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 1973-ban alakult angol zenekar.  Eredeti fellls: Rob Halford nek;                             Ken KK Downing gitr;                             Ian Hill basszusgitr;                             John Hinch dob. | 
 |      A heavy metal stlus egyik meghatroz cscszenekara. Lemezeik s sikereik elvlasztjk ket a szokvnyos kemnyked heavyrock formciktl. St, neki tulajdontjk az angol heavy j nemzedknek elindtst is. Az els heavy egyttes akiknak zenjre rstttk: "stni zenetek". A sok tagcsere ellenre, ma is aktv egyttes, s ebben risi szerepe volt 1996-os kivlsig Rob Halford rockmvszi egynisgnek, mindent elspr orgnumnak, sznpadi alaktsainak. Nevket  Bob Dylan The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest cm protestsongjbl klcsnztk. Birminghamben alaptotta Downing s Hill. 1974-ben ktttek szerzdst a Gull cggel, amely kt, mindmig npszer albumot jelentetett meg velk, a Rocka Rolla-t s a Sad Wings Of Destiny-t. Az utbbi a korai heavy metal remeke, knnyedn krztk le vele a Black Sabbath -ot. Ezutn megkezddtt a doboscserk hossz folyamata. Jtt s ment Alan Moore s Simon Phillips, ket hrom lemezen Les Binks kvette. A British Steel -en mr Holland jtszik, aki korbban a Trapeze-ban dobolt. Amerikai sikerk a Stained Glass megjelense utn kezddtt, ekkor a Led Zeppelin elzenekaraknt mutatkoztak be. Eddigi mkdsk cscspontja a British Steel, amely klnsen Amerikban lett rendkvl sikeres majdnem 1 milli pldny kell el. Sznpadi megjelensk ebben az idben - rendkvl agresszv, ltzkket szegecsek lncok egsztik ki. A gyors tempt s speed metal gitrjtkot ugyanakkor kvethet, helyenknt kellemes nekdallam alfestsre hasznljk. Rob Halford eladsmdja s hangja klns figyelmet rdemel, a rekedt kzpfekvsbl kpes a teljesen sima szoprnba vltani. Az egyttes plyafutsban jl rzkelhet trst jelent a Turbo cm lemez, amelyet a heavy metal hvei sokan "diszksnak", knnyednek tartanak. Rajongi kzl szmosan el is prtoltak az egyttestl. Az 1990-es Painkiller szintn biztos kereskedelmi siker volt. 1996-ban Rob kivlt a formcibl s Trent Roznorral megalaktotta j egyttest a Two -t, de csak kt v mlva jelentettk meg els lemezket Voyeurs cmmel. Az jjszervezdtt Judas Preist 1998-ban debtlt a Jugulator cm, igazn j zent tartalmaz albummal. 
 
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 | Utols fellls: Tim Owens nek;                            Ken KK Downing gitr;                            Ian Hill basszusgitr;                            Glen Tipton gitr;                            Scott Davies dob. |  
| Nagylemezek: Rocka Rolla (1974.)                          Sad Wings Of  Destiny (1976.)                          Sin After Sin (1977.)                          The Best Of  J.P. (1978.)                          Stained Glass (1978.)                          Killing Machine (1978.)                          Unleashed In The East (1978.)                          Hell Bent For Leather (1979.)                          British Steel (1980.)                          Point Of  Entry (1981.)                          Screaming For Vengeance (1982.)                          Defenders Of  The Faith (1984.)                          Turbo (1986.)                          Priest... Live (1987.)                          Ram It Down (1988.)                          Pain Killer (1990.)                          Jugulator (1998.) | 
 
 
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| Judas PriestDalszvegek/Lyrics
 |  |  SinnerSinner rider, rides in with the storm
 The devil rides beside him
 The devil is his god, God help you mourn
 Do you, do you hear it, do you hear the thunder
 Deafen every living thing about
 Can you, can you see it, can you
 See the mountains darken yonder
 Black sun rising, time is running out
 Sacrifice to vice or die by the hand of theSinner!
 Sinner!
 Sinner!
 Sinner!
 His steed of fury,Eyes of fire and mane ablaze
 Demonic vultures stalking
 Drawn by the smell of war and pain
 He roams the starways
 Searching for the carcasses of war
 But if it's hungry then its very presence
 Disrupts the calm into the storm
 Curse and damn you all you'll fall by the hand of theSinner!
 Sinner!
 Sinner!
 Sinner!
 God of the Devils, God of the DevilsWon't you help them pray
 God of the Devils, God of the Devils
 Is there no other way
 Can't you hear their souls calling out in their plightCan't you see their blood is boiling setting them alight
 Thirty years now sleeping, so soundWar raises its head, and looks slowly around
 The Sinner is near, sensing the fear
 And the beast will start movin' around
 Can't you see their souls calling out in their brainCan't you hear their blood is boiling setting them alight
 Sinner!Sinner!
 Sinner!
 Sinner!
 Sinner!
 Sacrifice to vice or die by the hand of theCurse and damn you all you fall by the hand of the
 Sinner!
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