Judas Priest frontman, Rob Halford, is featured in a new interview with Victor Rocks, discussing the band's 50th anniversary "remixed and remastered" edition of their Rocka Rolla album.
Victor Rocks asked: "Some say Priest was a hard rock band during the Rocka Rolla era and became a heavy metal band after Sad Wings Of Destiny. But doesn't this remix version prove that Priest was a heavy metal band from the debut?"
Rob Halford: "When Judas Priest began its metal life all those years ago, we said from day one, we want to be a heavy metal band, we want to send our sound of heavy metal around the world from the very beginning. And that's what we did when we began with Rocka Rolla. Yes, there's a different texture, and a different experience from Rocka Rolla to Sad Wings Of Destiny, as it is with a lot of bands, your first two or three albums are establishing who you are, and what you want to say with your metal, with your music, and that's what Judas Priest did with Rocka Rolla. Heavy metal from day one, oh yeah!"
Order Rocka Rolla 50th Anniversary – Remixed and Remastered here.
Rocka Rolla (50th Anniversary Remixed & Remastered) tracklisting:
"One For The Road"
"Rocka Rolla"
"Winter"
"Deep Freeze"
"Winter Retreat"
"Cheater"
"Never Satisfied"
"Run Of The Mill"
"Dying To Meet You"
"Caviar And Meths"
Judas Priest recently announced dates for their European "Shield Of Pain Tour 2025", launching on June 14 in Hamar, Norway, and wrapping up on July 20 in Oberhausen, Germany.
Dates are listed below. Check judaspriest.com for details and ticket links.
Tour dates:
June
14 - Hamar, Norway - Tjuvholmen Kro
17 - Stuttgart, Germany - Schleyerhalle
18 - Frankfurt Am Main, Germany - Hessentag Festival
July
1 - Ferrara, Italy - Ferrara Summer Festival
3 - Zürich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
7 - Łódź, Poland - Atlas Arena
10 - Rättvik, Sweden - Dalhalla
13 - München, Germany - Olympiahalle
15 - Carcassonne, France - Festival de Carcassonne
17 - Sion, Switzerland - Sion Sous Les Étoiles
19 - Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal
20 - Oberhausen, Germany - Rudolf Weber-Arena
