Not even close to the studio version. But still better than other performances of the song he’s done. Basically, it’s not a bad performance at all. But i don’t think “like the studio version” means what you think it means.
this song....possibly hardest vocal to even try to keep up with. i auditioned for a band and they wanted me to sing this....i grabbed a beer and left lol
His voice was incredible in the early 2000's. He can't sing painkiller like this anymore, but then again he's 63 years old. The new album is great as well.
He did it pretty good on the 1991 leg of the 'Painkiller' tour and the 'Operation Rock N Roll Tour' leg og it, later in '91. But he has never done it this great since then.
As in many "pro" DVDs the audio was remastered and fixed in studio, I'm not saying Halford is not a good singer, Priest is by far my favorite band ever, Rob is one of my favorite singers, but I know him too well, I can easily identify this audio as not 100% legit.
all of his performances of this song since 2000-2004 were great. 2005-2010 was his worst period vocally and he still figured out how to pull everything off.
Man Halford really nailed those high shrieks in this version. Definitely the most consistent live version I've seen for the vocals of this song. Sounds amazing.
I know this is 13 years old, but even so how many 52 year olds do you know that could sing one of the hardest metal songs to sing live this well at that age. At an age when many metal singers have seen much better days, Rob was still tearing it up like he was in his 20's. An incredible job from the master himself Mr. Rob Halford!!!!!
I remember having to sing this well our singer was out due to a back injury, and while I think I did it well, my voice was shot and I tasted blood, since my only approach to this song was scream while trying to hit the notes. If I had a video, I'd absolutely show it. Never choose to sing this song unless you are a professional with years of training.
The Quintessential Rob Halford right there!!! I think I was at this show. Into The Pit was also off the charts! Thanks for everything Rob and continued success.
@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke Dion good but not even close to beating Rob Halfords vocal range ,Dio wasn't as good Deep Purple singer Ian Gillian let alone Rob Halford ,the only vocalist I've seen match Rob Halfords raw power & tones was Freddie Mercury in 1979 ,I saw Priest that year as well & Freddie tied Rob .
This is probably the best Painkiller live performance he's ever done; really nice. I really love how he started adopting a more raspy style live during the early 2000's.
This is an excellent live performance by Rob. He did a great job on this song at Wacken 2015 as well, especially when you consider his age and those notes.
halford was given a once in a lifetime instrument. everyone can learn to sing but being able to do what rob does is natural talent. he distorts his tone quality while still coloring it and making it resonate. all that plus you can understand every word he says, not something you can say about a lot of metal vocalists. rob is an artist of the highest caliber
@@BjornHellZ69 No such thing as a 'live' album now, all the strings re-amped, drum stems replaced, re-tracked and loads of post production, just how it is.
I wonder any studio dubbing has been made here for the vocal parts, as halford never sounded this good in singing this song live in recent years. And playing of instruments are also sounding too perfect. Halford is my all time fav singer, one and only one, and thus I wanted to confirm that this is actual live singing. Any guy that attended this show please tell me if he sounded this good in that show singing painkiller.
Entre el 2000 y 2004 Halford estaba pasando por un gran momento, ya que antes se habia tomado un buen descanso y volvio con las energias recargadas. Hoy en dia no se le puede pedir mas por su edad, a demas de que ese tipo de voces, se desgastan mas rapido.
Man this has got to be the best Halford's performance singing Painkiller live. I was just shitting out on him because I had never seen such a good live performance from himself on this song. This is really awesome!
Now THIS is what I've been thinking for many years... I'm sure that if Priest would've played this song among the first fve or six songs of their set, when Rob's voice was all rested up and ready to fire on all cylinders, this song would've sounded so much better live, and it would've saved Rob a whole deal of problems and struggling performances. Instead, they always decided to play it at the final portion of the set, and being so extremely demanding vocal-wise, it's no surprise Rob couldn't handle it at the top of his game; many times having to strain his voice beyond the necessary limits, to the point where nowadays he unfortunately can't properly sing it live anymore, and the song had to be taken out of the set. We also must take into account that Rob was about to turn 40 when the "Painkiller" album originally came out, so he wasn't already at his prime, thus the idea of playing it at the beginning of the set only made more sense for me. I don't know why they (Priest) never gave this a try, however I'm glad that Rob himself did pull it off on the "Crucible" tour and left us with this amazing rendition of one of metal's greatest tunes.
