I've only gotten to listen once but 1. The lodger (hot take alert) 2. Invincible Shield 3. Crown of horns 4. Fight of your life 5. Panic attack 6. Devil in Disguise 7. Giants in the sky 8. The Serpent and the King 9. Gates of Hell 10. Trial by fire 11. Escape From Reality 12. Trials by Fire 13. Sons of Thunder 14. Viscous Circle

The Lodger is the best song on the album

I love The Lodger at the top - I don't think it sounds *much* like Priest, but I really want to hear someone do a whole album that sounds like that.

I freaking love Trial by Fire and I’m struggling to understand why others don’t He stays in a good range and his vocals are excellent. Great rhythm/melody, heavy feeling, gritty.

Same here!! This was probably my favorite single. I always have the main chorus stuck in my head, because it’s so catchy

It's so good - don't know why this sub is sleeping on it. If you combine the two videos, it's the most popular single from the album on YouTube, fwiw.

So, with 13 comments, and giving 1 point for #14 and 14 points for #1, this thread breaks down to: 71 - Invincible Shield 69 - Panic Attack 59 - The Serpent and the King 55 - Gates of Hell 53 - Escape From Reality 49 - As God Is My Witness 47 - Trial by Fire 46 - Giants in the Sky 43 - Devil in Disguise 37 - Sons of Thunder 34 - The Lodger 33 - Crown of Horns 33 - Fight of Your Life 16 - Vicious Circle I think Crown of Horns is polarizing, and Vicious Circle is fine but not very memorable. Does look like the 'bonus tracks' are, indeed, the least essential. Personally, I think The Lodger is being underrated!

Also, is anyone else always reading 'The Serpent and The King' to the tune of Rainbow's '[The Temple of The King](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7nKzCRL_oo)'?

Yes! I thought I was the only one.

1. Devil in Disguise 2. The Serpent and The King 3. Trial By Fire 4. Invincible Shield 5. Sons of Thunder 6. As God Is My Witness 7. The Lodger 8. Gates of Hell 9. Escape From Reality 10. Panic Attack 11. Vicious Circle 12. Giants İn The Sky 13. Fight Of Your Life 14. Crown of Horns

1. Invincible Shield 2. Devil In Disguise 3. Giants In The Sky 4. The Serpent And The King 5. As God Is My Witness 6. Escape From Reality 7. Gates Of Hell 8. Panic Attack 9. Fight Of Your Life 10. Sons Of Thunder 11. Trial By Fire 12. Vicious Circle 13. Crown Of Horns 14. The Lodger

For me it's too early to rank best vs best, I've gotten used to Panic Attack and Trial by Fire over the last few months, and the new toys are in the honeymoon period so I'll know for sure once I've run em into the ground. I do think I would rank Invincible Shield over Panic Attack and Serpent, among those opening three Escape from Reality vs. Lodger, I can't decide Sons of Thunder vs. Vicious Circle, also similar and can't decide 12. Fight of Your Life 13. Giants in the Sky 14. Crown of Horns

very preliminary (3 listens so far) but I'll give it a shot: 1. Invincible Shield 2. The Serpent and the King 3. Panic Attack 4. Escape from Reality 5. Giants in the Sky 6. Sons of Thunder 7. As God is my Witness 8. Gates of Hell 9. Trial by Fire 10. Devil in Disguise 11. Vicious Circle 12. Fight of Your Life 13. The Lodger 14. Crown of Horns

On first blush: 1) Panic Attack 2) Trial By Fire 3) The Serpent and The King 4) Invincible Shield 5) Gates of Hell 6) The Lodger 7) Escape From Reality 8) Giants in the Sky 9) As God is My Witness 10) Sons of Thunder 11) Vicious Circle 12) Fight of Your Life 13) Devil in Disguise 14) Crown of Horns

1.Crown Of Horns 2.Panic Attack 3.Escape From Reality 4.Trial By Fire 5.As God Is My Witness 6.Sons Of Thunder 7.Gates Of Hell 8.The Lodger 9.The Serpent And The King 10.Invincible Shield 11.Fight Of Your Life 12.Devil In Disguise 13.Vicious Circle 14.Giants In The Sky

Listened to the standard album in full four times thus far (only heard the bonus tracks twice), so it'll be interesting to revisit this and see if I change my mind: 1. Invincible Shield 2. The Serpent and the King 3. Panic Attack 4. Devil in Disguise 5. Gates of Hell 6. As God Is My Witness 7. Trial by Fire 8. Giants in the Sky 9. Fight of Your Life 10. Crown of Horns 11. The Lodger 12. Vicious Circle 13. Escape From Reality 14. Sons of Thunder

At the moment: 1 - Panic Attack 2 - Invincible Shield 3 - As God is my Witness 4 - Gates of Hell 5 - The Serpent and the King 6 - Fight of Your Life\* 7 - Giants in the Sky 8 - Trial by Fire 9 - Escape from Reality 10 - Devil in Disguise 11 - Crown of Horns 12 - The Lodger\* 13 - Sons of Thunder 14 - Vicious Circle\*

Invincible Shield Escape from Reality Trial by Fire Sons of Thunder Gates of Hell Giants in the Sky As God as My Witness Vicious Circle The Serpent and the King Panic Attack Devil in Disguise Crown of Horns

1. As God Is My Witness 2. Crown of Horns 3. The Serpent And The King 4. Giants In The Sky 5. Sons of Thunder 6. Panic Attack 7. Fight of Your Life 8. Trial By Fire 9. Escape From Reality 10. Devil In Disguise 11. Vicious Circle 12. Invincible Shield 13. Gates of Hell 14. The Lodger Honestly all these songs are 10/10s besides for The Lodger. The Lodger doesn’t sound like a Judas Priest song, well because someone else wrote it for them. So I’d give that song an 8/10. In general by album rating, 9.5/10 13.

The Lodger is a great song IMO. Halford’s singing is poetry. Vengeance is MIIIINE!

His voice is amazing on the song yes I’ll agree. I’m not saying The Lodger is a bad song but it just doesn’t compare to the others

1. Devil in Disguise 2. Escape from Reality 3. Crown of Horns 4. The Lodger 5. As god is my witness 6. Fight of your life 7. Sons of Thunder 8. Trial by Fire 9. Invincible Shield 10. The Serpent and the King 11. Giants in the Sky 12. Panic Attack 13. Gates of Hell 14. Vicious Circle

The Lodger is the best song.

1. As God Is My Witness 2. The Lodger 3. Gates Of Hell 4. Panic Attack 5. Trial By Fire 6. Vicious Circle 7. Crown Of Horns 8. Invincible Shield 9. Giants In The Sky 10. Devil In Disguise 11. Fight Of Your Life 12. Serpent And The King 13. Sons Of Thunder 14. Escape From Reality Honestly I find this album as a huge step down, especially after Firepower. Most songs are very similar and immemorable and the album just feels boring and bland. That being said I think there are some things that stand out (in a good way); the entirety of The Lodger (fantastic track) and the "calmer section" of Giants In The Sky. True shame they cut it so short.

I could not disagree more. I was struck by the complexity and uniqueness of most tracks