Epitaph [Blu-ray]

I love this DVD...I've already watched about 5-6 times. The sound is great and the setlist is a dream for Priest fans. Especially, the deep tracks like "Starbreaker" "Night Crawler" "The Sentinel" and "Blood Red Skies"...and what better way to open the show than Rapid Fire and Metal Gods! For some reason, much better this time around than the British Steel tour.Rob Halford's voice is in fine form on this tour as he nails some amazing high notes during Night Crawler, Blood Red Skies, and Victim of Changes. His only weakness is changing outfits between every song. One thing I love about a HALFORD show is he sticks to jeans and t-shirt.KK Downing is greatly missed, but Richie Falkner really delivers the goods. I especially like his intro to "the Sentinel" with Glenn.The editing on the DVD is a bit fast, however the cuts are not just completely random. For example it will go from wide shot of the stage to a medium close up of Glenn to a close up of Glenn's face to an extreme close up of his fingers on the guitar.One major weakness of this DVD is lack of crowd shots. They keep cutting back to this generic master shot of the crowd from the side, but there are very few close ups of any fans. If you were at this show, don't expect to find yourself! It's almost like they didn't have permission to film the crowd or something?! Compare this with the Electric Eye 1986 concert in Dallas where the fans are a major part of the concert.I was lucky enough to attend the Epitaph show in Denver and this London DVD is almost identical. One minor detail that I miss is the cool as heck Epitaph/Legacy banner during Blood Red Skies. At least all the pyro is still being used.Anyway, if you saw Priest on the Epitaph tour this is a great souvenir to pick up and relive the excitement. The massive setlist should please all types of Priest fans.Please note the setlist on the Amazon production information is way out of order. Never fear, the actual DVD has the real setlist in the order it was played during the tour.

Excellent Seller! Item delivered promptly and well packaged. I watched this 2 1/2 hour concert and it is super awesome! This is the first time I've seen Richie Faulkner and he shreds on guitar. A must have for Judas Priest fans and I highly recommend!

I've seen Judas Priest in concert many times over the years, the first time back in 82' on the Screaming for Vengence Tour. Sure the guys are older now but let's face it, Rob Halford is a freak of nature. Other than the late great Ronnie James Dio I don't know of a singer in metal that has ever sounded this consistently good over a 50-year span. Rob sounds great here. The band is tight as ever and in fine form.The camera shot angles were very good and this could have been a top-notch blu-ray, unfortunately, Alex Walker's film editing was a disappointment. I'm not sure if he thought quick cutting every 2 seconds would make it more interesting but to me, it took away from the performance. Just as you get a decent look at what's going on it cuts to something else over and over again. Honestly, I've never seen a concert video cut so quickly.Another complaint, however slight was the decision to occasionally use some kind of flaring effect during some choruses. It took away from the overall experience and diminished the visual quality in those spots. I'd rather just see the band perform and the stage show rather than a film editor adding in some random effects in post.Judas Priest Epitaph is a good blu-ray from the mighty Judas Priest. Great setlist, the sound is excellent and visually it looks good. This could have been a great blu-ray if not for the quick cutting but nonetheless happy to add it to my collection.

This is a fine blu-ray to add to your heavy metal collection,if but for one caveat.....You gotta deal with Rob,who appears not to be in the best of voice for this show.Pitch errors are a more prominant issue in this show than on previous outings.Also, Rob sports a cane for a few segments ,perhaps baring evidence that the rumored recent back surgery was true after all.Mind you, the rest of the band more than make up for it with a punishing aural onslaught not unlike the best live Priest from the past. In particular, kudos go out to Richie Faulkner for stepping up to the plate to replace the now retired K.K.Downing on guitar,and then knocking it out of the park. Richie has a style of soloing that is very favorably compared to Zakk Wylde, and his spontaneous call-and-answer lead riffs with Priest vet Glenn Tipton are well composed and fitting with the Priest tradition.It should go without saying that the rock-solid rhythm section of drummer Scott Travis and bassist Ian Hill bring in yet another great freight-train of a performance,surging confidently through an over 2 hour set of metal classics.Faulkner's stage presence is spot-on as well,never trying to step on anyone's toes or hog the spotlight, even though the man definitely has the goods. He simply fits like an old comfortable shoe, and that's the way we should want it to go for our Rock heroes in the final chapter(maybe) of their long and storied career. No drama. Just accolades from an adoring public.