And Andy Sneap, who has produced so many great sounding albums, worked well with Tom.Dreyfuss, G., Kim, V. There are so many vocal harmonies on Firepower. Tom, who worked with Priest from Unleashed in the East up through Ram It Down, he really kicked Rob’s butt and worked with him on the vocals. And this time we had two producers in the studio. But, in a way you become biased to it because you are close to it and try to separate yourself from it so everything doesn’t seem like it will be good. Also again, there is still this drive to do better and surpass the last album. But this one I think it is more of a complete album, consistent unto itself. And then the song that follows ‘Ruins’, ‘Flame Thrower’, which has a different texture and delivery to it.”įaulkner said, “I feel Redeemer, across all the songs, depending which one, touched on all era of Priest. So it was important to have that more epic expression somewhere in Firepower. So before you even make a record you know the areas you need to cover, give you an experience of what Priest is all about. But we are the band that gave you ‘Painkiller’, ‘The Sentinel’, Sin After Sin, to ‘Beyond The Realms Of Death’, ‘Before The Dawn’. But everything else, the front and back end of the album, is all guns blazing. There are still a couple big moments on Firepower, like ‘Rising From The Ruins’, the back end of ‘Sea of Red’. “It was a simple conversation, and they knew what we were going for, especially Tom because he worked on all our albums from British Steel up through Ram It Down. When we sat down with both producers Tom Allom, and Andy Sneap (as co-producer), we wanted to make a more direct experience than we had with Redeemer (Of Souls)”, said Halford to BW’s Rich Catino in a feature interview. With Rob Halford’s best vocal performance in year, this is an emphatic stamp of British Steel as Firepower shoots in at #2 on our countdown. It’s a feel good record with incredible energy and riffage from a band that sounds like they are in their prime, rather than in their late 60s-70s (excluding guitarist Richie Faulkner. Firepower lives true to its name with expertly crafted classic heavy metal with a modern edge with searing tracks like “Necromancer”, the blazing title track, or the pounding “Evil Never Dies”.
Redeemer Of Souls was a strong return to form in 2014, but 2018 sees it all coming together with their best album since Painkiller.
And like a fine wine the heavy metal legends Judas Priest have seemed to become better and better with age.
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