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ROCK AND ROLL! => All Them Other Guys => Topic started by: KiloDeltaCharlie on July 14, 2021, 07:11:45 AM
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Iron Maiden and Judas Priest both have special announcements on Thursday 15th July
https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/judas-priest-announcement/?fbclid=IwAR1V9CDAauyYUl9QLnirz-VtDfeP59s1XaZQ6pWpHGmu_pcwJS8fV6nw9Hs (https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/judas-priest-announcement/?fbclid=IwAR1V9CDAauyYUl9QLnirz-VtDfeP59s1XaZQ6pWpHGmu_pcwJS8fV6nw9Hs)
Not to be outdone by Iron Maiden’s mysterious Belshazzar’s Feast announcement tomorrow night (15th July), Judas Priest have now started teasing a big reveal on the very same day.
Shortly before midday today (14th July), Judas Priest posted a 15-second clip to social media featuring the music from their short instrumental track ‘The Hellion’, which opens their seminal 1982 album ‘Screaming for Vengeance.’
The video teases an announcement on Thursday 15th July, and comes complete with the caption: “15.07.21 👀👀👀 Sign up to the official Judas Priest newsletter to be the first to see what's coming...”
Naturally, fans are now speculating why two of Britain’s biggest heavy metal bands are teasing an announcement on the same day. Is it an uncanny coincidence or are they announcing something together?!
A coincidence seems the most likely scenario as on Judas Priest’s newsletter sign-up page there’s a countdown to 2pm on Thursday 15th July – four hours before Iron Maiden’s video reveal.
Judas Priest’s newsletter sign-up page adds: “Something amazing is coming...be the first to find out.”
Shortly before the pandemic in February 2020, guitarist Richie Faulkner shared a photo of himself in the recording studio with Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton and confirmed Judas Priest had started work on their new studio album.
In March of this year, Rob Halford said that Judas Priest’s 19th studio album is sounding really “strong” and he’s “proud” of what the band have recorded so far.
Enthusing about the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Firepower’, Rob Halford said: "These (new Judas Priest) songs that I've got with me, they're so good. I'm so happy and so proud of what we've got so far, and there's so much more to come."
Rob also revealed that Tom Allom and Andy Sneap are producing the album alongside engineer Mike Exeter – the same team behind ‘Firepower.’
Judas Priest headline Bloodstock Festival on Sunday 15th August 2021. Tickets are on sale from Planet Rock Tickets now.
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Both are announcing new albums.
Iron Maiden's new album is going to be called Writing On The Wall if I've gathered correctly.
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Speculation is that Maiden is gonna announce a new album and the word on the street is that will be dropping Sep 3. Anything less that that might be a bit of a letdown with all the build up. Hopefully it’s not a final album and tour announcement.
As for Priest, kinda strange they’d suddenly announce whatever they’re announcing on the same day as Maiden’s. There hasn’t been a build up to the announcement like Maiden have done.
They’re rumoured to have an album in the can as well. But given they’re using “The Hellion” in the teaser I wonder if it’s got something to do with Screaming for Vengeance’s 40th Anniversary in 2022. Like a tour to play the album in full or something?
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I was aware about the "Writing on the Wall" tease, but also the "Belshazzar's Feast", so I'm not sure what the latter pertains to if the WotW is the new album title... perhaps it's a song from it!
I'm presuming a new album fro Priest as well, but yes, it could be some sort of anniversary release/tour
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Belshazzar was the Babylonian king who saw the writing on the wall, and it was interpreted that he was weighed in the balance and found wanting. Shortly thereafter, Babylon fell to conquering Persians and Medes.
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Yeah that's a direct reference to Belshazzar....that's where the whole Writing On The Wall thing came...biblical story I believe...might even have some factual basis on it.
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Wondering if there will be some kind of split release in the works if the two bands are announcing something on the same day...?
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Pretty cool anyway you look at it!
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The Maiden announcement is up in 2 hours - I'll be in meetings at that time. :(
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So it seems that this was the announcement from Priest.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/judas-priest-to-release-massive-42-cd-box-set-in-october/
Cool boxset but super expensive. Also includes the Ripper era albums which haven’t been available for a number of years.
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£345!!! Someone pass me a paper bag!!!
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£345!!! Someone pass me a paper bag!!!
:shock:
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Belshazzar was the Babylonian king who saw the writing on the wall, and it was interpreted that he was weighed in the balance and found wanting. Shortly thereafter, Babylon fell to conquering Persians and Medes.
Love the song (Dickinson/Smith) , love the animation too.
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It's certainly has promise, might take a few more listens to be sure. It is a good video.
