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 good enough Mar 27, 2009
The cd collection is great, but the package design and cd covers (paper)are not worth to use.
 Judas Priest Metalogy Sep 01, 2008
This box set has over 5 hours of Judas Priest, plus a live dvd from 1982 Live Venegence. The songs on this set are in chronological order, and its really cool to listen to them that way to hear how Priest has come along the way. Discs 3 and 4 have the heaviest Metal tracks, but on discs 1 and 2 you hear songs that me think they insiperd Nazareth. By all means this box set is worth the money.
More Priest than you can shake a stick at Jun 06, 2008
This box set arrived on time, in great condition, and is a box set most collectors would want. It's packaged with metal studding around the box for novelty, and the CD's cover all the great tunes you'd want to hear, as well as a few hard to find songs. There is a bonus DVD included which is cool. If you love Priest, this is a must have.
Judas Priest IS metal and have invented or recorded practically every form May 07, 2008
METALOGY is a box set of 4 cds and 1 dvd released in 2004, just before the reunion-with-Halford album ANGEL OF RETRIBUTION. The 4 cds feature a total of 64 songs spanning their entire career up to that point, whereas the dvd is concert footage from the 1982 SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE tour. The dvd is one-and-the-same as LIVE VENGEANCE '82, which was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee.
Of the 64 songs on the 4 cds, I would say a whole 2/3 of them are mandatory Priest tunes. Yes, there are a few needless turkeys, like Invader. And, yes, there are some glaring omissions, like The Ripper (although this song does appear on the dvd), Dreamer Deceiver, Burning Up, United, Bullet Train, Cathedral Spires, Hell is Home and Subterfuge, but the collection does make up for it with numerous other essential obscure selections, like Stained Class, Dissident Aggressor, Delivering the Goods, The Rage, Solar Angels, Blood Red skies, Blood Stained and Feed on Me.
METALOGY means "the study of metal," which is a perfect title since Judas Priest have recorded and performed practically every form of metal in their 35-year career. In fact, they created the artform (yes, Black Sabbath is heavy, but Judas Priest is metal).
Let's face it, with all the various forms of metal bands out there today, who has the time or cash to keep up? A safer bet is to just invest in Judas Priest since they encompass practically every metal style throughout their career and do it as-good or (more likely) better than any. METALOGY is a great sampling of the numerous songs in their discography. If the price is too steep, then pick up METAL WORKS '73-'93, which is an excellent 2-cd collection.
Want proof that Judas Priest comprises practically every form of metal? Allow me to list their 16 official studio albums and touch on the many metal styles they feature:
ROCKA ROLLA (1974): Zeppelin-ish rock/metal.
SAD WINGS OF DESTINY (1976): gothic metal.
SIN AFTER SIN (1977): gothic metal.
STAINED CLASS (1978): regular metal and speed metal.
HELL BENT FOR LEATHER (1979): heavy metal.
BRITISH STEEL (1980): heavy metal and pop metal.
POINT OF ENTRY (1981): heavy metal and pop rock/metal.
SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE (1982): heavy metal, power metal, speed metal and pop metal.
DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH (1984): ditto.
TURBO (1986): 80's hair/pop rock.
RAM IT DOWN (1988): hair metal.
PAINKILLER (1990): heavy metal, power metal and speed/thrash metal.
JUGULATOR (1997): brutal death/doom metal and speed/thrash metal.
DEMOLITION (2001): ultra-heavy modern metal.
ANGEL OF RETRIBUTION (2005): heavy metal, power metal, speed metal, doom metal and pop metal.
NOSTRADAMUS (2008): epic heavy metal (concept double album) touching on most past styles with numerous acoustic/symphonic elements.
Really, the only style Priest have never dabbled in is black metal, no doubt because they were never anti-Christian (listen to Metal Messiah or Angel if you doubt this), but they do insert slight aspects of this style in their music here and there.
BOTTOM LINE: This METALOGY box set is "the study of metal" and features a solid 40 mandatory Priest songs (out of 64 on the cds). These numbers are an excellent sampling of the entire spectrum of the metal genre. Plus you get an energetic concert dvd from their 1982 SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE tour, which many claim to be their prime era. I disagree. I believe Judas Priest are in their prime NOW. Their last 5 albums feature some of their all-time best output (PAINKILLER-NOSTRADAMUS).
Judas Priest Metalogy Feb 09, 2008
Leather sweat and pure raw energy. Rob, KK, GLEN, AND IAN are true gods of Metal.
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