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2003: it's a very important year for Judas Priest as the legendary singer Rob Halford returns to the band. Since the release of the legendary Painkiller in 1990, Halford had left the band, justifying his departure by saying he was going through a rough patch, so Judas found Halford's replacement in Timothy Owens. Though Owens was a good singer, he couldn't rejuvenate the group, which published the decent Jugulator and the poor Demolition between 1990 and 2003.
With Halford's return, there was hope that Judas would return to their old heavy metal style, and with this Angel Of Retribution, the Monks of Judas do not disappoint the fans' expectations, delivering a good classic heavy metal album. The tracks on this album are really good, even if less aggressive than those on Painkiller. It starts with the beautiful Judas Rising and concludes with the splendid Lochness, a 13-minute track that takes the listener on an incredible journey into the depths of Loch Ness. Other great tracks include the violent Deal with Devil and the semi-acoustic Angel.
The band members are really in shape: Halford, even though not so young anymore, gives an excellent vocal performance, the two guitarists Tipton and Downing also perform excellently, and the bassist and drummer deliver a good performance.
In conclusion, it can be said that Angel Of Retribution is the best work done by Judas since Painkiller, a worthy work by the Monks of Judas, who have finally returned with their Classic Heavy Metal!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Judas Rising (04:13)
White bolt of lightning
Came out of nowhere
Blinded the darkness
Created the storm
War in the heavens
Vengeance ignited
Torment and tempest
Attacks like a swarm
Forged out of flame from chaos to destiny
Bringer of pain forever undying
Judas is Rising
Eternal betrayer
Ice cold and evil
Taking no prisoners
Dark prince of the world
Humanity trembles
Enslaving you sinners
You can't beg for mercy
For none will be saved
The burden of sin
Echoes the prophecy
Ascending from Hell
Forever despising
Judas is Rising
Their faith is revealed
Deceivers are crying
My crucified steel
Evangelising
Judas is Rising
Judas is Rising
03 Revolution (04:42)
IF YOU THINK IT’S OVER
BETTER THINK AGAIN
THERE’LL BE NO COMPROMISE
TURNING UP THE POWER
FEEL ADRENALINE
MOVE INTO OVERDRIVE
HERE COMES THE REVOLUTION
TIME FOR RETRIBUTION
IF YOU THINK I’D BACK DOWN
OR ACCEPT DEFEAT
BRACE FOR THE AFTERSHOCK
DRIVEN TO THE LIMIT
TAKE IT TO THE STREETS
GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT
HERE COMES THE REVOLUTION
TIME FOR RETRIBUTION
TIME TO COME TOGETHER
REVOLUTION
LIVING ON FOREVER
REVOLUTION
GET READY FOR THE EVOLUTION
HERE COMES THE REVOLUTION
TIME FOR RETRIBUTION
04 Worth Fighting For (04:18)
You said I could never find a way to ease your mind
But where I go you wind up in the dust
I tried so hard to have you reach another side of me
Instead you went to nowhere and forgot
So I wander on
Asking where you might have gone
From what I knew before
Some things are worth fighting for
Desert heat can wear you down, but still I’m rolling through
Did I see your figure in the haze
I am driven by your thirst, to quench myself of love
The sun beats on me for the price I pay
So I wander on
Asking where you might have gone
From what I knew before
Some things are worth fighting for
Yeah
Night road leads me to a town of ghost
I'm beckoned by the glow, of kerosene, and tumble weed
They're calling out
Forevermore
Worth fighting for
I’m leading in the wind
Head bowed down from what I saw
My shadow for a friend
So some things are worth fighting for
So I’m moving on
Asking where you might have gone
From what I knew before
Some things are worth fighting for
Yeah
Worth fighting for
05 Demonizer (04:37)
Born of the sun
Crashed to the earth
Tormented reviled
Engorged hate from birth
Hellions the steed
Blood's on the wing
Claws set to slice
Vengeance he'll bring
Cremating the land
In seek and destroy
Apocalypse slays
Napalm he'll deploy
The beast of a god
Regaled of his race
Prepared to onslaught
And bare face to face
Across the divide
The thresholds in flame
The Painkiller rises again
The scream of the demon
There's evil about
They've come to possess us
Out demons out!
