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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Ooooooooh, I wouldn't go that far.
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lol! Its my opinion of course,but he is the Metal God in the realm of heavy metal music,this guy is responsible for the NWOBHM scene because of his aesthetics alone,and along with Priest's british heavy metal sound especially by 1978's Hell Bent For Leather album,and although Black Sabbath started heavy metal's sound structure with doomsday laden lyrics,nobody came before Judas Priest that supported these aesthetics that played heavy metal music,only punk and rock bands like Alice Cooper and Gene Simmons of Kiss,ect...
And most of all Halford's vocals,this guy is utterly amazing.Halford's image sparked influence in bands like Venom,Slayer,Mercyful Fate and Celtic Frost as well as bands like Saxon and Iron Maiden.Judas Priest are the Godfathers of heavy metal.