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Nostradamus CD....what do you think?
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So what does everyone think about the new CD?






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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:11:36 PM 
Again, impeccable attention to the arrangements.  Bring it down with "Visions".  Very nice.
[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:11:16 PM 
It is awsome isn't it!
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:10:21 PM 
And now the strings  .  .  .  and then the guitars.  From the basement to the clouds.  Awesome !  And a classic scream and wailing guitars to finish it off.  YES !
[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:09:23 PM 
There are some unexpected pieces you don't catch till you have heard it a few times.
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:08:16 PM 
Oh, now that's really cool with the acoustic guitars !
[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:07:59 PM 
Just could not keep my finger off the repeat button for that one.
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:07:02 PM 
"Alone". 
[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:06:39 PM 
ALONE, my fav.
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[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:06:03 PM 
Wow after waiting ten years for this page to load. What song are you listening to right now?
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:05:38 PM 
Good old fashioned metal.  The "anthem" of the CD.
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:04:37 PM 
And now the lyrics to "Alone". 
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:03:27 PM 
For my first listen, I wanted to follow the lyrics and experience the story.  The lyrics to "Exiled" hit home for me.
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[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:01:10 PM 
I have to admit because I choose to just listen, I get messed up on what song I am on at times unless its one of my recent loves. The whole album will come to me but the manuscript does nothing for me, I have to hear it.
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:59:49 PM 
I'm really feeling this one.
[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:57:46 PM 
Just keep going, and let it happen to you instead of trying to make sense of it all.
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:57:39 PM 
Nice groove on "Exiled".  Really smooth guitar tone too.
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:56:30 PM 
Maybe I just didn't get it.  It is my first listen, but to me it feels odd between songs like "Death", "Conquest", "Persecution" and "Exiled".
[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:55:53 PM 
Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm just talkin' to myself.
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[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:54:30 PM 
I didn't feel is was out of place, I listened to the whole thing while cleaning house today with the third LP in Rotation being Halford but I realy liked it. I enjoyed myself emensly.
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:52:32 PM 
HA !  Why should today be any different ?   
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:51:36 PM 
That is a song that would probably be much better on a different record.  It could and should stand on it's own.  Not surrounded by all the ass kicking that's going on around it.  When I get through the whole thing, I'm going back to it and listen to it on it's own.  By then I'll probably have the proper B.A.C. to accept it !  HA !   Seriously, I think it's a good song, just out of place.
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[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:50:07 PM 
Tim, stop talking to yourself and all the other supposed members on line. Where are these people?
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:48:42 PM 
Ok, this song fuckin' rocks !    
[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:48:20 PM 
It's a Last Rose of Summer thing. The first time I heard it I teared up, thanks to Bud, but then again I could attend a stranger's wedding and cry.
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:48:05 PM 
Love the twilight zone intro in "Persecution".
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:46:00 PM 

"Lost Love" doesn't do much for me except the solo.  Very "Scopionesque" if that's a word and if it's not then I just invented it.

[spapad] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:45:04 PM 
Must say I agree, you listening and then that hook just gets you.
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:41:39 PM 
Very tasty solo work in "Conquest".  Nice phrasing.  No speed for the sake of it.  They had something to say on that one.
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:39:05 PM 
It's really strange.  It's like I've heard the songs before.  I can sing along with many parts and I'm just feeling the pitch changes in the vocals.  I'm no singer by any means, but I'm feeling where they are going.  This is really fun !
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:29:07 PM 
And now the opening of "Death".  Seriously f .  .  .  ing heavy !    
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[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:23:21 PM 
Ha !  Now it builds and kicks your ass !  Excellent !  
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:21:27 PM 

As a song unto itself, "War" doesn't stand out much for me.  However, it is VERY powerful.  Not only that, it helps tie the story together into "Pestilence & Plague" and creates a good deal of tension which is now being relieved with the opening of "P&P".  A lot of thought went into the arrangements.  That's obvious.

[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:13:16 PM 
I like the strings.  Adds power to the song almost like "Live and Let Die".
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:11:39 PM 
Solo's smokin'.  Almost sounds like something Ywgwie would do.
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:09:28 PM 
Drums in Revelations are so powerful and the orchestration is awsome !
[TIMBONI] Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:07:21 PM 
Just got through "Prophecy" and that  riff kicks major ass.  LOVE IT !
[Geoff] Saturday, June 28, 2008 1:42:22 PM 
Hello to all! It has been forever and a day since I posted anything on the boards but thought Nostradamus worthy of posting my two cents (and that may be all it is worth) on the latest Priest disc.

After multiple listenings, I like it very much. I agree with a number of reviews and comments regarding the length of the disc. I do think that it could have been pared down a bit but that's just my opinion. I think it has more to do with the kind of mood I'm in when I listen to it. Sometimes I skip over the more slow tempo numbers to listen to the mid-tempo to the rockers. Other times, I listen to every track. I may create my own CDR with my faves.

I discovered Prist in 1980 and have been a die-hard fan ever since.  I really commend and applaud them for adding elements (keyboards, strings, etc.) that fell by the way side from British Steel on (for the most point). If one thinks about it, many view Priest's creative highpoints from Sad Wings through Hell Bent for Leather (although we all know that they've had classics throughout their entire careers) and Nostradamus reminds me very much of 70's era Priest. 

