According to Billboard, JUDAS PRIEST's "Firepower" has entered the Billboard 200 chart at position No. 5, making it the band's highest-charting album ever. 2014's "Redeemer Of Souls" debuted and peaked at No. 6, while 2008's "Nostradamus" landed at No. 11 and 2005's "Angel Of Retribution" came in at No. 13.
"Firepower" moved 49,000 equivalent album units in first week of release. Of that sum, 48,000 were in traditional album sales, just shy of the 54,000 copies sold by "Angel Of Retribution" in that album's first week. The "Firepower" chart position was bolstered by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer in association with the band's current North American tour.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi- metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).
As previously reported, "Firepower" landed at position No. 5 on the U.K. album chart. It marks the band's highest ranking, and first time in the Top 10, since "British Steel" reached No. 4 in 1980. Elsewhere, "Firepower" has also become PRIEST's first-ever No. 1 in Sweden.
"Firepower" was released on March 9 via Epic. The disc was recorded by British producer Andy Sneap, the band's longtime collaborator Tom Allom and engineer Mike Exeter (BLACK SABBATH). The cover artwork for "Firepower" was created by the Chilean/Italian artist Claudio Bergamin.
JUDAS PRIEST "Firepower" world tour marks the band's first run of dates since guitarist Glenn Tipton announced that he was retiring from the road due to his battle with Parkinson's disease. He is being replaced on tour by Sneap, also known for his work as the guitar player in NWOBHM revivalists HELL and cult thrash outfit SABBAT.
Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease four years ago — after being stricken by the degenerative condition at least half a decade earlier — but only recently announced he was going to sit out touring activities in support of "Firepower". The guitarist, who is now 70 and has performed on every PRIEST album since the band's 1974 debut set, "Rocka Rolla", is not quitting the band, but simply cannot handle the rigorous challenges of performing live.
The North American leg of the "Firepower" tour will wrap on May 1 in San Antonio, Texas.
#15: A K A Stone To: Tooconservative (#9)
JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'I'm Not One Of These Gay Guys With A Cause'
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 09:41:03 Reply Private Reply
#16: Tooconservative To: A K A Stone, sneakypete (#15)
Now I'm starting to worry that you might turn LF into a gay conservative heavy metal cruising/hookup site. LOL
It is interesting that, after posting a lot of rough anti-homo stuff in the sidebar and your constant attacks on sneakypete along those lines, you just adore this heavy-metal sodomite singer. How do you reconcile that mentally? I really do wonder.
So you think this sodomite singer is going straight to hell but that he's still a great singer that can be admired by a Christian straight guy who likes heavy metal music so you may as well enjoy his music as he barrels straight through the gates of hell?
Tooconservative posted on 2018-03-20 12:00:53 Reply Private Reply
#17: A K A Stone To: Tooconservative (#16)
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 12:06:12 Reply Private Reply
#18: A K A Stone To: Tooconservative (#16)
I just liked the music,before he ever came out. When you are listening to their music for like 20 years before he comes out, do you suddenly pretend that you never liked that music.
Ask Grandisland he likes them too and he dislikes faggots as much as I do.
So am I going to hell because I listen to this music?
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 12:11:49 Reply Private Reply
#19: A K A Stone To: Tooconservative (#16)
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 12:13:03 Reply Private Reply
#20: A K A Stone To: Tooconservative (#16)
"I'm a different guy to when I was 20," Halford said during an appearance on HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta's official podcast, "The Jasta Show" (hear audio below). "I've been able to look at the world and see the world and find out what really is the most important and valuable thing, to me, as I live from day to day."
He continued: "When I got clean and sober 28 years ago, that was a major change in my life. And part of my recovery is just having this higher-power belief. And it works. It works, man. It really, really is important."
Halford added: "There probably will be people listening to [this] podcast who don't have anything like that in their life, and that's great; it's all about acceptance. But I always say to people, if you're thinking about it, the simplest thing I do is I pray. I pray quite a bit, actually. And even if you don't believe in prayer, just have a go. Pray for a good day, or just pray for your friend, or whatever it might be. And it's amazing, man, 'cause it absolutely works. I guarantee, it genuinely does work. And now I'm sounding like [American evangelical Christian evangelist] Billy Graham, but I'm just trying to express some of the things that are important to me on a day-to-day basis that make me able to walk out on that stage each night and do my work."
