Judas Priest are one of metal's true survivors - still going strong after forming Birmingham in 1969. They took their name from the Bob Dylan song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest and soon started to develop their hard rocking sound influenced by Hendrix and The Who. They were one of the first bands to modernise the twin guitar sound with the help of K.K Dowling and Glen Tipton and had one of the most distinctive sounding (and looking) frontmen in the form of Rob Halford. In the hallowed halls of metal, they are seen as one of the genre's leading lights. I first got into Priest when I bought British Steel a few years back. To the ...  Read the complete review

A disappointment after the popular 'British Steel,' 'Point of Entry' jumps across the ocean to imitate a distinctly American version of the heavy metal that Judas Priest helped to create in the first place. With recurring themes of highways, deserts, firearms and other distinctly non-British things, this mostly weak album would be the perfect example of a band compromising its sound to attract a mainstream audience and alienating their existing fan base, if only the later abomination 'Turbo' didn't achieve this so much better. The main difference between this album and its predecessor is that 'Point of Entry' is a more mellow and relaxed affair on the whole. ...  Read the complete review