1024 - Judas Priest Painkiller 1990

Following the poor sales of the album "Ram It Down", which was itself an attempt at reconciling with the public over the perceived sellout, "Turbo", Judas Priest returned to their classic '70s style, while borrowing contemporary speed metal techniques, resulting in their most critically acclaimed album in a decade. The title track "Painkiller" is brilliantly introduced by the powerful drummer Scott Travis, who substituted Dave Holland and did a great job. This incredible six minutes fast-paced song contains ultra high pitch vocals by Rob Halford and a wonderful very long melodic lead guitar by Glenn Tipton.