I've only heard this album of judas priest...but i have to confess...I Love It, its in my list of 12 best albuns that i have, sounds a little pussy but it's a thing that i enjoy, its gave points to the albuns, any album! In Painkiller i'll give 10!:thumbup:

Written by John Shock on 03.02.2011 at 02:28

I've only heard this album of judas priest...but i have to confess...I Love It, its in my list of 12 best albuns that i have, sounds a little pussy but it's a thing that i enjoy, its gave points to the albuns, any album! In Painkiller i'll give 10!:thumbup:

If you think "Painkiller" sounds a little pussy, I doubt you will like other albums from this band, apart from perhaps "Jugulator", because "Painkiller" is the heaviest and fastest thing they had ever done at the time it was released.

Written by RavenKing on 03.02.2011 at 14:24

Written by John Shock on 03.02.2011 at 02:28

I've only heard this album of judas priest...but i have to confess...I Love It, its in my list of 12 best albuns that i have, sounds a little pussy but it's a thing that i enjoy, its gave points to the albuns, any album! In Painkiller i'll give 10!:thumbup:

If you think "Painkiller" sounds a little pussy, I doubt you will like other albums from this band, apart from perhaps "Jugulator", because "Painkiller" is the heaviest and fastest thing they had ever done at the time it was released.

RavenKing, sorry, i've made a mistake, i've only saw that mistake now, i didn't mean to say that, nothing that, the only thing ive say that is pussy is my way to like the album, and to review it, i have no words to discribe it, this album change my life, and pussy it's not what i think about the album, pussy is the guy that does like Judas Priest and don't like this album, that is one of my favorite albuns!

Written by advent on 17.02.2010 at 16:57

Written by VPeter on 01.02.2010 at 15:10

One of the worst and overrated albums ever.

can't agree more...and the lyrics really suck

F.O.A.D! This album is heavy fucking metal done right. A constant onslaught of riffs, wailing vocals, lightning drums and guitar solo's, an inaudible bass... What more can you ask for in a metal album? This isn't the kind of album to sit down and quitelty listen to while contemplating over the inner workings of the music. This is metal to crank up to 11 and bang your head for 46 minutes of metal perfection

Superb album. Easily Judas Priest's best since '84. Read my full review of 'Painkiller' here: http://realgonerocks.blogspot.com/2011/03/judas-priest-painkiller.html

I don't know about it being extremely overrated.
The songs are consistently crammed with metal goodness and has a nice pace with riffs-along with some delicious solos.

Drumming can feel either a bit weak or too loud on the production side of things but besides that it's a very, very good album.

It probably isn't perfect but then again, few albums of any musical genre are.

My third favorite Judas Priest album if i had to put them in order, and all 3 get a 10/10 from (DOTF & SFV)...

Written by KryiisKarl on 09.09.2010 at 23:42

As a very long Judas Priest fan I find it hard to pretend it is their best album. I totally understand why some many people find this album mindblowing of course, and I have no objection, but one can't declare it is their best work. Among big fans of the band you'll find many who clearly don't consider Painkiller their best. As for me if I had to rate just ONE Judas Priest album 10/10 it would be Sad Wings Of Destiny (and next day I would regret not to have mentionned Sin After Sin instead, lol). So for what it is Painkiller is impressive but I can't give it more than 8/10 in their discography.

I personally think this is one of the best Metal albums ever recorded. However, I completely understand what you mean, it's not really a Judas Priest album. I think the most 'Priesty' albums are Sad Wings Of Destiny and Sin After Sin. I just don't consider this album as a Priest album, I see it as THE Heavy Metal record, like someone already said here, if aliens were to ask what Heavy Metal is, I'd let them listen to Painkiller.

One of my three favourite Judas Priest albums (Painkiller, Ram It Down and Defenders of the Faith). But this is more evolved and heavier than the other two. Everything is perfect in this album. All songs are very good.