While Halford states that he doesn't want to preach and force people to drink and act responsibly, he is quick to warn up-and-coming musicians that there will be consequences to their actions.
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/judas-priests-rob-halford-praying-absolutely-works/
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 12:18:37 Reply Private Reply
#21: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#11)
(Here's someone's who's obviously a former Judas Priest fan, seeing the band in the light and exposing it.
I watched and listened to Alford in your youtube. He wasn't very credible when describing the song's meaning. At best he's as usual calling for a mere rebellion. This time he calls the enemy "The Administration." Which one? The US Gummint? God's Kingdom? You tell me.
All of I can take from this band is about 10 seconds.
To each his own, but I consider Death Metal the equivalent of White Rap. There is no real melody. It's not "singing," it's one long chant.
You seem to still be deluded about who and what the band is truly about; Alford is STILL a flaming Satanic homo and Judas Priest OPENLY proselytized for rebellion and Satan, in tone, lyrically, symbolically, through its very vibe.
Look -- I've had to refrain from some music I used to like....before I realized what it was really about.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:26:44 Reply Private Reply
#22: A K A Stone To: Tooconservative (#16)
You are posting a video of an adulterer. Who divorced his wife in 2001 and married a pretend wife in 2007. Shame on you. ;)
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 12:27:23 Reply Private Reply
#23: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#20)
HUH??
Why won't he name it?
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:27:53 Reply Private Reply
#24: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#17)
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:30:24 Reply Private Reply
#25: Liberator To: Tooconservative, A K A Stone (#16)
TC -- the above post should have been addressed to you.
'Bat Outta Hell' is NOT proselytizing about Satan's realm. And not analogous.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:32:27 Reply Private Reply
#26: A K A Stone To: Liberator (#21)
Black metal or whatever it is called I consider noise and you would be right to say it is satanic.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 12:33:04 Reply Private Reply
#27: Liberator To: A K A Stone, TooConservative, GrandIsland (#18)
GI has never claimed the mantle of Christianity.
You're a Christian, right?...come on. You can't pull that, "But...but...were all sinners" stuff.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:35:23 Reply Private Reply
#28: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#26)
Watch it all. You're turning away from it because you fear the truth.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:36:01 Reply Private Reply
#29: A K A Stone To: Liberator (#28)
No because I am supposed to be doing estimates. This site is a distraction sometimes.
Also when they made up stuff in the video about one of their covers being satan rising from hell or whatever they said. That was made up bullshit.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 12:39:31 Reply Private Reply
#30: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#29)
Ok. Do as you please. Believe what you wanna believe.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:41:50 Reply Private Reply
#31: Liberator To: Tooconservative (#16)
That's funny...
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:42:41 Reply Private Reply
#32: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#29)
Regarding the "Firepower" title: Gee, what do you you think Halford is referring to??
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 12:45:30 Reply Private Reply
#33: A K A Stone To: Liberator (#32)
About destroying bad guys. It is what we need to do to the evil radical muslims that is the way I see it. Would be a killer song to listen to if you were in war and had the artillary going shooting the enemy up.
"Firepower"
With weapons drawn we claim the future Invincible through every storm Bring in the foe to be defeated To pulverize from dusk till dawn
Firepower Petrifies Firepower
The die is cast, make no exceptions We're forged by evil to compel Come rally round this flag of freedom Our unions thrives so go to hell
Firepower Taking lives Firepower Neutralize
Empty the chamber Lock and reload This world thrives on danger It's bound to explode
Aim for the target With laser and light Releasing the trigger Puts victory in sight
No time to pray or ask forgiveness Those blessed souls are now deceased There is no sense in this contrition With open arms we fight for peace
We fight with firepower Petrifies Firepower Between the eyes Firepower Mortifies Firepower Man's demise
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 12:55:53 Reply Private Reply
#34: Deckard To: A K A Stone, Liberator, Tooconservative (#14)
And it just keeps getting better.
