JUDAS PRIEST : ranking all 19 studio albums 

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19. Jugulator 18. Demolition 17. Rocka Rolla 16. Redeemer of Souls 15. Angel of Retribution 14. Nostradamus 13. Ram it Down 12. Turbo 11. Point of Entry 10. Sad Wings of Destiny 9. Firepower 8. Killing Machine 7. Sin After Sin 6. Stained Class 5. Painkiller 4. British Steel 3. Defenders of the Faith 2. Screaming for Vengeance 1. Invincible Shield

Interesting ranking Darcy. Great effort! Painkiller will always be my N.1 Priest album. I am one of the few who consider Nostradamus to be a great record and i often revisit it. Invincible Shield is so far my album of the year. Cheers my friend 🍻.

Joyeux anniversaire pour ta chaine Darcy. My first concert was Judas Priest (Point of entry tour) with Def Leppard (High'n'dry) opening in 1981. All 2 bands were mindblowing. Changed my life forever. My favorite Judas Priest album is British Steel.

Congrats on 6 years brother. This has been a channel I don’t think I’ve missed a video on since I found you. Continue feeding us all things metal!👊🏻 and look foward to another 6 years ! What a ranking,don’t wanna use the word shocked or surprised, but the new one has really hit you hard. I absolutely love it too , it’s so damn good. Our 1’s are exactly the same..stay well friend, keep spinning the shield!. BTW, there Johnny B Goode cover smokes!!! 😂

My favorite band as well. 1. Painkiller 2. Stained Class 3. Defenders of the Faith 4. Sad Wings of Destiny 5. Firepower 6. Screaming for Vengeance 7. Invincible Shield 8. Hell Bent for Leather 9. Sin After Sin 10. British Steel 11. Angel of Retribution 12. Redeemer of Souls 13. Rocka Rolla 14. Nostradamus 15. Ram It Down 16. Point of Entry 17. Jugulator 18. Turbo 19. Demolition

1. Stained Class 2. Hell Bent for Leather 3. Sad Wings of Destiny 4. Defenders of the Faith 5. Sin after Sin 6. Screaming for Vengeance 7. Firepower 8. British Steel 9. Invincible Shield 10. Point of Entry 11. Rocka Rolla 12. Painkiller 13. Redeemer of Souls 14. Ram It Down 15. Turdo

Darcy, congrats on 6 years. I really enjoy your videos. My bottom 5: 19. Demolition, 18, Point of Entry, 17. Rocka Rolla, 16. Turbo, 15. Jugulator....my top 5: 5. Screaming for Vengeance. 4. Stained Class, 3. Sad Wings of Destiny, 2. Painkiller, 1. Defenders of the Faith

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great to see your updated rankings for the mighty Priest and congrats on the anniversary Darcy. I’m in a minority amongst Priest fans as I feel their 70s output is unmatched. Stained Class followed by KM are easily my two favorites. Personally, I love POE as well as Rocka Rolla and unlike the majority of fans, I find SFV to be unbelievably overrated. But to each their own, that’s the beauty of seeing different lists/opinions. Keep up the good work Darcy!

Congratulations for your excellent content. Keep the interest for metal music. Wish you the best ! Vincent Arvisais, Canada

Congrats on your anniversary👍always watch and enjoy your videos.I would say "Invincible Shield"is the album of my life,it's perfect for me and believe me i have a lot of music in my collection. Judas Priest pushed every album in my collection back for one position.Cheers mate🤘

Congrats on six years, Darcy! The Invincible Shield CD still hasn’t left my car. That dual guitar harmony toward the end of the title track makes the hair on my arms stand up every time! Hope you get to see them in 2024! 🤘🏼🍻

Judas Preet is one of the best metal bands ever I saw them on this last tour in Syracuse, New York and it was amazing and Darcy your the man I love watching ur channel and keep up the great stuff!!!

