Review: Judas Priest - Firepower | |||||||
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Firepower | |||||||
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Label: Epic Year released: 2018 Duration: 58:10 Tracks: 14 Genre: Heavy Metal Rating: Review online: August 25, 2018 Reviewed by: Michel Renaud |
Readers' Rating How do you rate this release? Rated 4.57/5 (91.48%) (61 Votes)
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It’s always a bit worrisome when a long-running band comes out with a new album and I always set my expectations pretty low. The first single off this album, "Lightning Strikes," failed to impress me. My impression was that, if it wasn’t a Priest song, no one would be talking about it. Thankfully, there’s much better material on the album. Firepower is a relatively safe album unlike, say, Nostradamus. It’s basically modern Priest with some of the crazy catchiness of some of their 80s output, mixed with a bit of Halford’s solo material. They’ve also borrowed a little bit from German heavy metal (I swear whenever "Rising from Ruins" comes on, I immediately think of Grave Digger) and general hints of European power metal, while mostly remaining "pure" heavy metal. Halford still has what it takes vocal-wise, though he tends to steer clear of his insane screams of days past. This has been a bit of a grower for me. I had to put it aside for a few weeks after it left me more or less indifferent at first. Your mileage may vary. Ultimately, this is a solid album from Priest, but nowadays you can easily find bands that will do better. |
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