Sin After Sin - Judas Priest

Band Line-up: Glenn Tipton-Guitars Robert Halford-Vocals K.K Downing-Guitars Ian Hill- Bass Simon Phillips- Drums Judas Priest's 3rd album and first for a major label is a mixed bag containing two absolute rock classics in the shape of 'sinner' and 'dissident aggressor' and some less involving filler. Recorded in 1977 at Ramport Studios, those used by The Who for 'Who Are You', the album has a slightly disjointed feel to it which is not helped by the fact that drummer Simon Phillips was a session player and not really a part of the group. This is hammered home, slightly ungraciously i think!, by the fact that Phillips ...  Read the complete review

A shorter review this time, because I don’t have an awful lot to say about this slab of metal history. Having been dropped from Gull Records after the excellent ‘Sad Wings of Destiny,’ which remains a Judas Priest classic to this day, the band was fortuitously picked up by major label Columbia in a commendable display of foresight. Consequently, this third album is sometimes viewed as the first ‘true’ Priest album, which is wrong both factually and morally. ‘Sin After Sin’ was recorded and released in early 1977, and continued to develop the band’s distinctive sound towards the famous and much-imitated style that would dominate eighties metal while also ...  Read the complete review

Judas Priest — Sin After Sin Year — 1977 The line-up — ROB HALFORD - vocals GLENN TIPTON - lead guitar K.K. DOWNING - lead guitar IAN HILL - bass guitar (with Simon Phillips - session drummer & percussion) Judas Priest were in a bit of a fix when CBS offered them a worldwide record contract. Their current financial situation was very poor, and the weakness of their current label meant that their career prospects were none too shiny for the future, either. So, of course, the deal with CBS was signed, and the history of Judas Priest entered a new phase. Simply having more money behind them must surely ...  Read the complete review