50 Years Of Metal
Rob Halford With Ian Gittins HEADLINE
Judas Priest RUFUS
The most hotly anticipated hard-rock autobiography of the year, Rob Halford’s Confess (8/10) is gossipy, good natured and hilarious, often unintentionally. It’s also gloriously and relentlessly filthy. “The cock has no conscience,” the Judas Priest singer quips. “Or at least mine has never had one.”
With a breezy, earthy, down-to-earth frankness that is pure West Midlands, 69-year-old Halford retraces his eventful journey from Walsall council-estate outsider to self-styled “metal god”. Along the way covers the and , booze and drug addiction, rehab and recovery, the infamous suicide lawsuit, Halford’s sabbatical from Priest in the 90s, and their subsequent ongoing reunion. The band should have been on their fiftieth anniversary tour right now, but covid-19 has put celebrations on hold.
