Potrivit filialei japoneze Sony Music, legendele britanice de heavy metal Judas Priest vor lansa un nou single, „Panic Attack”, vineri, 13 octombrie. Piesa este preluata de pe viitorul album de studio al trupei, „Invincible Shield”, care va fi lansat pe 8 martie 2024 prin Sony Music.
Data lansarii a fost anuntata in urma cu cateva zile in timpul spectacolului trupei la festivalul Power Trip din Indio, California.
Dupa ce s-a auzit „War Pigs” de la BLACK SABBATH ca intro la setul trupei PRIEST de la Indio, pe ecranele video a fost afisata o grafica care anunta lansarea „The Invincible Shield”.
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In iunie, chitaristul PRIEST Richie Faulkner i-a spus lui Anne Erickson de la Audio Ink Radio ca noul album al trupei "is sounding great. I was in Phoenix with [producer and touring guitarist] Andy Sneap and Rob a few weeks ago, putting the vocals down," a spus acesta. "And it's always exciting to hear new PRIEST tracks, because they become PRIEST tracks when Rob sings them. It's, like, the world hasn't heard them yet, but there's new PRIEST tracks that we're hearing for the first time. It's really exciting, hearing that characteristic voice that we've heard for decades singing new stuff. It's an incredibly exciting thing, so I can't wait for the world to hear it all."
Elaborand despre directia muzicala a noului material PRIEST, Faulkner a spus: "There are definitely a few more twists and turns on this record. There are a few more musical parts. So, there might be a bit of... As I said, there are twists and turns. I've used the word 'progressive' before, and the Internet ripped me a new a*****e. But it is progressive in the sense that it's not like verse-chorus-verse-chorus-solo-chorus-finish. It's musical part-verse-musical part. It might do a few twists and turns, musically. It veers from the path of it, a bit like 'Sinner' or 'Tyrant' or something like that. So, it's a bit more '70s PRIEST, which I welcome as a guitar player… It's '70s PRIEST, but it's not a retro album, by any means. It's the influence of '70s PRIEST in the progressive sense, but it sounds like PRIEST in 2023."
Acesta a adaugat: "Every PRIEST album has kind of stood on its own, stylistically. It's had that DNA of JUDAS PRIEST, because the characters are so strong. But it's always been a little bit different — retaining that DNA but having its own character. So, this one's no different, really, in the sense that it's obviously JUDAS PRIEST, but it's its own animal; it stands on its own two legs."
In februarie 2022, Halford a fost intrebat de Remy Maxwell de la Audacy Check In daca a fost de acord cu comentariul lui Faulkner ca urmatorul album al trupei va fi mai „progresiv” muzical decat „Firepower”. El a raspuns: "Yeah, the metal is there. But here's the thing: we've tried our best not to replicate anything that we've done. From 'Rocka Rolla' all the way through to 'Firepower', each record has had a distinctive character. And it's tough because fans go, 'We want another 'Painkiller',' 'We want another 'British Steel'.' And [it's, like], 'Dude, we've already done that.'
"Fans know that we're a band that is always full of adventure and trying new stuff," a continuat artistul. "And so, yeah, this has got probably some more progressive elements that we've never really delved into before. And that's exciting, because, again, it gives us and our fans another opportunity to see a different side of PRIEST. But it's still metal. There's just more of it. There are more notes than there were before."
Tot in februarie 2022, Faulkner a spus pentru The Metal Voice din Canada despre sunetul general al noii muzici PRIEST: "Whenever you start a record, you never know how it's gonna turn out. So you might start with an idea of what it's gonna be, and as it kind of rolls on, it comes out something different. So you don't quite know. And also it's really hard to sum up your own music, I find, without sounding really pretentious. But I think this one — it's not 'Firepower 2', I don't think. It's its own thing, it's its own animal. If anything, I would say it's a bit more progressive in places, and in places it's got a bit more of that 'Killing Machine' swagger."
Faulkner a adaugat: "I know everyone says, 'Oh, is it the next 'Painkiller'?' or 'Is it the next…?' whatever… I don't know if they'd ever done it, but I know we've never done it when I've been in the band; we've never tried to recreate an album. It's always we try to create an album that stands on its own legs. So I think it's definitely a little bit more progressive than 'Firepower' and, as I said, in places it's got a little bit of that 'Killing Machine' angry swagger attitude going on."
Basistul Ian Hill este singurul membru original ramas al PRIEST, care s-a format in 1969. Halford s-a alaturat grupului in 1973, iar chitaristul Glenn Tipton s-a angajat in 1974. Rob a parasit PRIEST la inceputul anilor 1990 pentru a-si forma propria trupa, apoi s-a intors la PRIEST. in 2003. Chitaristul original K.K. Downing s-a despartit de trupa in 2011 si a fost inlocuit de Faulkner.
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