I can't judge a whole album by one song, but I remember listening to "Breaking The Law" a bit after I got into metal and I just found it so lame...

Breaking the law and Metal Gods are classics, but the rest doesnt impress me at all. Its their most popular but by far not their best

Most overrated piece of boredom shit in rock\metal history. Flat, stupid and generic in all possible ways.

Written by Guest on 03.02.2013 at 19:25

Most overrated piece of boredom shit in rock\metal history. Flat, stupid and generic in all possible ways.

I think you might be on to something here. I reckon it could be the most overrated album in history. There are some good solos here and there but overall, this is a real disappointment compared to their earlier brilliant albums and even compared to what came later.

Written by Ace Frawley on 04.02.2013 at 04:01

Written by Guest on 03.02.2013 at 19:25

Most overrated piece of boredom shit in rock\metal history. Flat, stupid and generic in all possible ways.

I think you might be on to something here. I reckon it could be the most overrated album in history. There are some good solos here and there but overall, this is a real disappointment compared to their earlier brilliant albums and even compared to what came later.

All their trademarks that made Sad Wings of Destiny, Sin After Sin, Stained Class agelesss classics are missing here, most notably Hadfords high pitched vocals which are just flat on this album or the dueling guitars which are scare and when found are so watered down and uninteresting that they just aren't worth listening to. The albums is just a collection of annoying anthems and filler material. Even the average Killing Mashine is a timeless classic compared to this testament of generecism. Agree on the most overrated album in history.

Written by Guest on 03.02.2013 at 19:25

Most overrated piece of boredom shit in rock\metal history. Flat, stupid and generic in all possible ways.

This album is what rock'n'roll is all about.

Written by Hex_Omega on 11.02.2014 at 16:44

Written by Guest on 03.02.2013 at 19:25

Most overrated piece of boredom shit in rock\metal history. Flat, stupid and generic in all possible ways.

This album is what rock'n'roll is all about.

So rock'n'roll is about being uninspired and flat?

Written by Guest on 18.03.2014 at 15:33

Written by Hex_Omega on 11.02.2014 at 16:44

Written by Guest on 03.02.2013 at 19:25

Most overrated piece of boredom shit in rock\metal history. Flat, stupid and generic in all possible ways.

This album is what rock'n'roll is all about.

So rock'n'roll is about being uninspired and flat?

Is about being simple, catchy and ass kicking.

Written by Hex_Omega on 18.03.2014 at 15:35

Is about being simple, catchy and ass kicking.

hahaha, this album is lame but at least you like it. Certainly some simple songs on here - especially "United", and also some catchy stuff. But ass kicking - nope, can't agree with that.

The anthems on this album are really stupid and annoying. The right stuff for football hooligans and a painfulness for the metal genre.

Written by Hex_Omega on 11.02.2014 at 16:44

Written by Guest on 03.02.2013 at 19:25

Most overrated piece of boredom shit in rock\metal history. Flat, stupid and generic in all possible ways.

This album is what rock'n'roll is all about.

Exactly !
- I didn't like it for more than two decades until recently I listened to it very carefully then I started to realise this album infused a lot of blues rock with metal.
- If listeners expect this album to be aggressive as Painkiller then they're on the wrong path.

Listened to it today again because I was going through their entire discography because on Wednesday I've got a listening session where we will get to hear their entire new album and damn British Steel is a very mediocre to bad album. Painkiller is quite average as well to be honest but this one is way worse.

Written by Hex_Omega on 11.02.2014 at 16:44

Written by Guest on 03.02.2013 at 19:25

Most overrated piece of boredom shit in rock\metal history. Flat, stupid and generic in all possible ways.

This album is what rock'n'roll is all about.

NO it is not. This is just uninspired middle of the road averageness. An album containing a terrible football anthem such as United CAN NEVER BE CONSIDERED AS SOMETHING WHAT ROCK AND ROLL IS ABOUT

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.06.2014 at 02:20

NO it is not. This is just uninspired middle of the road averageness. An album containing a terrible football anthem such as United CAN NEVER BE CONSIDERED AS SOMETHING WHAT ROCK AND ROLL IS ABOUT

Honestly? I think it depends on what you expect from the album and what is your actual mood. This album is awesome for a party when you are drunk with your friends (then even Limp Bizkit is good but whatever lol). Anyway songwriting may be poor and generally this album may look a bit silly but I just like it the way it is. Sometimes I just want listen to this kind of albums and I stand by what I said before -> this is what rock'n'roll is for me -> maybe mindless but fun and enjoyable.

