It’s hard to believe, but the original ‘Defenders Of The Faith’ album was released way back in 1984, that’s three decades ago. I was still a teenager then….
To release the thirtieth anniversary, Sony Music now releases a remastered version of this album, that originally was released on EMI Music, and adds two discs containing a live registration of a show Judas Priest played on May 5th 1984 at the Long Beach Arena in California.
6 years after their previous studio album, the 2008 double-disc conceptual Nostradamus (which we at ConcreteWeb never got to review), Judas Priest is finally back with a new studio recording! In the meantime, the band not only did a couple of world tours, but also took some very dire decisions!
When I saw Trent Reznor featured as one of the musicians in this band/project, I expected some rock music. Nest to Mr. Reznor feature his wife Mariqueen Maandig and another musician known from Nine Inch Nails, Mr. Atticus Ross. Final ‘member’ is visual artist Rob Sheridan.
Uh...not a short story, this, and therefore, let's get started with it (info mainly taken from the band's pages at Wikipedia). As many of you may know, this is the humorous musical expression of actors Kyle Gass and Jack Black (the latter being the most popular), whom have known each other since 1989, when both were playing in Los Angeles based theatre group The Actors' Gang.
My oh my, would you believe it's been 5 years since this Swedish Melodic Garage Rock act released its previous album The Black And White Album, and having reviewed that myself, it's with confidence that I gladly refer you that bit of epic writing, posted Dec. 1st, 2007, for a detailed history up an until that moment, should you feel inclined to check that out.
