This 17-track compilation from the metal legends bypasses the usual greatest-hits route by enlisting some of the genre’s biggest names…
Judas Priest – The Chosen Few (2011)
Judas Priest – Nostradamus (2008)
On 2005’s (almost) divine comeback album Angel of Retribution, Judas Priest fans got a modern day update of the band’s genre-bending 1976 classic, Sad Wings…
Judas Priest – Angel of Retribution (2005)
Described by the newly reunited band as “the second (and final) part of 1976’s pseudo-conceptual Sad Wings of Destiny,” 2005’s Angel of Retribution…
Judas Priest – Demolition (2001)
The second studio release with “Ripper” Owens, Demolition is an intriguing album. Listening to this one sometimes makes you wish that they…
Judas Priest – Jugulator (1997)
Expectations were high for Jugulator, the first release from Judas Priest since Rob Halford left to form Fight in 1993. Indeed, the album debuted at…
Judas Priest – Painkiller (1990)
At the dawn of the ’90s, Judas Priest were in sad shape: out of touch, seemingly creatively bankrupt, coming off the two worst…
Judas Priest – Ram It Down (1988)
After the failed experiment of Turbo, Judas Priest toned down the synths and returned to the basics, delivering a straight-ahead, much more…
Judas Priest – Turbo (1986)
Searching for a way to retool their sound, Judas Priest attempted to accentuate their melodic side on Turbo by incorporating synthesizers…
Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith (1984)
The last quality album from Judas Priest’s commercial period, Defenders of the Faith doesn’t quite reach the heights of British Steel or…
Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
Judas Priest rebounded from the shaky Point of Entry with Screaming for Vengeance, arguably the strongest album of their early-’80s…
Judas Priest – Point of Entry (1981)
Having reinvented themselves as an arena metal act with the hugely successful British Steel, Judas Priest naturally opted to stay the course…
Judas Priest – British Steel (1980)
Predating Metallica’s self-titled blockbuster by 11 years, Judas Priest’s British Steel was a similarly pitched landmark boasting many of the same…
Judas Priest – Hell Bent for Leather (1979)
Given the less violent moniker Hell Bent for Leather for U.S. release (as if that makes any sense), Killing Machine is a transitional album…
Judas Priest – Stained Class (1978)
Easily one of the most important heavy metal albums ever released, Stained Class marks the peak of Judas Priest’s influence, setting the sonic template…
Judas Priest – Sin After Sin (1977)
Judas Priest’s major-label debut Sin After Sin marks their only recording with then-teenage session drummer Simon Phillips, whose technical…
Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
The year 1976 was crucial for the evolution of heavy metal, as landmark albums like Rainbow’s Rising and Scorpions’ Virgin Killer began to reshape the…
Judas Priest – Rocka Rolla (1974)
A sketchy and underfocused debut, Rocka Rolla nonetheless begins to delineate the musical territory Judas Priest would explore over the remainder…