La longeva banda inglesa de heavy metal Judas Priest lanza a la venta el día de hoy, 9 de marzo, su décimo octavo disco de estudio titulado Firepower. En celebración, vamos comentando un poco de la trayectoria de esta agrupación para después escuchar este nuevo álbum y de paso, las otros diecisiete producciones.
Judas Priest fue formada en 1969 por el vocalista Al Atkins y el bajista Brian “Bruno” Stapenhill, a quien se le ocurrió nombrar así a la banda por la canción “The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest” de Bob Dylan. Sería hasta 1974 cuando la agrupación lanzó su primer disco, Rocka Rolla, aunque ni Atkins ni Stapenhill pertenecían ya al grupo. Dos años después publicaron Sad Wings of Destiny, con el que ya comenzaron a tener un poco de éxito comercial. La primera producción dentro de una gran disquera se tituló Sin After Sin (1977) a la que le siguieron Stained Class (1978, Killing Machine (1978), British Steel (1980) y Point of Entry (1981). Ganaron más popularidad en Estados Unidos gracias a la canción “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'” del disco Screaming for Vengeance (1982). Terminaron la década de 1980 con los álbumes Defenders of the Faith (1984), Turbo (1986), Ram It Down (1988) y Painkiller (1990). El ritmo de la realización de nuevas producciones musicales se alentaría a partir de aquí, ya que para que sus seguidores tuvieran en su poder el nuevo disco de esta agrupación tuvieron que esperar siete años más hasta que se publicó Jugulator (1997). En este siglo, los álbumes que han lanzado (sin contar el más nuevo) son Demolition (2001), Angel of Retribution (2005), Nostradamus (2008) y Redeemer of Souls (2014).
En los siguientes reproductores podrán escuchar todos estos discos que están ordenados cronológicamente (por lo que si desean disfrutar de Firepower, lo encontrarán al final de la entrada).
Rocka Rolla (1974)
1 One for the Road
2 Rocka Rolla
3 Winter / Deep Freeze / Winter Retreat / Cheater
4 Never Satisfied
5 Run of the Mill
6 Dying to Meet You
7 Cavier and Meths
8 Diamonds and Rust
Sad Wings of Destiny (1976):
1 One for the Road
2 Rocka Rolla
3 Winter / Deep Freeze / Winter Retreat / Cheater
4 Never Satisfied
5 Run of the Mill
6 Dying to Meet You
7 Cavier and Meths
8 Diamonds and Rust
9 Island of Domination
Sin After Sin (1977):
1 Sinner
2 Diamonds and Rust
3 Starbreaker
4 Last Rose of Summer
5 Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest
6 Raw Deal
7 Here Come the Tears
8 Dissident Aggressor
9 Race with the Devil
10 Jawbreaker (Live)
Stained Class (1978):
1 Exciter
2 White Heat, Red Hot
3 Better By You, Better Than Me
4 Stained Class
5 Invader
6 Saints In Hell
7 Savage
8 Beyond the Realms of Death
9 Heroes End
10 Fire Burns Below
11 Better By You, Better Than Me (Live)
Killing Machine (1978):
1 Delivering the Goods
2 Rock Forever
3 Evening Star
4 Hell Bent for Leather
5 Take On the World
6 Burnin’ Up
7 The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)
8 Killing Machine
9 Running Wild
10 Before the Dawn
11 Evil Fantasies
12 Fight for Your Life (Bonus Track)
13 Riding On the Wind (Live)
British Steel (1980):
1 Rapid Fire
2 Metal Gods
3 Breaking the Law
4 Grinder
5 United
6 You Don’t Have to Be Old to Be Wise
7 Living After Midnight
8 The Rage
9 Steeler
10 Red, White & Blue
11 Grinder (Live)
Point of Entry (1981):
1 Heading Out to the Highway
2 Don’t Go
3 Hot Rockin’
4 Turning Circles
5 Desert Plains
6 Solar Angels
7 You Say Yes
8 All the Way
9 Troubleshooter
10 On the Run
11 Thunder Road
12 Desert Plains (Live)
Screaming for Vengeance (1982):
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 Devil’s Child
11 Prisoner of Your Eyes
12 Devil’s Child (Live)
Defenders of the Faith (1984):
1 Freewheel Burning
2 Jawbreaker
3 Rock Hard Ride Free
4 The Sentinel
5 Love Bites
6 Eat Me Alive
7 Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
8 Night Comes Down
9 Heavy Duty
10 Defenders of the Faith
11 Turn On Your Light
12 Heavy Duty / Defenders of the Faith (Live)
Turbo – 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (1986):
