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30 years of Judas Priest; hail hail

N. Durham | Philadelphia, PA | 02/03/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What better way to celebrate 30 years of Judas Priest than this excellent box set? Spanning every album from their debut album "Rocka Rolla" to 2001's "Demolition", "Metalogy" features every classic Priest song you'd expect: "Tyrant", "Victim of Changes", "Diamonds and Rust", "Beyond the Realms of Death", "Better By You, Better Than Me", "Green Manalishi", "Hellbent for Leather", "Electric Eye", "You've Got Another Thing Coming", "Living After Midnight", and tons more. Songs are digitally remastered (those from "Rocka Rolla" sound better than ever before), and the bonus DVD which features Priest tearing up Memphis in late 1982 during the "Screaming for Vengeance" tour, makes this package all the sweeter. A massively packed book loaded with pictures and info is included as well, and is a must have for Priest fans on it's own. All in all, "Metalogy" is one of the few (very few) box sets worth owning for long time fans, and it superbly covers the career of one of the most influential and pioneering bands in heavy metal history."

This isn't crap, this is awesome.

Fishcake | 08/17/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Judas Priest are one of the greatest metal bands of all time. The music in this box set spans a career of countless 5 star metal tracks. I understand that some people may find the very early Priest material a little dated, but you have to place yourself into the time zone and the generations Priest were playing to. Priest put a lot of work into their songs and still play a lot of their classic tracks - Sinner, Victim of changes, Ripper etc etc live even today. If you wanna listen to a metal band ahead of it's time, you gotta listen to 'Unleashed in the East'. This is by far one of the greatest live albums by a metal band ever. So to say this is crap, shows a real misunderstanding of the genre."

A Great Feast of Priest

Johny Bottom | Jacksonville, NC | 11/17/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I became a Priest fan back when Screamin for Vengeance was out on vinyl and my school chums would sit around listening to it and playing air guitar or Atari 2600. Ah those were the days.



Four big CDs of great Priest material, the infamous Memphis show (which I have had on video for over 15 years and is well worn), and a book. The book gives an overall history, but does not have linear notes on specific songs like 'Metal Works '73-93' does. However there are some great pictures and old quotes that many I remembered reading in Hit Parader years ago.



All box sets are guilty of leaving off songs that I like and I think are important. That's why I already have all the albums. Had them for years. Hey stone me if I think 'Last Rose of Summer' is a great song.



Ripper Owens has a small part of this box and I think that's good. Bands should not ignore any part of their history when making a set like this. Maybe if there had been one more disc to throw in, maybe a European concert featuring Ripper would have been good because personally I never saw that lineup. But then again Priest purists say that without Halford it's not Priest.



The Memphis show is amazing. That is a HUGE wall of Marshalls. It's a much better show than the Turbo Tour in Dallas where 'Priest...Live' came from. The band looks much cooler and Rob is not changing leather outfits every song. Plus, he just looked cooler with the short hair. When he let it grow he did look kind of like a dork. Yes, the Memphis show is a great testement to the Priest legend and it's great seeing ot on DVD for the first time.



Hey if you like Priest and already have all their stuff I guess you can do without this, but for the price it's a great keepsake and tells everyone you are still and ever will be a 'Defender of the Faith'."