Thoughts:
Cheesy and a bit cringey lyrically, but Priest has always been that way on and off. Topical tunes tend to become dated quickly.
The production sounds great. The slight synthwave sounding parts didn't seem to fit and gave me unpleasant memories of Turbo. I thought Nostradamus made better use of keyboards.
Average riffs and such, but lots of good solo ideas.
I think it's now a joke and a bit insulting that they hold out the pretense that Glenn Tipton is still capable of playing stuff like this. He may write the riffs but he can't do the solos up to tempo anymore. My guess is Ritchie Faulkner played all of it.
Ritchie is amazing. A 70s era player for the Millennials. Most of what he does is just reworked Michael Schenker, but it's good. Lots of licks I'd like to learn from this.
I miss Rob's real singing voice from the 1970s, not this screechy thing he has been doing since Painkiller. Imagine him trying to do "Savage" from Stained Class now. His throat is shredded.
Verdict: par for the course for Priest. I preferred some of Halford's solo stuff to this, and some of KK's Priest, and some of Owens era stuff to this. Not bad, not great.
I just dig Ritchie. Dude can pull off Painkiller doing both Glenn and KK's solos while having a heart attack. I also like how his Gibsons mix vintage style with new features like Floyds.
Also, Invincible Shield? Really?
Sounds like an insurance company.
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