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This is called showing the kids how it's done--and doing it.
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The bottom end booms like a cannon, the dual guitars masterfully shriek and Halford's screeches tingle the spine.
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Holds up well next to Priest's strongest, most sustained recordings.
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UncutCrammed with pulse-racing panto-metal par excellence. [Apr 2005, p.97]
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Angel of Retribution does indeed rock just hard enough to please longtime fans and convert a few new ones along the way.
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BlenderYou can find kids playing harder and faster in the cut-out bins at Hot Topic, but if you're lookin' for trouble, you came to the right place. [Apr 2005, p.119]
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It's a return to the band's classic sound, before they went all gooey on Turbo, and sounds like the album fans had originally hoped they would release in 1986, instead of the overproduced party rock record they ended up putting out. This is old school to the core.
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MojoA preposterous, highly-entertaining return. [Apr 2005, p.104]
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Entertainment WeeklyThe bummer is the derivative material, which sounds a bit Spinal-tapped out. [25 Mar 2005, p.73]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 42 out of 45
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Mixed: 1 out of 45
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Negative: 2 out of 45
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SmackyNoPantsNov 22, 2008