by Alix Vallecillo | Mar 3, 2016 | News, Updates
Guitarist and metal godfather K.K. Downing left the legendary Judas Priest back in 2011 for several reasons involving the strenuous effort it requires to keep up with a band of that magnitude and the toll it was taking on his personal life. While Downing has been...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 11, 2014 | Merchandising, News
[youtube]http://youtu.be/NnlqAy7dBo4[/youtube] As one of Judas Priest’s two guitarists until this past year’s Redeemer of Souls, K.K. Downing is responsible for some of the most recognizable riffs in metal history. He stepped down from the band three years...
by Metal Insider | Jun 16, 2014 | Today In Metal
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dLT3WJ0iY[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 6 years ago today, Judas Priest released their experimental concept album...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 13, 2014 | New Music, News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/shwOv_J7QGo[/youtube] You’ve already heard a snippet of “Dragonaut,” the song that kicks off Judas Priest’s Redeemer of Souls. Now Rolling Stone has premiered the whole song. It’s a pretty straightforward song,...
by Metal Insider | May 9, 2014 | In Defense of Their Good Name
After last week’s In Defense Of was published, I got to thinking, and I realized that a lot of the bigger bands have periods in their discography that are nearly universally hated by metal fans at large. Iron Maiden has the Blaze Bayley era, which we discussed...