As frontrunners of the burgeoning New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden made perfect sense as tour mates — and the latter were wise to create some healthy ...

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 ...

Rob Halford almost died at his final gig as Judas Priest vocalist on August 19, 1991 – and not because the other four members gave him a severe kicking when they’d learned of his decision to ...

AC/DC’s Back in Black, Motörhead’s Ace of Spades, Taking Heads’ Remain in Light, Judas Priest’s British Steel, Joy Division’s Closer, and Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police, to name a few.

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 ...