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  1. Not to mention these kind of boxsets usually love to inflate the cost by adding a bunch of unnecessary tat nobody wants. *ahem GNR *ahem Kudos to Tony I for keeping it affordable for the fans.
  2. €99 for 4 LPs? I was expecting this to be around £200 at least.
  3. Wish they'd just sell the 4 vinyls separately. Get a bit sick of paying a hundred quid more for it to come in a fancy box with a book and a bunch of tat.
  4. Anyone know what the price is going to be for the LP edition?
  5. Well, I know Martin was also not happy with his vocals, so, to that end, it would make sense if he'd recorded some. I guess we'll have to wait and see....
  6. I wonder if Tony Martin rerecorded his vocals for Forbidden remix?
  7. Was holding off on tickets to see them next week depending how much I enjoyed the album. Suffice to say, I've booked it now. First time seeing the Priest despite getting into them a good 15yrs ago. Can't wait!
  8. Gotta say, after some more listens, it's definitely grown on me. I really tried with Firepower but something about it always left me cold. I'm enjoying Invincible Shield much more.
  9. Okay, I've given it 3 listens too. Here's my take: Panic Attack - Completely agree with everything you said. The best opening track on a Priest album since Painkiller - it's really that good. 10 The Serpent & The King - Solid track #2. I don't see it as weaker than Panic Attack, as it's a totally different kind of track. I wasn't a huge Firepower fan except for 2-3 tracks, but Panic Attack and TS&TK alone are better than anything on that album imo. 9 Invincible Shield - One of the best on the album - sounds like a cousin to Panic Attack. Chorus reminds me a bit of Redeemer of Souls, but overall this song has way more bite to it. And yes, the outro is classic Priest. Great track. 9 Devil In Disguise - Sounds very 80s Priest to me. I especially like the riffing on the pre-chorus. The chorus isn't the best, but kinda fun if a little throwaway. 5 Gates of Hell - Fans seem to really dig this from what I've read so far, but it hasn't really grabbed me tbh. Chorus is good I suppose, but it doesn't move me much. 6 Crown Of Horns - This has been a grower for me. I wasn't keen at first, but it sounds better with repeated listens. A bit MOR, but not everything has to be Panic Attack. 7 As God Is My Witness - Very Painkiller-esque. Great energy, cool solo, I like this. 7 Trial By Fire - An obvious single choice, very catchy. A bit "safe", but hard not to enjoy. 7 Escape From Reality - This is good. Great main riff. The middle-eight section sounds just like Ozzy Osbourne - seriously if you'd have played me just that part, I would've said it was Ozzy singing, not Rob. 8 Sons of Thunder - Has a good energy. Verses sound like they have potential but the chorus isn't great. 5 Giants In The Sky - I like the sentiment and Rob's big powerful vocals at the end are cool. Love the Spanish guitar licks and Rob's melody lines throughout. 8 Fight of Your Life - I like this, it isn't amazing or anything, but I love Rob's vocal delivery in the verses - I love it when he uses that tone. Reminds me a bit of the way he sings Deal With The Devil from Angel of Retribution. Solid chorus too. 6.5 Vicious Circle - Sound very "bonus track" quality to me. Unremarkable. 3 The Lodger - I really like this, if only for the fact that it sounds totally different to anything they've done recently. I also like it when Priest embrace storytelling in their songs, but then I was one of the few fans who thought Nostradamus was a masterpiece.... 8 Overall - Decent, but it'd be stronger as a 10 track album as the second half really doesn't live up to the first half. If only the rest of the album lived up to the opening three tracks. I gotta say, I miss KK. I may be in the minority here, but albums like Angel of Retribution and the criminally-underrated Nostradamus pack far more of a punch to my ears than any of the post-KK albums have. Having said that, I do prefer Invincible Shield quite significantly to Firepower. I would put it perhaps on a level with Redeemers - 3 or so fantastic songs, a bunch of solid ones and a few duds. For me, Firepower was just middling beginning to end, not bad, but nothing spectacular (Traitors Gate raised a pulse, but that was the only one, really). My main gripe is that it all sounds very "safe" to me - I feel like they really pushed themselves on Nostradamus to do something different and progressive and because some narrow-minded 80s metalheads wet their panties, the band have been playing it safe ever since. I know they never will, but they really should give KK a call.
  10. Anyone else digging the sound of Ron's other band Whom God Destroys?
  11. Crown of Horns and Trial By Fire are quite average. Panic Attack is a great one and Serpent & The King is quite good.
  12. I loved the Weiland album, although I know what you mean about the more metal tracks. But stuff like Get On Down, Till The Dust Is Gone and Aqualung are some of my favourite rock tracks of the 00s. The Stapp album was decent, but a tad generic radio-rock. The new album really feels like they've found their forever singer. It really pays to give it multiple listens as the songs just get better and better.
  13. New album is a real grower. Rivals sounds like something I could imagine Contraband-era Velvet Revolver doing:
  14. Each to their own - the Scott Stapp album was actually my least favourite of their three releases. Something about Stapp's voice just irks me. Weiland's album with AOA was a masterpiece imo.
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