Halford is unbelievable here. Shame a wonderful vocalist like Rob couldn't have a found a slightly more talented guitarist. Even so, what a performance. I bet he needed a neat shot of vodka after to clear his voice hahah.
Man "Metal" Mike Chlasciak on the right hand side is a total Beast on guitar,and I think its Roy Z on the left..IDK what you are or aren't hearing but this is a Damn good band here.
nmlss Never said i didn't like Metallica just that this is the best metal song ever! ,if anyone asks me for a song that explains what metal music is this is the one i hand to them.
nmlss Halford is 12 years older than Hetfield , lets talk in another 12 years and see how Metallica are doing, they sound like they are using a rubbish bin as a drum and they seem to have forgotten how to write good songs, Even Ripper has trouble singing painkiller live and he has an incredible voice, all bands have trouble as they get older even Bruce struggles singing run to the hills, thats life.
Halford couldn't even sing Painkiller back in the 90's…. In fact, I think this is the only good performance of this song I've seen and I suspect it's a bit edited. I hope to be wrong, because I do like Judas and love Halford, but damn….
Slayers solo were based on Judas priest . Kk in particular . Except KK have better technique and pitch . That said Jeff was far to be a bad guitar payer .
@@Swedishoutlaw thats a misconception. Typical guitar player " Dick contest " metal thing argument haha. You know thats false if you know really all in details .. Different approaches . Also Glenn did serve himself , not necessary the band . So KK had less space in certain era . That made you the impression of Glenn as the guitar player . But the heavier riffs , or darker and More out of the box or.mourning stuff Kk Glenn is more studied but a bit too much written over the years . KK is more disturbing and abstracts. Its the Miles davis approach on guitar in some ways . Who said Miles can't play . Modern metal guys can't get that kind of mindset . KK have a lot melody that most people doesnt notice even thats him ( Before the dawn etc...) . Live , KK is far more solid than Glenn And KK improvise , so he goes in danger , and rarely fuck up . Glenn never improvise , and he is a bit out there even rythmically as connexion block groove goes in the rythm section as KK is . Glenn is kind of disconnected . A bit out And his booze and coke stuff didnt help sometimes . So its relative . Also the slogan till this day " Pushing tbe boundaries ". Thats KK behind ..
In my opinion this is the best version of painkiller anywhere his vocals are just outstandingly awesome here.. better than the recording on painkiller CD... just fucking fantastic the METAL GOD lives on
I want to believe the guitar player tried to give the solo his own touch rather than play note per note (something he could easily do). Then after some may liked or not...
The solo guitarist is Mike Chlasciak. He is an awessome guitar player, I have met Mike and he is a really cool guy. Mike can play that solo perfect. Anybody who doesn't think he has the ability is crazy. I love Glenn Tipton from priest, but if Tipton was going berserk on stage like Mike was, he would probably miss a few notes too. Why do people have to be so cynical. Personal I thought he was entertaining as hell! Let's see any of you bashing Mike play it better live on stage with that kind of enthusiasm. Give the guy some respect. Awesome job Mike Chlasciak!
@@SE-fm2nw That was Mike on the solo brother. The dude is a MONSTER on guitar. I'd love to see any of the kids complaining about him not only get up in front of thousands of people, but also play with reckless abandon, while putting on a show as opposed to standing there looking at his shoes.
Voice is top. The solo is decent. It's live guys, what do you expect? Try listening to Iron Maiden live- anytime in history- it resembles the original. Just resembles.
Math may have been off a bit. I was 52 in 2013, five years ago, 57 in 2018. If Rob was 52 in 2003, he turns 67 at the end of August, this year 2018. And so...62 in 2013? :-) Math was not off. Nice. Rob was born in 1951. I was born in 1961. He's August, I'm January but...still almost 10 years older than me. And I deleted my old comment by mistake, so obviously this is not five years ago. August 2018.
