(Rated this album with 6 out of 10) Reviewed by
Lloyd Salisbury
from Maryland United States
This CD is by no means another "Sad Wings of Destiny" or "Hell Bent For Leather". In fact, this sounds more like Metallica than Priest! (The ballads more recall "one", "welcome" and "fade to black" than "dreamer deceiver", "before the dawn" and "run of the mill".) But Priest have managed to recapture some (just some) of their late 70s/early 80s glory. Gone is the death metal/grunge approach of the totally unlistenible "Jugulator". With a return to melody Priest have managed to show decent signs of maturity with "hell is home" and "feed off me". Not all of it works, however (and it DIDN'T need to be 71 minutes!). The songs are padded with pointless noises and a few tracks could have been left on the cutting room floor. But for hardcore Priest fans this will help remove the bad taste left from "Jugulator".