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It's got a rather Countrified sound to it all, kind of like Black Country Communion. Interesting.
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I like it. Sounds fresh and very different. You wouldn’t have picked it as Maiden until Bruce started singing. Solos are great. Video is cool.
The mix on Spotify is much better than the YouTube version.
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That Maiden tune sounds relevant, both in terms of sound and message. I think It's a good track. I've only listened to it once, from the Youtube that Tyr provided, on tinny little laptop speakers. In my garage, no less. Looking forward to hearing it cranked on my stereo.
After seeing what the Priest announcement turned out to be, I'm much more stoked for the Irons. I mean, Judas Priest is great, but that box set won't be finding its way to my place.
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Agree that Maiden wins on being more interesting... next question is if this track indicates another album is on the way?
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I'm a little surprised there wasn't a new album from Priest announced, because they have been in the studio and I thought they had said earlier in the year that it was basically done.
I'm guessing the song from Maiden is paving the way for a new album in the not too distant furture.
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So Priest just put out another cash cow...how surprising....
And looks like Maiden's done it again...returned to the bland and unispired by the numbers stuff. Very flat sounding song. Mid tempo, lacking punch and over long. Not good, not good at all.
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Priest are celebrating 50 years so rightfully so they should be putting out a career spanning studio & live boxset. I’ll never understand why people moan about these things. They ain’t forcing anyone to buy it.
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Priest are celebrating 50 years so rightfully so they should be putting out a career spanning studio & live boxset. I’ll never understand why people moan about these things. They ain’t forcing anyone to buy it.
You're right... but I can't afford it, not that I'm a JP completist anyway, but the Ripper albums might have been worth getting!
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Priest are celebrating 50 years so rightfully so they should be putting out a career spanning studio & live boxset. I’ll never understand why people moan about these things. They ain’t forcing anyone to buy it.
You're right... but I can't afford it, not that I'm a JP completist anyway, but the Ripper albums might have been worth getting!
I won’t be buying it either as I’m not interested in cds anymore, in saying that, if there is a heavily discounted price somewhere down the track I might think about it.
It is the first time all the studio albums have been released in the one box set.
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I won’t be buying it either as I’m not interested in cds anymore...
That is the first thing that turned me off of it. If they offered it on vinyl, it might be a different story for me. In fact, if it was a complete set of test pressings, I'd be sending them my cash right now lol. But as it stands, I'll save that money for whenever my Yellowman record pops up. :banana:
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^^^Same, a vinyl boxset and I’m all in. Surprisingly they’ve never released a vinyl boxset so hopefully it’s on the cards, even if it’s just only the studio albums all repackaged and remastered in a nice box.
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I won’t be buying it either as I’m not interested in cds anymore...
That is the first thing that turned me off of it. If they offered it on vinyl, it might be a different story for me. In fact, if it was a complete set of test pressings, I'd be sending them my cash right now lol. But as it stands, I'll save that money for whenever my Yellowman record pops up. :banana:
Exact opposite to me as I sold all of my vinyl and only buy CDs now. Granted my purchases have really slowed down but that is because my focus has shifted to gaming.
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I do collect some vinyl (from my favourite artists and ones that don't charge gazillions for them) but for listening purposes I only buy cds.
But these kind of box sets are just ridiculous. I don't really understand who they are for? Some casual fan who doesn't own all Priest albums is hardly going to cough up 400€ to fill up their collection and why on earth would fans that already have all the albums cough up that kind of dough to get them again?! Sure you can say that hey but we put some "unreleased" live stuff on it...yeah well you could have just released those albums seperately.
The only purpose for this kind of stuff is to go the pocket of the die hard fans who just have to buy everything the band releases...and to me that just screams cash cow and I just can't really find justification for it other than pure greed.
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All the Easter Eggs from the WOTW video
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All the Easter Eggs from the WOTW video
I'm not sure I understood everything but he seems to have forgotten the 2 creatures on the left hanging under the ruins of the Golden Gate, a skeleton and a second demonic creature straight out of Hell represented on the cover of The Number of The Beast ...
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I thought the sky more represented the skyscape on the back cover of The Number of the Beast. That was the first thing that came to mind when I watched TWOTW video first time
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I thought the sky more represented the skyscape on the back cover of The Number of the Beast. That was the first thing that came to mind when I watched TWOTW video first time
True.
4'57 : the axe of Killers with the brain of Piece of Mind ! and probably many more ...
EDDYt: and I add that Adrian's solo is undoubtedly one of his best.
