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Supreme Being
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| This album is awful. It's so bloated it hurts. WTF!?
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Supreme Being
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I've heard a little bit of one song, but I can't even remember which one. It was alright. But the reviews I have read have been pretty bad. What happened to this band?
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voodoo (6/20/2008)
I've heard a little bit of one song, but I can't even remember which one. It was alright. But the reviews I have read have been pretty bad. What happened to this band?
They simply bit off more than they could chew on Nostradamus.
The album is one disc too many and has too much filler. The orchestra sounds off and Halford gives up his most uninspired performance since Two.
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| Blasphemy or not, I have to admit that Judas Priest does little for me. Even their earlier material was just "meh"...
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The_Quadfather (6/23/2008)
Blasphemy or not, I have to admit that Judas Priest does little for me. Even their earlier materialwas just "meh"...
I honestly think Painkiller is their only flawless album. In fact, here is what I think is essential Priest:
Stained Class
Hell Bent for Leather
British Steel
Screaming for Vengeance
Defenders of the Faith
Painkiller
Even then, Screaming for Vengeance is really spotty and British Steel is full of nothing but AOR friendly stuff.
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Supreme Being
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I'm not even going to bother with this album. I heard the title track, which was great, but the other songs I heard were pretty bad.
I think they definitely have the skill to play opera influenced/orchestral metal, and Halford does have the pipes for it. But I don't really see them actually writing an album like this. They were innovative, but that was by mixing some different blue collar music styles. This is something entirely different, and they have never really shown that they could do more than a song or two every now and then.
Whereas bands like Maiden or Savatage always had that influence in their sound, so they were able to really explore it in depth without really sounding lost or inexperienced.
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Jeremy (7/6/2008)
I think they definitely have the skill to play opera influenced/orchestral metal, and Halford does have the pipes for it. But I don't really see them actually writing an album like this. They were innovative, but that was by mixing some different blue collar music styles. This is something entirely different, and they have never really shown that they could do more than a song or two every now and then.
I understand and completely agree with what you are saying.
At this point in the game, I think it is pretty cool that these boys can still be motivated to put out an ambitious effort like Nostradamus. I think the departure from their original sound was a major factor in their motivation, though. Just knowing that they were doing something different than a traditional Judas Priest album had to be liberating. While it would appear that they didn't pull it off on Nostradamus, I wouldn't mind seeing the band go in Opera/orchestral direction in the future, if there is one.
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