 year. Let's get this right. Okay, let's let's start this off. We're gonna start with Judas Priest. What is this box set consist of? What do we already own from it? And what new stuff are we getting from it? Okay, it's gonna be released October. Let me just get the date here for everybody. It's gonna be released in October, something or another. And there's 42 CDs. So Jals, you're the expert in all this. So I'm just going to let you talk about this. Hi guys. How are you doing? Hi, everyone. I hope Carl Iles is watching and Sammy and all that. How are you doing? Judas Priest. Okay, what do we got? We got 42 discs. We got a very impressive looking box set. We have every studio album, including the Ripper years. So 10 points for including the Ripper era and not ignoring it. That's great. But do we think in 42 discs, possibly the most extensive box set that I've ever seen, in an era where Jethro Tull are putting out four disc sets of every album and digging deep into the archives and coming up with like stuff no one's ever heard before? You think priests could have found a couple of studio outtakes to include? What about the Stock Aiken Waterman outtakes from 88 that everyone's been screaming for? Even if it's just for a curiosity factor at this point. What about them? What about other outtakes from the 80s? And they're there. I mean, they're on Wikipedia even. So do we even have, as part of the studio albums, the bonus tracks they added in 2001? The jury's still out on that. What I find disappointing is in 42 discs, we're getting one studio demo from Sad Wings of Destiny, everything, all the other bonus stuff is just live. So we've got about four live albums and then a double disc called Beyond Live and Rare, which is just live except for one studio track. This is the studio albums plus a live archive. That's what this is. There's no digging into the studio vaults and then putting out tracks no one's ever heard before. They did it in 2001 where they found about half a dozen studio tracks that were not used, but there is more. The Stock Aiken Waterman demos put them out from 88. People want to hear them. We know it's a definitely a stylistic departure for priests at the time. It probably makes a step further even than turbo as far as, you know, but let me toss this out at you. These are the live albums you're referring to. CD 30 to CD 42. So CD 30 has Live in Atlanta in 80. I'll just read out the years. Live album in 82, 79, 86, 88, 90, 81, 80, 91, and then a couple of, you know, rare live tracks. It's all pretty impressive live stuff, but we're talking about songs that everybody knows. I think if you're going to throw down a couple of hundred quid for dollars or euros for a box set of 42 discs. By the way, I think this is 400 to, I think 400 US, probably about 500 and something Canadian. You're going to want, you'd expect to get sort of 10 to 15, 20 studio tracks maybe that no one's ever heard before and they've got them. Every band's got them, but this is just kind of a ton of, you know, official bootlegs really. I mean, they're sound boards, I'm sure, and I'm sure they sound great, but I think they should have dug a little deeper than just live content. They should have been rare and unreleased studio content. Stefan or parents, you guys get a chance to see those, that extensive Judas Priest. What do you guys think? Like to me, I personally think I don't, I would have liked a live box set. Like, I don't want to only rebuy all the albums I already have except for the Ripper era, that I did like. Yeah. I don't really care for the Ripper era, but again, the only thing that I find of interest for me are the live albums providing they sound good. I remember the extra tracks on, I can't remember if it was a turbo. Yeah, it was Turbo and Defender of the Faith. Yeah, they have good live tracks, but look, the Halion Electric Eye from the Summit in Houston, they sound pretty good, but I do not like the idea of this being marketed as buy again all the studio albums without extra tracks just to get some, some interesting live recordings, because not all live recordings are interesting. Of course, I want to hear the 7980 and 81 live albums. You know what? It's too little meat on the bone for the price tag, and people, anyone who's going to buy that kind of a box set has already got all the fucking studio albums anyway. And I suspect that in three months they'll release the live albums separately, usually that's how it's set. Probably, yeah. You could at least buy them one night, students or something individually maybe. Yeah, I think it's a nice package, but it does not, I mean, fair package. You want to show it on the shelf, you know, talk about it to all your friends coming to visit. I don't have any friends, man. Yeah, my friends don't listen to this