Name: Body Machine
Brand: Priest

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Release date

2023-02-24

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LPBLNB100

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7350131460048

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7350131460055

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Priest

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Blue Nine

Genre EU

Electronic

Priest is a British Heavy Metal band that formed in Birmingham, England in 1969. They were one of the pioneering bands preceding the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal' movement. The original lineup included guitarist John Perry, bassist Bruno Stapenhill, drummer John Partridge, and singer Al Atkins. Over the years, the band underwent several lineup changes and additions.

In 1970, Kenneth Downing and Ian Hill joined as guitarists to replace previous members. Drummers John Ellis and Chris Campbell later replaced Partridge. In 1973, Rob Halford became the new lead vocalist while John Hinch took over on drums. This lineup released a compilation album featuring songs from their last show with Atkins and Campbell as well as three tracks from Halford and Hinch's first performance.

A second guitarist named Glenn Tipton was added to the line-up in 1974. Between their formation and 1980, Priest went through various drummers before Dave Holland joined in early 1980 until his departure in 1988. Scott Travis then joined as their drummer in mid-1990.

Newest Listed Items

New album Body Machine takes a slightly different approach, integrating a more minimal, EBM-like approach to arrangements, as well as some left-field stylistic swings. It's a good sound for the band that helps the songs feel more impactful - as evidenced by single and lead-off track "Signal in the Noise", the use of a harder-hitting programmed drums and a simple cycling bassline Provides an excellent framework for their synth melodies and vocalist Mercury's varied delivery. To put it plainly, the more stripped down and groovy the songs are, the better they get across. The detuned bass a-la-And-One of "Ghost Writer" and the sample laden "Hell Awaits" (sadly not a Slayer cover) are better for the skeletonized approach, each with a little extra vocal seasoning of their own to remember them by; the former with a full-on stage whisper of the title, the latter with a distorted metal growl.

Body Machine

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