{"id":5357,"date":"2013-04-02T08:27:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2013-04-02T08:28:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:28:39","slug":"judas-priest-to-celebrate-40-years-of-metal-dominance-with-epitaph-dvdblu-ray-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2013\/04\/02\/judas-priest-to-celebrate-40-years-of-metal-dominance-with-epitaph-dvdblu-ray-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Judas Priest To Celebrate 40 Years Of Metal Dominance With ‘Epitaph’ DVD\/Blu Ray Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Judas Priest, the heavy metal legends whose influence on generations of musicians and metalheads is incalculable, celebrate their 40th year as recording artists this year with the release of the live concert EPITAPH. A unique live career retrospective, EPITAPH will be released on Blu-ray and separate DVD on May 28th through Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. This release precedes a new studio album by Judas Priest which the band are working on now. <\/p>\n

Judas Priest\u2019s current lineup comprises lead singer Rob Halford, lead guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis.<\/p>\n

Heavy metal historians will regard EPITAPH as the most far-reaching live concert recording in the band\u2019s career. The set revisits the climactic closing date of the 50-week \u201cEpitaph World Tour,\u201d captured live at London\u2019s HMV Hammersmith Apollo on May 26, 2012. Adding to the drama is the fact that this was Judas Priest\u2019s final large-scale world tour ever. EPITAPH\u2019s 23 tracks represent at least one song from every one of the band\u2019s 14 studio albums, from 1974\u2019s Rocka Rolla (\u201cNever Satisfied\u201d) to 2008\u2019s Nostradamus (\u201cProphecy\u201d).<\/p>\n

In the special case of British Steel, four songs are featured: \u201cRapid Fire,\u201d \u201cMetal Gods,\u201d \u201cBreaking The Law,\u201d and perennial set closer, \u201cLiving After Midnight.\u201d Others exempted from the one-song-quota are the LPs which appeared before and after British Steel. The first of these is 1979\u2019s Hell Bent For Leather (UK title: Killing Machine) which lends the title song as well as \u201cThe Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown).\u201d The other LP is 1982\u2019s Screaming For Vengeance, source of \u201cThe Hellion,\u201d \u201cElectric Eye,\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019ve Got Another Thing Coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have epitomized the genre with their Harley riding frontman, rapid-fire guitar assaults, and spectacular stage shows,\u201d wrote journalist Bryan Reesman in his liner notes for 2004\u2032s leather-bound, metal-spiked Metalogy box set. \u201cInfluential, innovative, and exuberant in expression,\u201d he wrote, \u201cthey are the true Metal Gods who have been as unwavering in their desire to expand the boundaries of their music as they have been in crossing international borders to deliver it to their disciples.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnabashedly committed to their cause, and unrepentant in proclaiming themselves a true heavy metal band even when others have shied away from the term, Judas Priest have forever been defenders of the faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

EPITAPH by JUDAS PRIEST
\n(<\/strong>Columbia\/Legacy: Blu-Ray 88765481119, DVD 88883715539)<\/p>\n

Selections:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Battle Hymn (L) \u2022 2. Rapid Fire (F) \u2022 3. Metal Gods (F) \u2022 4. Heading Out To The Highway (G) \u2022 5. Judas Rising (M) \u2022 6. Starbreaker (C) \u2022 7. Victim Of Changes (B) \u2022 8. Never Satisfied (A) \u2022 9. Diamonds And Rust (C) \u2022 10. Prophecy (N) \u2022 11. Night Crawler (L) \u2022 12. Turbo Lover (J) \u2022 13. Beyond The Realms Of Death (D) \u2022 14. The Sentinel (I) \u2022 15. Blood Red Skies (K) \u2022 16. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (E) \u2022 17. Breaking The Law (F) \u2022 18. Painkiller (L) \u2022 19. The Hellion (H) \u2022 20. Electric Eye (H) \u2022 21. Hell Bent For Leather (E) \u2022 22. You\u2019ve Got Another Thing Coming (H) \u2022 23. Living After Midnight (F).<\/p>\n

Album index:<\/strong>
\nA \u2013 from Rocka Rolla (originally issued 1974, on Gull Records)
\nB \u2013 from Sad Wings Of Destiny (originally issued 1976, on Gull Records)
\nC \u2013 from Sin After Sin (originally issued 1977, on Columbia Records)
\nD \u2013 from Stained Class (originally issued 1978, on Columbia)
\nE \u2013 from Hell Bent For Leather (originally issued 1979, on Columbia; aka Killing Machine in UK)
\nF \u2013 from British Steel (originally issued 1980, on Columbia)
\nG \u2013 from Point Of Entry (originally issued 1981, on Columbia)
\nH \u2013 from Screaming For Vengeance (originally issued 1982, on Columbia)
\nI \u2013 from Defenders Of the Faith (originally issued 1984, on Columbia)
\nJ \u2013 from Turbo (originally issued 1986, on Columbia)
\nK \u2013 from Ram It Down (originally issued 1988, on Columbia)
\nL \u2013 from Painkiller (originally issued 1990, on Columbia)
\nM \u2013 from Angel Of Retribution (originally issued 2005, on Epic Records)
\nN \u2013 from Nostradamus (originally issued 2008, on Epic)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Judas Priest, the heavy metal legends whose influence on generations of musicians and metalheads is incalculable, celebrate their 40th year as recording artists this year with the release of the live concert EPITAPH. A unique live career retrospective, EPITAPH will be released on Blu-ray and separate DVD on May 28th through Legacy Recordings, a division … <\/p>\n

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