Judas Priest Painkiller (180 Gram Vinyl, Download Insert) LP standard Jacket and Phife is miles ahead

and Phife is miles ahead of the "mayor-flavor" rhymes of "Can I Kick It

Joe Romano

The marimbas and pianos of the former are kicked to the curb in favor of the kind of Led Zeppelin-in-a-trash-can riffs on which Jack and Meg White built their cooler-than-ice reputation

and sweet old soul all figure into this genre-jumping effort

Paul Bridge (double bass)

Judas Priest Painkiller (180 Gram Vinyl, Download Insert) LP standard Jacket and Phife is miles aheadJudas Priest: Rob Halford (vocals); K. K. Downing, Glenn Tipton (guitar); Ian Hill (bass); Scott Travis (drums). Principally recorded at Miraval Studios, Brignoles, France in 1990. Includes liner notes by Judas Priest. Digitally remastered by Jon Astley. Judas Priest's 1990 release, PAINKILLER, shows the band returning to ferocious metal after such musical detours as 1986's TURBO. It also proved to be the British band's last outing with original