Judas Priest
Nostradamus

The return of Judas Priest occurs with a concept album about the mystical figure of Michel De Notredame, known to everyone as Nostradamus, the French astrologer who predicted the future.

It's been about 3 years since their last work: Angel of Retribution, a beautiful CD, in the style of Judas Priest, raw, powerful, and wild but also with some slow and harmonic touches. It was their first album after the return of the Metal God, Rob Halford.

In the previous years, Judas Priest had Ripper Owens as the headliner, a very talented singer with a cleaner voice, who continued what Rob had started but never matched his success: Halford is inimitable!

Now they come out with this double album that they consider yet another challenge.... they don't stick to their style that brought them fame and worldwide popularity, but they try something new, which is closer to Classic Metal while not straying too far from their style.

The aspect of this album that I liked the most was the connection between the songs, something that doesn't weigh on the rhythm of the CD but rather unites it and makes it more enjoyable to listen to, despite its long duration.

In short, Judas have produced another masterpiece.....

The songs to remember are Visions, with a nice fast and dirty riff, Alone, perhaps the highlight of the album (in my opinion), similar to a classic ballad but still with Judas' aggression.

Another good track is Pestilence and Plague with the Italian-sung chorus, full of flaws, but what an emotion to hear Halford sing in our language!

The title track, another piece with a riff that gets into your head and invades your mind without you even realizing it, and full of keyboard bases (a substantial difference from other CDs, making the album more classic) and Future of Mankind, which talks about the future of humanity, a piece that creates an aura of mystery around the CD's finale: a great start with Scott Travis in great form.

Everyone for this CD is in great form, Halford hits two or three of his high notes without ever overdoing it, considering his age. KK and Glenn are formidable on guitars.

Let's say that the whole CD is excellent, nothing is trivial, I truly believe that Judas Priest can be satisfied with their work because they achieved what they wanted: to prove that they are the best, in any genre!