Judas Priest's Reviews

Killing Machine

(Average Rating: 9.00 out of 10)

A marvellous album

(Rated this album with 8 out of 10)
Reviewed by Kael from Jugland

I don't know why this album was released as HELL BENT FOR LEATHER in the U.S. and as KILLING MACHINE in Europe.

Anyway, this is a fine, very fine, Priest record. It has a great variety of styles, and all of them work (I particularly do not like the weird EVIL FANTASIES, one of the most strange things Priest ever recorded). Their drummer at the time, Les Binks, had great feeling, precision and rhythm.

It is indeed a departure from the style of STAINED CLASS. It's really the beginning of their "leather phase", but this is not wrong. The band got heavier, the songs got shorter, and a whole new group of fans embraced the band.

AS for this remaster, the bonus tracks are fillers, nothing that would make anyone sad had they not been released...

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