Grand canyons of space and time universal My mind is subjected to all Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl! Hooks to my brain are well in Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl! I know what I am, I'm Berlin Through cracked, blackened memories of unit dispersal I face the impregnable wall Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl! Hooks to my brain are well in Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl! I know what I am, I'm Berlin Exploding, reloading, this quest never ending Until I give out my last breath I'm stabbing and bawling, I'm punching and crawling Hooks to my brain are well in I'm stabbing and bawling, I'm punching and crawling I know what I am, I'm Berlin
@@renatomaffei2589 Yeah every time people hear Slayer people get confused and think it's Judas Priest because he sounds so close to Rob Halford! It's uncanny
If anything Tom Araya sounds more like Rob Halford than Rob Halford. Tom does things with his voice Rob could only dream of. Largely indistinguishable tho.
This album must have blew people's minds away hearing this in the late 70's, which was very ahead of it's time. Absolutley one of the most important Heavy Metal albums ever made.
@@AndE667 The process by which the Nazis brain washed the Germans to do the horrible things they did “Hooks for my BRAIN are WELL-IN” “I know what I am - I’m BERLIN” Also, maybe more deep…. A reflection on how humans are susceptible to group think, which leads to atrocity when the group think leads to the “out group” being de-humanized… There’s probably other stuff there, but yeah, that’s probably a good bird’s eye view of what’s going on in the lyrics…. Enjoy. Cheers.
I bought British Steel on vinyl at a yard sale when I was about 18 in the mid 90's for $2 so I was happy. When I got home everything was fine but when I turned the album over I discovered someone had written: Judas was a traitor! Jesus is the real savior! Jesus saves!
Imo this and sabbath’s stuff laid the groundwork for everything we have now. Thrash was just a fusion of punk. Death metal merely added gutterals. IMO only the aesthetic appeal of Venom was the only big leap forward after this.
I was very fortunate to have gone to in the beginning the same drum teacher as Simon Phillips in Sloane Square, London.1969/70..with Max Abrams...who wrote THE PREMIER DRUM BOOK, which I still have. Later in life I've moved to drum lessons with Mike Michalkow from Vancouver Canada, and Mike Barnes, Ely Cambridgeshire. All of my studies have helped me achieve up to Grade 8 drums with Rockschool, amazing company, taking the exams at Rettendon, studios, In Essex. I cannot thank Simon, who still through his drumming gives me something to achieve further. This drumming for Dissident Aggressor is just an amazing exercise class of physical, and most of all mental fitness to, the bodily independence. People don't realise the mind first of bodily second independence to perfect your arma and feet around the kit.. I am 77 and still learning. God bless you. Colin Reynolds Chelmsford Essex..UK
To be fair, his immediate replacement was Les Binks who is also absolutely incredible, I think he also would have been a fantastic permanent member (and he probably would have been if the band's manager didn't piss him off by trying to screw him out of credits)
@@0xilipe0 holy hell that would've been bonkers, assuming they didn't just underutilize the guy like on Killing Machine. That album (and British Steel tbh) is such a letdown to me, tons of filler, Halford sticking more to his midrange and lower register, all short radio friendly songs, and Binks playing like he has an arm behind his back (not really lol but definitely less jazzed up and technical than on Stained Class)
@@CKT1138 Binks' groove is still there in Killing Machine, not to mention his double bass drumming in Hell Bent for Leather and the title track. The writing isn't complex but at the time that style was kind of new. IDK, I like KM lol I personaly dont have a problem with the commercial sound of the records you mentioned and Rob's lower register has enough character to be interesting but there is a night and day difference between Killing Machine and British Steel. Holand removed all the color from the drumming, making it super boring and predictable. It only really works in Metal Gods because the song is about robots so ironicaly it fits his stiff style.
@@0xilipe0 yeah there's definitely still some moments of Les Binks trademark style, like Hell Bent and Rock Forever, that's very true. I don't totally hate KM, it's got some gems.... But ohhh boy there's some solid duds on it; "Evening Star" is meh, sounds like a Boston song or something, "Take On The World" is inane beyond belief, "Burnin Up" is musically solid but super duper corny, "Evil Fantasies" is a snoozefest, etc. And for whatever reason "Running Wild", "Rock Forever", and "Hell Bent For Leather" are very short, despite being some of the best songs. Rant over, lol... Dave Holland's drumming was "generic". Totally and utterly acceptable. He was usually much better in concert than on record, though, no clue why. And yeah, British Steel is overrated, I may actually like Point Of Entry more at this point.
