NEW JUDAS PRIEST ALBUM CONTAINS "REAL CLASSIC MOMENTS"
3rd October 2017



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Producer Andy Sneap, who is also the guitarist in Hell, has told Serbia's Hardwired magazine that the forthcoming new Judas Priest album contains "good energy" and "some real classic moments".

Sneap worked on what will be the follow-up to 2014s 'Redeemer Of Souls' which was overseen by longtime Priest collaborator Tom Allom and engineer Mike Exeter.

"When I first got involved with them, I think we had about twenty-six ideas that we were working on, which we've whittled down to fourteen or fifteen; we haven't decided on a which songs or a running order for the album yet.

"I think it's got a really good energy and some real classic moments on there. Rob's singing great, Richie's on fire on it.

"We really, really pushed the band to play together in the studio, and we actually took tempos from them playing together rather than the demos.

"Glenn originally wanted to work on it like they have done on the last few albums and use the demos as templates and work off that, and I made them actually play as a band.

"I think we've got quite a fresh feel on it and quite an old-school approach at times. We pushed Rob on varying the patterns up a little bit on the verses."

Sneap also spoke of his first meeting with Priest where he expected to sit down with Tipton and Faulkner to discuss their ideas.

"I didn't even know Rob was gonna be there. And I went down to Glenn's house, and there was Glenn and Richie there. And the doorbell rang and it was Rob, and I was, like, 'Oh, fucking hell.' [Laughs] And I found myself, within thirty minutes, telling Rob how I wanted him to sing. And I [thought to myself] 'Shut up! I'm telling Rob Halford how I want him to sing' [Laughs].

"But he was totally cool. I was saying how I wanted some of that 'British Steel' mid-range in there. And he was, like, 'Yeah, yeah. No problem. I don't wanna sing like a pub singer. You've gotta push me a bit. I can be lazy.'"

You can hear the full interview here. Andy is asked about Judas Priest at around the halfway mark.



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