Artist: Judas Priest
Release Title: Screaming For Vengeance
Release Type: Full Length Album
Release Year: 1982
Artist Genre: Heavy Metal
Artist Origin: UK
My Rating: 88%
Track Listing: 1. The Hellion 2. Electric Eye 3. Riding On The Wind 4. Bloodstone 5. (Take These) Chains 6. Pain and Pleasure 7. Screaming For Vengeance 8. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 9. Fever 10. Devils Child
Total playing time: 38:50
Priest on their previous release "Point Of Entry" had dropped the ball and a lot of the release was more rock n' roll than heavy metal. Needless to say with Priest they always see the error of their ways and return to keeping their nose to the grindstone and on this subsequent release they created one of the sacred cows in their back catalog. The sound on this release almost has the perfect sheen to it like it does on "British Steel" (but not too much sheen like on Turbo!!), all the instruments are at a nice volume in the mix. Difference between this and "British Steel" is that the tracks here are more developed and memorable. They also have a more epic approach than the meat and potatoes approach of "British Steel". You can hear an mp3 album upload of the track "Riding On The Wind" above.
Stand alone classics on here include the opener "The Hellion/Electric Eye", "Riding On The Wind" and the speed metal title track. The rest is more mortal but still packs a punch albeit "Pain and Pleasure" is the dud and demands the skip button. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" is one of the tracks they're best known for. Needless to say, as with most artists, their best known track is far from their best. That's the case with this track too but it's still a catchy ditty but you may just be sick of it by now seen as every classic rock station will have rammed it down(excuse the pun) for years on end now. Check out mp3 downloads of the album tracks I've recommended and buy it from amazon if it hits the spot.
An essential Priest release. If you don't own it, you're not metal. Full stop.
