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They took that sound and cranked it up by making it much heavier, louder, meaner, scarier, a little Gothic, Dark, Gritty, and a lot more intense. "The Sentinel" is epic all on levels. I know that if you're reading this, you probably think I'm crazy for thinking that, but I believe that it was there follow-up to that classic album that surpassed that on all levels.
Rob Halford shows more intensity and fury in his voice.The album blasts the gates open with "Freewheel Burning", which really showcases what I'm talking about when I say that they sound a lot meaner, heavier, and intense."Jawbreaker" continues that sound with greatness. "Love Bites" is Haunting, Scary, Gothic, But Very Heavy and Kick-Ass (They would normally start there shows in support for this album with this song, and it makes for a awesome opener)."Eat Me Alive" is creepy, fast paced, intense (kinda like "Freewheel Burning") but with a overall darker tone."Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" is a mid-paced, stalking, dark, song and probably my personal favorite on the album."Night Comes Down" follows in a great way, and even though it is a slower song, it's not a wimpy ballad in no way, it's quite epic and Rob Halford's delivery in this song makes the hairs on the back of my neck stick up."Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith" both these songs are separate, but i consider them one song due to "Heavy Duty" going right into the title track, and it's a great ending to not just a Perfect Priest album, but a Perfect metal album all in all.Judas Priest followed this with "Turbo" which sonically went into the glam metal that Priest had no right to be in (although that album was good in it's own light), as they belong with Just Heavy Straight Forward Metal. "Rock Hard, Ride Free" is very anthemic, but still kick-ass.
Judas Priest had just finished touring for there highly acclaimed (sometimes) over-rated "Screaming for Vengeance". While that album had a couple of good ballads ("(Take These)Chains", "Fever", "Pain and Pleasure"). The Priest eventually went back to there true roots with the return to form: "Painkiller" in 1990, which I believe is the sequel to "Defenders of the Faith".
Defenders of the Faith, I believe took the foundations that were layed down on "Screaming For Vengeance" and Raised them to "11" on all levels. If you don't know what I mean, just listen to every song on this album and you'll see how they tear down anything that was on "Screaming for Vengeance".
Non-stop metal, for your enjoyment, yes, the sound could be better. Judas Priest delivers the goods on this record, in a big way.
Does have some filler songs like "heavy duty" and some others that were popular back then but don't stand up very well today, like "love bites" and "some heads are gonna roll." 3.5 stars for this one. Priest releasing another popular metal album, though this one is a bit weaker than screaming for vengence. Still, some classic here.
Very, very sad. One of Priest's best albums, but a horrid sounding remaster. The remastering was done at such a high level that there is very audible clipping distortion all over the place.
Actually, all the songs are great, I even love the songs "Night Comes Down" and "Eat Me Alive" which are often said to be the worst tracks in this album. No wonder that it sometimes can be found in the all-time best top 100 lists. The great songs songs as "Jawbreaker", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", and of course "Freewheel Burning" are just the best-known tracks in this album and this album has many other classic songs. After making albums like "Point of Entry", the Priest made "Screaming for Vengeance" which showed a little way to the "new Priest" which was actually the old Priest. Listen to this album, listen to it heavy sounds.You know that the songs such as "Love Bites" and "The Sentinel" are brilliant.as the other songs too.Stars: Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker, The Sentinel Of course, the sounds may be a little but modern but anyway. "Defenders of the Faith" has been made with same courage and skill as the 70's classics like "Stained Class" and "Sin After Sin". When you listen to this album through many times you probably may find it one of the best Priest albums.
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