Congratulations on your 6 years of "Darcy Six Strings Nine Lives"! Another great ranking of one of my fave bands! The first album I heard and bought was Sad Wings Of Destiny, which holds a special place in my heart. I have to take the time one of these days to listen to all the albums and come up with my list of fave to least fave JP albums. Off the top of my head, in no special order are, the already mentioned SWOD, Sin After Sin, British Steel, Screaming For Vengeance, Painkiller and Firepower. Keep up the great shows, looking forward to at least another six years! Cheers🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Congrats on the six years! Crazy how time flies. Great way to celebrate with some Priest! Looking forward to seeing them on this tour in October. Seeing Maiden and Priest on back to back nights!

Congratulations on 6 years buddy, you have been quite an inspiration to a lot of us middle aged metal heads on RU-vid. Your channel has been such a resource for finding “new” bands that I missed in my youth. Most importantly, thanks for being a friend. Stay heavy brother!🤘🤘

Congratulations on 6 years, Darcy! I love your channel! 19. Demolition 18. Nostradamus 17. Angel of Retribution 16. Ram it Down 15. Turbo 14. Jugulator 13. Point of Entry 12. Redeemer of Souls 11. Firepower 10. Invincible Shield 9. Defenders of the Faith 8. Rocka Rolla 7. Painkiller 6. Sin After Sin 5. British Steel 4. Sad Wings of Destiny 3. Hell Bent for Leather 2. Screaming for Vengeance 1. Stained Class

British Steel was my introduction to Judas Priest. I remember buying the cassette. Back in the day, the record stores let customers bring the cassette to the counter to listen to a track or two on headphones before deciding to buy it. “Breaking the law” was all I had to hear. The cassette was in my Walkman before I left the store. Good memories!

I'm truly amazed that you're able to rank Judas Priest's entire discography, Darcy! That must've been difficult. Happy Anniversary to you as well! Always enjoyed watching and commenting on your videos when I get the chance.

Congratulations on your channel's 6yr Anniversary. Definitely one on the best channel's & i never miss a video. Judas Priest...what a band & so many killer albums. My top 5 don't change. 1. Sad Wings of Destiny 2. Stained Class 3. Painkiller 4. British Steel/Sin after Sin 5. Screaming for Vengeance 🤘 from 🇦🇺

Congrats on the 6 years Darcy, here’s to another 6! I have tickets to see Judas Priest in September in Niagara Falls. It will be my first time seeing them. I’m really looking forward to it.

Congratulations on the anniversary. I've been watching for pretty much all of that time, so thank you for the always interesting entertainment. Here's to many, many more!

Darcy. Really nice celebration video🎉. Always cool ranking videos. And i agree about the debut by GREAT WHITE, super album, cool you saw them in 84. By the way CLOSE TO ME from Demolition is one of my fave Judas Songs ever. Very emotional. Amazing imo.

Congratulations on 6 years!!! You are one of the best at doing these videos, thanks for the friendship also Darcy!! STAY HEAVY 🤘🤘

Hi Darcy!!! Congrats on 6 years. That was one hell of a task ranking the 19 studio albums.... i think i discover them around 83/84 not sure enough. The cool thing about many of those 80's albums is that they always through in a "hard rock" song like "Devil's Child" or to me "Love Bites" should fit perfectly in Turbo. cheers and be well

Congrats on six years, sir. Your channel rules. I’m always excited when I see you’ve posted something new. On a separate note - you and Chromie got me into those hidden Canadian gems of Kick Axe and Helix. Love em both now. Take care and see you on Friday night for Overkill!!

Great ranking Darcy and cool t shirt, was over in London to see the mighty Scorpions who were magnificent \../

Jugulator is my favorite Priest cd, I love it, harsh and humorless.

Man , you're making me feel old .... 6 years flew by . Hard thing to do ranking J.P ... Pretty much in agreeance with you except 'Point Of Entry' at 2 IMO . Cheers Darcy . Great year so far with the mighty trad metal bands making huge albums ... Saxon , Priest and Accept . 🤘🤘🤘

Darcy! Congratulations on your sixth-year anniversary! Thank you for entertaining us through the years with your great videos. I wish you continued success for years to come. Take care my brother and as always stay heavy!

