Judas Priest - Blood Red Skies - Live in Basel Sonisphere (CH) - 23/06/2011

[@Kalivath]

Holy hell this is my favorite priest song. Can't believe they have done it live

[@Tigerloco70]

Justin Barbour sometimes strangely they play it , they played in the angel of retribution tour also

[@BabTheBabs]

My fav as well man. How powerful is that song, I feel like conquering the world when I hear it!!!

[@Metalmaniac82]

This is the first Time they did it since Ram it down Came out... Enjoy this Gift... I don't think they've done it since.

[@Nefelisdiardi]

Yes, Rob is struggling, but remember he is singing the most difficult repertoire of any HM singer, written for his amazing abilities when he was younger. A lot of Priest songs are and always have been beyond nearly any other HM singer. Look at Ripper, he's a pretty awesome singer and even he couldn't cope with the Priest vocals. Rob deserves so much respect for still having the guts and stamina to carry on after so many years. Remember, he wore down his voice over the years for us, the fans!

[@zach7948]

It's fascinating to hear him adjusting his vocal delivery based on what he was able to produce with his voice on that night. Even if he is having an off night, you might still hear him doing things that he didn't do when his voice was more well rested.

[@funkhousefevertrio7116]

Idk, this is the best live version of his singing this song out there. Has more command than epitaph video

[@Nicolas11x12English]

Yes, indeed. Rob always performs good, doesn't matter if younger or older.

[@bharp4390]

God damn, Rob really had control of his mixed voice at the beginning there. Sounded great!

[@rolandkraus4622]

Endlich wurde dieses Lied life gespielt! War in Nürnberg mit meiner Tochter, habe über 20 Jahre darauf gewartet!☝️🤘🤘

[@rammstein2001]

His voice is still incredible. I saw them live past July and it was amazing...amazing. The next album will be astonishing!!!!!

[@vandalking8341]

Why don't they play more songs from the 'Ram It Down' album. It is a good album.

[@amanaintnomanifamanaintgot5634]

Because Lionel Richie forbid them to. He likes all the other albums but "Ram it Down" the least ... Something about the "processed sound". Lionel once pulled a shank on ian when they planned to play only songs from RiD. Or so I heard,,,

[@aidanbouw5224]

amanaintnomanifamanaintgotnohorse man, Who tf is Lionel?

[@aidanbouw5224]

Vandal King, because not many people, including me, don’t like very much as an album. You can’t tell me Love Zone deserves to be played instead of for example The Sentinel

[@vinaymulukutla358]

From Ram It Down, I've only seen them play this song and I'm A Rocker. I'm at least grateful for that.

@A Antonson not true. It was not their last tour and they did not say it this way. Rob said: its a farewell not goodbye

[@SquidproGames]

Ram it down is a fantastic album

[@bagofbones95]

I love this song. And Rob is beyond awesome. Love you Rob 😘😍

[@javierdomingofernandez1953]

Lo escucho y lo veo hoy , sin comentarios. Como JUDAS PRIEST no hay dos 💯💯💯💯🎸🎸🎸👌✨✨🌍🌍🌎🌏🤙

[@РоманРоденко-м1н]

Judas Priest на веки в сердце

[@eswis68]

I saw them in San Diego, then followed the to San Bernardino...I wanted to go see them in Vegas too soooo bad. It was epic. both times...never sounded so good. AHHHHHHH

[@dades92]

:O :O great rob halford here!! he hit those high notes like in the past,in his high pitched mixed voice...very very good to hear...this tour was his best tour since 2001

[@toreswe]

My favourite priest song!

[@PrepDogg]

Seen them last thursday in concord... they just get better with age

[@toreswe]

Indeed, I saw him last summer. But he's almost like a child in his spirit too :) Jumping around like it was the first time he did it.