Bro, I grew up in the 80s. My sister was a hard rock gal. 13 years older than me. All I knew were the hits. About 6 years ago I did a deep dive on Priest. My mind was blown by these 70s albums. It's all here. Everything Megadeth and Metallica do. It's all in that run of 70s priest albums. Imagine being 40, longing for the old days and discovering the fucking root cause of everything you like. 😂
I was only ever familiar with Slayer's version until I heard the original a couple of years ago. Rob's vocals are at another level. Slayer are one of my favourite bands but this version is definitely better.
Honestly, I can't even compare them, because I listen to them whenever I'm in such different moods that I hardly consider them the same song... But they're great! And if you want to, you can check out Halestorm's rendition on this song. It's pretty cool too!
Surely the true birth of heavy metal? Magnificent. Sabbath etc were too rooted in jazz and blues; they were the influence on metal for sure, but in themselves they were pure heavy rock. Even Iommi said so, and he should know.
John Peel played sinner in 1977 on his radio show, a 15 year old me was listening, he then played race with the devil on spanish highway, john was brilliant.
Perfection, from the first glissando and FX to the crunchy tones of Tipton and Downing setting up the false groove, to the explosion into the hell Halford describes. Pure unfettered passion and emotion as Simon Phillips refuses to lock it into a pedestrian groove. Astounding artistry from Halford. I first heard this in high school, and absorbed every note, every tone, every layer, because this was new and creative and powerful and enveloping ...and after all these decades, it lights me up and stands the test of time, One of the greatest musical achievements ever.
This song absolutely blew my mind. I only knew Priest's 80s albums, then one day I stumbled upon Sin After Sin... This song was ahead of its time, and I bet Slayer was heavily influenced by it.
So many great comments here it's hard to say something that hasn't been said already. When people say this is possibly the most metal song of all time they don't say it lightly. It quite possibly is. That intro wiped me out as a kid. I had to drop the needle over and over and over. The guitars.... the drums...omg the drums... the utterly stratospheric vocals. The chunking riff of doom into the little classical turn around melody. Eventually I listened to the whole song. I had Sin after sin and Sad Wings of Destiny in some knock off double album set up. It was weird... I bought the first two Ozzy albums in the same format. Judas Priest were probably my favorite band as a kid. I had plenty, but when I think of how deeply I was into their music I realise that my own playing was most influenced by these guys. Funny how I only realise that retrospectively because I went through this big Hendrix and Malmsteen (yes...him) phase that made me forget who really got me into shredding. God I love this song.
Only thrash and painkiller for this guy in the day, but now I'm older.....hot damn!!! I've learned to love old Priest. Sad wings, stained glass, defenders.... just pure METAL!!!!
That's how vocal vibrato should sound, very natural and emotional. I remember having the headphones on listening to this album release on WGTB (Georgetown University college radio) before it was shut down by the administration about 2 years later. I had heard a song on Sad Wings of Destiny (Dreamer Deceiver) on that station when it was a bootleg, and I immediately had to won it. When I bought the record at Waxie Maxies in the Wheaton Plaza, one store clerk pointed to the album I was buying, and smiled at his coworker,. So when I heard that they were picked up by CBS and that a new album would be aired I made sure to be listening at 8pm (or was it 9pm). (These full album launches on college radio by college kids were like underground internet casts of today - the DJ's always sounded as excited to introduce them as we were to be listening. Months later Van Halen 1 was released on that station the same way. I didn't hear it, but they played Eruption the next day or so. Not the radio friendly songs mind you, Eruption. Looking back I was lucky to get to hear such original artistic vision and talent without it being stripped down by the big radio stations.
PURE f...king Priest!!!!.. Same cheals like the first time I bought and played Sad Wings of Destiny in vinyl.I feel f...king young again. Oh Rob...Oh Priest 🤘
Judas Priest was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. What took so long??? Anyways....i think of this song and not many of their commercial hits when i think of their greatness...and especially Rob Halford's greatness. Congrats JP!!
As someone a little bit too young for OG Priest but not so young anymore, I can 100% hear where Layne Staley got some of his vocal inspiration from in this track.