Disco 1:
1 Turbo Lover
2 Locked In
3 Private Property
4 Parental Guidance
5 Rock You All Around the World
6 Out In the Cold
7 Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days
8 Hot for Love
9 Reckless
Disco 2:
1 Out In the Cold (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
2 Locked In (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
3 Heading Out to the Highway (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
4 Metal Gods (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
5 Breaking the Law (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
6 Love Bites (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
7 Some Heads Are Gonna Roll (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
8 The Sentinel (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
9 Private Property (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
10 Desert Plains (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
11 Rock You All Around the World (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
Disco 3:
1 The Hellion (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
2 Electric Eye (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
3 Turbo Lover (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
4 Freewheel Burning (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
5 Victim of Changes (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
6 The Green Manalishi (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
7 Living After Midnight (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
8 You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
9 Hell Bent for Leather (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City)
Ram It Down (1988):
1 Ram It Down
2 Heavy Metal
3 Love Zone
4 Come and Get It
5 Hard As Iron
6 Blood Red Skies
7 I’m a Rocker
8 Johnny B. Goode
9 Love You to Death
10 Monsters of Rock
11 Night Comes Down (Live)
12 Bloodstone (Live)
Painkiller (1990):
1 Ram It Down
2 Heavy Metal
3 Love Zone
4 Come and Get It
5 Hard As Iron
6 Blood Red Skies
7 I’m a Rocker
8 Johnny B. Goode
9 Love You to Death
10 Monsters of Rock
11 Night Comes Down (Live)
12 Bloodstone (Live)
Jugulator (1997):
Pistas y Tiempos:
01 – Jugulator – 00:00
02 – Blood Stained – 05:52
03 – Dead Meat – 11:18
04 – Death Row – 16:02
05 – Decapitate – 21:06
06 – Burn in Hell – 25:47
07 – Brain Dead – 32:29
08 – Abductors – 37:54
09 – Bullet Train – 43:46
10 – Cathedral Spires – 48:55
Demolition (2001):
Pistas y Tiempos:
1. Machine Man
2. One On One – 5:36
3. Hell Is Home – 12:20
4. Jekyll and Hyde – 18:38
5. Close To You – 21:58
6. Devil Digger – 26:25
7. Bloodsuckers – 31:09
8. In Between – 37:26
9. Feed On Me – 43:07
10. Subterfuge – 48:35
11. Lost and Found – 53:47
12. Cyberface – 58:44
13. Metal Messiah – 1:05:29
BONUS TRACKS
14. What’s My Name? – 1:10:43
15. Rapid Fire – 1:14:26
16. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) – 1:18:20
Angel of Retribution (2005):
1 Judas Rising
2 Deal With the Devil
3 Revolution
4 Worth Fighting For
5 Demonizer
6 Wheels of Fire
7 Angel
8 Hellrider
9 Eulogy
10 Lochness
Nostradamus (2008):
1 Dawn of Creation
2 Prophecy
3 Awakening
4 Revelations
5 The Four Horseman
6 War
7 Sands of Time
8 Pestilence and Plague
9 Death
10 Peace
11 Conquest
12 Lost Love
13 Persecution
14 Solitude
15 Exiled
16 Alone
17 Shadows In the Flame
18 Visions
19 Hope
20 New Beginnings
21 Calm Before the Storm
22 Nostradamus
23 Future of Mankind
Redeemer of Souls (2014):
Disco 1:
1 Dragonaut
2 Redeemer of Souls
3 Halls of Valhalla
4 Sword of Damocles
5 March of the Damned
6 Down In Flames
7 Hell & Back
8 Cold Blooded
9 Metalizer
10 Crossfire
11 Secrets of the Dead
12 Battle Cry
13 Beginning of the End
Disco 2:
1 Snakebite
2 Tears of Blood
3 Creatures
4 Bring It On
5 Never Forget
Firepower (2018):
1 Firepower
2 Lightning Strike
3 Evil Never Dies
4 Never the Heroes
5 Necromancer
6 Children of the Sun
7 Guardians
8 Rising From Ruins
9 Flame Thrower
10 Spectre
11 Traitors Gate
12 No Surrender
13 Lone Wolf
14 Sea of Red