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https://blinkink.co.uk/projects/writing-on-the-wall-iron-maiden
This link is from the actual studio that made the video. Much better audio & video quality than the YouTube version.
Speaking of, the video has had 3.5m views in just over 4 days which is fairly impressive. They’ve promoted TWOTW very well.
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https://blinkink.co.uk/projects/writing-on-the-wall-iron-maiden
This link is from the actual studio that made the video. Much better audio & video quality than the YouTube version.
Speaking of, the video has had 3.5m views in just over 4 days which is fairly impressive. They’ve promoted TWOTW very well.
wow much better indeed ! thanx for the link, Jack .
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That version is way better - thanks Jack!!
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Talk about going right to the source! Thanks for the link, Jack!
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The new Iron Maiden album has been announced. It is called Senjutsu and is out on 3rd September in various formats.
https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/iron-maiden-senjutsu/?fbclid=IwAR1DGiANQc1OsXdl_DDSVBqwigiBnoZeEmWd0JXgy0MaGLiM2Rrm3lpty9Y (https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/iron-maiden-senjutsu/?fbclid=IwAR1DGiANQc1OsXdl_DDSVBqwigiBnoZeEmWd0JXgy0MaGLiM2Rrm3lpty9Y)
Track Listing:
1) Senjutsu (Smith/Harris) 8:20
2) Stratego (Gers/Harris) 4:59
3) The Writing On The Wall (Smith/Dickinson) 6:13
4) Lost In A Lost World (Harris) 9:31
5) Days Of Future Past (Smith/Dickinson) 4:03
6) The Time Machine (Gers/Harris) 7:09
7) Darkest Hour (Smith/Dickinson) 7:20
8 ) Death Of The Celts (Harris) 10:20
9) The Parchment (Harris) 12:39
10) Hell On Earth (Harris) 11:19
I thought they might have teased us a little longer before announcing it!
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Wow that is a nice surprise. I thought they’d tease us a little longer as well.
Album clocks in at just under 82 minutes and is described as complex and varied with a couple of very different style sounding Maiden songs.
Digging the Samurai Eddie concept.
(https://cdn.planetradio.co.uk/one/media/60f5/79f9/db16/037b/383d/c3f8/iron-maiden-senjutsu.jpg?quality=80&format=jpg&crop=0,0,998,998&resize=crop)
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... and to understand the appearance of a samurai destroying the temple where the Belshazzar's feast takes place in this great The Writing on The Wall video. it makes sense finally.
The Special Edition Triple Red and Black Marble Vinyl has already my preference.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6qUTagWEAA5iwO.jpg)
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^^^Yep that’s what I’ll be buying!
Hmm..Just realised. Nothing from Dave Murray. That’s a bit of a shame.
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Sheesh...
10 songs and 7 of them clock over 7 minutes....yikes.
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They've been a little hit or miss with their 10min+ songs, I only like 1 of the 3 from Book of Souls, and they've never really bettered Ancient Mariner in my opinion. They've had more success over the years with 6-9 minute songs though.
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Yeah...and it seems like they only want to do long and repetetive boring songs anymore. They've lost the ability to do nice fast little rockers.
The Red And The Black was the only good long song from Book Of Souls. And even that was far off from the likes of Sign Of The Cross or Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
I can now see though why The Writing On The Wall sounded so bland and punchless...it was done by Dickinson and Smith! :D
Let's hope Harris can still deliver something exciting with his songs.
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Sheesh...
10 songs and 7 of them clock over 7 minutes....yikes.
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They've been a little hit or miss with their 10min+ songs, I only like 1 of the 3 from Book of Souls, and they've never really bettered Ancient Mariner in my opinion. They've had more success over the years with 6-9 minute songs though.
This is also the main question for me.
Paradoxically, Empire of Clouds was one of the few songs that I liked in The Book of Souls but for the rest ... I also think that songs well over 7/8 minutes get boring. I'm a fan of Adrian Smith so I keep my hopes up. The last three tracks composed by Harris and exceeding 10 minutes still prove another time that it's a will of the bassist to take the band towards progressive shores. Of course, I'll listen to the album before a possible purchase. But again, The Writing on The Wall is very promising, as is the title of the album, Senjutsu, belonging to Japanese culture and is a kind of fusion of physical and spiritual chakra used to enter a state called hermit mode, and can multiply the energy of one who knows how to master it not without risk.
(https://img.wattpad.com/13ee01b3470b9f0c9f4c078e13af5c5020ae1b6a/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f553666307764486d30324e4d70413d3d2d3337343631343532322e313461346332363865353363363132393639313236353234393837352e6a7067?s=fit&w=720&h=720)
Interesting. Bruce Dickinson. pushes us in this research and I like that. I'll be less stupid tomorrow thanks to him.
