UK metal gods JUDAS PRIEST have posted a new video featuring bassist Ian Hill talking about the band’s early days. Check it out on Facebook here.

Few heavy metal artists have built as stellar a discography as Judas Priest over the years. And now, fans will get a chance to acquire all of Priest’s classics in one fell swoop.

On January 24th, Columbia/Epic/Legacy released the 17-CD box set, The Complete Albums Collection, which contains every studio and live album that featured the classic line up of Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing, and Ian Hill.

Included will be brand new remasters of Priest’s first two albums, 1974’s Rocka Rolla and 1976’s Sad Wings Of Destiny (which have never been released before as authorized remasters by the band), in addition to each individual album being packaged in a replica mini-LP sleeve reproducing that album’s original cover art. And although the 2009 live compilation, A Touch of Evil…Live is included; no other compilations will be present.

Also featured in the set will be a 40-page booklet with photos, album credits, and liner notes by rock journalist/Priest fan Greg Prato. The Complete Albums Collection will be available for purchase exclusively via Popmarket.com.

It’s not often that you can acquire all of the classic albums by one of rock’s all-time great bands in one gorgeously assembled package. Judas Priest’s killer The Complete Albums Collection is certainly one of these rare occurrences.

Albums included:

Rocka Rolla (1974)
Sad Wings Of Destiny (1976)
Sin After Sin (1977)
Stained Class (1978)
Killing Machine (1978)
Unleashed In The East (1979)
British Steel (1980)
Point Of Entry (1981)
Screaming For Vengeance (1982)
Defenders Of The Faith (1984)
Turbo (1986)
Priest… Live! (1987)
Ram It Down (1988)
Painkiller (1990)
Angel Of Retribution (2005)
Nostradamus (2008)
A Touch Of Evil… Live (2009)

Judas Priest are in the process of finalising some more European shows for 2012 – mainly markets they didn’t get to on the 2011 summer leg. Support acts for the entire tour have yet to be confirmed. Watch the Judas Priest tour schedule here for updates.

All new 2012 Epitaph dates are as follows:

February
4 – Olympic Hall – Seoul, Korea
7 – Sunpalace – Fukuoka, Japan
9 – Pacifico – Yokohama, Japan
11 – Kokusai Hall – Kobe, Japan
13 – Alsok Hall – Hiroshima, Japan
14 – Prefectural Arts Theater – Aichi, Japan
16 – Zepp Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
17 – Budokan – Tokyo, Japan
20 – Fort Canning Park – Singapore

April
14 – Spodek – Katowice, Poland
16 – Sportpalace – Kiev, Ukraine
18 – Crocus Hall – Moscow, Russia
20 – Jubileny – St. Petersburg, Russia
22 – Icehall – Helsinki, Finland
24 – Cloetta Center – Linkoping, Sweden
25 – Hovet Ice Hall – Stockholm, Sweden
27 – Sporthalle – Hamburg, Germany
28 – Arena – Leipzig, Germany
30 – Muensterland – Munster, Germany

May
1 – Mitsubishi Electric Halle – Dusseldorf, Germany
3 – Schleyerhalle – Stuttgart, Germany
4 – Arena – Nurnberg, Germany
5 – Linz Arena – Linz, Austria
8 – Arena – Pardubice, Czech Republic
9 – Incheba – Bratislava, Slovakia
11 – Palabam – Mantova, Italy
12 – Forum – Fribourg, Switzerland
15 – Vistalegre – Madrid, Spain
16 – ST Jordi – Barcelona, Spain
18 – Arena – Sevilla, Spain
20 – Velodromo – San Sebastian, Spain
23 – Lotto Arena – Antwerp, Belgium
24 – Kerkrade Arena – Kerkrade, Holland
26 – Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK (with SAXON and KOBRA AND THE LOTUS)

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