Following up their 2018 smash hit Firepower was by no means going to be simple however Judas Priest are able to rise to the event. Chatting with Steel Magnitude, guitarist Richie Faulkner stated that the album has been recorded and is within the mixing course of now.

“It’s truly within the mixing levels in the intervening time, so we’re getting mixes by from Andy Sneap. However it’s shaping up rather well. The mixes are sounding nice. In order quickly as they’re achieved, we’ve gotta manufacture the factor. So I at all times say to individuals, it’s mixing, it’s mastering and it’s manufacturing. You’ve gotta make the factor, you’ve gotta make the vinyl, you’ve gotta make the stuff that everybody’s gonna take heed to on that, the packaging, the paintings and all that form of stuff, so we will then ship it out. It’s that sort of packaging that everybody is aware of and loves — , the entrance cowl, the paintings that everybody is aware of and loves about Judas Priest. So we’ve gotta get all that form of stuff achieved. However so far as the mixes, the album is sounding nice. We’re speaking about observe itemizing, what order the tracks are gonna go in, what tracks we’re gonna use, all that form of enjoyable stuff. If you’re speaking about that stuff, it’s close to completion, so it’s an thrilling time for the band. It’s thrilling. It’s thrilling to have one thing that nobody has heard.”

Faulker says that he and the band are very conscious of how excessive the bar was set with Firepower, however doesn’t appear notably apprehensive about Judas Priest’s capability to surpass it.

“‘Firepower’ was such a well-received album. It’s been out for just a few years now, and we’ve gotta prime that one. Folks love that file, and we’ve received so much to reside as much as. However that’s an amazing factor to shoot for. When the bar’s that top, you’ve simply gotta meet the bar and hopefully surpass it. So we’ll see.”

Releasing an album nearly as good or higher than Firepower appears fairly rattling arduous to do, but when anybody can, it’s Judas Priest.