Judas is Rising,4 Out Of 5 Stars
When Rob Halford decided to mount his Harley and leather up for a return to metal, he did so in grand fashion. "Resurrection" roars in on a glorious racket of double-time drums, twin lead guitars and defiant lyrics. Sound familiar? If you nodded and emphatic Yes to that question, you'll be wild for this CD. It was the follow-up to his Nine Inch Nails collaborative project, Two (which I have to admit, I really liked, if the public otherwise ignored it). Rob's nom-de-band works his own personality and well known past to great effect. The title track opens the disc with his demonic operatic howl multi-tracked, just in case you were wondering what direction "Resurrection" was going to head in. Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden does a bit of reinforcement by co-writing and sing with Rob on "The One You Love To Hate." There's even an ode to moderation in the surprising "Slow Down."
For the most part, though, Halford the band is delivering the goods you'd expect. I picked up the remastered version, which sounds killer. It also sounds like it was recorded in 2010 as opposed to the original release of 2000. "Resurrection" has held up really well over a decade, and having wrestled the rights to his non-Priest catalog back, it now comes direct from Rob's own private MetalGod records (IE: it's his business now, as opposed to a monolithic record company). Worth getting again for that reason alone, and worth getting the first time if you passed on it at the turn of the century.
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