priest. So there's no incentive for me to buy it other than hope for release of the live albums, the studio tracks, I got them all everywhere. I got them on vinyl, I got them on CD, I got them on streaming. I'm not going to buy them again just because this time they come in cardboard sleeves. No, I'm sorry. They did the rap that already once before anyway with the complete double box. So it's like their fifth box, there's like their fifth box there. So, Perrin, Perrin Wayan. Perrin Wayan. Well, look, let's face it, priests are kind of, you know, at the 90th percentile of their career, about the 99th percentile, like things are just about old. So I would think this is going to be the last big kind of box set release they're going to do. So if you're doing a 42 disc box set to the point the guys are making, and this is going to probably be your last opportunity to get whatever you want to get out there, out there, you think there would be more meat on the bone, like Giles said. And I personally think 42 discs is overkill. I don't even know if the biggest fan could digest that. I mean, if it were me, I might do, you know, four boxes at one year intervals with maybe 10 discs each and release one one year and something a year and a half later, something a year and a half later, you know, make it like the Eddie's head thing that Maiden did. Well, I guess when 30 or so of the discs are studio albums, I suppose that's sort of valid. But I don't know to buy 30 discs again to get a bunch of live albums. I mean, again, I would be first in line if they did kind of like, right, we are clearing out the vaults. This is damn near everything that's in a releasable condition and releasable shape. We're putting it out like Jeff Rogel doing. That's what it should be if it's this set. And, you know, but beyond that, I'll tell you the thing that bugs me the most, you know, why would you choose today? The eyes of the metal world are on Iron Maiden today. And I just feel it's again that for whatever reason, the Priest camp and the Maiden camp, and I feel like it comes more from the Priest camp, have this sibling rivalry. And, you know, the world, the metal world is all looking at Maiden today. So why would you want to do something on the same day that everyone's paying attention to Iron Maiden? Why would you not just do it next week or tomorrow, another day, where you can get all of the headlines in the metal press? Was this an attempt to maybe steal Maiden a little bit? I mean, I don't know, but I just, you know, we can talk about it. Well, it was strategic. I mean, let's be obvious. This is the obvious. It's strategic. How about this? This box that also includes Ross Helfen photo signed by each member, Rob Halford, Glenn, Ian, Richie and Scott. They leave out KK completely like they're white here out of history. But I have to say, I'm very, I'm like Stefan, I would have loved to have this box set of all these live discs. I thought that would have been really cool. And the Ripper years. Remember how they stopped producing the Ripper era albums? Well, here's an opportunity to, you know, to buy them. They'll do live albums and the two studio albums. You've got to buy everything else that goes with it together. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's, I mean, how many times, I don't need firepower again. I mean, I don't, I got all these albums. I actually have no problem with the repackaging of the studio records. To me, it's the lack of meaningful bonus content in a studio sense that would make me make that commitment again. Okay. And there you have it. So everybody tell us what you think about this, you know, this upcoming release by Judas Priest coming out October. I'm going to get the date right this time. October 15th, limited edition box set. And hopefully, Stefan, to your point, the box set will be limited, but maybe the pieces of it will be sold later. I'll be more interested in the pieces later on. Definitely. All right. Let's get to this. Let's get to this. Iron Maiden, guys. The writing on the wall. This is after six years. Iron Maiden has released their first studio track. I was written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson produced by Kevin Shirley and co-produced by Maiden's greatest bassist and founder, of course, Steve Harris, co-founder. Bruce Dickinson had this initial concept for a video which came to fruition with a collaboration with two award-winning former Pixar executive and law-standing Maiden fans, Mark Andrews and Andrew Gordon. So there is this animation video that's tied to this song. All right, Giles, first impressions. What did you think of this new Iron Maiden song? I got to live with it a little bit. I mean, I'm the biggest Maiden fan around. If you're asking me, anyway. I like the song. Is it an