HALFORD
LIVE INSURRECTION
Released on April 17, 2001 (Metal-is Records); remastered on March 10, 2009 (Metal Gods Entertainment)
Review:
Yesterday marked the 15th year anniversary of the worldwide release (except Japan) of Live Insurrection, which is the live album that should have been for Judas Priest. It took a number of years for Rob Halford to really hit his stride after leaving Judas Priest in May 1992 but when he finally did after his Fight project and the awful 2wo‘s Voyeurs album, he came up with a heavy metal masterpiece which translated into the perfect occasion to release a stellar double live album.
Back in August 2000, Halford released the aptly named Resurrection, which was the first album under his name. If you haven’t checked out Resurrection, let’s just say that it is the studio album that the rest of Halford‘s Judas Priest bandmates likely wished they had been a part of. The Resurrection album is Halford at his best and can stand toe to toe with just about any Judas Priest studio album. In fact, ever since parting ways with Halford in 1992, Judas Priest — even with Halford back in the line-up as of 2003 — have been unable to come up with a studio release that even comes close to Resurrection. Live Insurrection sees Halford playing a good portion of the Resurrection album, a couple of Fight songs and some Judas Priest classics, some of which the band had seemingly not played in many years. It all amounts to one of the best live albums ever released to my ears and an underrated one at that.
Although the second disc is filled with killer Judas Priest classics to end the live concert as well as three bonus tracks on the remastered version of Live Insurrection, my favorite disc is the first one. That disc sees Halford play six songs from Resurrection (including one of my favorites “Slow Down”, the killer ballad “Silent Screams” and “Made In Hell” which should have been a Judas Priest classic), some stellar and heavy Fight songs (including “Into The Pit” and “Nailed To The Gun”) and a sprinkling of little played Priest classics (such as Defenders Of The Faith‘s “Jawbreaker” and Killing Machine‘s “Running Wild”). Any fan of Judas Priest should be able to appreciate the tracks on that first disc.
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The second disc sees Halford play quite a few popular Judas Priest live staples such as “Electric Eye”, “Metal Gods” and “Braking The Law.” However, it is the lesser played Priest classics such as “Genocide” and “Tyrant” that make the disc really special. I can still remember how floored I was when I heard Halford close off his opening set for Iron Maiden back in Toronto, Canada on August 1, 2000 with a killer rendition of “Tyrant.” The goods do not stop there on the second disc since Halford does a surprise cover of the Scorpions‘ “Blackout” which features none other than Rudolf Schenker. Although I like the three bonus tracks on the remastered version of Live Insurrection, I would have actually preferred that those three tracks not be included because it breaks the momentum of the killer live show. You likely won’t see me complain too often about bonus tracks but it would have been better to simply close off Live Insurrection with the killer rendition of “Tyrant” and call it a day.
Overall, Live Insurrection continues to be one of my favorite live albums of all-time and the one that should have been for Judas Priest.
Track List Disc 1:
01. Resurrection
02. Made In Hell
03. Into The Pit
04. Nailed To The Gun
05. Light Comes Out Of Black
06. Stained Glass
07. Jawbreaker
08. Running Wild
09. Slow Down
10. The One You Love To Hate
11. Life In Black
12. Hell’s Last Survivor
13. Sad Wings
14. Saviour
15. Silent Screams
Track List Disc 2:
01. Cyberworld
02. The Hellion
03. Electric Eye
04. Riding On The Wind
05. Genocide
06. Beyond The Realms Of Death
07. Metal Gods
08. Breaking The Law
09. Blackout (featuring Rudolf Schenker)
10. Tyrant
11. Screaming In The Dark
12. Heart Of A Lion
13. Prisoner Of Your Eyes
Band Members:
Rob Halford – vocals
Patrick Lachman – guitars
Metal Mike Chlasciak – guitars
Ray Riendeau – bass
Bobby Jarzombek – drums
Production:
Produced by Roy Z
Engineered by Eric Kuglin
Mixed by Charlie Bauerfeind and Roy Z
Executive producer: John Baxter
Remastered by Tom Baker
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Reviewed by Olivier for Sleaze Roxx, April 2016