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Nostradamus | 
| Artist: Judas Priest
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  215 reviews
Sales Rank: 1603
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 730708
UPC: 886973070826
EAN: 0886973070826
ASIN: B0018AK9RA
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Dawn Of Creation | | • | Prophecy | | • | Awakening | | • | Revelations | | • | The Four Horseman | | • | War | | • | Sands Of Time | | • | Pestilence and Plaque | | • | Death | | • | Peace | | • | Conquest | | • | Lost Love | | • | Persecution |
Disc 2
| • | Solitude | | • | Exiled | | • | Alone | | • | Shadows In The Flame | | • | Visions | | • | Hope | | • | New Beginnings | | • | Calm Before The Storm | | • | Nostradamus | | • | Future of Mankind |
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Album Description
This CD contains an insert with an exclusive code for 1 free general admission ticket to Judas Priest on the Metal Masters Tour this summer. Offer good while supplies last.
Album Description
Two CD 2008 release by Judas Priest. In the realm of Heavy Metal, there has never been a double disc concept album that has managed to balance a thought-provoking storyline with metallic thunder. Long in the works, Nostradamus takes epic storytelling to a whole new level, as it recounts the life of this mysterious, world-known 16th Century French prophet. Most bands of this high stature would be happy to play it safe. But not Judas Priest, who continue to take chances and break new ground. No other rock band could have pulled off such a grand statement, and Judas Priest have raised the bar once more with Nostradamus. 23 tracks.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 210 more reviews...
 Gets better with age October 1, 2008
B. Feeley (St. Louis, MO)
JP goes in a different direction on Nostradamus...and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Gone are the shredding guitar solos that have been their hallmark for decades. I've listened to this 5 times through now and I can honestly say it gets better with each listen. Fans looking for Painkiller II will be sorely disappointed. This is not a CD you'll want to crank up as you're pulling up to a stoplight to try to impress the hot chick (or elderly couple) next to you with your ability to listen to loud music (btw, no one over the age of 18 is ever impressed with this skill in case you're wondering). However, if you can come in without any preconcieved notions of what Judas Priest should sound like, Nostradamus can provide an entertaining journey, albeit a different one than Priest fans might be used to. It would be hard to deny that JP has earned the right to do what they want with their music after three-and-a-half decades. As far as I'm concerned, if they choose to make a Christmas Album with the Wiggles next, so be it. I certainly don't feel they owe me anything at this point.
For some reason I was never consulted during the creation of this CD. However, had my opinion been requested I would have had a few suggestions. For instance, since they were going in this symphonic direction anyway, I wish they would have taken it a bit further and added more orchestra and choir elements. Especially given the topic, I thought they could have mixed in some more classical material to help bring the listener into a journey through the French Renaissance. I also would have added some haunting choir pieces that would have helped conjure images of the church that was both friend and foe to Nosty at various times. Rob certainly has the voice to pull off the theatrical sound.
Refreshing Metal Opera shines against trash out there September 26, 2008
Francis H (Trinidad and Tobago)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I may have a more objective review than most here as I was not a major Priest fan growing up in the 80's. I did hear their popular songs and loved them, but did not relish in their albums. I was always drawn to conceptual rock like Rush 2112, The Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia. So to hear an amazing rock opera like this in 2008 is refreshing and brave.
I for one would finance bringing this to the stage. I think it would be a sell out show instantly and it would be well deserved. I do not think Priest fans should fear this variance of Priest. Have we (40 and 50 something folk) all not mellowed after all the years of rocking hard. I think our generation is far deeper than the current crowd and can appreciate change and taking risks.
So I applaud Priest and I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 simply because nothing is perfect - although a new Zeppelin album and tour may just be that.
Rock on Priest. And great vocals Rob!!
 Priest's Nostradamus twists another dimension into the Metallion! September 24, 2008
John A. Mucera (MILFORD, MA - USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
After only a few reviewed listens, I was quite impressed with the
plethora of elements that Judas Priest conjured up for their latest effort on Nostradamus!
An impressive twist of the tale steping back and forward into man's longtime evilution. It explores the sins of the fathers gone by right up to today's society still riding the waves of time and mankind's uncertain future? Nostradamus shows another realm of Priest exploring their own creative concept filled with mysterious soundscapes, midtempo melodies, and synphonic drama mixed into their trademark hard & heavy metal domain! There are many standout songs including the intro./Dawn of Creation, The Phophecy, Revelations, Plague & Pestilence, Sands Of Time, Persecution, Visions, the Title track, and the album finale/etc..!
If your looking for another start to finish metal effort, this one is simply a slight departure into areas that many metal acts have explored before. You have black metal rockers like Dimmu Borgir/etc..using dramatic, airey orchestrations, Newer bands like Iced Earth who always seems to explore newer adventures in darker concept music writing. And now, the Beast that is Priest have done their concept Nostradamus! It's definitely worth a LISTEN & then some! These Metal Masters from Great Britian really deliver energetic passion, pleasure, and pain twisting another dimension into the Metallion! Great showing all around by Rob, Glenn, K.K., Ian, & Scott! Go on now, go get it!
I'm So Happy (Both For and WITH Judas Priest) September 22, 2008
Andrew DiGelsomina (Burlington, Vermont)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The grand news is: Judas Priest decided to push things further. I've been a huge fan of theirs for nearly thirty years now, and I knew that they had this in them. Casual listeners wanted more of "You've Got Another Thing Coming", but I now ask the same casual listeners to try to lose that mindset; open up, and discover how brilliant "Nostradamus" IS.
Many people have been buying this album thinking retro. The fact is, Judas Priest already released a "Living After Midnight"/ "Breaking the Law"/"Don't Go" album, "Angel of Retribution".
Much like the fantastic recent release of Manowar, "Gods of War", "Nostradamus" pushes the boundaries of how "metal" is usually defined. In plainer language, cds like "Nostradamus" and "Gods of War" are expanding the boundaries, which means that Metal will last longer as an ART FORM (the same art form that was definitively invented by the composer Richard Wagner in the late 19th century). No, we're not talking laugh-out-loud pretentious boredom like Opeth, Paradise Lost, etc.. This is one of the best Rock/Metal bands ever, shattering convention and revolutionizing the genre and sub-genres they practically invented.
Without a forerunning band like Judas Priest daring to do more with Metal, it (Metal) will continue to decline in aesthete. I realize this isn't particularly important for a casual-listening headbanger (I'm not implying you're one of course, if you are of course that's just fine). But as a lifelong lover of Metal, Judas Priest, and the last Great composer of music, Richard Wagner I most certainly DO care about music AS music with depth, scope, and range.
Slipknot and Disturbed are examples of the Big Bang side of Metal. That sort of music most certainly has its place in this genre of music we love, but there's no depth to it, nothing to make one think and want to listen intently; to gain something with every listen. Granted, they aren't aiming for that particularly (neither are other Big Bang groups like the Masters, Ac/Dc). But (to use Ac as an example) the style becomes disposable.
People like Manowar and Priest have released albums that will insure the longevity of the heavy metal genre. Manowar's "Gods of War" was the single most important Metal release of 2007, and "Nostradamus" takes that title hands down in 2008.
Buy it, give it three intent listens, and you'll start hearing exactly what I mean.
The second disc is harder for a good reason. Priest has reached a far more developed sense of dynamics, range and scope in their compositional skills.
Don't miss out on this one.
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