Unleashed In The East - Judas Priest

One of the classic heavy metal live albums, 'Unleashed in the East' is such an effective summary of Judas Priest's seventies career that it's hard to even care that much of it was probably polished up in the studio. With nine solid tracks culled from the band's second to fifth albums (the first album is a bit of an oddball in the discography), this still displays the band's early blues-rock influence and places their dark, epic style next to the more simplistic style developed on the then-recent 'Killing Machine,' an album that receives greater representation on later re-releases of the live album. The sound quality here is perfect, bringing out the full power ...  Read the complete review