Metal Anarchy

During an interview with 105.5 WDHA, Judas Priest’s Rob Halford opened up about the group’s longevity. The singer says the band has been able to survive all these years, because it’s an entity that goes beyond individual members.

Halford said the following when was asked how it feels to enter the studio with his bandmates today as opposed to how it was in the past:

“It’s the same as it ever was. It’s a blessing. There’s a feeling of being grateful. There’s a feeling of, ‘Oh my God. We’re still here over 50 years later in part of the essence of Priest.’ Because Priest is more than one bandmember; Priest is this entity. Judas Priest has been in the heavy metal world for over 50 years, so the fact that we’re still able to resonate and show relevance, particularly with this new music from ‘Invincible Shield’ [out March 8], is incredibly important to us. And it’s just this combination of instinct as people when we’re in each other’s presence to write music.

I think what is also important, that we don’t use this word very much these days — trust. Trusting each other. Trust in the love that you have for each other in the band, because the value that trust carries is enormous. When you have trust and faith in whatever it is, great things can happen. So all of those parts of who we are in Priest, as we are in 2024 — it’s 50 years after ‘Rocka Rolla’ — that hasn’t changed. So all of that’s like a linear thread, and I just love that nothing’s diminished.”

[via Blabbermouth]