[@Kabetchett]

Man, I got to see them for my very first concert in October, and man, it made me feel like I was alive and so happy, I thank Judas Priest for all the music I listened to for three years... and I'll never forget when I picked up Metal Works, and at random too, from my dad's disk shelf, it was the greatest music I ever heard and probably will ever hear. :)

[@michaelgadsby]

It's always an interesting, if sobering topic talking about a singer's peaks and troughs, especially if they have graced our eyes and ears for so long. Rob Halford holds a special place in my heart as a singer due to his wonderful legacy and how unique his freakishly exciting voice is. I say "is" due to how he seems to have come to grips with what his talents offer him again in the 2014 tour, and they seem to be a more energized and happy outfit once more. No Painkiller, no Sentinel, no Freewheel Burning, no Blood Red Skies to hamper him outside of the nostalgic (Montreal 2011 for the latter was spectacular however). I'm not surprised he seems more relaxed without those dark clouds on his laryngeal horizon. In my opinion, as a true fan of his work, the area of his voice that has tended to suffer the most at the end of tours or after major changes in musical direction was around his passagio roundabouts A4 (A above middle C) to D5 (D above tenor high C). Even when you look to very different voices such as Maria Callas, who sang dramatic, heavy Wagnerian soprano roles as a supple voiced youngster, to then transition to lighter bel canto roles as she grew older, roles which demand height, precision and all sorts of coloratura jiggery pokery, for longevity's sake it should be the other way around, similar transitional and tonal problems arise. Therein lies the dichotomy between "can" and "should" and more importantly "when". Halford to me is the definitive example of a metal rock singer who's tenor effectively takes him into soprano territory, mixed with a lot of cleverness, talent, and stretching to human extremes. Going back to major stylistic changes, it does sound to me like many things happened between Ram It Down and Painkiller, emotionally as well as physically. That court case must have made him question a hell of a lot of things perhaps including himself to a certain extent. As a singer myself I had a lover steal money from me, and I just couldn't sing like I wanted to, nothing was there. The stress Rob was under must have been exhausting. We saw a similar difference when Rob came back for Angel of Retribution, this time the contrast between him and what he was in the 78 to 88 epoch were hard to overlook (as glad as I was to see him back). Still capable of wonderful and emotional delivery, that acoustic version of Diamonds and Rust in Japan seemed to be the kind of material his voice could handle gorgeously, it goes up to the B under tenor C near the end I think. Yet that operatic, drawn out THING he used to do with seemingly no effort, - that sound you didn't quite know whether it was a reinforced falsetto, a man shouting at the top of his lungs, or the dancing lovechild of both, peppered with that clean consistent vibrato, was almost gone. I'm quite happy that the rest of the band seem to agree with him post-Redeemer that (in his words, as I red in an article a few years ago) there are just some songs that he "couldn't sing anymore". He had already been singing those monsters from DOTF and Painkiller using a higher, screechier area but bringing that down to a key where that tone had less body. Freewheel Burning in 2009 is a good example - I wanted to applaud him for wanting to deliver such a fast, multi- textural beast of a song in the same key, but also wanted to remind him of his words that I read in the same article: they would have to "find another way" to do it, regarding as much as he would love to sing "Run of the Mill" again. I wouldn't have minded. It's a testament to how much the man cares about his fan-base. I'm happy to see Devil's Child making a great comeback using a lot of his screechier, slightly less connected high and he doesn't seem to mind that the falsetto carries through now and again. Better late than never, but the Metal God is really an example of singing smart as well as hard (providing he gives Painkiller a rest, or puts the creature to bed ;P ) and while he doesn't have the hubris of his younger years, and he generally sounds different, he is after all in his 60s. Naysayers can never say that he still doesn't have all the talent. Scream on RJAH x

[@nosale777]

Look in the later years when his back issues came into play, he should have taken care of that first instead of dealing with the pain and then to forgo singing with proper stance. If I had to sing bent over I would never be able to hit the notes. You said it well with "Can" and "Should"...If the body is fighting then one needs to rethink ones approach. I can sing any note halford does and as strong but I do not have the years of touring and tearing the way he does....He will always be a person I look up to

[@Juggalo5588]

+Michael Gadsby You just gave possibly the best and most intelligent comment I've ever encountered on any topic on youtube. I don't know as much as you do about some of the vocal mastery, but I do agree with you, Rob has done a phenomenal job throughout his career, you won't hear any complaints from me for him still trying to give the fans his best.

[@scenoptica]

This is a wonderful comment. Thanks for posting!

[@ognir66]

An intellectual in here. ....spot on analysis and true respect to Lord Halford. My SATS were pretty high. I suspect yours were also. Respect

[@Charles-jj2su]

And yet he’s back at full power, singing the sentinel, painkiller, and saints in hell.