Written by Guest on 03.02.2013 at 19:25

generic in all possible ways.

That's the perfect way to describe this album. When I think of generic , it's exactly this kind of album that comes to mind.

Rapid Fire, Grinder, The Rage, Steeler some really great songs

Lol what a horrible review. It isnt Priets best album but it certainly deserves a better reviewer

"United, united, united we stand..." This song is quite incredible. At least you can get a good laugh when you listen to it for the first time.
I guess this album gets an average rating of 8.5 due to the fact that it is really mainstream. Like the black album from Metallica. Same thing according to me: many people like them because the music is simple and catchy. Personally it bores me when the music is too simple, which is the case here in most of the songs. Especially when the band released much more complex and IMO better albums before -> definition of a let-down.

Not bad, not great either. I can pick a couple of strong tracks here ("Rapid Fire" and "The Rage") and some minor classics like "Metal Gods" and "Breaking the Law".

Some say this is bets JP, well maybe beginning of new era in some way, but not best. 2 decent hits, rest is album, even in those days somehow bands wrote proper albums, yes its good, but not bets. Previous 2 JP albums are best, maybe even in whole discography , to judge I need re listen all and judge. That's what I am doing now.

Stuff like Breaking the Law or Living after Midnight are a somewhat fun listen and can be great to get a crowd into a good mood. But at the end of the day I bet most people couldn't name any other songs on this album except maybe Metal Gods. And I can't imagine to enjoy listening to anything from this album on my own.
I also can't for the live of me imagine why this was their breakthrough album and is even quite regularly cited as not only one of their best but also as one of the best metal albums period. It's one of Halford's worst vocal performances and what Tipton and Downing do can best be described as generic, simplistic and uninspired. Same goes for the songwriting and don't even get me started on the lyrics. It has absolutely nothing on their 70s records or their later stuff and I might even go as far as to call it their worst album alongside Turbo, although I think I actually enjoy listening to Turbo more simply because it is not so massively overrated.

This album received the same hatred as a "Black Album" by MetallicA
very similar destinies in terms of dislike for them

I like it. I like it a lot.

Written by christmas.inHell on 13.04.2018 at 22:51

This album received the same hatred as a "Black Album" by MetallicA
very similar destinies in terms of dislike for them

disagree, black had much more hare. That album had dome songs, hete are heavier songs, and bad songs are stronger. That hate came from fan Boys, mot folk what can apriciate That metall has many genres.

Overrated. Priest have made many timeless classic albums, but British Steel and Point of Entry have always felt to me like some sort of watered down weaker minor works sandwiched between their 70's and 80's masterpieces. Later they somehow managed to find the sweet spot between being intense badass metal and having more simplified and commercial sound, but this is not it. No yet. This here feels phony, like they can't let Rob sing too high or let the guitars sound too ballsy and aggressive because reasons. What fun is that?

Frankly, British Steel is mostly just boring. A band like Judas Priest can do much better than this.

Overrated. Forgettable. Worthless.

Not even close to the wonders they did back in the 70's.

Written by Maco on 22.03.2020 at 09:46

Overrated. Forgettable. Worthless.

Not even close to the wonders they did back in the 70's.

Overrated, I agree. Forgettable? No, still fun to listen after all these years. Worthless? Again, no.
"Not even close to the wonders they did back in the 70's." I agree.

Written by Maco on 22.03.2020 at 09:46

Overrated. Forgettable. Worthless.

Not even close to the wonders they did back in the 70's.

I agree 70 was better but 4his is good but overated, all idea about Steel piss me off, this is maybe first metal album after paranoid, i like This btw

Written by Bad English on 22.03.2020 at 10:45

Written by Maco on 22.03.2020 at 09:46

Overrated. Forgettable. Worthless.

Not even close to the wonders they did back in the 70's.

I agree 70 was better but 4his is good but overated, all idea about Steel piss me off, this is maybe first metal album after paranoid, i like This btw

one of the dumbest things i've read that you posted...