CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF CLASSIC HEAVY METAL
GLOBAL CINEMA EXCLUSIVE!
14TH MAY NEW YORK - 15TH
MAY LONDON - GLOBAL RELEASE 15TH MAY
CLOSING NIGHT OF EPITAPH -
THE BAND'S FINAL WORLD TOUR
FILMED AT
HAMMERSMITH APOLLO LONDON IN MAY 2012
ELECTRIFYING LIVE VERSIONS OF 23
CLASSIC TRACKS FROM ALL 14
JUDAS
PRIEST ALBUMS FROM 1974 TO 2008
SHOT IN STUNNING HD WITH A 5.1 SURROUND SOUND AUDIO MIX
Judas
Priest, the heavy metal legends whose influence on generations of
musicians and metalheads is incalculable, celebrate their 40th year
as recording artists with the global cinema release of the live concert EPITAPH. A unique live career retrospective, EPITAPH will be shown at two very
special cinema events - one in New York at the Clearview Chelsea on 14th
May and the other at London’s Forum in Kentish Town on 15th May. It will then be released in cinemas on 16th
May across the US,
UK, Canada, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Bulgaria,
Estonia, Romania, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Central
America with many more to follow.
From the
band: “The
Epitaph world tour came to an exciting conclusion at the renowned Hammersmith
Odeon (now known as the Apollo) in London. Knowing our fans around the
planet recognize that venue for many legendary metal moments, and of
course with
Judas
Priest being a British metal band it was the perfect gig for us to film
and record. Big thanks as always to you our metal family of fans - so
start banging your heads one more time with us as we scream together ‘The
Priest is back!’’
This
is a limited opportunity for fans to experience the excitement of "one of the most important
and influential metal acts of all time" (Kerrang!) at this historic gig in magnificent HD with
incredible 5.1 surround sound audio.
EPITAPH will be
released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 27th in the UK and May 28th in the US through Legacy
Recordings, a division of Sony
Music Entertainment This release
precedes a new studio album by Judas Priest which the band are working on
now.
For all ticket purchase information:
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Judas Priest's current
lineup comprises lead singer Rob Halford, lead guitarists Glenn Tipton and
Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis.
Heavy metal historians will
regard EPITAPH as the most far-reaching live concert
recording in the band's career. The set
revisits the climactic closing date of the 50-week Epitaph World Tour, captured live at London’s HMV Hammersmith
Apollo on May 26, 2012. Adding to the
drama is the fact that this was Judas Priest’s final large-scale world tour
ever. EPITAPH’s 23
tracks represent at least one song from every one of the band’s 14 studio
albums, from 1974’s Rocka Rolla
('Never Satisfied') to 2008’s Nostradamus ('Prophecy').
In the special case of British Steel,
four songs are featured: 'Rapid Fire, 'Metal Gods', 'Breaking The Law' and
perennial set closer, 'Living After Midnight'.
Others exempted from the one-song-quota are the LPs which appeared
before and after British Steel.
The first of these is 1979’s Hell Bent
For Leather (UK title: Killing Machine) which
lends the title song as well as 'The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged
Crown)'. The other LP is 1982’s Screaming For
Vengeance, source of 'The Hellion', 'Electric Eye' and 'You’ve Got Another Thing
Coming'.
“They have epitomized the genre with
their Harley riding frontman, rapid-fire guitar assaults, and spectacular stage
shows,” wrote journalist Bryan Reesman in his liner notes for 2004's
leather-bound, metal-studded Metalogy box set. “Influential, innovative, and exuberant in
expression,” he wrote, “they are the true Metal Gods who have been as
unwavering in their desire to expand the boundaries of their music as they have
been in crossing international borders to deliver it to their disciples.”
“Unabashedly committed to their
cause, and unrepentant in proclaiming themselves a true heavy metal band even
when others have shied away from the term, Judas Priest have forever been
defenders of the faith.”
EPITAPH by JUDAS
PRIEST
(Columbia/Legacy: Blu-Ray 88765481119, DVD 88883715539)
Selections:
1. Battle Hymn (L) • 2. Rapid Fire (F) • 3. Metal Gods (F) • 4. Heading Out To The Highway (G)
• 5. Judas Rising (M) • 6. Starbreaker (C) • 7. Victim Of Changes (B) • 8. Never Satisfied (A) • 9. Diamonds And Rust (C) • 10. Prophecy (N) • 11. Night Crawler (L) • 12. Turbo Lover (J) • 13. Beyond The Realms Of Death (D)
• 14. The Sentinel (I) • 15. Blood Red Skies (K) • 16. The Green Manalishi (With The
Two-Pronged Crown) (E) • 17.
Breaking The Law (F) • 18.
Painkiller (L) • 19. The
Hellion (H) • 20. Electric Eye
(H) • 21. Hell Bent For
Leather (E) • 22. You’ve Got
Another Thing Coming (H) • 23.
Living After Midnight (F).
Album index:
A – from Rocka
Rolla (originally issued 1974, on Gull Records)
B – from Sad
Wings Of Destiny (originally issued 1976, on Gull Records)
C – from Sin
After Sin (originally issued 1977, on Columbia Records)
D – from Stained
Class (originally issued 1978, on Columbia)
E – from Hell
Bent For Leather (originally issued 1979, on Columbia; aka Killing
Machine in UK)
F – from British
Steel (originally issued 1980, on Columbia)
G – from Point Of
Entry (originally issued 1981, on Columbia)
H – from Screaming
For Vengeance (originally issued 1982, on Columbia)
I – from Defenders
Of the Faith (originally issued 1984, on Columbia)
J – from Turbo (originally issued
1986, on Columbia)
K – from Ram It
Down (originally issued 1988, on Columbia)
L – from Painkiller
(originally issued 1990, on Columbia)
M – from Angel Of
Retribution (originally issued 2005, on Epic Records)
N – from Nostradamus
(originally issued 2008, on Epic)
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