Out Friday, March 8th, is "Invincible Shield," the 19th studio album by Judas Priest. The 11-songs set was produced by Andy Sneap, the band's touring guitarist who fills in for Glenn Tipton, who's been sidelined by Parkinson's disease back in the U.K. Tipton played on the album and co-wrote songs, however, with frontman Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner. "Invincible Shield" is also coming out 50 years after Judas Priest's very first album, "Rocka Rolla," in 1974.
Bassist Ian Hill, the only constant member of Judas Priest throughout its 55 years — tells us that the band had hoped to have "Invincible Shield" out earlier but was slowed down by the pandemic.
"Yeah, the pandemic closed everything down, put everything back two years, didn't it? I think the album's probably better because of that, because Richie Faulkner's on board and putting extra time into every song, so it's a very busy album, probably musically the best thing we've ever done. Yeah, it was great." OUTCUE :31