Judas Priest Nostradamus DoCD Limited Edition mit 48 seitigen Einbandbuch Neu OVP Sealed 

Produktinformation

Audio CD (13. Juni 2008)
Anzahl Disks/Tonträger: 2
Format: Doppel-CD
Label: Smi Col (Sony Music)
Tonträger 2-CD
Besonderheiten Erstauflage, Limited Edition, Digi-Book
Jahr 2008
Zeit 102:45
Plattenfirma Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Herstellungsland D
Musikrichtung Metal: Heavy Metal
EAN-Nr. 886973155820
Katalog-Nr. 88697315582


       Tracks

Tracklist CD 1
1. Dawn Of Creation 2:32 Instrumental 
2. Prophecy 5:26   
3. Awakening 0:53 Instrumental 
4. Revelations 7:05   
5. The Four Horsemen 1:35 Instrumental 
6. War 5:04   
7. Sands Of Time 2:37 Instrumental 
8. Pestilence And Plague 5:09   
9. Death 7:34   
10. Peace 2:22 Instrumental 
11. Conquest 4:42   
12. Lost Love 4:28   
13. Persecution 6:34


Tracklist CD 2
1. Solitude 1:23 Instrumental 
2. Exiled 6:33   
3. Alone 7:50   
4. Shadows In The Flame 1:10 Instrumental 
5. Visions 5:24   
6. Hope 2:09   
7. New Beginnings 4:57   
8. Calm Before The Storm 2:05 Instrumental 
9. Nostradamus 6:43   
10. Future Of Mankind 8:30


Weitere Infos
Limited Deluxe Edition
2CDs in a 48 page hard-bound book.


Produktbeschreibungen
Mit dem ambitioniertesten Album ihrer Karriere spalten Judas Priest ihre Anhängerschaft wie seit Turbo-Zeiten nicht mehr.
Judas Priest waren schon immer eine Band, die sich nicht auf bewährten Erfolgs-Schemata ausruht, sondern künstlerische Herausforderungen sucht. Diesmal haben sich Tipton, Downing & Co. das Leben und Wirken des großen Sehers Nostradamus vorgenommen und zu einem Konzept-Doppelalbum verarbeitet, das deutlich mehr zu bieten hat als die üblichen Abfolgen von metallischen Gitarren-Riffs. Orchestrale Zwischenstücke, Keyboard-Einschübe und eine düstere Grundatmosphäre verleihen Nostradamus einen progressiven Anstrich, die Songs sind komplex und clever arrangiert, und Rob Halford gefällt mit guten Vocals. Der Sound ist jedoch ein wenig steril ausgefallen, da die Orchester-Parts mit Gitarren-Synthesizern eingespielt wurden, und in puncto Songwriting kann Nostradamus mit Klassikern wie British Steel, Screaming For Vengeance oder Painkiller nicht mithalten. Ein Teil der Fangemeinde wird enttäuscht sein, dass hohe Schreie, markante Riffs und Hitmelodien Mangelware sind, es dürfte aber auch nicht wenige Priest-Anhänger geben, die sich über das opulente Konzept und die intensiven, finsteren Vibes der Doppel-CD freuen werden. -- Michael Rensen

Review by James Christopher Monger
On 2005's (almost) divine comeback album Angel of Retribution, Judas Priest fans got a modern day update of the band's genre-bending 1976 classic, Sad Wings of Destiny. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends return to the mines for 2008's Nostradamus, though this time it's another band's treasure they're looting, specifically Iron Maiden's 1988 concept album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Heavy metal's obsession with seers, sorcery, and anything else that falls under the nebulous blanket of the "dark arts" is legendary, and Maiden's loosely knit tale of a visionary "chosen one" provided listeners with one of the last great albums of the pre-grunge, epic metal era, due in part to some truly memorable songs that remain fan favorites even to this day. Nostradamus, on the other hand, manages to live up to nearly every Spinal Tap cliché (non-deliberate, laugh-inducing cover art; melodramatic spoken word interludes; rhyming "fire" with desire). At nearly two hours long, one expects a certain amount of filler, but the dated keyboard strings, soft piano, and bluesy, minor-key guitar licks that populate every nook and cranny in between (and often throughout) each track sound like discarded incidental music from The X-Files or an RPG video game "cut scene." The songs themselves are hit or miss, with the emphasis falling on the latter, due mostly to an over-reliance on three-chord, midtempo filler, but as is the case with nearly every Priest offering, when they're on they're dead on. Disc one closer "Persecution," after a lengthy organ/guitar intro, unleashes Nostradamus' finest six minutes, boasting one of the best choruses the band has produced since 1988's "Hard as Iron" (few things sound as natural and satisfying as Rob Halford's metallic voice running through a phaser, and his signature scream, when it arises, still has no equal). The predictable but effectively apocalyptic "War" (taking a cue from Holst's Mars, Bringer of War) spawns one of the few great orchestral breakdowns on the record, while both "Death" and the nearly seven-minute title track feature stunning guitar work from Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing. None of this, however, can save Nostradamus from the fact that even if it were reduced to a single album (it should have been), its flaws would far outweigh its triumphs. Excess and metal go together like blood and guts, but even gore loses its ability to draw a reaction after the umpteenth beheading.