Judas Priest

If the success of Judas Priest was built in the 70's, the 80's marked a turning point for the band who recruited drummer Dave Holland, in charge of giving power to the band!  It is done with British Steel which is one of the most influential heavy metal albums of the time. His singles Breaking The Law or United are regularly played on the airwaves and success is instantaneous.

In 1985, two teenagers signed a suicide pact and shot each other. A tragic story that comes back like a boomerang on the heavy band, accused of having passed on subliminal messages pushing to suicide in their songs. The case makes a lot of noise, the members of Judas Priest are summoned to justify themselves in court. Eventually and fortunately, the case will be dismissed, but it will have marked the end of the 80's for all metal bands, holding their breath to find out whether or not their music will continue to exist.

Judas Priest is recovering from this ordeal masterfully, with Painkiller, an album that has become a great classic and which capitalizes on the arrival of Scott Travis in the band. His footwork and mastery of the double pedal accelerates the rhythm and propels the group into a tour of anthology. The eponymous title is still mythical, "It's one of the archetypes of metal. A song about a fantastic creature that personifies metal - evil, energy and destruction," says Halford. However, after the Golden Age came the fall and at the end of this series of concerts, Halford decided to go it alone.

Without its emblematic singer, Judas Priest is only a shadow of the glorious group it once was. But after 12 years of separation, it's a surprise. Rob Halford is back on the road again for two tours that are a huge success and are headbanging heads all over the world. Immediately after, the band enters the studio to release Angel of Retribution, acclaimed by critics and audiences alike.

If their Black Sabbath colleagues have decided to put an end to their career, this is not the case for Judas Priest! In spite of the loss of historical members, the band still has energy to spare, in studio, with their latest album Firepower which surprised critics and fans alike with its quality, as well as on stage where their performances are always impressive.