Honestly, I have been waiting for Priest to evolve more musically while still creating music with cajones. I think this was a very worthwhile risk, gamble, etc. They have always taken risks and this is no exception. At this point in their careers they can still expand their sound, and still remain a Metal band. Whatever they create, I'll buy it.
[Soylentgreen4u] Saturday, June 28, 2008 10:53:20 AM 
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YOU A RIDERS FAN BY ANY CHANCE?...KEEPING IT STRICTLY FRIENDLY HOWEVER:"BEST JUDAS PRIEST ALBUM EVER"?...ARE YOU KIDDING ME???COME ON MAN,PULL OUT THAT LIST OF PRIEST RELEASES AND THINK ABOUT IT CAREFULLY...NOOOOOO WAY IN HELL THIS IS THEIR BEST...UMMMM,BRITISH STEEL,SFV,DEFENDERS,UNLEASHED,YOU GET THE IDEA...MOST DIFFERENT?,YES...BEST? NO WAY!!!...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK,TAKE CARE,YOU NEWFIE! ....IF YOU LIKE,PM ME,WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER IF YOU WISH.

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[The Metallian] Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:08:51 AM 
This is the best Judas Priest album ever!
Defenders is my favorite of all time and that album changed my life.Now that was when i was 15!Here we are in 2008 and Priest has done it once again!I've waited since 1984 for them 2 put another album to kick my ass and they did!This album has all i ever wanted in a musical release,absolutely brilliant!
I cannot stop listenin to it.
Edited at: Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:10:20 AM
[blackjack] Friday, June 27, 2008 8:33:46 PM 
Does anyone ever cruise by CD Universe www.cduniverse.com/default.asp ? Priest's Nostradamus is their #2 seller as of today and it was their #1 seller as of yesterday, just for your info.
[Scott Gavin] Friday, June 27, 2008 6:59:55 PM 
Having now listened to Nostrodamus several times, the second disc the most, I'd have to say I absolutely love it. My wife who normally tells me to turn it down or off wants a copy for her car. Even my kids like it. Honestly if this album had come out in the early 80's it probably would have sold millions of copies. I understand how people may be bored/irritated by the twiddly interludes, WASP's Crimson Idol always bugged me for the same reason. But to me this album is different, it isn't the album you put on to rock out [ although in places you can] but we put it on last night to kick back and have a few drinks [ just as KK predicted we should], and ended up listening to and talking about it for six hours. Alone, as others have said, is a standout track. I do miss the high pitched scream, but the one on Nostrodamus the song, more than makes up for it. Its great, only time will tell if it becomes my favourite Priest album [ Its impossible to choose as they all have their own merits], but I'm delighted that the band stepped outside the square to make it.
[.] Friday, June 27, 2008 5:17:49 PM 

(whispers:)

Apocalyptica

(whistles and goes away...)

[Skybreaker] Friday, June 27, 2008 3:14:34 PM 
Can't believe I'm sitting here reading about the possibility of Judas Priest with an orchertra...opera! Man, it just doesn't work for me. After this CD they really need to go back to the basics that got them this far. I think I heard KK say in an interview about the possibility of a second part to Nostradamus. I hope not. Who knows, Painkiller may have been the last really great Priest album with Rob Halford. Thats 18 years since we got something really great from this band. Way too long in my opinion. I really don't think you should have to listen to something 10 times or on a perfect sound system or with headphones before you start to like it. You shouldn't have to go in and edit out certian tracks to try and come up with something you like. I think that shows how off base this new CD is. Yes they tried somethig different,but that doesn't make this CD good. Like I said before, they need to go back to what made them great. Painkiller, Screaming for Vengeance, Stained Class, British Steel type metal.
[Brent Robinson] Friday, June 27, 2008 5:57:16 AM 
The Montreal date is August 12th at the Bell Centre with Voivod opening. The MASTERS OF METAL is the following night in T.O. - it's just Priest coming. Tix go on sale this Saturday (June 28th) at Noon. Why this isn't up on the tour info is a good question LOL!
[spapad] Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:03:31 PM 
Well Said Brent
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[Soylentgreen4u] Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:29:21 PM 
HELLO FELLOW CANUCK...WHERE DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MONTREAL DATE?...I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE ON THE SITE...UNLESS I MISSED IT.
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[Brent 27744] Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:06:53 PM 
It's funny...a lot of people are complaining about the slow and mid-tempo songs, but those are my favorites. For example, the song "Nostradamus" doesn't do much for me, but I love "Alone" and "War." 

Also, some people have complained about "boring, unnecessary" acoustics and keyboards. LOL, I actually like them!

Just goes to show you how music is in the ear of the beholder. 
[Brent Robinson] Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:01:17 PM 
I like what you have to say Healer - for me, this disc is a throwback to the "Sad Wings" and "Sin After Sin" days with the mid tempo/acoustic tracks. 

I, for one, have been looking forward to Priest -as a band, not just Glenn and K.K.- getting back in touch with this side of their songwriting. Dreamer Deceiver, Before the Dawn, Here Come The Tears etc. have been some of my faves over the years and much of Nostradamus touches on that. Shadows In The Flame and Peace are beautiful intros. I think that over time this disc will grow on the skeptical. There is much to digest here, but I love this disc more and more with each listen. They just announced the Montreal date, so that saves my trip down the 401 to Toronto. YES! 

Give it more of a chance - maybe the next listen will be the one that wins you over.

Cheers...
[Soylentgreen4u] Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:07:00 PM 
NAH...THE BIG SMOKE...SUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!! 
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[Head banger] Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:52:03 PM 
pigdog?  isnt toronto hogtown?
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