Judas Priest - Epitaph + Island Of Domination

[hockeydude634]

destroy.dessstrooy..dddeesssst­rrooyyy .DISTROOOOOOYYYY ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[BlutoUSN]

There will only ever be one true Metal God...\m/

[Phillyche3secak3]

Learning this on piano

[6672rock]

Amazing how Glenn Tipton is quite adept at both piano and guitar, as this song proves.

[HILTON1MASTER993]

4 idiots

[MrJonrob01]

If you don't like Judas Priest, you're just wrong!

As for the Halford/Mercury thing: People forget Mercury had 2 other amazing singers in that band, in Priest, it's all Rob. In the end, though: WHO GIVES A SHIT? Two great singers, two great bands. How the hell can you go wrong with either Judas Priest or Queen?

[rematpac]

This was the song that someone said proved Halford wasn't as good as Mercury? I think not.

[MikeArpeggio345]

who would purposely dislike this song?

[yerfdog1935]

This was so amazing, I slipped in a shudder of awe and clicked dislike. Please forgive me, it will never happen again.

[Metaldrummer100]

This album is the best out there, two beautiful songs and some great, unforgetable heavy metal tracks! Judas Priest is a legend

[ChapelofGhoulS666X]

ITS JUST THAT HAVING A BAND FROM 1974 NAMED JUDAS PRIEST WAS A LITTLE CONTROVERSAL . I IMAGINE A REAL PREACHER WILL TELL ME IM GOING TO HELL FOR LISTENING TO MUSIC LIKE THIS.........THAT IS ROCK N ROLL

[Mertius1]

carzy clear vocals , i like painkiller but there was way to much reverb and thats why he cant sing it perfect live

[theSpaceLumberjack]

if people have problem with rob halfords sexuality then why are they takin the time to listen to the music. those dumpheads. oh wait. duh cuz there music is amazing. to take the time out of your day to bash someone is fucking pointless

[ChapelofGhoulS666X]

Lucifer the fallen angel

Sad Wings of Destiny

Judas Priest

Hail Satan

[dades92]

@ChapelofGhoulS666X  why?

[lronPriest0fMetal]

@ChapelofGhoulS666X not satanic moron

[AntoniAfterlife]

I may be a 15 year old girl but I know good music, which includes Avenged Sevenfold, Pantera, Metallica, and Judas Priest. There's clearly other good bands, but you can't beat those 4. No way. Especially not these dumb genres of music coming out these days. Avenged Sevenfold is the only one that's most recent, but they've been around in the days of Metallica and Pantera. But Judas Priest, too good for words. Way too good. Why else would you have clicked on this video, you know?

[AntoniAfterlife]

@ThrashMetaltillDeth AVENGED SEVENFOLD IS NOT NUMETAL!

they are NOTHING like that bullshit numetal shit

Don't even get me started on A7X motherFUCKER.

[lronPriest0fMetal]

@AntoniAfterlife I like your list, accept for avenged 7x

[AntoniAfterlife]

@lronPriest0fMetal I appreciate it I guess?

[servantlol]

That riff at 5:37 is one of the fucking heaviest riffs I've ever heard.

[hermygagala]

Fuck what a vocal range. Dan McCafferty (Nazareth), Rob Halford, and Ronnie James Dio have the most versatile/ vocal range of any vocalists ever.

[Madminute6550]

@hermygagala Might be forgetting Matt Barlow there.

[hermygagala]

@Madminute6550 I suppose I am!!! My favorite vocalist of all time is Dan McCafferty of (Nazareth). However I also love Rob Halford, Blackie Lawless of (Wasp), Ronnie James Dio, and Matt barlow!!!

[MrJonrob01]

@hermygagala Diggin' the love for McCafferty and Barlow, brother. Everybody knowsDio, Rob & Blackie, but Dan & Matt get overlooked and that's a damn shame.

[lronPriest0fMetal]

@hermygagala I didn't think dio had much range. What isa song where he showcases it?

