Judas Priest

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29.04.2011 08:28
Anthrax recorded "emotional" album
Joey Belladonna claimed that their upcoming album Worship Music would become "most emotional" record in the band's history. "Nothing's fabricated here. It's all based on truth", said he.

26.01.2009 16:00
Metallica revealed details about their own videogame
Metallica spoke about upcoming version of the Guitar Hero videogame devoted to the band. It will feature 28 songs by the band and 21 songs from other bands.

24.11.2007 00:00
The Romantics have filed a lawsuit against the creators of Guitar Hero
Rock-band The Romantics have filed a lawsuit against the creators of the Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s game. They allege that their song What I Like About You is improperly used in the game.

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Judas Priest are one of the most famous rock bands, that has influnced many heavy metal groups, sold over 35 million albums worldwide and finally earned the nickname Metal Gods, from their own song of the same name. The band's history started in 1970 in Birmingham, when local ensemble named Judas Priest (after Bob Dylan's song The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest) broke up, and the band's singer Al Atkins approached K.K. Downing and Ian Hill as a new members. At the same time he decided to move from bluesy tunes towards heavy rock. Later, Bob Halford joined Judas Priest as a singer.

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