After Angel Of Retribution was released in 2005,the band should of released a "KICK ASS ALBUM" in 2007 and another one in 2009 instead of wasting time with Nostradamus. 3 kick ass albums one right after the other wouldn't of hurt them any and we would of got loads of material to thrive on,but it is what it is I guess.

		kiamat wrote:
		Having read some of these posts, I should like to say in defence of 'the kids' that a great many do regard Priest and Maiden on the same level musically, but Maiden have a very canny manager behind them who has made sure that they stay in the spotlight (this should not be equated with selling out- its what managers are are supposed to do after all). Priest simply haven't been pushed forwards enough in recent years and I feel that because of they have been left behind slightly. Maiden tours are much better publicised (certainly in the UK- the Priest Feast tour was very much word-of-mouth, though it sold out months in advance in Manchester- which proves their popularity) and as for shirts and merch, if you want to support both Priest and Maiden it is massively easier and cheaper to get hold of a Maiden tee- I have looked at the prices of stuff on this website and mostly its not cheap (£18- compare that to the prices on the Maiden website), but if I go to another retailer like Grindstore.com or HMV, the stuff simply isn't there. And I'm not just talking Priest vs. Maiden, Heaven and Hell are another band now very popular because they have promoted themselves or been promoted well- I see a lot of guys my age with their shirts. If Priest aren't 'getting the attention they deserve' perhaps its because they haven't gone out and got that attention. Maybe they even want it that way- who knows?      hellrider 31038 wrote: hey Epicus Doomicus Metallicus KEEP WEARING THOSE PRIEST shirts man and HALFORD if you have any seriously i have not seen even 1 person wearing either around here besides at the concerts.its allways a maiden or whatever the fuc?.i believe with metal the bands count on there fans for exposing them.getting the word out JUDAS PRIEST HEAVY MEEETTT   TTTAAALLL  AND HALFORD in our case.JUDAS PRIEST OR HALFORD shirts,STUDDED jackets and vest with JUDAS PRIEST patches cant seem to find any HALFORD patches so i guess you got to paint the logo on,HALFORD and PRIEST pins and awesome jestures like the COOOOMMMMMMMMAAAAAANNNNNNDDDDDEEEEERRRRRRRRRR has done and so on      Epicus Doomicus Metallicus wrote: Yep been a long time since I've been here, Good to see you JD. On the topic of Iron Maiden getting more popular, Yes It certainly seems to be that way, I still see plenty of kids that are into Maiden. Still nobody seems to know Who Priest Is. I find that insulting! Although Priest may have got a little mroe fanfare from games like Guitar Hero, JP still lacks  the attention they deserve. Other pioneers in Metal seem to get plenty  of attention, Sabbath, Maiden, Metallica and Gunners all have their place, yet Priest seem to be well away from that group? On the brightside Metal never dies. Oh well I will continue to wear my priest shirts, and spread the word! Oh and anotehr thing, my mate literally just had a kid, decided to name him Eddie, after the Maiden mascot. If someone happens to ask you about Priest what would you say/recommend? I Like to rant about the 70's albums. And Yes, your purchases of 6 AOR's was great! but yes I have a  habit of not giving the credit due! I hope that the copies you bought did go to good use! and that another 50 albums were bought because of that!

Huh? Didn't you mean "descent down" to British Steel? Because British Steel is one of the biggest pieces of crap released by Judas Priest. It's terribly overrated. My copy ended up as a frisbee! LMAO! Killing Machine on the other hand, the album that preceded British Steel, is like a million times better than British Steel!   

		J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
		lol! Yeah they were given to People that like Judas Priest that probably would of never bought the album but I didn't care,I just wanted Priest to have good sales from A.O.R.,didn't sell as many as I hoped but I'm still glad I supported them that way,not everybody can do this so if I'm able I'll do it again!  What would I recomend? I would probably recomend the 70's albums as well because from there they could climb up to British Steel and up....that would give them a good representation of the band's style and progress throughout the years ect...      Epicus Doomicus Metallicus wrote:   Yep been a long time since I've been here, Good to see you JD. On the topic of Iron Maiden getting more popular, Yes It certainly seems to be that way, I still see plenty of kids that are into Maiden. Still nobody seems to know Who Priest Is. I find that insulting! Although Priest may have got a little mroe fanfare from games like Guitar Hero, JP still lacks  the attention they deserve. Other pioneers in Metal seem to get plenty  of attention, Sabbath, Maiden, Metallica and Gunners all have their place, yet Priest seem to be well away from that group? On the brightside Metal never dies. Oh well I will continue to wear my priest shirts, and spread the word! Oh and anotehr thing, my mate literally just had a kid, decided to name him Eddie, after the Maiden mascot. If someone happens to ask you about Priest what would you say/recommend? I Like to rant about the 70's albums. And Yes, your purchases of 6 AOR's was great! but yes I have a  habit of not giving the credit due! I hope that the copies you bought did go to good use! and that another 50 albums were bought because of that!

HEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL   YEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH  J.D DIAMOND THE COOOOMMMMMAAAAANNNNNNDDDDEEEEERRRR.FUC? YEAH MAN WITH MY STUDDED WRISTBANDS ON AND FIST IN THE AIR.KEEPING THE JUDAS PRIEST HEAVY METAL FAITH ALIVE.

		J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
		LOL! I bought 6 copies of Angel Of Retribution to show my support for the band and gave away 5 of them to some friends at work to spread the word! I'll do the same if the next album kicks ass!!! And even though I didn't go,I bought 2 tickets to the Nostradamus tour and gave them to some friends,so I'm definately supporting this band with my money!!! They deserve it.