Anyway, very exited to listen to the whole abum.
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BTW, if you think massive retrospectives with all the same material are bad, how about the non-fungible tokens that are surely on their way for collectors?
"I own the NFT for that there Black Sabbath song... paid $20K for it, and now I have the receipt for "Guilty as Hell"... yeah, I'm a big time collector, would you like to come to my listening party?"
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:rockon:
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^^He’s good that dude. Have watched him break down a few Maiden songs inc Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
I’m liking TWOTW more and more with every listen :headbanger:
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It had promise when I first heard it, after a couple more listens it has grown on me "a lot". Really looking forward to getting the album now
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Another KK’s Priest song has dropped and it ain’t good. The lyrics are horrendous!
During the verses it kinda reminds me of “Wheels of Fire”
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Another KK’s Priest song has dropped and it ain’t good. The lyrics are horrendous!
During the verses it kinda reminds me of “Wheels of Fire”
My God, this is getting embarrassing. I find it hard to say it but I believe Primal Fear is better than that. :-X :cry:
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I’m liking TWOTW more and more with every listen :headbanger:
It had promise when I first heard it, after a couple more listens it has grown on me "a lot". Really looking forward to getting the album now
You're welcome , guys ! :headbanger: :pub:
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Another KK’s Priest song has dropped and it ain’t good. The lyrics are horrendous!
During the verses it kinda reminds me of “Wheels of Fire”
Musically and especially vocally the song is quite good indeed. On normal standards the lyrics might not be poetry but on Priest standards they're business as normal. ;D
Maybe KK should have let Tim work a bit on the lyrics, he said in an interview that because of the covid thing he worked on everything alone, but said the next album will be a proper band effort.
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I think its an all round poor song. It sounds overly commercial and bland straight off. There’s not even a riff or hook or catchy vocal line to hitch yourself to and the lyrics as mentioned are just flat out bad.
Priests lyrics have been hit or miss over their career, some brilliant some not so, but Rob always made them work with the way he delivered them and the music behind them was always strong & memorable most of the time.
I fear the worst for this band. It seemed to have potential when it was announced with KK, Les Binks and Owens putting his Halford spin on it but the tracks I’ve heard have been really underwhelming & disappointing. It sounds like forgettable stock standard soulless assembly line metal which is similar to a lot of Rippers other countless projects that don’t end up going anywhere.
I preordered a signed vinyl so was really banking on it being good to great but the 3 tracks I’ve heard have been anything but good or great. Shame Les Binks didn’t hang around too.
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The vocal phrasing, the drums, guitar, bass, each of them are very well executed. But put together they seem, well, "put together". Automated. Calculated. Freeze-dried. The lyrics don't bother me, it's supposed to be a "ra-ra" song, so I'm not expecting sappy Cat Stevens or intellectual King Crimson. But if you're going to play to the base, so to speak, it needs to have grit and feeling. And the song being discussed just makes me want to turn it off and go listen to some actual Judas Priest.
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Cat Stevens
Now I want to hear either Rob Halford belting out a Judas Priest cover of "Oh Very Young" or Cat Stevens doing a solo acoustic arrangement of "Living After Midnight". :smug:
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The new Whitesnake bassist is a g-g-g-girl!!!
It's Tanya O'Callaghan an Irish bassist who replaces Michael Devin who left a few days ago after 11 years.
She's worked with a few names previously such as Steven Adler, Dee Snider, Maynard James Keenan, Nuno Bettencourt, Michael Angelo Batio and Orianthi.
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Well there's something you don't see every day...
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That is interesting... I've never heard of her but that doesn't mean she isn't good....that being said I'm not all that into Whitesnake anyways...
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No one tell Charger, but Glenn Hughes announced today that Black Country Communion started recording their 5th album. ;)
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Dude, tell ME that, I do enjoy the BCC! :smug:
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(I thought we had a thread for this sort of stuff but I can't find it!)
Anyway, Doug Helvering has just done a reaction video to NE OBLIVISCARIS - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope. I hadn't heard of them before tonight (I suspect Jack might have as they are from Melbourne). It's extreme metal, this song is fascinating, I might have to check them out further.
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Have heard of them but haven’t delved into their music. Great musicianship watching that clip.
Was impressed Doug was able to pronounce Melbourne correctly. Americans usually pronounce it Melborn.
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Americans usually pronounce it Melborn.
I used to say Geelong was GEEEEEE-long instead of ge-LONG. :D
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I pronounce Melbourne mel-bor-nay, just to be different.