absolute classic no, but it's a very good song. Very, very good video. Again, the announcement kind of lacks that me. There's that term again, meet on the bone. Okay, we've got a new song. We haven't got a new album announcement. We don't have anything. We're none the wiser, really. We've got a new song and we know what it's called. Okay, I think the record is still some time away. I think they're just going to work this new song into the legacy of the Beast tour, work those two together. And I think the new album and the new album tour cycle is still some ways off. I like the song. I think it's good. And I think the video is excellent. So yeah, always good. And props to Iron Maiden for making this release an event, you know, and creatively making it an event, not just yet another press release and yet another single and it's coming out on this day. And here it is. They really got the fan base excited. Yeah. And that was cool. And I really liked the way they did that. I thought it was really clever. Sometimes I wish I was that clever, but I'm not. All right, I told everybody to rate this new song so far. I'm getting six out of 10, four out of 10, one out of 10, five out of 10. Stefan, what did you think of the new Iron Maiden song? I'm almost, almost as big a fan of Giles, but you're a fan of me. I'm almost as big a fan as you. Oh, I had as well. You're a fan of me. Okay. That too. If it wasn't for the reptilian part. But the fact is, I, you know, at one o'clock, it was during my lunch break at work and I got this, you know, sound turned up and I'm says, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. The last time I felt that way of listening to a brand new Iron Maiden song, the last time I felt this way was in 1983, when Flight of the Caress came out and I went, I hope the rest of the album is better is what I'm saying. I love Flight of the Caress. I like this. Well, at the time it sucked because you hadn't heard the trooper yet. You hadn't heard where Eagles there yet. And yeah, I'm stupid because I don't like Flight of the Caress. But at the time I did not. But it's from Greek mythology. It's the same feeling I have today. It's like, I hope this is not the best song of the album because it's generic. It's generic made it. Never is with them. The single is sometimes like the least cool. I mean, usually you get made an album. And the album is like, the single is just a quick and concise kind of track that sums it up. But the album is far more all-encompassing. So I think you're safe there. Yeah, I certainly hope so because I was underwhelmed by the song. Now, about the video. That was interesting. I finally found the meaning of the four characters there. I read quickly the Bible part. Look, it's typical maiden. It looked more like another episode of Mad Max from my perspective. It's fun to watch. Extremely well done. I emailed the video to my daughter who specializes into video special effects like this. Her jury is still out. I thought it looks great. It's obviously a personal project that Bruce feels strongly and he's very proud of. But the technology for the video is much more ahead than what, you know, you'll find much more ahead video than this. The package is nice, but I still consider it a major teaser for an album that I hope will be a lot more complete and a lot more impressive than that. I watched the video. I couldn't follow the story. Maybe it's just me. Perrin, what do you think? Yeah. Well, first, you know, if anyone noticed, I'm in a hotel room. So I'm on the road for work. So I got back to my hotel about an hour ago and I've listened to the song and watched the video four times in the last hour. So my brain is like firing on all cylinders. So, you know, I'm seeing a lot of people giving one on 10, a four on 10 saying it's awful. I don't think it's that. I see people giving it 10 on 10 saying it's the greatest thing ever. I don't think it's that. I think it's in line with what Iron Maiden has done since the reunion of Brave New World. You know, if anyone's waiting for them to put out a piece of mind or piece part two, that's probably not going to happen. The song I feel has grown on me even in the last hour. They say every hour the song gets better. The first time I listened to it, I might have been a little underwhelmed. Now I find myself, I have the kind of chorus going in my head and I kind of like it. Yeah, it's good. Song working really well in a live setting. It's not going to be the song they open the show with, but I can see just like, you know, blood brothers and Brave New World, like that. I can see this being kind of a thing along in the middle of the show. We all get into it. So, I'm thinking that I'm liking the song, not in the way I fell in love with Rhyme of the Ancient Mara the first time I heard