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UNBELIEVABLE: Priest org - The Untold Story

“We partied every night! We would have a hotel room and just give the details out to friends and girls, ‘We’ll see you there!’” The story of the song that made Judas Priest icons in America

With one big single, and a little help from an Iron Maiden tour, the Brummie underdogs found their footing across the pond

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From foul things grow beauty.

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Judas Priest have started recording their next album: “I don't know if I’m allowed to say that, but I’ve said it”

Guitarist Richie Faulkner says the British metal veterans were in the studio for a month earlier this year

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"I've always been drawn to the energy and storytelling of heavy metal." William Shatner announces Rob Halford will guest on his eagerly-awaited all-star heavy metal album

Captain Kirk and the Metal God are working on a cover of Judas Priest's classic You've Got Another Thing Comin'

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“We partied every night! We would have a hotel room and just give the details out to friends and girls, ‘We’ll see you there!’” The story of the song that made Judas Priest icons in America

With one big single, and a little help from an Iron Maiden tour, the Brummie underdogs found their footing across the pond

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"It's a fantastic creature...the evil, the energy and the destruction." How one of the UK's most influential bands bounced back with their best song in a decade to redefine heavy metal all over again

Heavy metal doesn't come much better than this absolute classic

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Vote: who are the Big 4 in all of metal?

Thrash's Big 4 has been settled for decades, but what if we push it out to the whole genre? Who gets in?

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“He heard it and had this massive smile on his face!”: Ozzy Osbourne was a big fan of Judas Priest’s War Pigs cover, according to Rob Halford

The Metal God says that The Prince Of Darkness “really loved” his band’s take on Black Sabbath’s classic

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Judas Priest singer Rob Halford reveals he got married last year in front of a small group of friends and a "heavy metal cactus"

The Metal God Rob Halford tied the knot with his long-term partner in a simple, private ceremony

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“Every time I slid my hand down the neck, a splinter of wood would stick in my finger and I would start bleeding”: Sepultura co-founder Max Cavalera looks back on his first-ever electric guitar, “Rotten” – and the moment he discovered metal

The metal icon also discusses how Judas Priest and the Brazilian thrash metal band Dorsal Atlântica were crucial in inspiring him and his brother to pursue music seriously

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“He came up to me and said, ‘Rich, can I have a word?’ It’s never good when someone says that”: The playing advice Glenn Tipton gave Richie Faulkner on his first tour with Judas Priest

Faulkner brought a huge array of influences to the Priest gig but worked to shake them off so he could find his own voice

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Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reveals his reaction to Ozzy Osbourne’s death: “I curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours”

The Metal God says he’s “still grieving” following the death of Black Sabbath’s Prince Of Darkness in July

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"Has there ever been a more important week to celebrate heavy metal?" Judas Priest and Alice Cooper team up for massive O2 Arena co-headline show in London

Judas Priest's biggest ever UK headline gig comes tinged with sadness, but also victorious celebrations

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"They said, ‘Can you get Rob off the bloody Teletubbies set, please?'" How Rob Halford's return to Judas Priest on Judas Rising rebuilt one of metal's greatest bands

After a decade with Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Judas Priest welcomed Rob Halford back into the fold - and ushered in their second coming

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All guns blazing! Watch full, pro-shot footage of Judas Priest’s Painkiller anniversary set at Hellfest last month

The Birmingham heavy metal legends played the French festival on June 21 as part of their ongoing Shield Of Pain tour

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“Everything blew up. ‘What do you mean you’re leaving?!’ ‘I’m not!’”: Rob Halford insists he didn’t quit Judas Priest in the 1990s

The Metal God reveals that a technicality in his contract led to him stepping away from Judas Priest for 11 years

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“Judas Priest were doing something different. Black Sabbath gave us a real confidence boost to carry on what we were doing”: K.K. Downing on coming up with fellow metal gods Black Sabbath in Birmingham, and why no-one can play like Tony Iommi

They are from the same city, sharing a similar mission, and this weekend they will gather for one last push for metal as the former Judas Priest man steps onstage to celebrate Black Sabbath

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“The smashing glass, the police sirens — it’s telling a story with sound. You’re seeing a movie running through your head”: In a house that was home to two Beatles, a heavy metal masterpiece was born

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'Witness our lives uncensored, in a never-before-seen way':Judas Priest documentary co-directed by Tom Morello in the works

'The Ballad Of Judas Priest' has been announced by the heavy metal legends.

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Judas Priest ‘gutted’ to miss final Ozzy Osbourne show says singer

Frontman Rob Halford commented: ‘I had no idea it was happening!’

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Les Binks, former Judas Priest and War drummer, dead at 73

Speed metal drummer Les Binks has passed away.

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Former Judas Priest drummer Les Binks dead at 73

Judas Priest have released a statement

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"The original fans are all our age, and they're all sort of expiring." Judas Priest's Ian Hill on the importance of appealing to a younger audience

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill says the band need to remain relevant –because their OG fans won't be around forever

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“I wanted Alice In Chains to be a guitar duo band - because of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Aerosmith”: Jerry Cantrell on his love of classic guitar harmonies

His new solo album is inspired by the heroes of his youth

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“They actually asked Judas Priest to write music for it. We saw it and decided to avoid it like the plague”: The inside story of Rock Star, Hollywood’s infamous attempt to make a heavy metal movie

Loosely based on Judas Priest, Rock Star saw Hollywood trying to make a metal movie – but does it deserve the hate it gets?

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