Tracklist: Painkiller Hell patrol All guns blazing Leather rebel Metal meltdown Nightcrawler Between the hammer & the anvil A touch of evil Battle hymn One shot at glory

Band members: Rob Halford - Vocals Glenn Tipton - Guitars K.K. Downing - Guitars Ian Hill - Bass guitar Scott Travis - Drums

Rating:
"Ram it down" was pretty ok but NOW Priest do exactly what they're supposed to do and even more. On this one (especially on the title track) they've become a bit more aggressive, but this is still heavy metal. They fired the drummer Dave Holland and hired american Scott Travis who already in the intro to the title track "Painkiller" shows how metal drumming is supposed to be done. Halford is screaming like a banshee, and the guitars are updated - Tipton & Downing play like never before, showing that this is Priest in the 90's not some fuckin remain from the 70's or 80's.
After the title track things slow down a bit though, but keeping the heaviness of course. When you've listened to all the tracks on the album, you slowly realise that there doesn't exist one mistake on this record! Even the metal ballad "A touch of evil" will get you some chills down the spine. Everything here is perfect, metal when it is at its peak.
A milestone in metal history, it won't get better than this.
The only sad thing about this is, that it's the last album with Halford. He left a couple of years after this and formed FIGHT.







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