It‘s worth to mention the album Fight - War of words. What a great effort after Painkiller. Greetings from Germany :-)

Darcy Thsi was my first concert as well. Here at the Philadlphia Soectrum and Great White was the opener on the tour. My first Priest album was Screaming for Vengance, but my mom wouldn’t allow me to go down for that shwk. I think Maiden might have been.the opener then. Glad to see the they fought back my all-time favorite JP song for this tour….you Don’t Have to Be Old to Be Wise!

Congratulations on your 6 years. You are True Metal Head. Nice video as always. 🤘🤘🤘

Awesome ranking video Darcy!! They played Saints In Hell on this tour, I saw them in Kalamazoo MI 04 May 2024. My Top 5: 1 - Painkiller 2 - Defenders Of The Faith 3 - Screaming For Vengeance 4 - British Steel 5 - Invincible Shield For me, Redeemer and Jugulator I would be put a lot higher whereas Point Of Entry and Sin After Sin I’d place quite a bit lower Cheers Ed

Great video, as always Darcy. My #1 will always be Painkiller, that was my discover the band moment. I really appreciate "hanging out" with over the last few years, heres to many more!

Great ranking. Your top 5 is quite solid, although I would have Painkiller higher. Congrats on 6 years. My ranking: 1. Screaming for Vengeance 2. Painkiller 3. Defenders of the Faith 4. British Steel 5. Invincible Shield 6. Firepower 7. Stained Class 8. Hell Bent for Leather 9. Sad Wings of Destiny 10. Angel of Retribution 11. Redeemer of Souls 12. Sin After Sin 13. Jugulator 14. Demolition 15. Ram it Down 16. Point of Entry 17. Rocka Rolla 18. Turbo 19. Nostradamus

As usual, another great ranking. I love "Blood Red Skies" too! I'd flip-flop Screaming and Defenders. I discovered them in '82. Otherwise our rankings are pretty close. Probably one of the few legacy bands still putting out superior product. Priest!!!

Hey Darcy! Very cool Priest screaming for vengeance was my first live show I wanna say coney hatch opened? Seen them again in the 2005…Anthrax opened caught a pick from Scott Ian fantastic show, from a life time priest fan point of entry is in my top 10 love that album!

I took myself back to the 70s and early 80s and thought about what i was playing at the time. Thats when i really got going on the bands like Priest and Kiss. At first i was complaining thinking they werent heavy enough but when you compare them with what I actually heard at that period of time they are absolutely unbelievably heavy. I'm guilty of always forgetting the 5 year age gap between us too abd things changed fast back then. Its totally understandable they are your favourites really. I play them once every two or three weeks. I dip into something different each time and with them being on my radar with Ram it Down coming out after i got into metal thats very high for me. Ill have a stab at my top 3... Firepower Painkiller Ram it Down Turbo would be higher than most people would place it too. I still like the new one but I haven't wanted to play it as much as id expect tbh. Congratulations on 6 years. 6 years and its been great having you as a friend 🤘🥰

Hi Darcy great ranking. I’d have Nostradamus below Angel Of Retribution. Can’t get into Nostradamus. Invincible Shield is their best since Painkiller. Not as into Firepower as you but I do like it. I prefer Painkiller though. My number 1 is Killing Machine and Martin Popoff is the only person I know who agrees. It’s a bit of an odd choice for number one but you did have it slightly lower than i expected but that’s cool, most of these albums are great

Congrats on the six years and heck with the haters! Great list! As for my list...I...don't actually have one for Priest. The only Priest albums I don't really listen to at all are Rocka Rolla and I AM NOSTRADAMUS!!! I inexplicably enjoy Demolition, though it is very much a product of its time, though not as much as most other Priest releases. Everything else is in heavy rotation basically all year round and trying to rate them would be like picking my favorite of my kids. I legitimately even love Turbo. I said it and I don't care who knows it! Great video as always and congrats again.

No bad album for me. Saints in Hell is without a doubt one of my favorite Priest songs. Had a chance to hear it live back in March. Anyway, congrats on these 6 years! 1. Stained Class 2. Sad Wings of Destiny 3. Sin After Sin 4. Killing Machine 5. Painkiller 6. Screaming for Vengeance 7. Defenders of the Faith 8. British Steel 9. Rocka Rolla 10. Point of Entry 11. Ram It Down 12. Invincible Shield 13. Firepower 14. Angel of Retribution 15. Redeemer of Souls 16. Jugulator 17. Demolition 18. Turbo 19. Nostradamus

Hi Darcy. Congrats for the six years! I love Demolition and Jugulator. I became a Priest fan around 1999, so Demolition was my first new Judas Priest release.