Deckard posted on 2018-03-20 13:09:03 Reply Private Reply
#35: Deckard To: A K A Stone (#20)
Ever wonder just who or what he is "praying" to?
Deckard posted on 2018-03-20 13:10:56 Reply Private Reply
#36: Tooconservative To: A K A Stone (#19)
Well, it is an explanation of sorts. But there simply is no Judas Priest without the lead singer. The same way there is no Queen without Freddy Mercury. It's not unusual for a group's entire career to rest on the talent of a single singer/songwriter.
Without him, there is no Judas Priest.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-03-20 13:11:52 Reply Private Reply
#37: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#34)
They rent out their facilities to people. A venue.
I did some ceramic tile for the masons bathrooms here in my hometown.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:12:36 Reply Private Reply
#38: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#33)
READ those lyrics again.
"The die is cast, make no exceptions We're forged by evil..."
"Come rally round this flag of freedom [to do evil] Our [demonic] unions thrives so go to hell [with us]..."
No time to pray or ask forgiveness [from God]..."
"This world [of Satan] thrives on danger It's bound to explode..."
These lyrics are unmistakable.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 13:13:07 Reply Private Reply
#39: Liberator To: Deckard, A K A Stone, Tooconservative (#34)
Yup. More symbolism.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 13:14:36 Reply Private Reply
#40: Tooconservative To: A K A Stone, sneakypete (#22)
So you think the open homo lead singer of Judas Priest, a band who has always had a blasphemous vibe and songs, is just fine but a divorced singer who remarried 6 years later is far worse?
LOL
That's some needle you're threading there.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-03-20 13:14:56 Reply Private Reply
#41: A K A Stone To: Tooconservative (#36)
I get your point. But there was this version of Judas Priest without Rob Halford in 1998. He was out of the band for a decade or more.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:15:20 Reply Private Reply
#42: A K A Stone To: Liberator (#38)
We too could be forged by evil. The evil we see sets our views. Planned parenthood forged my hatred of abortion. Get it.
I'll admit I could be wrong but that is the way I see it.
You added to the lyrics and changed the song.
Who would have knew that a simple thread like this would lead to this long discussion.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:18:54 Reply Private Reply
#43: Liberator To: Tooconservative, A K A Stone, Deckard (#36)
True.
And when your frontman is a flaming homo who might also have sung about satanism, it's inevitable that recruitment be in the cards and/or seep in to the unconscious (whether lyrically or as a life-style "role model.")
Btw, has anyone noticed Alford spoke of the lyrics coming to him "subconsciously"? As though the lyrics came to him from an external source?
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 13:18:54 Reply Private Reply
#44: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#42)
"Forged" as in welded steel. AS ONE.
Alford is referring to he and his minions. Minions who are married to Evil = Satan.
Yes, I added context.
Brutha, you need to reconsider. Of all people, I know YOU are one who does not like to be deceived. Just giving you perspective.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 13:21:55 Reply Private Reply
#45: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#34)
So the hundreds of acts that have performed there are all evil right?
Ok goofy
theconcertdatabase.com/venues/masonic-temple
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:22:34 Reply Private Reply
#46: tpaine To: A K A Stone (#10)
Sorry kiddo, but it more than sucks, it blows...
tpaine posted on 2018-03-20 13:24:08 Reply Private Reply
#47: A K A Stone To: Liberator (#44)
We're kool friend. You have not offended me in the least.
I'm just going to see the show with the tickets that I got for my birthday.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:26:12 Reply Private Reply
#48: A K A Stone To: tpaine (#46)
My feelings aren't hurt. My daughters hate my music too. My son digs it though.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:27:15 Reply Private Reply
#49: A K A Stone To: Liberator (#43)
So now it is a might. Ok
I need to get off here. This site is a distraction.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:28:39 Reply Private Reply
#50: A K A Stone To: Liberator (#44)
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:32:13 Reply Private Reply
#51: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#35)
No I never wondered about that. Because I never knew until today.
