The highlight of the classic Heavy Metal

The hype surrounding some older Metal albums I can not agree. So I think about The Number of the Beast for one of the worst albums of Iron Maiden and Metallica's Master of Puppets loses clear to me against his successor And Justice for All. When Judas Priests Painkiller, however I have to agree the mass of fans and critics: This board is really saustark.

It turns only once the question of what Painkiller because compared to the other Priest-albums or other metal highlights so. Although the here offered songmaterial over the Heavy Metal of the late seventies and early eighties goes beyond, but still, the album moves through to classical paths. Here nothing was offered, what you (even then) could not have anywhere else ever heard something like that. What distinguishes Painkiller, is not listening to innovation, but simply the quality of the songs.

Judas Priest mix on the record their typical style of the early eighties with significant speed metal influences, as they have already indicated in the previous Ram It Down. A real treat for the ears is Scott Travis on drums, the title track is directly in his skills and his predecessor, Dave Holland surpasses by far. (As a comparison there is time any song Painkiller and then the title track of Ram It Down hear. Because you realize how lucky Travis for Judas Priest was.)
The production of the disc is also top notch. After 24 years, it sounds not a bit dusty and much more comfortable than some recently appeared albums great metal bands. (Just think of Death Magnetic by Metallica.)

Single out individual songs is difficult because at Painkiller all are strong. Criticisms are hard to find in my opinion. Maybe it was a little unwise to put with A Touch of Evil and One Shot at Glory, the two slowest songs at the end of the disc and the intro of all guns blazing would be in my opinion are welcome to leave. But if you want, you can always find a hair in the soup. In Painkiller you have rausholen the magnifier but there. Sensible texts would perhaps have been nice, but for Judas Priest are anyway not primarily known. On the remastered edition can be found with Living Bad Dreams still a bonus song, which dates from the same time as the actual album. It fits perfectly to joins qualitatively good and complements the disc to a ballad.

Painkiller sounds incredibly dynamic, melodic and catchy but is hard without getting bored. Judas Priest put herewith my opinion, their masterpiece and insert a recent classic metal-climax. If I had to show someone what is Heavy Metal, I would play for him this plate. Anyone just a bit what can do with classic metal, should have the disc, for newcomers with the priests Painkiller is also recommended, which you should know, however, that other albums of the band to the factory from 1990 neither the style and in my opinion also not rankommen terms of quality.