Painkiller (album)

Painkiller is an album of 1990 of the English group of Hard rock Judas Priest. This album was recorded with the Miraval Studio, with Brignoles, in France, with the beginning of the year 1990, and was mixed with the Wisseloord Studio, Hilversum, in the Netherlands, the year according to. The first editions LP, cassettes and Cds left on September 3rd, 1990. A remasterized edition of Cd was produced in May 2001. The album received the nomination with the Grammy as better a metal performance on February 20th, 1991, at the time of the 33ème edition of the Grammy Awards.
Succeeding the weak sales of the album RAM it down, which had been an attempt at reconciliation with the fans after experimental the Turbo, Judas Priest is turned over to its more traditional style of the years 1970 whole while borrowing modern technologies of Speed metal, which involved the acclamations of the public. The album is seen like a disc founder of the speed metal and it strongly influenced the European groups of Power metal like Gamma Ray and Primal Fear.
After the round which followed this album, the singer Rob Halford left the group, while maintaining a contact with the members of Judas Priest throughout the years 1990.
This departure is due to the increasingly strong tensions within the group, generally allotted to the homosexuality of Rob Halford, although this one did not have a so important influence. During the round, in Toronto, Rob had an accident with its Harley-Davidson motor bike on the scene, which took part in the separation of the group. The singer wanted to create a new group, Fight, and succeeds in leaving Judas Priest legally to be able to be authorized to sell his future productions. The other members declared that Judas Priest would not exist any more after the departure of Rob Halford. However, they met a few years later, with the singer Tim " Ripper" Owens.

The Painkiller

The Painkiller (which one can translate, in the context by " the killer of vices" , literal translation being analgesic or calming ) belonged to a series of heroes created by Judas Priest. Painkiller is described like a metal Messiah sent on Earth to destroy the demons and to save the humanity of the destruction. Painkiller is inspired by the fallen angel of the small pocket of the album Sad Wings off Destiny that Judas Priest recorded with its débuts.
The most outstanding feature of Painkiller, in addition to its metal body, is that it leads the " metal monster" , a motor bike with a dragon as frame and two circular saws in the place of the wheels.

Titles

  1. "Painkiller" - 6:06
  2. " Hell Patrol" - 3:37
  3. " All Guns Blazing" - 3:58
  4. " Leather Rebel" - 3:35
  5. " Meltdown" metal; - 4:48
  6. " Night Crawler" - 5:45
  7. " Between the Hammer & the Anvil" - 4:49
  8. " In Touch off Evil" - 5:45
  9. " Battle Hymn" - 0:58
  10. " One Shot At Glory" - 6:49

2001 Tracks No-claims bonus

Painkiller was remasterisé in 2001, and two songs were added, new, " Living room Bad Deams" and a live edition of " Leather Rebel".
  2. " Living room Bad Dreams" - 5:21
  3. " Leather Rebel" (Live) - 3:39

All the songs are composed by Tipton, Halford and Downing (except " In Touch off Evil" by Tipton, Halford, Downing and their producer Chris Tsangarides)

Others

  • the song Painkiller was taken again by the group of Death metal Death on their album The Sound off Perseverance . It was also taken again by the group of heavy metal Angra, on the EP Freedom Call and on live the Holy Live .
  • the group of heavy metal Krokus left an album the same name in 1978.
  • Two clips were turned for their two individual Painkiller and has Touch Of Evil .

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