[hermygagala]

@lronPriest0fMetal I don't mean so much in range or falsetto but general versatility and vocal styles being able to vary it to a great extent, not to the extreme of Rob or Dan but he's pretty versatile. Check out his band Elf. I think that was his first band I could be wrong though.Regardless he is a great vocalist although my favorite is Dan McCafferty, then Rob Halford, then Blackie Lawless, then probably Roger Daltrey, then Lou Reed (a great psycedellic rock singer) also I love Grateful Dead.

[hermygagala]

@lronPriest0fMetal So yeah just check out a fair number of Elf songs and I think you'll understand what I mean. Anyway nice to meet you lol. Get back to me too.

[Sermonized747]

@lronPriest0fMetal Yep Dio had pretty much the same range as Rob...almost,it's just that his voice was so different, you can "see" this if you search here on youtube the Black Sabbath concert with Halford on vocals,you can see there that he's having difficult time just to reach Ronnie's notes, My favorite band is PRIEST,best band ever,but both vocalists (Ronnie and Rob) were in the same league,even when we re talking about vocal range,they just hitting high notes differently :)

[halford3256]

@Sermonized747 ...Dio could hit a high register but all thin falsetto..Rob had it perfected as it IS part of his style..Different style of vocals..but 2 amazing singers that have set the bar very high and remain etched in time

[DJstoopnig]

Brilliant. These guys were so far ahead of their time it's scary.

[jdog95]

@DJstoopnig They weren't ahead of their time, they made their time.

[srs7593]

@jdog95 This album came out 4 years before pink floyd released the wall.

[Ruberick28]

absolutely excellent, i'm a big priest fan and love everything they made!! they invented hippie metal!

[xsketcherx]

in my adult life i have only shed tears twice from emotion. And thats when my two sons were born. When priest plays this at the end of the show will be the third. long live priest! \m/

[cubby3o5]

@xsketcherx But how will they tune the piano down to Eb. Actually this song has low enough vocals to not require down tuning. But if they play Island Of Domination (Rob says it's for those who like to be dominated)

then that might be down tuned. But they will play Epitaph and it will be amazing and I might even cry just like I did with Megadeth's A Tout Le Monde.

[RHLOVERX]

THERES NO ONE LIKE R.H.AND ALL OF HIS MUSIC

[rematpac]

...away.No one will ever believe or know how incredible it was except the people who were fortunate enough to be there,which is all too few ,being that he gave his all just for those last concerts,never to regain it back .As I've said before,the Unleashed in the East album sounds like James Taylor by comparison,but no one will ever believe that I'm doing anything but exaggerating,unless they finally do release another record from somewhere during the end part of that tour.There must be tapes!

[rematpac]

...pushing his vocal chords beyond their limits.No human vocal chords ae able to be pushed beyond their limit without permanent damage and loss.It's very unfortunate he lost his voice and the least they could do is release some of that live material when he was going for broke so at least there would be a record of it for people to enjoy so it wouldn't have been a total loss to all except those who got to see the last leg of that tour.As it remains today,it's like the story of the fish that got

[rematpac]

One of my favorite Priest song combinations.They could play artful music whenever they felt like it,as this song proves.Their main goal was to showcase Halford's incredible voice before he blew them out permanently at the end of their Unleashed in the East tour in 1979.Too bad there is no permanent record released for posperity of what he was actually capable of as the Unleashed album was recorded at the beginning of the tour and doesn't compare to what he sounded like toward the end when he was

[rematpac]

This album was the same as Show No Mercy was to Slayer and Paranoid was to Black Sabbath.I saw them at the very end of their Unleashed in the East tour,just before he blew out and destroyed his once phenomenal vocal chords for the rest of his life.The concert I saw made the album sound like James Taylor by comparison.Before he blew his vocal chords ,he blew a lot of people's minds.He must have known he was going to go out in a big bang,but couldn't resist giving people the concert of a lifetime.

[abloom1970]

I love the pure screams of the early days. One of the gnarliest, highest a purest screams in all of metal is at the end of Run of The Mill. There's a nice one at the end of this one, Island Of Domination. There was a compilation tape I hade called The Best of Judas Preist that had Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings, and if you want a real treat, I found the old double compilation album Hero Hero on Disc years ago and it blew my mind as I had never seen it anywhere. I could listen to that for hours.

[TheXanaxWhore]

beautiful...

