Sad Wings Of Destiny
by Judas Priest

From LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/04/2018 22:45 | #214202 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

The most awesome mix of 70s hard rock, prog rock and proto metal. Influential and cool beyond words.
Fav tracks: Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver, Tyrant, Victim Of Changes, Ripper... all really, every single song is great (Edited)

I got this after I'd bought 'British Steel' & 'Screaming for Vengence'. Very different to both of those. Bit more proggy with some slower songs included. Took a bit to get used to but quickly grew on me to become one of my favorite Priest albums. Halford's vocals on this are sublime, showcasing how incredible his range was. (Edited)

What an opening song, completely blows me away every time I hear it and kicks the album off perfectly. The songs are a bit inconsistent after this though. The highlight of the record for me is the diverse vocal range which is very well explored and is a joy to listen too. The screams and howls really suit the style perfectly and makes every track have something to enjoy. This is closely followed by the guitar as my second favourite part of the album as some of the solos are just incredible. The energy as well is brilliant and is maintained so well for the full duration. However, I do find the album feels a little jumbled in relation to what song goes where in the track listing as some songs lead terribly into the next. I think they could have been arranged a bit better to create a more effective and cohesive listen. Furthermore, a few songs are a little weak such as The Ripper amongst a few more near the closing of the album. Overall, these few weaker tracks really hold the record back but there is still enough enjoyable and quality content here to keep the music at a reasonably high standard. (Edited)

We all take it for granted that Black Sabbath invented metal. I'd never argue with that. ( Just shut up already, you Zed heads out there.) But this little baby here laid down the foundation of what heavy metal would sound & look like until it was unceremoniously dumped for you-know-who. Shrieking, glass shattering vocals? Check! Epic, bombastic lyrics? Check! Dark grandiose cover art depicting religious symbology? Check! High speed guitar assaults? Check! Chains & leather? Check-plus! It even contains, and I cringe here for what they wrought, a ballad.

All cheekiness aside, this is perhaps the most beautiful and intimate heavy metal album of all time. Long before Operation Mindcrime, Priest dropped this conceptual rock opera on mortality that would make even Queen proud.

Every music fan worth his salt needs to hear the song Victim of Changes. Arguably the best heavy metal track EVER!

From elo269megv 09/05/2017 03:08 | #197282 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I saw somewhere the original track list was different and began with 'Prelude' and "Victims of Change' came in at track five or six... Thought that was interesting. Criminally underrated. Best Judas Priest album by far. Apparently its partly composed of "throw away songs" left off their first album... Not sure how that happened