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Judas Priest - Reviews
| Judas Priest - Live '98 - Meltdown |
Now available in your local record stores - Tracks now available...
All tracks from "MELTDOWN" were recorded on the '98 JUGULATOR WORLD TOUR. These particular versions were selected as much for the audience participation as for the band's performance.The only edits are where we have blended the different audiences together between songs in order to recreate the atmosphere of a non-stop PRIEST concert, rather than subject everyone to continual fade-in and fade-outs from different shows. Be there with us - Enjoy and join in -
T H E P R I E S T I S B A C K !
Lights go down, dry ice plumes into the air already thick with anticipation. A sea of jaws clench as one, all eyes are glued to the stage which virtually seems a living entity. A truly majestic noise floods the PA....."THE HELLION".....a sudden chill makes the hair on the back of our necks stand to attention - we are thrilled - why? Because it heralds the arrival of the finest heavy metal band ever to stalk this earth! "ELECTRIC EYE" crashes in with an all-time classic riff, punctuated by thunderous percussive stabs - then we're off like a rocket. That immortal opening vocal line scythes through the air "..........Up here in space, looking down on you..........." Ripper Owens is screeching like a banshee and roaming the stage like a black panther - Another Priest show is underway, no turning back!
These shows have always been a celebration: firstly of metal music and secondly, as testament to the constantly evolving animal that is JUDAS PRIEST. The band has never been content to plough through the same furrrow, preferring instead to forge onwards and upwards. The hugely successful 1998 JUGULATOR TOUR grouped classic experts from almost every incarnation of the band's repertoire. Hurled into the steaming cauldron of the Priest live set, all of this material melts together as one intoxicatingly metallic experience - only adding to the songs' natural intensity, this is the frenzied reaction of the crowd and that all important vocal participation. One of the principal goals with this album, besides delivering the ultimate, definitive Priest set, was to capture the remarkable kinship between band and fans. They draw energy from the band and vice versa. The excitement snowballs achieving critical mass - the chain cannot be broken! Close your eyes and you'd swear you were there - were you are a part of any of these shows? Slide CD 1 into the machine and re-enter the grinder. Who knows you may hear yourself, screaming for vengeance!
Jason Arnopp / KERRANG!
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