Judas Priest - The Sentinel (Live in Kansas City 1986) FM Broadcast

Judas Priest - The Sentinel Lyrics: Along deserted avenues steam begins to rise
The figures primed and ready prepared for quick surprise
He's watchin' for a sign, his life is on the line

Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade all fear the sentinel

Dogs whine in the alleys, smoke is on the wind
From deep inside it's empty shell, a Cathedral bell begins
Ringing out it's soul, a storm begins to grow

Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade all fear the sentinel

Amidst the upturned burned-out cars, the challengers await
And in their fists clutch iron bars with which to seal his fate
Across his chest is scabbards rest, the rows of throwing knives
Whose razor points in challenged tests has finished many lives

Now facing one another, the stand-off eats at time
Then all at once a silence falls as the bell ceases it's chime
Upon this sign the challengers with shrieks and cries rush forth
The knives fly out like bullets upon their deadly course

Screams of pain and agony rent the silent air
Amidst the dying bodies blood runs everywhere
The figure stands expressionless impassive and alone
Unmoved by this victory were the seeds of death he's sown

Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade all fear the sentinel

Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade all fear the sentinel

Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade all fear the sentinel

Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade all fear the sentinel

Rob Halford
Ian Hill
Scott Travis
Glenn Tipton
KK Downing
Dave Holland

Judas Priest are one of the greatest heavy metal bands on the face of the earth! Formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band had struggled with indifferent record production and a lack of major commercial success until 1980, when they rose to commercial success with the album British Steel.
The band's membership has seen much turnover, including a revolving cast of drummers in the 1970s and the departure of singer Rob Halford in 1992. Tim "Ripper" Owens, formerly of Winter's Bane, replaced Halford in 1996 and recorded two albums with Judas Priest, before Halford returned to the band in 2003. The current line-up consists of Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis. The band's best-selling album is 1982's Screaming for Vengeance, with their most commercially successful line-up featuring Hill, Halford, Tipton, guitarist K. K. Downing, and drummer Dave Holland. Tipton and Hill are the only two members of the band to appear on every album.
Halford's operatic vocal style and the twin guitar sound of Downing and Tipton have been a major influence on heavy metal bands. Judas Priest's image of leather, spikes, and other taboo articles of clothing were widely influential during the glam metal era of the 1980s. The Guardian referred to British Steel as the record that defines heavy metal. Despite a decline in exposure during the mid-1990s, the band has once again seen a resurgence, including worldwide tours, being inaugural inductees into the VH1 Rock Honors in 2006, receiving a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2010, and having their songs featured in video games such as Guitar Hero and the Rock Band series. In 2022, Judas Priest were inducted into the meaningless Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Rocka Rolla (1974)
Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Sin After Sin (1977)
Stained Class (1978)
Killing Machine (1978)
British Steel (1980)
Point of Entry (1981)
Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
Defenders of the Faith (1984)
Turbo (1986)
Ram It Down (1988)
Painkiller (1990)
Jugulator (1997)
Demolition (2001)
Angel of Retribution (2005)
Nostradamus (2008)
Redeemer of Souls (2014)
Firepower (2018)