After Judas Priest had paid with their debut a lot of dues, she could not keep up now. With Sad Wings Of Destiny, they have shown their true face, and, incidentally, probably created the prototype of the classic heavy metal album! With Victim Of Changes and The Ripper are equal Two grenades repeatedly got a regular place in the Priest-set list for decades. Especially the former convinces with guitar thunderstorm with an interesting text about women who may well be written as some man from the soul ;-) What an irony of fate that just Rob Halford sings it! In this song I have to mention the furious guitar solo by KK Downing, next Sinner probably be showpiece on stage. Dreamer Deceiver is my favorite song on the album, a wonderful epic ballad without feeling stuffed, but with God's same Rob Halford, who presents his superhuman abilities to the test here. In Epitaph, he shows that he also dominates classical singing wonderful mitsamst piano accompaniment. And with Tyrant is the first time a faster type of song presented, many more milestones to follow the ... Sad Wings Of Destiny is a lesson in classic Heavy Metal thing, when comparing the example with the first plate of Iron Maiden, it is clear where the herhaben)