Blade of the wheel
Cuts deep in the bone
It's gideon's quest
To take Satan's throne
The critical mass
And power that they wield
Exterminate all when vermin rebel
A maelstrom begins to disintegrate
And pulverise all in its wake
08 Hellrider (06:23)
Here they come
These gods of steel
Megatron
Devouring what's concealed
Speed of death
Crossfired they stare
Final breath
From vaporizing glares
Raised to man oppressed
Sign of persecution
Hellrider
Roars on through the night
Hellrider
Raised for the fight
All incensed to overthrow
Strong defence
With armaments they grow
By this quest
Their fates renowned
Put to rest
Abominations crown
Time to ram it down
Judgement for the tyrant
Hellrider
Roars through the night
Hellrider
Raised for the fight
Fight undying and eternal
Wheels bring death and
Pain infernal
Honour bound in strength repleted
To no end they're undefeated
Hellrider, hellrider
You fought their battle for them
Hellrider, hellrider
You bought them through their despair
Hellrider, hellrider
Your tempered steel relinquished
Hellrider, hellrider
You slaught them all extinguished...
Wrath of doom
In killing fields
They consume
For valiants never yield
Triumph to the gods
Vanquished of enslavers
Hellrider
Breaking their will
Hellrider
In for the kill
Hellrider, hellrider
You fought their battle for them
Hellrider, hellrider
You brought them through it all
Hellrider
09 Eulogy (02:52)
And so now it comes to pass
by the even tide of mass
see them gather yet alas
they remain still as stained class
for they know only too well
that the story they will tell
conjures up an ageless spell
guarded by the sentinel
so it goes forever more
ever steady to the core
that the sign they came for
waves majestic from the floor
10 Lochness (13:29)
GREY MIST DRIFTS UPON THE WATER
THE MIRRORED SURFACE MOVES
AWAKENED OF THIS PRESCENCE
DISPELLING LEGENDS PROOF
A BEASTLY HEAD OF ONYX
WITH EYES SET COALS OF FIRE
IT’S LEATHERED HIDE
GLIDES GLISTENING
ASCENDS THE HEATHERED BRIAR
THIS LEGEND LIVES
THROUGH CENTURIES
EVOKING HISTORY’S MEMORIES
PREVAILING IN ETERNITIES ON AND ON AND ON
LOCHNESS CONFESS YOUR TERROR OF THE DEEP
LOCHNESS DISTRESS
MALINGERS WHAT YOU KEEP
LOCHNESS PROTECTS MONSTROSITY
LOCHNESS CONFESS TO ME
SOMEHOW IT HEEDS THE PIPER
FROM BATTLEMENTS THAT CALL
FROM SIDE TO SIDE IT PONDERS
IMPASSIONED IN THE SKIRL
THIS HIGHLAND LAIR OF MYSTERY
RETAINS A LOST WORLD’S EMPATHY
RESILIANT TO DISCOVERY ON AND ON AND ON
THIS LEGEND LIVES
THROUGH CENTURIES
EVOKING HISTORY’S MEMORIES
PREVAILING IN ETERNITY
YOUR SECRET LIES SAFE WITH ME
THIS CREATURES PERIL FROM DECEASE
IMPLORES TO MANKIND FOR RELEASE
A LEGACY TO REST IN PEACE AND ON AND ON AND ON
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By tarkus
Here comes "Angel Of Retribution" which hits you like a machine gun.
Lochness, which in my humble opinion, represents the essence of Judas Priest, 13 minutes of melody and burning metal that perfectly marry with the enviable throat of uncle Rob Halford.