Awesome 👏 ranking keep up the good work.

Nice stuff as always. Congrats!

The list changes time to time, but in general my Priest rankings go like this : 1. Painkiller 2. Stained Class 3. Defenders Of The Faith 4. Screaming For Vengeance 5. Sad Wings Of Destiny 6. Invincible Shield 7. Firepower 8. Sin After Sin 9. Angel Of Retribution 10. Redeemer Of Souls 11. Hellbent For Leather 12. British Steel 13. Point Of Entry 14. Rocka Rolla 15. Ram It Down 16. Turbo 17. Nostradamus 18. Jugulator 19. Demolition (The only one I actually hate)

Another great video on my favorite band!

Fantastic! Really enjoyed all the care you took in making the video! Unlike most people who almost immediately ranked the new album,you waited a few months to make sure that you got it right! I’m not as into the 70’s stuff as much as you (although killing machine is my favorite song) cool that you got to see them on the nastradamas tour cause touch of evil live is my favorite live album of theirs! I love the way they blended the newer songs at the time with there classics. I’ve always thought that was a great set! I would probably put turbo and painkiller and redeemer of souls higher and put most of the 70’s stuff a bit lower, otherwise our rankings are virtually the same (I’d probably go screaming for vengeance at number one) anyways cool video! I appreciate your content! You and mick Watkins are the most likeable metal guys on RU-vid ☺️👍

Congrats on 6 years: 1 - Sad Wings of Destiny 2 - Point of Entry 3 - Stained Class 4 - Sin After Sin 5 - Turbo 6 - Screaming for Vengeance 7 - British Steel 8 - Defenders of the Faith 9 - Invincible Shield 10 - Firepower 11 - Ram It Down 12 - Painkiller 13 - Nostradamus 14 - Hell Bent for Leather 15 - Rocka Rolla 16 - Angel of Retribution 17 - Demolition 18 - Jugulator 19 - Redeemer of Souls I think my big problem with Redeemer is the production. To me, it sounds like they produced all of the aggression out of the music. My first Priest album was Turbo back in 86 and I think nostalgia might be why I ranked it so high. Point of Entry is actually the Priest album I tend to listen to more than any of the others, mostly for Solar Angels, but I like the rest quite a bit too. None of their albums are entirely bad, but all the ones in my top 10 are fantastic.

Great video! You read my mind. I have been looking for an updated JP album rating including Invincible Shield and you delivered! I have been spinning the latest album quite a bit since I picked it up recently and really enjoy it. I will be going to see the Metal Gods live for the first time in Milwaukee in September. Can’t wait! Keep up the good work!

My Ranking: 1- Painkiller 2- Defenders Of The Faith 3- Screaming For Vengeance 4- Invincible Shield 5- Firepower 6- British Steel 7- Demolition 8- Jugulator 9- Angel Of Retribution 10- Redeemer Of Souls 11- Turbo 12- Ram It Down 13- Sad Wings Of Destiny 14- Killing Machine 15- Stained Class 16- Sin After Sin 17- Point Of Entry 18- Rocka Rolla 19- Nostradamus

Unpopular opinion? Fight>Halford>Judas Priest Still love Priest🤘

Great ranking Darcy. Love the band and here is my ranking (for today) of the Halford albums: 1. Sad Wings Of Destiny 2. Stained Class 3. Killing Machine 4. Sin After Sin 5. Painkiller 6. Screaming For Vengeance 7. Defenders Of The Faith 8. British Steel 9. Point Of Entry 10. Invincible Shield 11. Firepower 12. Angel Of Retribition 13. Rocka Rolla 14. Ram It Down 15. Turbo 16. Redeamer Of Souls 17. Nostradamus

Man! I thought Screaming was going to be your number 1, but you can’t go wrong with Defender. That’s a solid top 6, I can’t disagree with any of them. Cheers Darcy.

