- This article is about the album. For the title, see Fidei defensor. "Defender of the Faith" redirects here For the 1984 platinum album of British heavy metal group Judas Priest, see Defenders of the Faith For the Dungeons & Dragons optional rule book, see Defenders of the Faith: A Guidebook to Clerics and Paladins. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by Defenders of the Faith A Guidebook to Clerics and Paladins ' is an optional rulebook for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, published
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| Studio album by Judas Priest | |||||
| Released | January 4, 1984 | ||||
| Recorded | September - November 1983 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 49:43 | ||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
| Producer | Tom Allom | ||||
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Defenders of the Faith is the 9th studio album (10th overall) by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Tom Allom is an English Sound engineer and Record producer, mainly active in the 1970s and 1980s allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Screaming for Vengeance is the 8th studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. Turbo is the 11th album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. The album was recorded at Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain and mixed from September to November 1983 at DB Recording Studios and Bayshore Recording Studios in Miami, Florida. Ibiza (Eivissa is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain The LP & cassette tape were released on January 4, 1984 and later appeared on CD in July. A gramophone A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio A re-mastered CD was released in May 2001. Three tracks were released as singles, "Freewheel Burning", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", & "Love Bites".
"Rising from darkness where Hell hath no mercy and the screams for vengeance echo on forever. Only those who keep the faith shall escape the wrath of the Metallian. . . Master of all metal. "
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The cover art by Doug Johnson (who also designed the Hellion in Screaming for Vengeance) depicts the Metallian, a ram-horned, tiger-like land assault creature conceptualized by the band. Screaming for Vengeance is the 8th studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is a member of the Felidae family the largest and the most powerful of the four " Big cats quot in the Genus
"Eat Me Alive" was listed at #3 on the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen," a list of 15 songs the organization found most objectionable. The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC was an American committee formed in 1985 by four women Tipper Gore, wife of Senator and later Vice President PMRC co-founder Tipper Gore stated the song was about oral sex at gunpoint. Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson Gore (born August 19, 1948) is an author photographer former " Second Lady of the United States," and the wife of In response to the allegations, Priest recorded the song "Parental Guidance" on the follow-up album Turbo. Turbo is the 11th album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. Defenders of the Faith is a guitar-related section in [[Guitar World]] Magazine in which Guitar World readers are shown along with personal Information. This is referred to as "Defending the Faith. "
On the tour for this album, the band had played every song live, with the eception of "Eat Me Alive", which the band found too 'filthy'. On the tour for the Nostradamus album, in 2008, the band played a lot of songs which were never played live before, and one of them was "Eat Me Alive". This makes Defenders of the Faith the only Judas Priest-album from which every song was played live.
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Track listing
All songs written by Rob Halford, K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton except where noted. Robert John Arthur Halford (born August 25, 1951) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Kenneth "K K" Downing Jr (born 27 October 1951 in Yew Tree Estate Hill Top in West Bromwich, England) is a Glenn Raymond Tipton (born October 25, 1947 in Blackheath, England) is one of the Guitarists (and occasional keyboard
- "Freewheel Burning" – 4:22
- "Jawbreaker" – 3:25
- "Rock Hard Ride Free" – 5:34
- "The Sentinel" – 5:04
- "Love Bites" – 4:47
- "Eat Me Alive" – 3:34
- "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" (Bob Halligan, Jr) – 4:05
- "Night Comes Down" – 3:58
- "Heavy Duty" – 2:25
- "Defenders of the Faith" – 1:30
2001 Bonus Tracks
- "Turn on Your Light" – 5:23
- "Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith (Live)" – 5:26
Personnel
- Rob Halford — Vocals
- K.K. Downing — Guitars
- Glenn Tipton — Guitars
- Ian Hill — Bass Guitar
- Dave Holland — Drums