Killing Machine
by Judas Priest

Killing Machine by Judas Priest
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 4,508th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 166 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (82nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (751st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,508th)

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Judas Priest bestography

Killing Machine is ranked 9th best out of 31 albums by Judas Priest on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Judas Priest is British Steel which is ranked number 1010 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,718.

Judas Priest album bestography « Higher ranked (3,759th)
Firepower
This album (4,508th)
Killing Machine
Lower ranked (5,082nd) »
Unleashed In The East

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Killing Machine rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,508th | 1970s rank: 751st | 1978 rank: 82nd

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Killing Machine ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 166 votes)
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01/18/2026 09:30 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,76870/100
 
75/100
 
11/29/2025 12:23 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,34371/100
 
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11/28/2025 14:35 FrancK  Ratings distribution  50583/100
 
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10/06/2025 21:48 mizzle  Ratings distribution  1,40782/100
 
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10/05/2025 19:10 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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70/100
From 05/21/2022 20:32 | #285609
Decent album, not top tier Judas Priest, but still enjoyable.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 09/12/2020 02:12 | #258085
Another fantastic album following 'Sin after Sin'. Starting to move into slightly heavier songwriting. Majority of tracks on this are top grade hard rock/metal. Lacking a bit of the variety other albums have. Even though there's a ballad, a lot of the songs have the same structure & sound making it all blend together a bit. Don't get me wrong, still a great Priest album, it's just that there's quite a few others I'd put before this
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Rating:  
80/100
From 05/29/2020 20:08 | #252521
I really liked this one. Loved "Take On The World"!
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90/100
From 04/21/2020 09:40 | #250304
Excellent Album
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75/100
From 03/26/2016 02:17 | #162580
Decent.
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From 09/27/2015 02:37 | #150542
Solid. One of their best.
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From 10/01/2012 13:32 | #51570
My favorite track is: Before The Dawn
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95/100
From 07/15/2012 18:12 | #46469
I agree. This is the best album of Judas Priest. Musically is 10 out of 10. It blows my mind from beginning to end.
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80/100
From 06/08/2011 19:38 | #22886
Their best album so far into the career.
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