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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Judas Priest

“Massive congratulations on 50 years of heavy metal! An incredible accomplishment, and something to be very proud of. Judas Priest defined everything that was cool about metal for me. Over the top, intense, fast, raging guitars, epic lyrics about strength and overcoming, hell… I must have stared at the cover of Unleashed In The East for at least 48 hours of my life thinking, ‘This is the coolest band I’ve ever seen.’ All Hail Priest!”

ROBB FLYNN, MACHINE HEAD

“We were supposed to celebrate Judas Priest’s 50th anniversary on tour with them across the States, and were really looking forward to doing that with a band that influenced not just us but the entire genre we live and love. Then this stupid virus came along and ruined that. Death to

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