One thing I can't understand is that many of you are saying in one way or another.."Priest shouldn't keep to the same formula".....
Why the %&*# not? Everybody jumps for JOY when we talk about "PAINKILLER"..."SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE"......."BRITISH STEEL"....
But when it comes to a new album.....you all want "something off the wall different"....??? WTF? LOL!
Maybe some of you don't really like those classic albums as much as you say you do.
To me,Nostradamus is "TERRIBLE" and "BORING". It stinks of boring song writting and to me reflects nothing to the 70's style Priest at all....maybe a small riff here or there but never in the vien of 70's Priest.
The use of these keyboards is nothing new.....the song structures in tracks like "Awakening/Revelations" sounds like German progressive power metal band "Blind Guardian" whom I do not like....
.....but its Blind Guardian's style at least.
To me,Judas Priest took a "step backwards" with Nostradamus...its already been done with other bands,they did not come up with this sound on thier own...they sound like they copied it from progressive bands such as Blind Guardian.
I'm not trying to change anybody's mind here,.....if some like Nostradamus so be it,I never will and I've listened to it about 20 times all the way through just to make sure I've heard all aspects of the album,and each time I've listened to it,it gets worse. After about 19 or 20 times throughout a spand of a year...I'm done with it,and probably will never listen to it again.
I am not a "fan boy" and will not accept an under-par album from JP.
They are to old to be trying new tricks for fans of other styles of music. To me,they should be writting HEAVY METAL instead of progressive opera and bullshit like Nostradamus.
They have never stayed "true" to thier loyal fans,this is one thing that I do not like about Judas Priest.
