Judas

More than five decades into their career, Judas Priest have always been one of metal’s most reliably great bands, likely because the responsibility they feel to the genre weighs just as heavily as the music they make. They never want to let down their fans, the “heavy metal maniacs,” as lead shrieker Rob Halford dubbed them long ago, even as they’ve pressed forward in the face of adversity in recent years. Guitarist Glenn Tipton, a bona fide metal icon known for his electrifying solos, revealed he’d been diagnosed with…

Was the first heavy metal record the Kinks’ You Really Got Me (1964), Steppenwolf’s Born to Be Wild (1968), Black Sabbath’s Black Sabbath (1970) or something else? VerulamiumParkRangerGotta be Black Sabbath. I love the Kinks and Steppenwolf but by definition they’re not really metal. In terms of riffage, I’ve always defined metal to the greatest extent with the bass and it’s a big, meaty, Black Sabbath-style riff – a West Midlands sledgehammer! That’s what Tony was doing, so it’s definitely Black Sabbath for me.How did…

Judas Priest, heavy metal’s tireless defenders of the faith, will come screaming for vengeance in bars all around the world next week with a global listening party for their new album, Invincible Shield. The events will take place March 7, a day before the album’s official release. To find out what time a particular bar will start blasting Priest at deafening volumes, just phone them up and pray the bartender can hear you over the stereo. Many bars, the organizers promise, will be offering “Judas Priest–themed…

With a truly extraordinary voice that can go from piercing falsetto caterwauling to burly pronouncements in the space of a single song, Judas Priest’s Rob Halford is one of the defining vocalists in heavy metal – and as the band gear up to release new album Invincible Shield, he’ll be answering your questions.Halford’s history with the Midlands group stretches back almost to their very earliest days, joining them in 1973 and recording their debut album Rocka Rolla the following year. Somewhat in the shadow of punk rock…

Ken Levine, the creator of the BioShock franchise, has revealed a new trailer for his upcoming game, Judas. The trailer showed mechanics similar to the BioShock games (one comment on the trailer even refers to it as “BioShock in space”), with various powers at your disposal to make combat more engaging and gunplay to blow away your enemies (which include tiny robots), but did not confirm a release date. Instead it simply stated that the game is currently in development. In 2022 Bloomberg reported that the game had…

PlayStation hosted the year's first State of Play games showcase early Thursday, bringing a host of new announcements, reveals and updates on upcoming releases. Sony presented a deep dive into two of its first-party titles, with extended gameplay trailers for Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade. The latter also finally received a release date — Shift Up's action-adventure title is arriving April 26. Team Ninja's Rise of the Ronin received a detailed gameplay trailer, showing off sword combat, special weapons, and…

For people who like dystopian settings and first-person shooting, Judas certainly looks to carry the torch. Ken Levine’s Ghost Story Games showed off a new look at the game during today’s Sony State of Play, and its got one messed-up world waiting to be explored. As the trailer asks, Judas will task the player with fixing what’s broken or leaving it all to burn. And hey, it wouldn’t be a BioShock-style game without a futuristic city falling to pieces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5_r-un--bA What’s really…

Judas Priest have endured in one form or another for more than 50 years, and on their new single, “Trial by Fire,” they recognize their own fortitude. “Bound and abused, branded a liar/I have endured trial by fire,” frontman Rob Halford sings in the chorus, growling the word “fire” a little more each time he sings it. The track, which naturally features some pyrotechnic guitar playing by Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, will feature on the band’s upcoming Invincible Shield album, due out March 3, 2024.…

I’m not Bio-shocked that this game looks so good For a long time now, fans of the Bioshock series have been waiting to see what’s next from Ken Levine and his team at Ghost Story Games. Their project had been kept under tight wraps with plenty of whispers but nothing concrete until tonight. One of the first trailers in The Game Awards this year was the Judas reveal trailer and, yeah, it looks a lot like a spiritual successor to classic first-person shooter series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoLJ4HgWqw4 Sadly,…

Ghost Story Games has revealed its first title nearly six years after BioShock creator Ken Levine founded the studio. A trailer for Judas debuted at The Game Awards and while it's not an actual BioShock game, it draws from that series' art style. It's also a first-person shooter in which it looks like you can wield elemental powers. You play as the titular Judas, a "mysterious and troubled" character who is stuck on a starship that's falling apart. According to a description on the game's Steam page, "your only hope for…