One doesn't simply earn a nickname like "the Metal God" just by having an incredible voice for heavy metal music, but that's a good start. And for Judas Priest's Rob Halford, the Voice came early. "I ...

As iconic, leather-clad Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford accurately observes, “I dare say we were probably the first to start calling ourselves a heavy metal band. I think it’s fair to say it really ...

Judas Priest’s Painkiller debuts on multiple charts in the U.K. after being reissued on vinyl for its thirty-fifth anniversary. INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been ...

How a Rage Against the Machine rocker and former anthropologist turned it up to 11 with a heart-felt, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the band that “created the culture of heavy metal.” By Scott Roxborough ...

Before anyone started calling it heavy metal, Judas Priest were hammering out the music's template. Formed in Birmingham, England, at the tail end of the '60s, the band's core trio -- singer Rob ...