How Judas Priest RISKED everything... and SAVED Heavy Metal

[@MetalPilgrim]

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[@jbanderson5331]

Sadly not, was gonna get tickets for the Corbin Arena since it’s about a 2 hour drive but didn’t get any which they played Beyond The Realms Of Death at that show. Have seen them twice, Louder Than Life 2021 (Richie killed the Painkiller solo) and Nashville 2022 (Glenn came out for last 3 songs)

[@metaldams78]

I saw Halford with his solo band play the title track! I’ve seen “Exciter” with Ripper Owens and “Beyond the Realms of Death” - the most common song played from this album. Best Priest album ever, in my opinion.

[@kennydaddy100]

They played Saints in Hell on the Firepower tour. I saw them play it at Tulsa BOK Center. It was freaking Epic! Glenn Tipton came out and played a few songs with them and the crowd went wild, it was a fantastic show. I've seen them like a jillion times and that one stands out, along with Defenders of the faith tour and Painkiller tour. PRIEST!PRIEST!PRIEST!🤘

[@mrmercedes8528]

Beyond the Realms of Death

[@tonypage9302]

i saw saints in Hell live in 2018 it was their first time playing it live, was brilliant

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

Stained Class is one of the best albums of all time!

[@salva2714]

100% agree with you

[@hellrider2844]

Yes, agreed, absolute classic,, year's a head of its time,,👍

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

@@hellrider2844 Yeah, together with Sad Wings of Destiny it created the sound of heavy metal.

[@hellrider2844]

@@RuthlessMetalYT yes differently 👍🍻🍻

[@Jackson_Bale]

I think we can all agree, beyond the realms of death is one of the best rock songs of all time.

[@kernanandrews3374]

What a song, and such an important one as well, with Rob giving full expression to his anger of frustration at the marginalisation and exclusion of Gay people, and his desire to be "free to speak, with my own kind" The declaration: "This is my life, I'll decide not you" still remains relevant 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈

[@DurbanNiks101]

Most definitely.

[@chriskarley384]

I remember seeing an interview with Pantera's guitarist Dimebag Darryl and he said, "I just called the song "The Solo" and all my friends knew I was talking about Beyond the Realms of Death!!" 👊👍🍻

[@cbr9914]

tipton's solo is a mastercalss

[@steveraeburn5459]

My favorite album by them

[@jerseyforhawks]

If but only for Exciter, Stained Class is a must own LP.

[@iceblade019]

My favorite on the album is probably the title track, the groves are so good

[@MetalPilgrim]

And it is also a such an underrated track!!! Can’t believe it hasn’t been played live by the band in more than 40 years!!

[@jaimegomez8450]

Stained Class is PERFECTION!!!

[@dougcarson5202]

Congratulations, Metal Pilgrim. In my world, as a huge Judas Priest fan, you just completely knocked it out of the park with this simultaneously awesome and deeply insightful review of one of my favorite albums of all time. You have wonderfully articulated WHY this particular album is so essential in the evolution of Heavy Metal. Also really love the Deep Dive with all of the live footage you've unearthed here. Kudos and big support to you and your compatriots in keeping Ukraine sovereign from the forces of totalitarianism. Long live Ukraine, and forever live freedom!!!

[@jamesmoss3424]

I got Judas Priest 1978 album Stained Class on CD 💿. 😀👍🤘🎸

[@seani1473]

Stained Class is the very first CD I ever bought way back in 1990. Before that it was all cassettes. I still listen to it all the time.

[@j_freed]

I remember buying my first few CDs, it seemed real important, owning such a permanent indestructible recording! The first CD album I bought even came with a tall cardboard outer sleeve, just for store display because LPs were still selling at the time and they were trying to catch your eye with the new format.

[@ericv7720]

I had Stained Class on cassette around that time, then bought the CD a few years later!

[@MetalPilgrim]

My first Priest CD was Defenders which I got from my friend! Later I got it signed by everyone in the band and of course still have it

[@jiantjingerjohn]

Stained Class is one of my favourite Priest albums, love the title track especially and was disappointed to find how rarely they play anything from that album other than Beyond the Realms of Death. Was nice to see Stained Class played by Halford on a live recording though.

[@stubatman3103]

Beyond the realms of death is my favourite track on stained class and my favourite priest track of all time and definitely needs to have its own video :)

[@mariohnyc]

Beyond and Exciter are my favorites off of SC. SC was a great follow up to Sin after Sin.

[@leonyetman8700]

Probably my 2 fav Priest albums made in the same year. Stained Class and Killing machine. They paved the road for metal to drive on.

