According to Bravewords.com, JUDAS PRIEST has made the isolated parts of their Screaming For Vengeance album available with scrolling tab/notation.
“We’re proud to announce the addition of Judas Priest to the Jammit catalog! Starting with songs from Screaming For Vengeance, a classic Priest song will be available in Jammit format every week. Jammit allows you to isolate an instrument that would be otherwise embedded in the mix and view the ultra-accurate notation all in one easy to use piece of software. Whether you play guitar, bass, drums or sing vocals, you’ll be able to hear nuances in your favorite Priest songs that you’ve never heard before.
Slow down and looping features make it even easier to learn to play the parts precisely the way they were originally recorded. Stay tuned for your weekly Judas Priest release.”
“We’re proud to announce the addition of JUDAS PRIEST to the Jammit catalog! Starting with songs from Screaming For Vengeance, a classic Priest song will be available in Jammit format every week. Jammit allows you to isolate an instrument that would be otherwise embedded in the mix and view the ultra-accurate notation all in one easy to use piece of software. Whether you play guitar, bass, drums or sing vocals, you’ll be able to hear nuances in your favorite Priest songs that you’ve never heard before. Slow down and looping features make it even easier to learn to play the parts precisely the way they were originally recorded. Stay tuned for your weekly Judas Priest release.”
‘You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” and ‘Bloodstone’ are available now at this location.
The Metal God himself, Rob Halford, recently graced the Hangar 19 airwaves with his presence to discuss a number of topics with host Cutter, including the band’s brand new live DVD Epitaph. He addressed the subject of future Judas Priest tour dates with some good news that will be pleasing to metal fans worldwide.
“There’s no way you can put the brakes on rock n’ roll. There’s always another stage to play somewhere in the world… We are just going to slow it down a little bit… There’s a lot more to come from Priest without a doubt.”
After being in metal for 40 years, Halford reflected on the one moment that stands out most for Judas Priest: “I always have to go right to the beginning. That day that we all received the one copy of our new record in the mail… It’s just a tremendous rush, because you feel this could be the moment…when you know that you have made something that could go away from your shores to other points around the world, and your music can touch people thousands of miles away… it’s just a blast.”
Rock & Metal Chronicles is the first volume in a series of books detailing some of the most popular and revered albums in the entire annals of rock and metal. Featuring extensive reviews of albums by such hard rock and metal titans as AC/DC, JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH, MOTÖRHEAD and ROB ZOMBIE, rock writer Neil Daniels offers a handy 390-page reference guide for the rock fan.
Neil Daniels is the author of over a dozen books on rock and metal, including acclaimed biographies of Judas Priest, METALLICA, AC/DC and IRON MAIDEN. He has written extensively about rock for such publications as Powerplay, Rock Sound, Fireworks and Record Collector. He has also written sleeve notes for a number of albums by such artists as Al Atkins, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, Gentle Giant, Lake and Wet Willie.
Vocalist Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST were interviewed on the May 15 edition of the nationally syndicated radio show “Rockline” with host Bob Coburn. You can now listen to the chat at RocklineRadio.com.
JUDAS PRIEST is celebrating its 40th anniversary as recording artists this year with the release of the live concert “Epitaph”. A unique live career retrospective, “Epitaph” was made available on Blu-ray and separate DVD on May 28 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.
Heavy metal historians will regard “Epitaph” as the most far-reaching live concert recording in the band’s career. The set revisits the climactic closing date of the 50-week “Epitaph” world tour, captured live at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo on May 26, 2012. Adding to the drama is the fact that this was JUDAS PRIEST‘s final large-scale world tour ever.
“Epitaph”‘s 23 tracks represent at least one song from every one of the band’s 14 studio albums, from 1974’s “Rocka Rolla” (“Never Satisfied”) to 2008’s “Nostradamus” (“Prophecy”). In the special case of “British Steel”, four songs are featured: “Rapid Fire”, “Metal Gods”, “Breaking The Law” and perennial set closer “Living After Midnight”. Others exempted from the one-song-quota are the LPs which appeared before and after “British Steel”. The first of these is 1979’s “Hell Bent For Leather” (U.K. title: “Killing Machine”) which lends the title song as well as “The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)”. The other LP is 1982’s “Screaming For Vengeance”, source of “The Hellion”, “Electric Eye” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”.
Legendary JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke with Billboard about Epitaph, their career-spanning concert-turned-long-form video that is out this week on DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats.
About the recent cinema screenings the Metal God laughed: “It was wonderful to go into a movie theater full of metal maniacs eating popcorn and it seemed like they all slipped a flask in because you smelled (the alcohol) going down the aisle. The only thing was they couldn’t get the volume up to the required level because there was some other movie playing next door. As far as it being on the big screen, it was a really cool thing to do. The thing about the Epitaph DVD is that you almost have that rockumentary/documentary thing, but the music is speaking for us. It’s a very direct, emotional way to convey the life of the band.”
Check out more of the conversation at Billboard and check out a Q&A video HERE.
Guitar World’s John Katic recently caught up with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner. An excerpt from the interview is available below:
Photo by John Katic
Guitar World: Judas Priest have a new DVD/Blu-ray, Epitaph, which is the entire 220-minute set from the last night of the Epitaph tour. For the release, you guys did a premier in theaters. Was it surreal to see yourself on that big of a screen?
Faulkner. “Absolutely! You see yourself on YouTube in little bits and pieces, and that’s always amazing to see. I don’t think Priest has done a live show in this format in movie theaters. It’s exciting, not only to see myself but to see myself with Priest for the first time on the screen. There are no other words to describe it.”
Guitar World: For a lot of people, this is going to be their first opportunity to see you with the band. You rose to the occasion with great playing on this DVD. Did that factor into your nerves going into that night?
Faulkner: “I didn’t let myself become nervous. I was excited and I was confident I could do the job. I was respectful of the position I was taking on the stage. Sometimes if you let nerves into the equation they can trip you up. I knew there was no point in being nervous. I did have a point to prove to the fans — that I was capable of being there. I think that was a healthy position to be in. Because the fans are so loyal and passionate and they paid their money to come down to the show, they gave me a chance, and I can only thank them for that. Within about a minute, they had their hands in the air singing along with me. It was a great testament to the fans.”
Guitar World: The DVD shows the final night of the tour, correct?
Faulkner: “This was the absolute last date of the Epitaph tour. We filmed it in London, and we didn’t have any backup plans.”
Guitar World: I was going to ask you about that. If you flub a song you don’t get a do-over!
Faulkner: “Exactly. We were joking about it. If we’d thought about it we would have come up with a different plan. If the electrics had gone down or had any technical issues, we were in trouble. Everyone was going home the next day. There was no plan B if anything went wrong. Luckily it went off without a hitch. It was a great homecoming show for Priest to finish the tour in England in the Hammersmith. That venue has had countless, iconic live recordings done there. What better way to wrap up the tour?”
Judas Priest have released another clip from their new live release, Epitaph. When the metal giants wrapped their 2012 world tour at London’s Hammersmith Apollo last May, they filmed the historic gig – possibly their last – as a souvenir for their massive, loyal following. Epitaph, that career-spanning concert-turned-long-form video, is out this week on DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats.
The band have released the following performance of their classic ‘Rapid Fire’:
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