(Rated this album with 10 out of 10) Reviewed by
Lars
from Rock land
To give an album 5 stars, it's got to be a damn good record, and "British Steel" is! If I were asked to name the five best heavy metal records of all time, this one would without doubt be mentioned. "British Steel" was released 1980 and in my opinion this album had something special that other metal acts at that time didn't have - the powerful unique guitar riffs that made Judas Priest easy to recognize. The songs on "British Steel" are both very heavy (at least by that time) and melodic. Judas Priest deliver their strongest material ever on this one - everything is top quality. There are songs that have very high hit potential ("Breaking the law", "Living after midninght", "United") and of course they became hits more or less... There are other songs that goes straight to the heart of a fan of old time traditional heavy metal (for example "Rapid fire" "Metal gods" and "Grinder"). There are in fact no weak song at all on this album and my advise is: run out and get a copy as fast as possible, this one sure stand the test of time, perhaps better that any other record of that era!