[zerias21]

maaan,so many memories:(....man wat tha fuk happen??? in a blink of an eye its all gone-fuk.........kwel lil tune-no awwwesome!

[NorthWest237]

Judas Priest 'Epitaph' Final Tour: This must be the opener!!!

[craigdoughty9]

dude I love old priest ,this is music to my soul...unreal as it sounds...iiii I can feel it! and I live it..

[multihappydayz]

sounds like peanuts.

[kingheavyd]

It's a shame that Priest abandoned this direction and Glenn Tipton never touched the piano again. Now modern metal luminaries like Mikael Akerfeldt and Ihsahn have all expressed deep admiration for this album and tried to duplicate its vibe on their recent releases. However no one could match the original masters.

[Picard578]

Who thinks that music is little like Mozart ot Beethoven?

[Judasfan147]

@Picard578 It's the use of dynamics and tempo that makes it sound so close to classical music

[Rshimy]

epic interlude/song. Priest Rules. Cant say much more than that.

[yousaiditzero]

I'd like to see what the geniuses at Rolling Stone said about this album......

[lyon1535]

@yousaiditzero Considering what they said about Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast, I doubt it would be good...

[mhadman]

Picking a favorite Priest Album(from the 70's)is like asking me to pick my favorite child...I love them all....These are the albums and songs that will always live in me...There is also an underlay of anger and aggression in some of these songs that still get me riled up...

[mhadman]

Picking a favorite Priest Album(from the 70's)is like asking me to pick my favorite child...I love them all....These are the albums and songs that will always live in me...

[thedeviltroy]

8 bazillion thumbs up from me!

[dosadi512]

absolutely the best Priest album. Really shows their range and talent. Great song, great album.

[amcanmike]

CLASSIC

[fovea29]

iamtheoldmansittinthererightca­lfourniabob

[fovea29]

,.itfuckinrocksthisiscaliforia­bob

[LovelyDestructionSTL]

PRIEST!! THIS IS THE BEAST!!! SAD WINGS IS HANDS DOWN THEIR BEST!

[Samwinchester1234]

how can people thinks that heavy metal has no soul are you kidding thats bullshit

[synesthesia67]

loved it then love it now

[girlofwar2]

i like listening to other artists and give priest a rest.

so everytime i listen to priest again i can say, holy crap this sh*t is waaaaaay better than (insert other amazing, but not as good, band)

[alreadytaken334]

The intro to Island of Domination is absolutely epic!

[scooterss2112]

Judas Preist. Wow. These guys were Frontiers of Rock Metal. Awsome guitar riffs. Excellent soul filled leads. These guys were doing it YEARS before others. Cept maybe ozzy. I cant even imagine how they influenced so many bands, that never would admit it.

[Tommygun1028]

Did they ever perform Epitaph live?

[80swillnevardie]

@Tommygun1028 No but they did Island Of Domination on the "Sin After Sin" tour

[Bethgrl01]

Judas Priest is absolutely awesome and this song reflects the opera back ground for Rob Halford.

[thedeviltroy]

i've got 2 words for you!........judas motherf-in priest!

[Flapke22]

This is what a great vocalist sounds like!

[highspeeddirt6]

judas priest is simply the greatest band there is

this album just proves it

every song a timeless masterpiece

thankyou metal gods for the music you still continue to write

which keeps you many dire fans alive and breathing thankyou!

long live the metal gods

[hobbit151]

This is my favorite albums! this whole album ruuuules!! (JP rules in general anyway)

[corm1000]

ohh man 70s priest is and was so so under raited. The songs were a perfict combination of beauty and darkness. I love the priest in 80s 90s 00s as well but it seems like they did too much of the leather rebel thing, even though that was cool they left behind a lot of the deep stuff of the old days.

[danophile07]

@corm1000 they left it behind because theyd found their callng and knew what they wanted to do, they became known as the metal gods for a reason te 70's stuff is a different world, well, soem of it but its still good

[thegoatnazi]

motherfuckerrrrrrrrrrrrr

[boongg]

One of Tipton's best compositions.

