
As 1981 morphed into 1982, Judas Priest arrived Ibiza Sound studios in Spain with both sun and pressure on their side, beginning to record their eighth studio LP. The reception to group’s latest album 1981’s “Point Of Entry” had been lukewarm, not everyone applauding its more commercial tunes and different approach. With new writing sessions…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 13: The 20th Anniversary of “Feed On Me”
The second album of Judas Priest’s Ripper Owens era, “Demolition” is not often mentioned in the annals of Judas Priest as one of their land mark efforts. That credit usually is reserved to any number of albums the band recorded between 1976 and 1990. Even their reunion CD “Angel Of Retribution” is in many metal…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 9: The 40th Anniversary of “Desert Plains”
If one sets out to find Judas Priest’s most controversial and debated album, “Point Of Entry” might be the first one on the list. Later on “Turbo” and “Jugulator” were certainly very much discussed but for entirely different reasons. “Point Of Entry” appeared in early 1981 during an era when traditional metal was more popular…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 16: Blood Red Skies
[three_fourth] “You’ll never take me alive…” Origins THROUGH late 1980’s, a wind of change blew across the field of metal. And we are not talking about the Scorpions-hit which followed couple of years later. The era of hair metal bands was all but over. The sound which Judas Priest embraced and ran home so brilliantly…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 3: The 30th Anniversary of “One Shot At Glory”
“Painkiller” – possibly the fiercest and in its time one of the heaviest albums Judas Priest had ever released, is amazingly approaching its 17th anniversary later this year. Furthermore it was the album that introduced their current drummer Scott Travis formerly in US- speed rockers Racer X.