[@kernanandrews3374]

This is the album which turned me from someone who liked Judas Priest into someone who LOVES Judas Priest. Not a bad track on it, but 'White Heat Red Hot' is my absolute favorite - the moment at 3.12 where the song's second major riff - the blues one - re-enters, surrounded by Les Binks' drum rolls, then building to the moment at 3.22 where the riff and Les' solid rythym pattern lock together, remains as thrilling now as when I first heard it

[@davidmladenov2926]

Wholeheartedly agree there. Stained Class took a few more listens to grow on me than for example Sad Wings but to someone who's gone through the entire discography Stained Class is the point where everything came together creatively, expressively and emotionally! There won't be a second album as significant as Stained Class just as there won't be a second band as significant as Judas Priest!

[@chriskarley384]

Incredible moment and A MONSTER SONG!!!!!🍻

[@l.i.v.v4835]

A record that even went into heavilly influencing Iron Maiden both musically and visually

[@greggallagher2854]

One of the reasons why I love this channel.... I am always amazed at the Details that you somehow uncover... Like how you know this is the 1st album that Ian hill played bass with a pick on as opposed to using his fingers.... I don't know how you figure this stuff out but my hat is off to you!! Always great content. keep up the good work!!

[@MetalPilgrim]

Thank you, brother! One day I’ll tell you my secret with a point of beer haha…

[@catjudo1]

Though my favorite Priest album is still Sin After Sin, Stained Class is in the top four with Point Of Entry and Screaming For Vengeance (they kinda rotate, so no positions assigned). It remains an absolutely amazing album, especially considering the turbulent times for metal in which it came out.

[@chriskarley384]

Stained Class has never left my Top 5 metal album list and Saints in Hell is the funkiest and my favorite song on the album!! Mind blowing!!!🤜🤛🍻

[@hugorosales1346]

Amazing album. Never believed it was that good until I listened to full CD

[@TheMightyBubbs]

I love how excited you get to talk about Priest. I also love them so very much. 💚

[@davidknichal6629]

Stained Class is one of that few rock/metal albums that we can call a milestone in the history of these two genres. It must have been a huge shock for people back then listening to Exciter and its intro/outro combo not to mention Halford's brutal vocals. Me and my g-f were blessed back in 2018 in Pilsen, CZ when Judas Priest played my fav metal song on this album Saints in Hell finally live. Was pretty surprised how many people chanted along. A slow, groovy, menacing monster with bass line that inspired Steve Harris's own bass line in Wrathchild and that we can without doubt add to the TOP 20 metal songs of the 70's in general. I am not gonna talk about depressive goth anthem BTROD, because it is one of the most notorious story in heavy metal. However while I understand the huge importance of this album it is not my fave 70's album by JP (my fav is Sin After Sin), but I respect the fact majority of JP fans think otherwise and totally respect it. Thank God for this album and I bent over metal Gods and can't wait for their new LP

[@hellrider2844]

Luv stained class,,, one of the greatest heavy metal albums ever 👌 Vocals was insane 👍

[@sixstringhans-tone5574]

Never have seen them live, which I so regret. But I gotta say that their 2nd album, Sad Wings of Destiny is my favorite! The album cover is super cool too! Even the the mellow piano song Epitaph is good. God, just think they could’ve went super soft rock easily with a tune like that. But they’ve got great chuggin riffs on that album too! I do appreciate Stained Class tho with Saints in Hell, White Heat, Red Hot & Beyond the Realms of Death too. I first heard Beyond the Realms of Death when my oldest bro VHS recorded their live show I think was in 1982 on their Screaming for Vengeance tour an they play a show in Nashville, Tenn an my bro recorded it when they played the concert on MTV at the time an at the end of the concert when they rolled the credits they played Beyond the Realms of Death an started playin the part of that song when the second or ending solo started so I didn’t even get to hear the beginning of that song, but when I heard those leads, I thought this is a kick ass tune! But they didn’t play that song on that live recording or MTV cut the live version of that song out of the live program. Cuz at the end credits it was the actually album version of the song too. Jeez, now that I think of it I had to have been a Priest fan since prolly I was 7 or 8 years at the time an I’m almost 50! Long time Priest fan!

[@mrmercedes8528]

STAINED CLASS is my favorite & I believe track for track is their best

[@greggallagher2854]

What a milestone! Exciter has always been my favorite track! I just have never found a priest song or album that I don't like for one reason or another. It's really hard to say across such a huge catalog of work. I can't really think of any other band that I can say that about and definitely not a band that has done so many many albums

[@OriginalJud]

It's one of my favorite Judas priest albums of all time and Saints and Hell might be my favorite song

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing. Love your videoes.

[@MetalPilgrim]

Thank you!

[@corm1000]

One of my favorites that's for sure. Glenn Tipton solo on beyond the realms of death is so good.