[PeazyG420]

ah good ol days when music actually required talent

[thedeviltroy]

@PeazyG420 if i could give your comment 246 thumbs up,i would! true,so true

[simonjlines]

@PeazyG420 What a great comment, I wish there were more people like you around, not the average assholes who couldn't tell talent if it bit them in the bollocks. Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity.

[blindguardian187]

@PeazyG420 oh come on. There are plenty of talented artists out there now. Just maybe not on the radio

[lagomorph32]

@blindguardian187

Yes you're right but he's right too, music doesn't require talent now, not even metal when I look at today's metal music popular scene.

[blindguardian187]

@lagomorph32 yup, you are correct. The popular metal scene isn't so great.  but the less popular/underground scene has so many talented bands with great guitarists/drummers and singers

[165Garyb]

@PeazyG420 AH, YES. THAT WOULD BE THE MAGICAL,MYSTICAL,MASTER,OF MELODIC METAL!!!!

[metalmusic919]

@PeazyG420 you obviously aren't a musician modern heavy metal is some of the most difficult and talent laced music ever developed. Its strictly dictated by tempo and technical on all instruments the musicians must be able to play perfectly together

[PeazyG420]

@metalmusic919

Ya like black dahlia and dying fetus :D!!!!

[brunomoital]

epiptah reminds me of queen

[GeezerACE]

Oh wow dudes, grammar and flying to Malibu.... ummm... all I know is I came here for an Epitaph and the kick ass guitar riff for the Isle of Domination! (and I don't care that Rob is gay), if I was on his Isle, he probably would dominate me (sorry, just trying to keep it real).

[stockcar4d]

lol

[878commando]

I see arguments here, its about the tunes people.

[Kurmuutti]

epitaph is the most not-priest kind of song but it sure is great

[bengativo6]

if you think epitaph is the most not priest kind of song .then you are not the most kind of fan that loves judas priest

[pretzeldog67]

...last rose of summer

[pretzeldog67]

oh i agree with you it is a fucking awesome song. i think i was refering to it being a "non priest" song, as it is so mellow, but we both know it is VERY priest. I met Rob, he signed a white vinyl JP album i have. side 1 is tyrant & rocka rolla and side b is genocide. he signed the genocide. one of my most prized poccesions....

[pretzeldog67]

i be 43 1/28.1st time i saw JP was in 83 scrming tour.18th row $40.00 when i met Rob, he was wearing a "hot wheels" shirt and a Phenix Suns cap on. posed with me for i picture as well man ive seen Priest so many times, they NEVER get old.i even saw them with ripper owens. i was at the ozzfest in camden nj when he sang for sabbath honest to god, i think last count was19or 20, granted that also includes FIGHT 2 times and his band HALFORD 2 times... i consider myself a TRUE Priest/Rob Halford fan.

[bengativo6]

@pretzeldog67 this song goes for you you are cool.that d be nice to see that picture someday in a video!!

[pretzeldog67]

so, bengativo6 where you from brother, and how old are you?

[kkpriest2112]

Explain "Dreamer Deceiver"

[kkpriest2112]

Or 'Run of the Mill"

[kkpriest2112]

I want you to explain where the fuck you get off calling me an idiot! I love how you pansy ass dildos hide behind your keyboard to insult people because you don't have the ballsack to do it in person. Douchebag!

[kkpriest2112]

Are you retarded? Who taught you grammar? I would love to show you how much of a coward I am. By the way, I would be more than willing to jump on a plane and fly out to Malibu to stick my foot up your ass.

[bengativo6]

thanks that makes me feel im important!!see you on the road mr bachoy

[bengativo6]

Are you retarded? Who taught you grammar? I would love to show you how much of a coward I am. By the way, I would be more than willing to jump on a plane and fly out to Malibu to stick my foot up your ass

[kkpriest2112]

Or Victim of Changes?!?!

[TheRisingforce2000]

this song is really cool

the person lying here is you

fuck yeah

[MachinePriest25]

Those Two Songs Are Fucken Awesome I Love It Great Music

[dickyp1]

glenn tipton is an amazing piano player... rob halford has a christmas album coming out in the near future...imagine what he'll do to 'we three kings'....one can only imagine

thnx for posting this

[andrewmilios]

i fuckin love this sooong....it reminds me of queen...and for a strange reason i listen to it ever xmas....:s....whatever....i love it.i always loved the different priest songs of the 70s

[brobearto]

yo, andy ~ i remember when my gf & i listened to this on vinyl, & we flipped thru all the different influences we could trace, like sabbath, jimi, queen of course, a little blue oyster cult maybe (note the breakdown riff that seems to echo Transmaniacon, eh?) ~ and lemme tellya, the basic piano on "epitaph" coulda been Jackson Browne, but oh how much better this tweaks my beak, yeah, Rock On!

