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Jul 7, 2014Redeemer of Souls is also the loosest (attitude-wise), leanest (arrangement-wise), and most confident-sounding collection of new material the band has released in ages, and while it will forever tread beneath high-water marks like British Steel and Sad Wings of Destiny, it most certainly deserves to be ranked alongside albums from that era.
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 18, 2014Redeemer of Souls is irrefutable prof that Priest are still a force on the metal scene. [Aug 2014, p. 204]
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Jul 8, 2014For the most part, it’s suitably overblown, cocksure and blunt, and still goes some way to capturing the genre's eternal, endearing refusal to grow up. For now, that's reason enough to celebrate their return.
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Jul 8, 2014Unlike the conceptual rock opera project that was Nostradamus, Redeemer of Souls is pure metal joy, full of surging anthems, martial stomps, unbridled passion and huge, crunchy production values.
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Kerrang!Aug 5, 2014It's simply heavy metal: proud, fearless, loud. [19 Jul 2014, p.52]
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Jul 7, 2014Judas Priest have exceeded all expectations and made one of the best albums of their storied career.
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Q MagazineJul 7, 2014Overall the glory years seem a long way off and metal fatigue sets in long before the end of its 63 minutes. [Aug 2014, p.108]
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Jul 7, 2014Thus rejuvenated and recharged, the Metal God and his cohorts have delivered their strongest record in over a decade.
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Jul 9, 2014Redeemer is proof that Priest can still call themselves metal's defenders of the faith.
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Jul 10, 2014Redeemer of Souls is a return to thunderous and unrelenting anthems delivered with all the subtlety of an axe to the skull.
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