[@billyb1996]

I just put on British Steel before I decided to check metal pilgrim today! Noice! Metal is like fireworks. In the 70s its like watching a firework blast off into the sky for a decade, and suddenly you finally see it explode in mid april 1980 with British Steel and Iron Maiden and Heaven and Hell. Seriously, the 3 albums that changed heavy metal forever, all released in the same week! thats a freakin coincidence! (just like planet of the apes and 2001 a space odyssey were both released the same day and changed sci fi forever too!) and that one firework dazzles and sparkles for 10 years, and cements traditional heavy metal. then in the 90s and beyond you get dozens of more fireworks, but they never feel as glorous as that first one that started it all.

[@jameschavez6400]

On stained class on some formats it ends with invaders that in the midst of close encounters of the third kind and Star Wars was a epic master stroke of jumping on the current big trend

[@ericv7720]

The first Van Halen was also released on Feb 10, 1978. On that date, 80's metal was born, almost two years ahead of schedule!

[@ArturVarejao]

Beyond the realms of death is a Anthem

[@neillbickerstaff6671]

Exciter got their band name from the priest song of the same name which is on this album🤘🏻

[@thomaskaba5600]

Stained Class is my most favourite Album by Judas Priest, slightly followed by Sin After Sin, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Defenders Of The Faith and the most underrated Point Of Entry. I love every Song on that record. Exciter is a hint on things to come like Painkiller almost 13 years later. My most favourite Songs from Stained Class are the pretty proggy and rush'esque Heroes End, the epic title track (what hell of an intro and what a magical chorus!) and the doomy Saints In Hell, although Beyond The Realms Of Death would be the most obvious choice. The lyrics on Stained Class are pretty thoughtful too. Just compare the well elaborated chorus of Stained Class with the most simple Breakin The Law. Its a Song within a song. What really makes this album so special is Les Binks drumming. Its a nearly perfect record. Stay safe and kind regards from germany

[@MetalPilgrim]

Героям Слава! 🤘🤘🤘

[@ArturVarejao]

Point of entry is great. I love this album and I thought I was the only one. All time I was talking to my headbanger friends about it they would say, man, nobody likes this album hahaha.

[@OriginalJud]

KK solo and beyond the realms of death is the greatest Judas priest guitar solo of all time

[@jeffrey7012]

Stained Class is my favorite Priest album! Love the drumming!

[@AmericanNationalist852]

╚╬╝JP╚╬╝ ...Judas Priest IS heavy metal....

[@dannymontoya9469]

HEROIAM SLAVA! My friend🤘

[@dylanstone9956]

Thank you never stop metal for life

[@theresadimarco764]

I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your show. It is informative, entertaining, and just fun. Classic metal & Thrash metal is my bliss. We ALL need to stick together for each other and for the bands we love so much.

[@billygoth]

My all-time favorite. This album is flawless. Favorite track is saints in Hell. ✌

[@TheFrehley1]

Beyond the Realms of Death is my favorite song on this amazing album

[@timwhite5562]

Good God that jump suit was an unfortunate choice of stage wardrobe. Am I alone in confusing how he says "punk rock" with "bankrupt?"

[@MetalPilgrim]

Wait. What did I say?😂

[@logik4264]

The album that got me into metal 20 years ago.

[@hadara69]

Like a lot of 80s kids, I discovered Priest with “Screaming for Vengeance” and went back to their earliest stuff years later. Of all that incredible and diverse music, THIS album was the one that grabbed me as the most distilled METAL (along with “Hell bent for Leather”). This really was a transformative sound for the genre and the band, no doubt! In fact, I heard “Unleashed in the East” beforehand and it’s “Exciter” that really peaked my interest in this studio album. I had no idea it’s considered the first speed Metal (not Thrash?) song. Damn! Love and support for Ukraine from Oakland, California! 💙🍻🤘🏽

[@thomaskaba5600]

Looong agooo when maan was king His heart was cleaan now he's stained class... Timeless

[@isaacvargas3997]

Dude, Tipton's solo on Beyond the realms of death may be one of my favorite rock/metal moments. Also it's one of the darkest moments in this decade's music because it dealt not with external darkness (wars, social issues, Satan, etc.), but with the consequences of all those things such as extreme isolation.

[@michaelsantangelo7997]

I LOVE 70s Judas Priest. Stained Class is a great record. I guess my favorite song is Exciter, but every song is great.

