Judas Priest (Prog Metal)

I know it is a hard thing to post, but from what I have heard across the web, many other sources cite Sad Wings of Destiny and Sin After Sin as genre-defining albums, but genre-defining for Heavy Metal, and few disagree that after Sabbath (in timeline), probably they were the next influential band over the genre. Being so, Heavy Metal includes SWOD and Sin After Sin and heavy metal is expected to have the same elements of these albums.

Having said so, maybe people are looking to the wrong elements in some of metal bands to build an argument that they are prog-metal. Not that they aren't, but the use of wrong elements in argument can be misleading.


Edited by akin - June 17 2008 at 16:33

TheProgtologist wrote: rushfan4 wrote: In case anyone is interested Judas Priest's new album Nostradamus will be released on June 17th.   They have the title track, Nostradamus, available for free download on their MySpace page.  It has that classic Judas Priest sound.  A bit of strings at the beginning and end, but mostly just straight ahead Judas Priest metal with the double guitar attack and the relentless drumming.    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=210419730   I just bought the double cd today and just finished listening to it all the way through for the first time.It's excellent and a true return to form for JP.While it's a little more adventurous than previous material I still don't think Nostradamus is a prog metal album.

I've only heard samples and free songs. First truly interesting JP album in a while. Will probably get it quite soon.