I could never properly get into Judas Priest before hearing this album. I first heard British Steel, which was good but not the masterpiece Kerrang! magazine made it out to be IMO. Painkiller is a much better album and easily my favourite of theirs (although Defenders of the Faith is also fantastic!).

9.5/10 for me - 'Painkiller', 'All Guns Blazing' and 'Night Crawler' are the standout tracks. 'Hell Patrol', 'Metal Meltdown' and 'A Touch of Evil' are also all fantastic.

Written by nonZero on 15.03.2022 at 15:06

I first heard British Steel, which was good but not the masterpiece Kerrang! magazine made it out to be IMO.

That's what you get for taking the word of Kerrang!! Haha.

Written by gavdann on 15.03.2022 at 16:00

Written by nonZero on 15.03.2022 at 15:06

I first heard British Steel, which was good but not the masterpiece Kerrang! magazine made it out to be IMO.

That's what you get for taking the word of Kerrang!! Haha.

Haha, well as a teenager Kerrang! was the only source of metal info I had

Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 26.06.2022 at 00:33

...how can you tell whether Sad Wings is better or this? It's truly a hard one to choose, different genres and different times. I don't know who to consult on this; I might be the best fucking heavy metal album commenter the world has ever fucking seen, which still makes it hard to resolve this one dilemma. As a conclusion if you seek more of a rock oriented album then of course Sad Wings wins it, in classic heavy metal Painkiller is superior....

Yeah it is indeed impossible to objectively say which is the best Judas Priest because, as you said, they're different genres.

For me, the best 70s JP is Stained Class, 80s is Defenders of the Faith, and 90s is Painkiller. And then it comes down to simply personal preference and what kind of metal you like. I think those people who like more extreme metal genres would find Painkiller best, while those who enjoy more melodic or prog metal would choose 70s JP.

And the true winners are those who can enjoy all of it!

^ Exactly.

Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 26.06.2022 at 00:33

If Maco died or whatever happened to him whether he is gone forever, I would like to see some kind of tribute towards him. He he had some quality comments.

He could be, I dunno, having a life to spend? Something the majority of the users here haven't got perspective on. And all the highest-quality users I've known for the most part, from my experience have left either voluntarily or not.

About the album, if it were his perspective, it'll likely methinks have a similar approach to what he did with having Peace Sells be his best Megadeth.

Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 27.06.2022 at 23:44

I looked back what Maco offered

Written by Maco on 22.05.2016 at 05:29

My turn:

1. Sad Wings Of Destiny
2. Sin After Sin
3. Screaming For Vengeance

I don't know whether he missed listening to Pain - Fucking - Killer or was he trolling, because those those 2nd and 3rd picks doesn't make a sense, he is right about Sad Wing of Destiny though. Well, I can't say no more, prefer what you want, you guys. I do the way of true steele and you do whatever you guys do

Yeah Sad Wings is undoubtedly amazing. The "problem" with JP is that I love so many of their albums, so that Sad Wings ends up further down on my list, even though it's incredible. My personal list would go:
1. Painkiller
2. Defenders of the Faith
3. Stained Class
4. Screaming For Vengeance
5. Sad Wings of Destiny

3, 4, and 5 are really close and their order changes a lot for me - but these are definitely my top 5 JP albums

Without the success of Sad Wings..., JP as we know it would have never existed, their influence on the genre would have never been either. That is why I never understand people not comprehending its importance.

Written by JoHn Doe on 28.06.2022 at 12:27

That is why I never understand people not comprehending its importance.

Who is not comprehending the importance of Sad Wings?

My favorite heavy metal album of all times. Every song is just pure enjoyment. No matter how many times i listen this throught the years

A long time kept secret about this album was that most of the bass on the album is programmed by Don Airey on a moog synth.

One interesting thing about this album is that for a long time I thought that "Living Bad Dreams" was the album's closing song, and that it gave the album a tragic and solemn feeling, which was in stark contrast to the opening song "Painkiller". But I didn't know until later that "Living Bad Dreams" was a bonus track on the 2001 re-release, which means that the original 1990 album ended with "One Shot At Glory", which is obviously more in line with the emotional tone of Painkiller. So these two songs as the ending songs seem to take the overall emotion of the album in different directions. Well, no matter which way it ends, this is the most perfect "heavy metal" in my mind. The vocals, the instrumentation, the songwriting, and the overall feeling of the whole album are all 10 points... The 1990s were definitely the strongest and richest period of metal music, but unfortunately such an era has become history.