Judas Priest working on new studio album

[whiplash1972]

From http://judaspriest.com/ and http://www.rockconfi.../#ixzz2N502ig8d

 

 

Saturday, March 09, 2013

 

The guys are working in the studio on their new album - and all is going is really well!

 

We will be releasing the live 'Epitaph' DVD & Bluray soon - release date to be announced shortly!

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PRIEST‘s forthcoming album will mark the recording and songwriting debut of the band’s new guitarist, Richie Faulkner, who replaced co-founder K.K. Downing in 2011.

Asked what fans can fans expect from the group’s next CD,JUDAS PRIEST lead singer Rob Halford said in an August 2012 interview, “We’ve already got a strong cross-section of ideas, some of them complete, some of them in bits and pieces. It’s shaping up to be quite intense, in terms of the riffage and the strength of certain tracks. Much like every time you try and talk about music, it’s practically impossible to capture it. You can only point it in the direction of where things are shaping up, and it’s just glorious. If I try to pinpoint it, there are elements of ‘British Steel’ and there elements of ‘Painkiller’ in terms of the vibe. We’ve got a really solid record coming together slowly in a strong metal way that will make all of our PRIEST fans around the world very happy and content. At least I hope it does.”

 

Regarding a possible release date for the new PRIEST album,Halford said, “I’m not really sure. It’ll be ready when it’s ready. We’re not under the same clock as we used to be. I remember in the ’80s we were banging out a record almost every year, and that was on top of putting in a world tour. We have the luxury now, if you want to call it that, of taking our time. And that’s just because that’s the way it is. We’re just as eager to get this done as ever, but we do it at a slower pace. It’s that British thing, you know? [laughs] It’s that monarchy thing. Let’s look forward to that moment for anotherPRIEST record for everyone to bang their heads to.”

 

In a November 2011 interview with Ultimate Classic Rock,Halford stated about PRIEST‘s plans for the upcoming CD, “Glenn and I started to write in the early part of January [of 2011]. We just went to it from the heart really, there was no specific agenda or idea, as opposed to what we had to do with ‘Nostradamus’, which was very focused and a real anchor of a project. This one has just been some straight-forward, classic British heavy metal. Some of it feels a bit like ‘Painkiller’, some of it feels like ‘Sad Wings Of Destiny’, some like ‘British Steel’. We didn’t do much research, we didn’t bother checking some of our previous releases, we didn’t do any homework, we just sat down and played, you know? Glenn came up with riffs and I came up with vocal melodies. There was no outside influence or interference in the writing sessions. We just started the day, plugged in some amps, got the mic up and made the metal that way. It’s a very pure record, in that respect.”

[Fat Freddy]

Thank God, it won't be "Nostradamus Part II"

[heaven&hell]

Hope its good and better than Nostradamus.

[whiplash1972]

Wow.... it does not seem like nearly 5 years since Nostradamus came out. Where has the time gone?

 

But yeah, hopefully it will be MILES away from that two disc set of plodding tedium.

[Doksdad]

I liked Nostradamus. Still listen to it often.

[Dark Star]

I Liked Nostradamus too.. Not My favorite Priest album or anything, but it IS pretty good... I can't WAIT for the new album!! Oh and that Epitaph Live DVD/Blu Ray too!!!

[Dead Planet]

These guys haven't done anything for me since Painkiller so I'm not expecting much...

[speedboi101]

Ill check it out probably.