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Hi All,

  Judas Priest are due to release their new album early next year.... 

Both aticles courtesy of:-teamrock.com/classic-rock

Judas Priest will release their new album Firepower in 2018 and announce North American tour with Saxon and Black Star Riders
Judas Priest have revealed that their new studio album will be titled Firepower and will launch next year.  The 2018 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominees have been working on the follow-up to 2014’s Redeemer Of Souls – and fans won’t have too long to wait until it arrives.

The band tweeted: "Judas Priest’s new studio album Firepower will be arriving in early 2018." To mark the announcement, Rob Halford and co have announced a run of North American dates for next year – the first in a planned world tour. They'll be joined on the road by Saxon and Black Star Riders.

Find a full list of confirmed shows below along with the tour poster.

                teamrock.com/news/2017-10-23/judas-priest-announce-new-album-firepower-and-2018-tour-dates

Below article related to above.

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford says new album Firepower features some of the band’s best work - and credits guitarist Richie Faulkner for his work on the record, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford says that upcoming album Firepower features some of the band’s best-ever work.

The 2018 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominees will release the follow-up to 2014’s Redeemer Of Souls early next year, with the first leg of a world tour already confirmed.  VintageRock.com caught up with the vocalist on the red carpet at this week’s Loudwire Music Awards, where Halford spoke about the new record – and praised guitarist Richie Faulkner’s work on the album.

Halford says: "This is what Priest lives for. We're a hard-working metal band still making the metal 40-odd years later thanks to our glorious metal fans around the world" , "So we make music now, obviously, still for our own pleasure and enjoyment – and the challenge of finding a new riff and a new melody is a great feeling."

"We came off the Redeemer Of Souls tour, had a break and then we dove straight back into the second record with Richie. And it's Richie's moment, really, because when we did Redeemer Of Souls, it was his first time with Priest as a writer" ,  "I think it was great how Richie coming into the band and then going through the writing experience and the world tour together really put him in a better place for when we went in to do Firepower."

Halford adds: "Richie's playing is fucking unbelievable on this album. I think, as the writing team of Richie, Glenn Tipton and myself, this is some of our best work without a doubt."  Further album details will be revealed in due course.

Geoff.