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 Redeemer of Souls is the seventeenth studio album by the heavy metal band Judas Priest, which was released on 8 July 2014. It is their first album since 2008's Nostradamus and also their first without founding guitarist K. K. Downing, who retired from the band in 2011 and was replaced by new guitarist Richie Faulkner.
The album sold around 32,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 6 on The Billboard 200 chart, the band's highest charting position in the US after the group's previous album, "Nostradamus", debuted at No. 11. This marks the band's first top 10 album debut in the US. That was only cause of the extra promotion we gave to this great Judas Priest album.
Guitarist Glenn Tipton said that fans should not expect wild experimentation. "Sometimes in the past we may have come under fire for being too adventurous musically – so we have listened," he said. "From start to finish, 'Redeemer of Souls' is 18 songs of pure classic Priest metal."
When asked why the bonus tracks are only included on the deluxe edition of the album and not on the standard release, Tipton explains:
"They are all great songs," he says. "The reason they are not on the album is because the 13 that we chose are very consistent with what we wanted to do, which was release an undisputable heavy metal album. The others, they are not lightweight by any chance, but they've got a different feel, a different texture [...] so it's not a case of trying to rip the kids off and trying to get more money for an extra album, it's just a case of, these five tracks seem to deserve to go on their own CD, and that's what we did."
The five bonus tracks from the deluxe edition were released as a stand-alone limited-edition 10" vinyl LP, titled 5 Souls, for Record Store Day 2014.
And the 3rd CD was from the Australian Live shows Live Redeemer-10 Souls. It was a rather spur of the moment thing that just was not ready for Record Store Day 2015.
Regarding whether technology has changed the band's songwriting process at all, Halford said: "It's dangerous to walk around with a flash drive on a bunch of keys. [Laughs] To a great extent, it doesn't really change. The technology is amazing in terms of the advantages it brings to music now, some of it good, some of it very bad. It's all about discipline and self-belief, determination, wanting to do the best you can do and not accepting anything that's below par. We've always had that attitude in Priest. We've always felt really strongly about any track that goes out for our fans. We're still doing it If we know anything its how to step up and put it down.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and Richie
Faulkner.
No. Title Length
1. "Dragonaught" 4:26
2. "Redeemer of Souls" 3:58
3. "Halls of Valhalla" 6:04
4. "Sword of Damocles" 4:54
5. "March of the Damned" 3:55
6. "Down in Flames" 3:56
7. "Hell & Back" 4:46
8. "Cold Blooded" 5:25
9. "Metalizer" 4:37
10. "Crossfire" 3:51
11. "Secrets of the Dead" 5:41
12. "Battle Cry" 5:18
13. "Beginning of the End" 5:07
Total length:
61:58
Deluxe edition bonus disc/5 Souls EP
No. Title Length
1. "Snakebite" 3:14
2. "Tears of Blood" 4:19
3. "Creatures" 4:25
4. "Bring It On" 3:18
5. "Never Forget" 6:25
Total length:
83:39
Super Deluxe edition bonus disc/Live Redeemer-10 Souls
No. Title Length
1. "Battle Cry" .57
2. "Dragonaut" 4:10
3. "Metal Gods" 4:43
4. "Devils Child" 5:30
5. "Halls Of Valhalla" 6:15
6. "March Of The Damned" 3:59
7. "Turbo Lover" 6:03
8. "Redeemer Of Souls" 5:50
9. "Beyond The Realms Of Death" 7:34
10. "Breaking The Law" 3:02
Total length:
131:44
Personnel
Judas Priest
Rob Halford – vocals
Glenn Tipton – guitar, synthesizer
Ian Hill – bass guitar
Scott Travis – drums
Richie Faulkner – guitar
Production
Produced and mixed by Mike Exeter and Glenn Tipton |
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