Judas Priest

Metal Gods? Indeed. Judas Priest is an awesome freaking band. From the screeching guitars to...the screeching vocals.
Ah, Robert Halford... I have a feeling that as I'm writing this blog, that it will be more about him as opposed to the rest of the band. So I will talk about him for a moment. Halford is a bit interesting because I love him...but I also just don't really like him. You know? I dunno, so you probably don't.
See, he sounds great on records...and live, at least back in the day, he sounds great. But nowadays live, he's kind of lost it, I think. It saddens me to admit that though considering that he's been a pretty big influence on my own personal vocal stuff. I hope I don't lose my edge.... that would make me sad.
But anyway... I love Judas Priest. My favorite albums from them are Screaming For Vengeance, Hell Bent For Leather, and Painkiller. I don't put British Steel because it's a bit too poppy for me. I like my metal metal. You know? I really like Painkiller because it was released in the early 90s, around the time when Grunge was starting to become a thing. Most people either listened to Metal, or Grunge, and obviously one side wanted more followers than the other. Three albums during that time period stuck out in the metal scene as a response to the rise of grunge to try to keep metal alive, and those albums were, Rust In Peace from Megadeth, Vulgar Display of Power from Pantera, and Painkiller from Judas Priest. Metal masterpieces all, yet at the same time being pure musical genius.
But while sounding freaking awesome on the record, every live recording of every song off Painkiller has sounded significantly lamer. Whatever the reasons may be... who cares? It sounds lamer, and it shouldn't.