Random piece of trivia I found out tonight.
What is the connection between the song Marc Almond and Marc Bolan?
World Mental Health Day.
This is on the money. Stunning
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Gloria Jones?
Didn’t know Tommy Shelby could play the guitar and sing - Very Good :0)
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Tonight’s gig is Mahalia:
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The mighty Priest just released a new song Panic Attack to Spotify a few minutes ago.
Fuck me they still rock hard. Halford incredible and I rate Faulkner. Love it.
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Still not released on Tidal. 
Can’t wait to hear it. I have to admit, I didn’t expect it will be as long as six years between their latest albums.
I think they just played Vancouver a few weeks ago… I missed it.
Just heard the new track - Halford has absolutely no right to sound this good at this age! This is Priest, alright, albeit with '70s prog influences and more solos than I expected. Production is perfect, thank God for Andy Sneap!
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This rather confounds my theory that legacy bands that keep going long enough turn into tribute acts of themselves. It’s definitely Priest but it’s also rather good.
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It became obvious after Firepower that they had struck gold with Faulkner and Sneap. I was pretty saddened and disappointed with K.K.'s comments on Faulkner that were like “yeah, he’s a massively talented player but when I saw how he looked, I thought they just wanted a clone of me”. The guy’s a guitar wizard, he understands and elevates Priest. Sneap’s attention to detail makes everything sound perfect, metal community should be happy to have him. Yeah, I can’t bloody wait for the whole thing to be released.
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First impressions , liked the song.
Painkiller x Turbo vibes there with the continuation of the musicianship/production from Firepower.
I’ll be very interested to know if Halford can pull this song off live (especially the high shrieks).
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Really liked it!!
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Speaking of which, just saw KK’s priest last night (Paul DiAnno opening). Great to hear some Maiden and Priest classics. Ripper can really bring it in terms of the 80s/early 90s era Halford voice.
Amazing vocalist, no doubt about it. I honestly don’t know how he can keep his voice in shape like that. Should have had a bigger career, I’ve always felt that his stint at Priest actually did him more harm than good.
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He is a top top high range-style singer. I’d love it if he teamed up with Jeff Loomis and restarted Nevermore
Oooh, you’re opening a can of worms there, mate! I wouldn’t mind to hear their tribute act to Sanctuary/Nevermore or a whole different band altogether but Nevermore without Warrel is quite a bit like Type O Negative without Peter, in my opinion at least.
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No I agree to an extent. Kind of how I feel about Alice In Chains continuing without Layne Staley. Will is a more than able replacement but Layne is legendary!
Being the idiot that I am, I actually refused to listen to Black Gives Way to Blue back then when it was released because I was convinced that AIC had turned into another money-grabbing nostalgia act and I didn’t want any of that. It took quite a while for my friends to convince me otherwise.
Now I consider it the best album that they’ve released, with The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here becoming my second favourite. Will is amazing, he’s a natural, and I’m glad that Jerry picked him because of his personality and ability and that he wasn’t looking for a Layne clone (which would be impossible anyway but you get my point).
I don’t listen to too much maiden nowadays but there are a couple of killers songs that are on my playlist.
The problem with ripper era priest was the composing. Priest just didn’t make good songs.
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