[@Hydrogoniise]

I would give my left arm to see Judas Priest live. Maybe one day.

[@markkendrick7547]

I saw Judas'Priest at the Long Beach Arena back in 1980....🇨🇭🤘🔥💪👊

[@bevkoester]

This one of the best versions of this I have heard and seen! Thanks, I saw them in texas a few weeks ago. It was an awesome show! This song is freakin' Epic!

[@arnaudn55]

One of my favorite Priest songs. What a fabulous show!!

[@josefranciscocarreira2691]

Mi canción favorita de judas priest 🤘🤘🤘 la voz en esta canción se sale pero cuando sacó el disco RAM It down es insuperable ......

[@alexmedeiros2000]

Congratulations for this GREAT video. Saw them in Rio and this song was definitely one of the highlights. In my opinion Rob hasn't sounded this good since the Painkiller days. The Epitaph setlist is a dream come true for any Priest fan.

[@ДмитрийКарманов-р2е]

Да.... Это вещь на века....

[@DavePainkiller]

Rob sounds fuckin' phenomenal! And I've always wanted to hear Scott play this song!! \m/ thank you so much!

[@miguelangelgutierrez6237]

Una captura cojonuda en vivo..!!

[@iamalpharius9483]

Holy shit this was good. Old Rob makes auto tune sound better than any of these kids today. I love that he and Bruce Dickinson have come out and said that it's a tool that they use to still deliver the product. 100

[@signodetouro]

Judas Priest fora do cenário musical ,será a mesma coisa do que a seleção brasileira fora de várias copas do mundo ! HERE COME THE TEARS PRIEST !

[@Anjohl]

I am *SO* glad I got to see Halford on the "Made in Metal" tour. It was....I can't even put it into words.

[@sssrastoxxx]

We want a new DVD from this awsome tour! It shout be colled Live Under Blood Red Skies;)

[@Cougarlover13]

Man Rob was awesome!! Seeing them for the 4th time May 16th 2019!

[@Stretchmeister]

@YngtchieMusic I've seen Rob sing stuff lower register in the present vs. higher register on the recordings (Riding on the Wind, Desert Plains) and it's awesome. I've seen other recent KZbin clips of this song on different tour dates, and Rob actually nails this one a lot better then the others (earlier in the tour).

[@YoooEric]

Same thing happened in San Antonio; this performance was awesome. Not saying it wasn't when I saw them, but this was really good.

[@wheresthecustom]

Man, Rob sounds really great!

[@MrMedtech1437]

For legends of any music genre I see no problem with using a teleprompter for the lyrics. When your catalog is as full as Priests I understand the use of one.

[@Archangel112]

I FUCKING LOVE JUDAS PRIEST. \m/

[@ixehuayo]

1:27 - 1:35 Ritchie as... The Joker

[@BlackLedIron]

5:34 Richie as.. Randy Rhoads

[@ixehuayo]

@@BlackLedIron Yeah!

[@tsiemens]

This is one of his better performances of the song on this tour, in Toronto he didn't even attempt the higher pitch in the intro

[@bevkoester]

Holy crap they sound great still!

[@SuperSlater80]

Saw them in SLC the other night. Loved it! Rob could have whispered the damn thing and it still would have been worth the ticket, but i thought he sounded just fine.

[@tonieldor]

La voz del HEAVY METAL.

[@MrTomciu666]

For a Priest is a only one word : MAGIC ...

[@cappyu]

always thought in the past on ram it down this song never got the credit it deserved

[@p4vr4]

Nice filmed! and a very good song!!

[@SusanaRosalesVideos]

Excelente video! En Argentina sería imposible filmar así entre el público. Somos un poco eufóricos jajaja Gracias por compartirlo!!!!!!!!!

[@Danimal300zx]

Love this song!

[@jazztom86]

oh man, I'm probably gonna see them on may... and I'm so happy they play blood red skies... and the sentinel....

[@marclee15]

best band ever.

[@toreswe]

so glad they played it in the epitaph tour

[@bootlegguy]

I cannot wait until this tour comes to Edmonton, Canada

[@audiophilemetallian]

This song is amazing I dont get tired to heard this. BTW awesome quality of your cam, how I wish to get a complete show with this level of HD!!!