[Rocker19999]

It does seem christmasy until island of domination

[thedeviltroy]

@andrewmilios i was thinkin the same thing

[thedeviltroy]

@andrewmilios i totally hear ya.

[gumborific]

@andrewmilios Rob was a big Queen fan, pun intended.

[theZodiacDigital]

@andrewmilios it also makes me think of queen.. they were definitely an influence on rob. by the way queen are awesome. you know brian may and tony iommi are really good friends?

[andrewmilios]

@theZodiacDigital oh yes absolutely!!!they played together on the freddie mercury tribute concert...and i think tony iommi played the intro riff to heaven and hell...which i think was really cool :)...priest used all these harmonies back in the 70s...some people diss it but i love this period!!

[theZodiacDigital]

@andrewmilios brian may played a few solos for black sabbath.... i think on "when death calls".. brian also played solos on iommi's solo album.

[ROBBiESMiTTENS]

@andrewmilios You should check out Halford's Winter Songs album!

[andrewmilios]

@ROBBiESMiTTENS hehe yes i have its pretty cool ;) kinda like trans siberian orchestra

[ROBBiESMiTTENS]

@andrewmilios It's surprisingly heavy! I wouldn't be caught dead listening to the traditional "We Three Kings," but the only reason I know some of those songs is thanks to Rob...and Twisted Sister's Twisted Christmas is pretty all right, too.

I just need to track down Billy Idol's Christmas album next.

[SquashandEggs]

@andrewmilios wow, christmas priest, thought that was my personal qurk, except my poison is stained class and a glass or five of bourbon on christmas eve

[cubby3o5]

@andrewmilios maybe because pianos like this are normally played around Christmas on that Charlie Brown cartoon and on the first South Park Christmas special.

[1ebermea]

@cubby3o5 aNDREW your probably a closet faggot.........

[1ebermea]

@cubby3o5 aNdrew ur probably a closet faggot maggot

[cubby3o5]

@1ebermea What the fuck?

[PlanetHorrordotNet]

I love Priest, and I love Heavy Metal, but it's kind of sad that if Priest made this album today most metal heads wouldn't even give it a chance. It seems like as the focus is to make the music heavier the make it less metal. This isn't no true in all bands though, there are a few really good newer super heavy bands that still embody what heavy metal really is.

[stockcar4d]

makes me feels like young and the restless is REAL!!

[GoNoRdEaTh]

yeeeeeahhhhhh

[yousaiditzero]

This is what a real 'band' did.........the result of contribution from all 4 talented guys.....a full song and a very memorable track...long live Priest!

[warne069]

shiiiiit....such a mad song judas fuk yeah.... still playing strong... go the rob

[lemmy9head]

very true, it doesn't sound like judas priest but they like to have different styles and dont like to have repetitive music..............it shows that they really put time into their work......LONG LIVE JUDAS PRIEST

[ro307805]

One of the greatest Judas albums, especially when you consider when it was made. Elements of Uriah Heep anyone?

[pachendrix]

I love Uriah but I wouldn't say it's a major influence on Priest's sound. Judas is IMO one of the most original bands if not the most original on the Metal genre. But you can say Queen do have a huge influence in Epitaph's sound. And if you listen to other songs you can even find some major Hendrix, Deep Purple and yes some Uriah influences on their style. But as far as sound goes Uriah(again IMO) don't have anything to do there. Anyways good catch most ppl wont even know what Uriah is.

PEACE

[afiq358]

when i listen to this song it reminds me of queen , it's so great i love u judas priest

[SW627]

"There's a man with a needle who's pleading to get to my face" - Classic lyrics!!

[stockcar4d]

never a truer thing said...well...maybe somewhere....but i agree....they're damn fine