Released: Jul 14, 2009. Genre: Heavy Metal. Label: Sony, Epic. Number Of Tracks: 11. It’s no Unleashed in the East, but it’s a worthy concert document of where Judas Priest are in the current phase of their career. The audio quality is top notch; you’ll feel like you were in the crowd, throwin’ horns and bangin’ your noggin.

POSTED: 07/17/2009 - 05:15 am

Released: Mar 1, 2005. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal. Number Of Tracks: 10. Angel of Retribution does indeed rock just hard enough to please longtime fans and convert a few new ones along the way.

POSTED: 03/22/2005 - 04:47 am

Release Date: 1980. Label: Columbia. Genres: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. British Steel brings that process full circle, offering the band's catchiest, most accessible set of tunes yet.

POSTED: 05/01/2006 - 03:08 am

Release Date: 1984. Label: Columbia. Genres: New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. It's a solidly constructed, unapologetically commercial metal record, and it doesn't feel underdeveloped as 'Point Of Entry' sometimes did.

POSTED: 11/14/2005 - 05:16 am

Released: Jul 31, 2001. Genre: Rock. Styles: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, British Metal. Number Of Tracks: 13. If you are a fan of classic Priest, maybe you should hear this one first, but if you are into more modern dark metal, by all means, pick it up.

POSTED: 02/14/2005 - 04:04 am

Released: Mar 1979. Genre: Rock. Tones: Hostile, Bleak, Rebellious, Visceral, Aggressive, Rousing, Menacing, Harsh. Styles: Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Number Of Tracks: 11

POSTED: 03/30/2004 - 04:54 am

Released: Oct 28, 1997. Genre: Heavy metal, Thrash Metal. Label: SPV/Steamhammer (Europe and Japan), CMC International (USA). Number Of Tracks: 10. By 1997, Judas Priest had finally found their replacement for Rob Halford after roughly four years of searching: Tim "Ripper" Owens.

POSTED: 04/10/2012 - 03:16 am

Released: May 18, 1993. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 32. Although the double-disc Metal Works '73-'93 is an intoxicating listen, it isn't quite the definitive Judas Priest retrospective it could have been.

POSTED: 11/22/2004 - 03:49 am

Released: May 11, 2004. Genre: Heavy metal. Label: Columbia / Legacy. Number Of Tracks: 65. Judas Priest is heavy metal and the deserve to be named heavy metal. Metalogy is a five-disc CD boxed set.

POSTED: 06/18/2009 - 03:33 am

Release Date: Jun 17, 2008. Label: Epic. Genres: New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock. Number Of Tracks: 23. Nostradamus is a departure from their previous speed-metal style and it's a direction hinted at in Angel Of Retribution.

POSTED: 06/19/2008 - 05:30 pm

Released: Aug 1990. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal. Number Of Tracks: 10. Painkiller is a qualified success ? the album's Achilles' heel is its lyrics, which rarely depart from standard-issue odes to heavy metal rebellion and comic book/fantasy themes.

POSTED: 11/08/2004 - 03:18 am

Released: Feb 26, 1981. Genre: Heavy metal. Label: Columbia. Number Of Tracks: 10. I wouldn't say at all that this is a bad album, but its just not one of the Priest albums that caught me that well.

POSTED: 10/04/2010 - 06:37 am

Released: Jun 21, 1987. Genre: Heavy metal. Label: Columbia Records. Number Of Tracks: 15. What I really love about this album is the live feel you get from it. I actually feel like I'm in the front row watching this concert.

POSTED: 01/18/2011 - 03:33 am

Released: May 17, 1988. Genre: Heavy Metal. Label: Columbia. Number Of Tracks: 10. When "Ram It Down" appeared, it certainly proved to be the most metallic album Priest had recorded thus far.

POSTED: 06/13/2012 - 04:31 am

Released: Aug 1974. Genre: Hard rock. Label: Gull Records. Number Of Tracks: 10. The Priest's debut album is quite debated among the fans of the band.

POSTED: 08/19/2010 - 03:17 am

Released: Mar 23, 1976. Genre: Heavy metal. Label: Gull. Number Of Tracks: 9. If you fancy yourself a Judas Priest fan, this record is necessary. If you fancy yourself an early heavy metal fan, this record is a necessity.

POSTED: 09/30/2010 - 03:17 am

Release Date: 1982. Label: Columbia. Genres: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. Screaming For Vengeance returned Judas Priest to the top of the metal heap, boasting a much more consistent set of songs.

POSTED: 03/20/2006 - 08:06 pm

Release Date: 1977. Label: Columbia. Genres: Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 8. Retaining the progressive elements of its predecessor, Sin After Sin upped the levels of instrumental technique and melody while incorporating a greater variety of influences.

POSTED: 12/15/2006 - 06:59 am

Release Date: Apr 1978. Label: Columbia. Genres: Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. An indisputable metal masterpiece, Stained Class is the apex of '70s Judas Priest, a sinister, muscular collection that ties the disparate strands of their style together while jacking the adrenaline rush up to previously undreamed-of levels

POSTED: 03/24/2007 - 02:16 am

Release Date: Apr 11, 2006. Label: Columbia/Legacy. Genres: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Number Of Tracks: 34. Each and every one of the 34 tracks is indispensable, chronicling the group's rise from Queen-worshipping debutantes to revolutionary metal gods.

POSTED: 06/07/2006 - 04:33 am

Released: Apr 14, 1986. Genre: Heavy Metal. Label: Columbia. Number Of Tracks: 9. "Turbo", while far from perfect and failing to become a massive commercial success, is still being unfairly dismissed to this day. I think that everyone with even a casual interest in Priest pre-"Painkiller" should give it a chance.

POSTED: 06/11/2012 - 04:56 am

Released: Oct, 1979. Genre: Heavy metal. Label: Columbia. Number Of Tracks: 9. The old arguement of "best live metal record" will never be settled, the forums and comments here on UG alone testify to that.

POSTED: 07/23/2010 - 03:58 am