I love the Ripper years as well.

Mine essentially were mostly throw them up in the air and how they land and that’s how I would rank them.

Congratulation to 6 years of great videos. Saw the Priest this week and can only recommend everybody to go to their new tour if not done already, Priest never sounded as good as this time. Looks like Andy Sneap told the Sound Engineers how things have to sound and prevented them to turn the volume knob to the right after finishing of the sound check and ruin everything. I am not sure if the Metal God got some digital help or simply put in some hard time voice training but even the Painkiller sounded fantastic, I was very impressed.

Screaming for Vengeance, Defenders of the Faith, Painkiller, Stained Class and Victim of Changes are my favorites, but i think every album by them is amazing execpt Demolition and i think some people give too much hate to albums like Turbo, Ram it Down, Point of Entry.. To me those albums are all amazing especially Point of Entry and the song Heading out to the Highway what a song and that videoclip where K.K. and Glenn are drag racing and Halford stands in the middle,Dave and Ian are watching them from distance.. i always shed a tear when watching this videoclip and wish i could go back to the 80s. I know this sounds cringy as hell but i dont care this is just how much i love this band.

There 18 and 19 th studio albums were really impressive and really put them in my opinion the best metal band of all time placing them above Metallica. I believe Faulkner brought some new and great ideas to the band .

"ABOUT 6 years EXACTLY" 😂 I'm only 40 seconds in.

darcy...comin' in hot...either that or he's early drinking again.😆 great list that is sure to spark some debate. I feel for you in the comments. 🍻

1. Stained Class (1978) 2. Sin After Sin (1977) 3. Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) 4. Painkiller (1990) 5. Defenders of the Faith (1984) 6. Screaming for Vengeance (1983) 7. Invincible Shield (2024) 8. Killing Machine (1979) 9. Firepower (2018) 10. Redeemer of Souls (2014) 11. Rocka Rolla (1974) 12. Point of Entry (1981) 13. Angel of Retribution (2005) 14. Jugulator (1997) 15. British Steel (1980) 16. Turbo (1986) 17. Ram it Down (1988) 18. Demolition (2001) 19. Nostradamus (2008)

1. Stained Class 2. Killing Machine 3. Screaming for Vengeance 4. Defenders of the Faith 5. Painkiller 6. Sad Wings of Destiny 7. Invincible Shield 8. Sin After Sin 9. Turbo 10. Redeemer of Souls 11. Fire Power 12. Angel of Retribution 13. British Steel 14. Point of Entry 15. Rocka Rolla 16. Jugulator 17. Nostradamus 18. Ram It Down 19. Demolition

Hey man. Anything on the back of that Scorps shirt? And Defenders is easily my favourite as well, The Sentinel being my favourite Priest tune.

Top 5 and bottom 5 1. British Steel 2. Screaming For Vengeance 3. Stained Class 4. Sad Wings of Destiny 5. Invincible Shield 15. Angel of Retribution 16. Rocka Rolla 17. Ram it Down 18. Demolition 19. Nostradamus

Congratulations on 6 years. What is you're favorite cd or album off all time. Desert island cd. If you know what I mean. 🎉🎉

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I was just a toddler during the Defenders tour but I’m glad you had a good time. I bet Priest was awesome but Great White is a very boring band to me. Enjoyed this video.

I love Invincible Shield. Do you like Alice In Chains? Would you ever consider doing a ranking for them?

Redeemer of souls is Great. Bad production the songs are incredible

I would put Jugulator and Demolition over both Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings which are both way too "70's rock" to me compared to what Priest would become later being more metal. I'd put them over Nostradamus too though the title track of that album is a monster. I would delete Love Zone off RID. I honestly have no problem with the JBG cover. LZ is way too cheesy. I actually really dig the bonus tracks for IS. They're all pretty killer songs. Usually bonus tracks are kinda crap.

What's your review of Sinner Rides Again?

I know, I know - worst to best - f*ck !

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-blDlitRlVbU.htmlsi=VDq0PEe6MyGH4q_L This was me and my co captain’s rankings. Your top two are similar to mine!

I could never. Get into jugulator. Sucks