Metal Meltdown - Judas Priest ( 98 live meltdown )

[@revivedfears]

Ripper is a absolutely brilliant vocalist. Undeniably excellent, he kills live every time I see him.

[@Thunderhorse761]

Wow, Ripper covers the song flawlessly. I was impressed.

[@narutoguy56]

I feel than ripper has a more agressive voice than halford. So IMO he did pretty good here.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Depending the period

[@RickyLatinGuitar]

Why the hell there isn't a single video on youtube of this awesome performance???

[@toolatescissors]

Have to say, the Ripper sounds pretty damn good

[@Madmetalmaniac42069]

Tim sounds fucking great on this. He's not a bad vocalist, its just the writing wasn't that great when he was with Priest. Had the writing been better, I think there would have been more interest in his era. I think it deserves to be paid more attention to though, it does have its place in Priest history, and Tim did kind of stop Priest from dissolving. I think they would have still gotten back together, but I think it might have been a harder transition.

[@SilverTounge85]

***** Tim did well...especially on tour in 1998. I saw Priest for the first time in 2002 w. Tim. He was good, but he has no stage presence at all. Just standing there with mouth open and "air-punching" to look cool. It was kind of lame, but it was still a good show and vocally he delivered, but I think Priest sounded more fresh and extreme in 1998 when touring 'Jugulator'. They played classics such as this, 'Night Crawler', 'The Sentinel' etc. Those were left out from the setlist in 2001-02, due to new 'Demoltion' tracks taking their places in the setlist. Tim is a great vocalist. Love the work he did with Priest and Iced Earth. But stage presence and persona when not on stage...nope. He is a conservative douchebag. Used to have him on fb, but he shared so much crap and nonsense I had to remove him. I always thought Ralf Schepers from Gamma Ray and Primal Fear was a better replacement for Halford, and I've read he was their first choice, but things took too long to get him into the band or something, so they went with the next-best "thing". Ripper!

[@jimunderworld2904]

Agreed he's an amazing vocalist. Wait tho, a musician that stands up for the US is bad now? Ummm.. Less brainwashed & pro US is a good thing, unless.. lol

[@Bazztoner]

Writing wasn't great? Jugulator is one of the best metal records out there, it easily beats anything done from the big 4 post 1990

[@denmalski]

Glenn wrote all the lyrics, Tim had no writing credits with his time with Priest.

[@Madmetalmaniac42069]

@@denmalski Never implied he did

[@bassman0704]

Kick ass performance. I love the Ripper!!!

[@hellionjng]

Dios Ripper en directo es DIOSSSSSSSS

[@EmilyTiff]

My favorite Judas Priest live ever!

[@RickyLatinGuitar]

Yeah, I Know what you mean, Ripper gave a whole other dimension to the Priest Classics

[@THRASHattack66]

holy shit ... ive had a live version of metal meltdown the whole time and always preffered it to the studio and this is it KILLER \m/

[@8RishMar9]

Both are great singers Halford and Ripper but Rob simply is the METAL GOD,,,

[@LinkyHYC]

Halford did such a wonderful job in the studio version that neither of these both singer can actually sing this correctly live in my opinion...also the fact that sometimes there's two voices in the record

[@TheThing88]

Gotta say, I don't like Tim's studio stuff with Priest, but he absolutely shreds on the classic material.

[@HNSthejypod]

Joe Wyatt agreed

[@JambleBramble]

@badreligion1231 Ripper did a pretty damn good job himself, and I just think the aggression with which he performs this particular song tops any performances of it I've seen or heard with Halford

[@sonnic1995]

the first singer in gamma ray

[@NerdWerld]

@Erck712 Ripper is an amazing vocalist, but I like his eras of Priest and Iced Earth. Beyond Fear is very awesome.

[@FazersOnStun]

Damn he killed it

[@HNSthejypod]

Halford could never do this like owens did

[@NechoPlays]

Tim sang very good, but nothing like Halford

[@Scarecrow545]

@JoeRoberts666 In fairness, he never said anything about this particular performance, just that Ripper's vocals are more aggressive in general, which I'd say is true.

[@HeinrichVonOetker]

pretty cool performance but needs to be regular speed.. or faster maybe if anything !

[@JambleBramble]

@Erck712 If you REALLY want a true showcase of Ripper's abilities, check out Winters Bane's "Heart of a Killer" one of the all-time great metal albums and he destroys thoughout.

[@Brian_FETO]

The Ripper fucking delivers on this song, no offense to Halford, but Ripper was the best thing to happen to Priest, even though Halford is the original and will always be a metal god.

[@Brian_FETO]

No, I think the writing was much better on Halford albums. But I like Ripper's voice more.

[@Scarecrow545]

yeah. what's up.

[@Brian_FETO]

Cool

[@alfredogodoy6854]

Como que va muy lento

[@theZodiacDigital]

i dont think he hurt iced earth, more so that the songwriting wasnt there anymore. that and that his voice was nothing like matt so he really couldnt sing the old songs. but for the most part they avoided that.

[@Erck712]

Many people are making the mistake of simply comparing Ripper to Halford. Ya gotta look past that. I was skeptical at first too but then I really listened to Tim and he's an incredible vocalist! It's a shame bands like Priest and Iced Earth have somewhat ruined his reputation. He does have his own stuff including Beyond Fear which is awesome and I really recommend listening to it. As for covering Priest live, I think he does a hell of a job. See it as a tribute, not a comparison. Hail Priest!

[@Lordi2008InMaya]

MIEW! *________________*

[@IMaiden89]

ripper is pretty good here

[@JambleBramble]

is it just me or does this beat any of the recordings of this song created with Halford?

[@maurocardoso5875]

i guess you are right...

[@HNSthejypod]

It's true man

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

It's downtuned and slower, but still nice :p

[@sonnic1995]

tim ripper hace un buen trabajo en esta cancion pero no hay como la de (hasta el momento) de estudio con haldford... ademas... se comieron el intro :/

[@cubbya3p]

@Steelix123 well the world is flat sir

[@Brian_FETO]

why thank you lol

[@jjrj8568]

Tim Owens' Metal Meltdown live rendition > Halford's rendition

[@avidspider]

Halford is awesome, but Tim Owens didn't hurt them any with what he contributed, unlike his horrible performance with Iced Earth.

[@Scarecrow545]

@ofwolfandwhiplash hey this is chewyman545. my account was suspended.

[@Frankcruzmusic]

Rob Halford is the man he came up with all the parts first.Singers like ripper owe their style to the man Rob Halford. He is the single greatest metal vocalist of all time.If you dont agree you havent listened close enough.

[@jonmallek7746]

Frank Cruz couldn't have said it better myself.

[@HNSthejypod]

Actually I don't agree because you are fucking stupid

[@ryansmith2814]

Frank Cruz chuck shaldigner

[@AminNazari666]

This song has lowered down the tune from the original

[@Brian_FETO]

Oh hey. That sucks.

[@Piecier]

WHERE THE F*CK IS THE INTRO?

[@slipknir]

tom have a good voice... but hatflord y much better

[@bassman0704]

It's Tim Owens dude.

[@Brian_FETO]

Not much bro

[@chuygarcia92]

this is kinda slow...

[@badreligion1231]

@SycoMantis91 No , Halford IS the voice of Priest .

[@HNSthejypod]

badreligion1231 shut up