Painkiller is a classic album which has been a model for many other bands, including those which belong to the "Power Metal" genre. I agree with many people from above in this thread, this is not a "Power Metal" album, but a "Heavy Metal" one. "Power Metal" comes from "Heavy Metal", but the former is faster and its lyrics are not about darkness (only if they fight against it) and all that stuff which scares "Power-Heads".

I also like "Power Metal", that's the reason why I know some of the differences between those two related genres.

Amazing album, but Living Bad Dreams is a terrible song.

Written by Death_95 on 23.06.2011 at 20:36

Amazing album, but Living Bad Dreams is a terrible song.

why do you think it was never included on the original pressing of the album?

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.06.2011 at 20:40

Written by Death_95 on 23.06.2011 at 20:36

Amazing album, but Living Bad Dreams is a terrible song.

why do you think it was never included on the original pressing of the album?

Really? I didn't know, thanks. The song is really weird lol.
Sounds like a song by Bon Jovi...

Written by Mountain King on 06.08.2010 at 01:01

1 good song? Hell Patrol is not good? damn!...all tracks are brilliant, it's Judas Priest! the best heavy metal band...

I totally agree with you.

Written by VPeter on 01.02.2010 at 15:10

One of the worst and overrated albums ever.

Go fuck your mother Painkiller is the ultimate album

The real gem of this album for me is 'Night Crawler', once you get past the title track of course. But if this is regarded as their best album then I'm a tad disappointed.

Painkiller is an album to put in the disco and don't skip any track! I don't like very much All Guns Blazing, but Metal Meltdown, A Touch of Evil and the title song are in my top.

If you like any kind of metal, you need to have Painkiller in your collection.

Written by lial_87 on 02.08.2011 at 13:28

Written by VPeter on 01.02.2010 at 15:10

One of the worst and overrated albums ever.

Go fuck your mother Painkiller is the ultimate album

hahaha i laughed so much at this...

Written by Mountain King on 21.10.2011 at 04:06
hahaha i laughed so much at this...

I must have missed that the first time around. Best response I've read since the members of Chainsaw Cunt flooded the site...

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.10.2011 at 04:08

Written by Mountain King on 21.10.2011 at 04:06
hahaha i laughed so much at this...

I must have missed that the first time around. Best response I've read since the members of Chainsaw Cunt flooded the site...

haha dI'm still laughing man can't stop...

Great albulms with killer tracks! cheers

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.10.2011 at 04:08
:lol: I must have missed that the first time around. Best response I've read since the members of Chainsaw Cunt flooded the site...

Don't you mean Diminished? lol That thread will live long in the memory, for all the wrong reasons!

Written by Angelic Storm on 30.10.2011 at 03:13
Don't you mean Diminished? lol That thread will live long in the memory, for all the wrong reasons!

Bah, shitty band name/album it's all the same.

Written by Angelic Storm on 30.10.2011 at 03:13

Don't you mean Diminished? lol That thread will live long in the memory, for all the wrong reasons!

Link? Sounds like it would be an enjoyable read.

And to make this post relevant to Painkiller, I was air guitaring the fuck out of the title track's solo at the Priest show two weeks ago.

For me song Painkiller sings like Testament's New order...or it's just seems?

Fucking brilliant album.

This...is...the Perfectalbum!

The single most overrated album in the history of metal. And my God it sounds immensely outdated and tired and forced nowadays.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 07.03.2012 at 17:04

The single most overrated album in the history of metal. And my God it sounds immensely outdated and tired and forced nowadays.

I'm just happy you gave it a 7

Written by BloodTears on 07.03.2012 at 17:05

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 07.03.2012 at 17:04

The single most overrated album in the history of metal. And my God it sounds immensely outdated and tired and forced nowadays.

I'm just happy you gave it a 7

It's not bad, just immensely overrated. Even at the time it wasn't as good as people nowadays make it out to be. Clearly they wnated to sound heavy because that was the trend at the time. They jumped the Pantera bandwagon.

Huge step up from the previous two Priest albums! Different from any other old album of theirs. Definately the heaviest. It's intense, I like it.