JUDAS PRIEST — Defenders Of The Faith (review)

JUDAS PRIEST — Defenders Of The Faith album cover Album · 1984 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Warthur
Defenders of the Faith starts off well, with Freewheel Burning and Jawbreaker providing balls-to-the-wall metal in the same vein as the best picks from Screaming for Vengeance. It's somewhat more radio-friendly than its immediate predecessor, which meant it ended up taking a bit longer for me to warm to it. As on Point of Entry, this largely translates to the performance sometimes lacking intensity; Halford sings about corpse-strewn battlefields without the passionate sincerity usually associated with his vocals, the moronic Love Bites is far too repetitive and lasts way too long, and the second half of the album can drag.
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