It felt like validation." Judas Priest was about to get much more validation on a global scale. In April 1980 they would release their sixth album, British Steel, which would become a cornerstone ...

His previous experience? He sang in a Judas Priest tribute band called British Steel. Judas Priest in 2004: (from left) Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, Scott Travis, Ian Hill, KK Downing | Credit ...

Come 1980’s pivotal ‘British Steel’ LP, a slightly more accessible metal sound helped Judas Priest turn a commercial corner in America, and ensuing hit albums like ‘Screaming for Vengeance ...

“We had two rock stations back then, and I heard Breaking The Law, Living After Midnight, or something on [1980 album] ...

Before anyone started calling it heavy metal, Judas Priest were hammering out the music's template. Formed in Birmingham, England, at the tail end of the '60s, the band's core trio -- singer Rob ...