Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from Canada's The Metal Voice Spoke to Judas Priest's guitarist Richie Faulkner. Faulkner spoke about the bands upcoming North American tour with Queensryche, gave a new Judas Priest studio album update, talked about the fan backlash touring as a four piece and a lot more....
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When asked about an update for the next Judas Priest album
"Since the Firepower tour we went our separate ways like we do and we always got ideas coming up, me Rob and Glenn start putting ideas down. We got together in early 2020, me Rob and Glenn, Andy Sneap was there as well and we pulled all our ideas together and started the first writing sessions. We got together a batch of songs, by no means finished but they were developed enough we could call them songs, so we could give them working titles. They were demos. So we had a batch of demos and since then we have been trying to find an opportunity where we can all get together and develop them further and record them. Obviously with the restrictions at the time, lockdowns and the pandemic, we wanted to be together as a band to iron out those creases, it becomes evident when you play together what songs need. We have started recording some and getting it put together with those restrictions it has obviously been taking longer than we would like. We are working on it but obviously we are nowhere near a release date."
When asked about the musical direction of the new music, will it be Firepower part 2 or another era of Priest?
"Whenever you start a record you never know how it's going to turn out, so you might start with an idea of what it's going to be and as it kind of rolls on it comes out something different, so you don't quite know. It is also kind of hard to sum up your own music I find. But I think this one stands on it's own, it is not Firepower two, it is it's own animal. If anything I would say it is a bit more progressive in places and in places it's got a bit more of that Killing Machine swagger. I think it is a little more progressive than Firepower and like I said it has a little bit of that Killing Machine angry swagger attitude going on. But like I said it can turnout completely differently. "
Judas Priest Book Rescheduled 2022 Tour Dates With Queensryche
Mar. 07 — West Valley City, Utah @ Maverik Center
Mar. 09 — Everett, Wash. @ Angel Of The Winds Arena
Mar. 10 — Portland, Ore. @ Moda Center
Mar. 12 — Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theater
Mar. 13 — Las Vegas, Nev. @ Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood
Mar. 18 — Irving, Texas @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Mar. 20 — Cedar Park, Texas @ H-E-B Center at Cedar Park
Mar. 21 — San Antonio, Texas @ Freeman Coliseum
Mar. 23 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Mar. 25 — Alpharetta, Ga. @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Mar. 27 — Charleston, W.V. @ Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center
Mar. 29 — Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Met Philadelphia
Mar. 30 — Newark, N.J. @ Prudential Center
Mar. 31 — National Harbor, Md. @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor
Apr. 04 — Lowell, Mass. @ Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell
Apr. 07 — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada @ Scotiabank Centre
Apr. 11 — Laval, Quebec, Canada @ Place Bell
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