Some things seem indestructible, including Judas Priest's guitar tandem consisting of Glenn Tipton and KK Downing. But after more than forty years of loyal service, co-founder Downing left the band. The Epitaph Tour, which Priest undertook in 2012, however, proved that the group had found a worthy replacement in the young guitarist Ritchie Faulkner. From a distance he even looks a bit like the young
… Downing. Redeemer Of Souls is Judas Priest's seventeenth studio album and thus the first with Faulkner in the ranks. Veteran Glenn Tipton already announced that the group thought of the fans when recording the album. Redeemer Of Souls is according to him '18 songs of pure classic Priest metal '. No ballads, synthesizers or other frills, but memorable metal riffs, screeching solos and Rob Halford's recognizable scream from thousands. With or without KK Downing, Judas Priest caters to fans of old-school heavy metal again. (PdK)more