it, but I think it's good, not great. You know, whereas I was blown away by the new Halloween when I heard it, I can't say I'm blown away, but it's almost sad to say I don't expect to be blown away by Iron Maiden in the 2000s era, which is a little bit sad, but that's the case. You know, the funny thing is it's a Bruce and Adrian song, but it sounds a lot to me like a Steve song. So I thought that as well, actually. Yeah, I kind of expect more from the Bruce and Adrian collaboration that I do from the Steve stuff. Maybe that disappointed me a little bit. And then it comes to video. The video is like, I generally don't like animated videos, you know, but I have to say I've watched the video a couple times and each time I watched it, I picked up on something else. I too thought there was a, you know, Mad Max, the stand, post-apocalyptic vibe. I think there's going to be a lot of opportunities to sell some pretty cool Eddie motorcycle, Eddie T-shirts, Grim Reaper, Eddie motorcycle, T-shirts, that kind of thing. So every time I'm watching the video, I'm like, oh, open deep bridge and ruin. Okay, the guys march behind the cavalcade or like the US government, the British government, the Chinese government, you know, the four words in the pentagram are death, war, plague, and famine. You know, obviously we're talking about a world that we've ruined. And if you notice the last scene in the video, the character passes an apple back to these kind of Adam and Eve characters. And we're starting out all over again. There's like, there's biblical themes in there. So like I said, my brain is kind of fiery and all cylinders. So credit to Maden, they're making us think, they're making us work. I can see myself having to kind of listen to this and watch this 10 more times. Yeah. They're not giving it all away, right? You know, apparently I'm going to stop you right there. This is the analogy I'm going to give, rush. Okay. When rush went from moving pictures to signals, there was this, the fan base was screaming bloody murder. And then after signals, you had grace under pressure. Whereas, well, what are they doing? Can you guys do another 2112? Can you do another moving pictures? They never went back to what they started with. They always did what they wanted to do on their terms, what made them happy. And I think Maden's the same way we're going to appreciate these albums, the ones that everybody hates in the past few years, later on in life, because they're doing what they want to do because they don't want to do another killers. They don't want to do another murder the beast. They want to do what they want to do. They're like in their almost their 60s, right? I didn't like the production on this. I think Kevin Shirley has butchered another made in song or album. But I did like the song a lot. I like the acoustic. I like it was mid-paced. I thought it was thoughtful. I thought Bruce sang it. He sang the song. You know, he was really singing the song. I thought it was really melodic. And I thought it was Well, I mean, you know, there wasn't that sort of repetition, even though there was a repetition, it wasn't as prominent. He was actually really singing the song. He just sounded muffled. And that's a production problem more so than a singing problem. But I did like a mid-paced. I mean, I thought it was Bon Jovi dead or alive at first, you know, with the slide guitar sound, right? But for me, it was Stephen Kingish. Like, if you've seen the movie The Stands, you have these little acoustic interludes. Like, even if you've ever heard the intro to Sons of Anarchy, the TV show, I felt it was a little bit like that. So, yeah. Giles, what did you think of the singing, Giles? You're a singer. What did you think of the vocal? Good. Yeah, I think Bruce's voice is aging really, really nicely, really, really well. I like it a lot. Again, it's funny. I'm in this position. I've been told by people who care about me and respect me and all those things that I never thought would happen. That I'm a professional, I'm a known person in this industry, and I should therefore watch what I say about people and only say nice things because it's good for business. But I've never been a Kevin Shirley fan, you know? Let's just leave it at that. I just, you know, I mean, when you listen to, like, what was that last Sabbath thing they did with Dio? Heaven and Hell, the devil, you know? That sounds awesome. You put that, you put Final Frontier on next to that and it just sounds thin. You've got three guitars and you can't hear any of them. I just, again, I love the songs. I love the band. It's just my opinion. But I've never been crazy about Kevin, to be honest. So, you know, if I'm allowed to, you know, in this ultra PC world where everyone's getting upset. Well, I can't stand Kevin