![]() ![]() Scott Travis delivers some of the most ferocious and laser precise drumming I have heard. Tipton because his soloing throughout the album is insanely good and pretty much confirms his status as one of best lead guitar players in entire metal genre. The entire band is at its peak here, but my man of the match award goes to actually two guys. This interplay between high-pitched vocals and middle range ones carries on through whole album except the title track. The other side of the album are slower mid-tempo songs like "Touch of Evil" is, closest thing to a ballad on this album where Halford also sings in a middle vocal range as a nice reprieve to high-pitched ones. You get ferocious drumming, high-pitched vocals, rampaging twin guitar assault and extensive soloing. The opener and title track "Painkiller" explains it best. Of course I am a bit exaggarating since album does slow down a bit for "Night Crawler" and some intros are indeed slower, but 90% of this album is just speed and power. Unstoppable rampage of high speed metal backed with Halford's high pitched vocal delivery. From the first few seconds you know what you are getting on this album and Judas Priest are happy to deliver it. In September 1990 the fans got their answers when Scott Travis tears open the listener's ears with a drum bombardment of never before seen ferocity. Can Judas Priest get back on track with the next album or will they keep sinking deeper into the quicksand? However, back in the early 90s they were stuck in quite a bit of a drama with the whole "your devil music caused my child to commit suicide" court case, and even if I will defend "Ram It Down" to my dying breath, the fact that their last 2 albums weren't quite to the Priest standard as seen by fans spawned a big question. Judas Priest are a band that I am very much certain does not need any introduction at this point. ![]()
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