The great thing about this is that it's just opinion. Everyone has one and they only matter to them.
I surely do not want to argue anyone's point(pro or con). All I know is that I love Judas Priest and
was dying to hear something from them. Their breakup crushed me. When I heard Jugulator I was
quite disappointed. After giving it a chance it was my opinion that it wasn't the music as much
as the production.(poor sound quality) I went to see them live and it sounded as bad as the album. I
was starting to think this was the end of Priest. When they released Demolition I bought it out of
support for the band. After giving it a listen the first thing I noticed was much better production. After
several listens I started liking it. I think it's pretty heavy. It may be a little different for Priest but that's
the great thing about Priest. Ever evolving, always different each time out. When I saw them live Ripper
fit in so much better than the first time. I ended up seeing them four times on that tour. Pittsburgh, Akron,
Cleveland, and Columbus. I took friends who had never seen Priest and they loved it. Also just watching
the crowd response(and size) made me feel pretty good. Was it Halford Priest? Of course not. But it was
still the Priest. Scott still pounding the drums, K.K. and Glenn still shredding the guitars, Ian was still
the backbone. And Ripper did just fine on vocals. Buy Live in London and listen to him do Diamonds and
Rust. It may rival Rob's version. I am much happier with Rob in the band but I was equally as glad to just
have Priest doing something again. Peace  | 
You're right about the production on Jugulator, its not that great but still a great album and Demoliton takes some getting use to but its heavy. I wish they would have recorded at least on more cd with Ripper that had a more traditional Priest sound. That would have been awesome.