Shirley. I'll say it right now. If I'm allowed to have an opinion as well as work in this business, you know, that's what I'll say, you know? We miss Martin Burch. We sure do. And I agree, guys, and I would just say, obviously, we can't take Martin Burch back. But I think, you know, they've worked with Kevin Shirley for over 20 years now. And I think we've had enough of the Kevin Shirley era. And some of us didn't like it at all. And some of us might like bits and pieces. I think it would be interesting at this point for them to work with someone else. And I know Steve likes his Yes, Men and he likes to be in his comfort zone. But I really wish, wish that they would work with somebody different just to see what the end result would be. Yeah, I agree with you. It would be interesting, at least, you know. I actually thought the British Lionel and the last British Lionel with the burning. That sounded really good. I think I was Steve Newton. I'd like to hear them as a go. Tony Newton produced Tony Newton. He produced a live album. And I thought maybe this was going to be a transition from using Tony Newton a bit more. I thought he did a great job on the British Lionel. Really good. So I was hopeful as well. I think there's a little bit of that. Like, to me, you could tell it's an Adrian Smith song, because it's a great solo. There's actually two solos. And the second one is you could tell that's Adrian Smith, very melodic. All right, I spoke to Paul. I spoke. I called Paul Diana today. He's doing all right. Yeah, I love Paul. Yeah, I called him. I called him today and he's doing all right. Yeah, he's a good guy. What does he think he's done? Yeah, you don't want to know that. I don't think he cares. But I mean, maybe he does. I don't know. I can't speak for him. But me, I called him at lunchtime. It was well before the song came out. We didn't even talk about it. I mean, I love Paul. What a good guy. Me too. Me too. Guys, thank you so much. Everybody, tell us what you think of this new song. Did you like it right out of 10? This is getting mixed reviews. People are saying they really like it like an eight. And then you're getting a lot of fours and twos and ones. Bruce loves that polarizing thing. So you'll be happy. I'm more of the rush camp where let the artists do what they want to do. As long as I would have liked to have slapped Dockin when they did Shadow Life. But other than that, I'm pretty much on board with fans experimenting and doing different things. I like it. A lot of those albums that people don't like. This isn't that big of a left turn. I mean, I think this is pretty much the line. It's not Paul. It's actually, it's very made in me. It's very made in me. So yeah, I know it's really good. And you do have that twin guitar, those harmonies. One of those songs that's going to be, I remember when El Dorado came out and everyone was like, oh, what's that? I love that song and live. I love that song too. Live, live. It sounds like Barracuda, but live, it just came into its own so much. I love that song. This is going to be a long live. This is going to be a good live, I think. It will be. All right, everybody. There's way too many comments, you know, out there for me to read and I apologize for that. Solos are very good. It's okay. I'm good with it, but I probably won't play it again. I love Mayden, but I want an up-tempo melodic song. Simple, predictable, boring intro. I've never expected, I never expect another aces high. Two formula, get rid of Kevin and don't let Steve near the production side. I blame Lynch for Shadow Life. Solos are always great, but the riff sounds boring. I can't wait for KK's album to come out next month. You guys need to tune in on the 23rd and listen to the 23rd is the new Alcatraz, the real Alcatraz with doogie white on vocals, the new song Sword of Deliverance. I think you guys that like that early 80s and mid 80s on Mayden, they're going to really like this song. So check that out. Alcatraz, Sword of Deliverance. Yes, yes, Stefan. Charles is quite disheveled, man. I'll give it there. What? You know, if you didn't understand the business side, he's just a big fan of Alcatraz and I respect that. Oh my God. I have no investment in it. All right, Matthew Lee, I thought it was interesting that Metal Allegiance also made the official announcement today. And Metal Allegiance made an announcement today? Did they? Well, after Mayden and Priest, I'm pretty sure nobody noticed. Then Udo comes out with a new song. I went out and go sushi. I didn't care after the Mayden thing. Who the hell is advising? Who's the PR for advising metal? You know what? Every band should have taken a long lunch break today. It's just today was a big day in Metal. And thank you guys for jumping on. All right, everybody. Thank you so much.