Screaming for Vengeance

Album · Released 1 July 1982

Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest

Judas Priest find an excellent balance between menace and invitation on Screaming for Vengeance. The riffs are sharp, the choruses are generous, and Rob Halford can turn a straightforward line into an event. Its accessible writing gives the heavier passages a clear target. The short instrumental The Hellion makes a grand entrance before Electric Eye brings everything into focus. The harmonised guitars establish the scale, then the rhythm playing…

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