Judas Priest-Painkiller
This is the final Judas Priest released with Rob Halford before he left the band in the 1990's. Painkiller is critically acclaimed and is loved by many Judas Priest fans, even though I think it's slightly overrated. The title track reminds me of a band trying to replicate the song Screaming for Vengeance, and in fairness, that is their best song and one of the best songs of all time so it's not easy to imitate. The instrumental, "Battle Hymn" is pretty good-I'm a sucker for heavy metal instrumentals.
The album needs to be listened to in it's entirety before you download it. Perhaps it was time for Halford to leave the band for a bit, because this album is not up to par and when he came back Judas Priest released some amazing, five star albums. Sometimes a break is a good thing.
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