Judas Priest: Invincible Shield (2024)

With 18 studio albums behind them these godfathers of heavy metal still aim high, wide and heavy in crafted, disciplined songs with titles like Gates of Hell, Crown of Horns, Trial By Fire, Sons of Thunder and Giants in the Sky. Get the picture? It wasn’t broken so they had nothing to fix, just keep it coming.

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