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Birmingham, England (1969 – present)

Judas Priest are pioneers of the Heavy Metal genre, and arguably created the “Metal” look. Priest were forerunners of the ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ movement, laying the groundwork for the speed and thrash metal of the ’80s and ’90s.

The band was formed in Birmingham, England in 1969 by guitarist John Perry (who died shortly after and was replaced by Earnest Chataway), bassist Bruno Stapenhill, drummer John Partridge, and singer Alan Atkins.

In 1970, guitarist Kenneth ‘KK’ Downing and bassist Ian Hill joined, replacing Chataway and Stapenhill. Later, in 1972, Rob Halford and drummer John Hinch joined to replace Atkins and Partridge, respectively. A second guitarist, Glenn Tipton, was also added to the line-up in 1974 as compensation for their record company’s (Gull Records) suggestion to add a horn section to the first album, Rocka Rolla.

Downing and Tipton’s harmonised guitar lines were not particularly common at the time, but became a trademark for the group and would inspire other bands such as Metallica, Iron Maiden and Megadeth to do the same. It is now a standard feature of many heavy metal bands and appears in many of metal’s sub-genres.

The band featuring Halford, Downing, Tipton and Hill would go on to record 14 albums from 1974 through to 1990. Their second album, Sad Wings of Destiny (released in 1976), is considered one of the most influential metal albums along with Black Sabbath’s self-titled début.

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SonoEpico wrote:
7 hours ago

someone left the comment "they arent even british, theyre from england" soooooo yeah... total fail. anywho, i agree, Priest is definitely too early for NWOBHM. but no matter how many debates on it, or if they're better than Maiden, PRIEST IS STILL A FUCKING AMAZING BAND!! :)

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TucoRamirez666 wrote:
12 hours ago

VICTIM OF CHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEESSSSSSSS

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wonx92 wrote:
14 hours ago

\m/__(>_<)__\m/

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alkimedon wrote:
yesterday evening

judas lan bu

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alkimedon wrote:
yesterday evening

ya bi siktirin gidin aq

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lulled wrote:
yesterday evening

From desert plains, I'll bring you looooooooooooooooooooooo (...) oooooooove

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Fuhrer_ wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Painkiller KURWA [3]

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pow_lee_nah wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Painkiller KURWA [2]

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garynotrashcoug wrote:
Sunday evening

Priest, Maiden and Sabbath are the three godfathers of heavy metal. Whether you like one more than the other or all three or none of them, you must at least acknowledge their contributions. Let's just leave it at that.

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Killed-By-Death wrote:
Sunday afternoon

PRIEST! PRIEST!! PRIEST!!!

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mehrtal wrote:
Sunday morning

check power thrash metal

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Irenicus_ wrote:
Saturday morning

70's Priest > 80's Priest....had to say it. [2]

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TucoRamirez666 wrote:
Friday evening

70's Priest > 80's Priest....had to say it.

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emretrkylmz wrote:
Friday morning

thats the best picture of the band by far.

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rawdark wrote:
Thursday evening

Hell Bent, Hell bent for leatheeeeeeeeer !!!!!!!! THE BEST BAND !!!!!!! There´ a not band like JP

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Raku92 wrote:
Thursday evening

Painkiller KURWA [1]

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dabe89 wrote:
Wednesday evening

exactly. both are two of the best metal bands going around. [2]

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spartainiamaaan wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

exactly. both are two of the best metal bands going around.

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veyita_88 wrote:
Wednesday morning

"Dude, as bad as it sucks they have been doing it since the beginning. When I was a kid and first got into Priest(1980) they took Maiden on tour with them. From that point on it has been Judas Priest vs. Iron Maiden. I still remember reading the old Rip and Cream magazines with the headlines "Who's better, Priest or Maiden." Now, because of it ,there is always a comparison. Look how many Priest fans do not care for Maiden and vice versa. My first two Priest concerts were Priest and Maiden. I've liked them both ever since. Peace! ,\m/ " Agree,who cares,it´s actually great that whe have these awesome metal bands so we can argue who is better...because both are so awesome so we can´t decide

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veyita_88 wrote:
Wednesday morning

"but the first albums weren't exactly metal, so you can say that they started playing metal when the nwobhm has shown its power. " Did you ever give a listen to Sin after Sin or Stained Class? (this is almost speed metal,and predicted the sound of the nwobhm movement,without the punk influence) nwobhm started with Saxon´s debut in 1979,and wtf,Sad wings of course is exactly metal...

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