[@EyelessRaven]

And Richie stayed as close to the solo as he possibly could. I'd Love to see this.

[@YngtchieMusic]

Nice vid, great to finally hear "Blood Red Skies" live. It also shows how high Rob can go before his voice starts cracking, wish he'd lower his lines instead of pushing beyond his comfort zone.

[@MultipleScrotum]

This was fucking awesome! Thanks for putting this up, i've never seen a live version of this!

[@333alexM]

It's very wonderfull és elképesztő

[@kalbskalbs4393]

As the sun goes down, I move around Keeping to the shadows Life, hangs by a thread And I've heard it said, that I'll not see tomorrow If that's my destiny, it'll have to be So I'll face the future Running out of time I'm on the line But I'll go down fighting Felt the hand of justice Telling wrong from right Threw me out upon the street in the middle of the night Cybernetic heartbeat Digital precise Pneumatic fingers nearly had me in their vice Not begging you I'm telling you You won't break me You won't make me You won't take me, Under blood red skies You won't break me You won't take me I'll fight you under blood red skies Through a shattered city, watched by laser eyes Overhead the night squad glides The decaying paradise Automatic sniper With computer sights Scans the bleak horizon for its victim of the night They're closing in They'll never win You won't break me You won't take me You won't make me, Under blood red skies You won't break me You won't take me I'll fight you under blood red skies As the end is drawing near Standing proud, I won't give in to fear As I die a legend will be born I will stand, I will fight You'll never take me alive I'll stand my ground I won't go down You won't break me You won't make me You won't take me, Under blood red skies You won't break me You won't take me just I'll face you under blood red skies You'll never take me alive I'm telling you Hands of justice I will stand, I will fight Never surrender As the sun goes down I won't give in to fear

[@Slocket712]

Still rocking!

[@Murikov]

Priest was more than awesome, thanks for uploading! Unfortunately I lost my cell phone during the concert (right in front the stage). If anybody has found my HTC Desire HD with a "Otter" protective cover, please contact me.

[@AlanMETALMAN]

The Priest still RULE!!!!

[@DemonLDR]

Metal is my god, and Judas is my priest!!! METAL GODS!!!!

[@александрсидоренко-ъ2т]

я вырос в ссср услышал прист 1 раз в 1984 это было супер .слушаю до сих пор удачи всем фанам

[@Crisheavyrockmetal]

the end of a era!!!

[@ivanc9231]

Holy shit that gave my chills

[@Nicolas11x12English]

@AngryAgain Rob is getting older and it's harder for him to sing the notes he used to sing when he was younger. But he still wants to hit them and hunching helps squeezing out more power.

[@blablabloly]

This is Rob's best singing since Painkiller Tour and Fight!!!

[@basketdecorazon6239]

Naa, Resurrection Tour

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

@@basketdecorazon6239 absolutely!!! Rob sounded phenomenal on the Resurrection tour.

[@anewt72690]

okay but can we talk about the kazoo army that starts around 5:34

[@metalaras999]

now i understand hwy he doesnt do that live anymore , glad to be in the epitaph tour !!!!!

[@Anjohl]

Very nice performance. I think I would cry if I heard this song live. I wish the Epitaph tour had gone longer! Also, I wish they had added "Dreamer/Deceiver" to the setlist. That song is criminally absent from their live shoes post Sad Wings.

[@adamfox9245]

Wow! Rob's voice strong!

[@oz_media]

@RocktheStageNYC - As for not faking it through a final tour, he didn't mean that the tour was a cash grab, he meant that his own heart wasn't in it anymore and that he wouldn't be performing true to the fans HIMSELF. It has nothing to do with him thinking the band is just going through the motions but that if HE toured with them, HE would be just going through the motions. He's busy touring with his new acts now and loving watching them grow without the support of one of the BIG FOUR labels.

[@andystoneburner2189]

glen tipton does not look 64 years old at all

[@missunbird]

@dassfrid I hope too, in Sofia they were phenomenal!

[@sam8404]

@eyeofset KK isn't playing here. He left a couple months ago. I think you're talking about Richie Faulkner.

[@toreswe]

Has any 60-year old ever screamed so well? (ok he was 59+10months at the time but whatever)

[@ms-06fzakuii53]

The only other guy would have to be King Diamond. He's in his 60's and endured a triple-bypass surgery on his heart, and he belted it very well when I saw them live a few months ago.