[@Rextum]

Stained Class has made a big influence on many metal bands and is absolutely one of Priest’s best albums alongside Sad Wings, Painkiller, Sin after Sin and Screaming. There are a few tracks I consider a bit fillerish (namely Invader and Savage), but the rest of the material is so on point and even somewhat futuristic for early 1978, it is almost scary. It reminds me of Sabbath’s Sabotage (1975) and Maiden’s Powerslave (1984) in refining the song-writing and style of a legendary metal band to perfection in my opinion - after these 3 albums all of the bands had achieved what they originally set out to do and had to change gear, and go for something very different (Sabbath lost it with Technical Ecstasy, Priest went a bit more commercial and straight-forward with Killing Machine and Maiden started synthesizing with their sci-fiesque power metal Somewhere in Time). Only bad thing about Stained Class is, it sounds a bit too clean and needs a heavier bottom end. Especially the original cd sound lifeless, I actually prefer even the remasters which are too loud, but make the album sound grittier and meaner😎 Your ballsack/breasts need to shake to the rhythm of Exciter to feel the full blast and power of the soundwaves. STAND BY FOR EXCITEEEEEERRR!

[@redtheftredemption2907]

It was the album that got me into judas priest back and 2020

[@billyb1996]

also, i dont quite see black sabbath as such a big influencer as people make them out to be anymore. at least not until the dio albums. bluesey doom metal became a niche thing after ozzys run. judas priest IMO is the TRUE beginning of heavy metal as we know it and still continues to this day with new wave of traditional heavy metal bands. judas priest was always the first one to invent 80s style heavy metal, years before 1980 even! and the first one to make the greatest metal hit song and anthem of all time too. breaking the law is the epitome of what metal is all about!

[@mikestanislaus1107]

Exciter and Beyond the Realm of Death does it or me. A superb album overall! 👌

[@ivallejo1456]

I think Stained Class show the path for modern heavy metal. When i heard that album for the first time i was blown away because i was the link between old school heavy metal (Sabbath, Purple, etc) to modern metal (Maiden, Priest,etc.) showing a different way to do metal that wil bacame the standard. For me this album is a before and after in the history of Metal.

[@billgrogan7856]

I would like to see you dig deeper into stained glass and or Exciter thank you very much love your videos

[@Kblog777]

Les Binks reminds me of Kenny Everett lol.

[@paulwills1459]

Every song kicked ass

[@edgarsifuentes3248]

They did it twice , Painkiller!🔥

[@migianaventura]

Bien!

[@andrearruda7871]

SLAVA UCRÂNIA! Cheers from Rio.

[@MetalPilgrim]

Героям Слава!

[@thegracedigger]

Stained Class is an underrated masterpiece.

[@arto2533]

Regardless of any individual bands, there's always been a willingness and demand in hard rock and metal to keep taking it to the next level (warts and all). So, as influential as the 1978 Priest records were, it's a rather silly case of hyperbole to claim they saved the genre. Speed, Thrash etc. would have developed more or less the same without them thanks to late 70's hard rock, punk rock and others. And most of the 80's popular metal sounds more like late 70's platinum selling hard rock bands than Priest anyway.

[@Shads62]

I've been a fan since I 1st heard The Ripper on a Spanish hotel jukebox on our 1st family holiday abroad. I was 14 . Their first ever single only released in Spain. I played the song on repeat or hours. The rest of the guest probably hate judas priest now..... You asked for suggestions for a deep dive into a single track. Try Hell Rider. In my opinion one of their best. The guitar work is phenomenal

[@Ronindennis]

Saints in Hell, man, one of the best metal anthems we have...

[@j_freed]

I’ll have to get these new to me Judas Priest & Rush albums to explore while I’m in my nuclear fallout shelter. There is a 10% chance that 1 billion people will get fried this century, Nuclear experts say.

[@renedesruisseaux819]

Judas Priest was the FIRST HEAVY MÉTAL sorry Black Sabbath and Judas Priest dont go out there in tourney in this moment

[@megaduck7965]

Stained Class is THE best 70s Judas Priest album !

[@dannymontoya9469]

After Sabbath, The most important band in metal. Just ask Eddie Trunk.

[@ivallejo1456]

Heroes End!!!

[@paulwills1459]

Stained glass sounds futuristic , while hell bent for leather sounded basic

[@HrhFish]

Its a shame how they've treated K.K

[@janjohansen9361]

I personally think that it's the 1st really great album by JP. Those before (except for Rocka Rolla which I don't like at all) had some great songs, and even classics, but in my oppinion far from as good as this one.

[@andrewmckeown6786]

HALL OF FAME BITCHES!!!!

[@cbr9914]

i gotta disagree on one point......while kk has a few great solos, none of them are on this record.

[@danmoth5126]

Stay strong metal brother. I hope the conflict is over soon. Putin will be remembered as one of the butchers of history.

[@tomjulian7226]

It's Class,...not Glass. You'd think you would know this before you made a whole video on it.

[@MetalPilgrim]

What? When did I say Glass? 😂😂😂

[@mrmercedes8528]

Love this video !!!….. keep up the stellar work !!!🎸🎸😎😎😎