Having said that do you think satan can hear your prayers? Because he can't.
Now here is a clue from his quote.
And now I'm sounding like [American evangelical Christian evangelist] Billy Graham,
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 13:39:20 Reply Private Reply
#52: Liberator To: A K A Stone, Deckard, TooConservative, tpaine (#51)
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 13:50:28 Reply Private Reply
#53: Liberator To: sneakypete, A K A Stone, all (#52)
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 13:56:59 Reply Private Reply
#54: sneakypete To: A K A Stone (#19)
Maybe you will only go to the 20 percent Hell?
Just kidding. There is no such place as Hell.
sneakypete posted on 2018-03-20 15:10:13 Reply Private Reply
#55: sneakypete To: Liberator (#53)
"Coors"? "COORS!"????
I have never been so insulted!
If you had seen me,I would have most likely been tipping up a gallon milk jug full of some mysterious white liquid well over 100 proof. Sometimes it would have peaches in it for a little flavor and for health reasons.
If you are going to do something,do it right.
sneakypete posted on 2018-03-20 15:19:01 Reply Private Reply
#56: A K A Stone To: Liberator (#44)
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-20 15:26:53 Reply Private Reply
#57: Liberator To: A K A Stone (#56)
Stryper...
Their tone and vibe were still not "Godly." No such thing as "Messiah Metal." The lyrics don't change it. I understand that's what the genre of Death Metal is, but naah.
"Good Music" is said to be defined by 5 characteristics:
1) Beautiful melody
2) Rich Harmony
3) Rhythm or Flow
4) Resolution -- Blend of components then a nice and closing
5) Meaningful Communication, aka Lyrics
Do I necessarily always listen to music like this? Not all the time. But the formula does work.
Interestingly, it's also been said that religion and music are inseparable. That music is a spiritual barometer of man and his spirit. We know music can affect or alter a man's emotion or heart -- in all ways. It's that powerful. Remember when the US Army used to blare Death Metal to the enemy in the Middle East? It can be intimidating, a weapon of sorts. Besides the mind and emotions, it even affect the physiology of humans. Ever notice that concerts have a "religious" feel to it? The stage is like an altar, the band its "Priests'.
Music isn't neutral. That why a group like Stryper -- despite its God-centered lyrics still drives disturbing beat, bass line and guitar work that's as chaotic and disturbing as other "Heavy Metal" music in its genre.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 17:31:21 Reply Private Reply
#58: Liberator To: sneakypete (#55)
HA!! Thought I'd mention Coors since you lived in CO for a while.
A GALLON jug?? The peaches certainly turned that into a very healthy beverage.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-20 17:33:52 Reply Private Reply
#59: sneakypete To: Liberator (#58)
Made it all sophisticated,and stuff. We called it Peach Brandy. MUCH more sophisticated stuff than just regular White Lightening.
sneakypete posted on 2018-03-20 19:20:51 Reply Private Reply
#60: tpaine To: sneakypete (#59)
My son was once stuck in a 2 man tent with four guys, (a Canadian blizzard while caribou hunting) and a gallon jug w/cherries mixed in with the good stuff..
He gets physically sick at the sight of cherries to this day...
Claims it was the booze...
tpaine posted on 2018-03-20 20:04:41 Reply Private Reply
#61: sneakypete To: tpaine (#60)
There just ain't no pleasing some people.
sneakypete posted on 2018-03-20 20:58:28 Reply Private Reply
#62: GrandIsland To: A K A Stone, Liberator, Tooconservative (#18)
He also recorded a song with 5 Finger Death Punch. Good stuff.
GrandIsland posted on 2018-03-21 15:08:12 Reply Private Reply
#63: A K A Stone To: GrandIsland (#62)
As for Judas Priest. The new album is the best thing since painkiller imo.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-03-21 15:12:34 Reply Private Reply
#64: Liberator To: sneakypete (#59)
Yeah, kinda curious as to the ingredients. Seemed a shame you had to drink it from a plastic jug. It deserved a much better vessel.
Liberator posted on 2018-03-21 15:13:18 Reply Private Reply