[@blindcynic]

man, the new guy sounds great playing the solo. kind of impressed.

[@ПавелВеревка-н5с]

Джудики Навсегда!!!!!!

[@lozztrock]

that would be awesome :D

[@Anjohl]

FUCK, he really hit the "Take me OOoooooooooNNnnnnNNnnNNNnNN!" note didn't he! No pedals, no reverb, all Rob! Can any musicians tell me if this song is transposed down any as compared to the studio version?

[@yurisimoes-guitarrista104]

No one has answered you in seven years, so I'm answering you know in 2019... I've compared both versions and it sounds to me like it's just one semitone down, which is pretty normal even when the singer is not in his sixties (I guess Maiden did that for Bruce even in the 80s). Rob really rocks in this one.

[@dissimulate666]

Halford's starting to find his headvoice again.

[@PatVanHalen5150]

@nstygatr I remember them talking about the gear in an interview a while back. I'm pretty sure it's a mid-70s Les Paul Custom with an EMG 81/60 combination.

[@_Rainmaker_]

Metal is my religion and Rob is my God!

[@juliaeckhard2164]

Whoops pressed send too early , and Blood Red Skies is amazing in studio

[@halford3256]

@GTAfan421 ..Rob is a true professional, he continues to train his voice..its a constant...you cannot rely on just thinking you can open your mouth and it will be perfect. A males voice changes as age creeps in..He has adjusted and continues to work at it....WORK at it...not like some other vocalist who are lazy and expect the same results without putting forth the effort..(Don Dokken)

[@MrSuperZangief]

fuck this is good. Judas Priest don't stop :(

[@jazztom86]

@mike1cfo man, these are the two greatest metal vocalists ever, don't compare them. They're both the greatest.

[@Terminxman]

Holy fuck, he sounds amazing compared to the past few years

[@skarlito]

actually its for his voice technique.Its about the way the air coming out from his lung to form some notes and phrases.

[@Anjohl]

Also, Ritchie certainly looks the part, and brings a lot of energy to the stage for the band. Reminds me of Janick in Maiden, but even better.

[@Walamonga1313]

A shame they never performed it live with KK, it was one of his best solos

[@Walamonga1313]

@@LoePenzz Peeeeeeaaaaace Peeaace seeeeells

[@MetallicoPriest]

the argentinian version of this song, its very very powerfull... judas priest argentina - blood red skies search this!

[@michael82085]

this is fucking mouth-watering.

[@rodspacer]

It's hard to understand why KK left after so many years of history in Priest! Faulkner is definitely the best replacement. But attend them for the last time without KK is like a wedding without the bride.

[@TheDarkNomad]

@mike1cfo For his genre, yes ! But all the great people you mentioned are distinct on their own genre, it's just like comparing apples and melons. Still... he deserves to be up there along with them. Judas is the best Hard Rock & Thrash Metal band ever... They were so ahead of their time in so many ways. Painkiller proved what they can do. As for a BEST OF album, their Metal Works album beats almost anything. ALMOST :) Still, you won't see instrumental arrangements like this anymore, sadly

[@judaspriestess69]

@jtimonen Amen!!

[@LinkyHYC]

@pppplatypussss You say he lost it between 2001 and 2010, the most visible part is between 2004 (listen to Sweden Rock Festival) and 2005 (Budokan)...his voice here is the best since 2001-2004 in my opinion :)

[@Sloots_and_Ladders]

@mike1cfo Dude I saw them at the State Fair... THEY SIGNED MY GUITAR! We sat front row and my brother got a short video of this song(I think). Its on my page.

[@MetalGearSteel]

@jtimonen let's hope it's just a rememberence "farewell" tour for K.K. Downing. (or something) And not the "farewell" tour for the WHOLE Band. I mean, Rob still has it. But it does make sense that this is their last tour... They're getting old and I respect that. They have been around since the 70s!! But this makes Priest more of a rare Band now. So, if they do the "odd" show near you, MAKE SURE YOU BE THERE! :D

[@imbastyczny]

Impossible voice. God is one.

[@Xraxic]

I thought I heard they where doing one last studio album after this tour, which includes KK. Then they would only play when they wanted to live.