Judas Priest

Last Shot: Time Is Running Out

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for our sister paper OC Weekly on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places ... More >>

Patrick Stark is Dallas' Most Rock and Roll Chef

He's played music in front of 25,000 people, opening for Styx, and cooked for folks like Johnny Winter, Butthole Surfers (we don't even wanna know what they ordered), ZZ Top and more recently, as part of his sweet new gig as the head cuisine honcho at Sundown at Granada, actor Will Ferrell. He also ... More >>

How to Appreciate Metal: A Four-Step Guide

Step One: Admit the world and worry obliterating limitations of Indie Rock, Top 40 and basically everything else. Boss getting you down? Spouse (or partner) ripping you a new one? Fido pissing in the house? Friend forgetting to pay you the $20 that you loaned him (or her) last Friday night? Is your ... More >>

Warbeast Split EPs, Skulls in 2013

When Arlington thrashers Warbeast flew overseas to co-headline a tour with legendary Pantera/Down vocalist Phil Anselmo, the band's pulverizing riffs and grueling lyrics slew metal fans across Europe. A joint album seemed like another one of the devil's pipe dreams until the two entities announced t ... More >>

The 10 Best Metal Songs of 2012

Compiling a list of the best metal songs of the Apocalypse nearly drove us insane, especially when the tiny devils swarmed our offices, screaming, "We said Warbeast, assholes!" But we ignored their irritating voices and came up with a list that would make David Letterman's original body turn over in ... More >>

Opeth, Mastodon, Ghost - Palladium Ballroom - 4/19/12

Opeth, Mastodon, Ghost Palladium Ballroom Thursday, April 19 Last night started with Sweden's Ghost, a wonderfully over-the-top six-piece that lit uncountable amounts of incense before they even hit the stage. I felt like I had entered a heavy metal meditation therapy session. Featuring costumes th ... More >>

Hell, Texas: Taz Bentley On Cheap Trick, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses...

Patrick "Taz" Bentley, the powerful drummer behind Rev. Horton Heat, Burden Brothers, and Tenderloin, will be back in action this week with his latest band, 76. Since their sound owes a lot to the sonic messiah that is mid-'70s arena rock, it's no surprise to hear Bentley saw some of rock's heavywei ... More >>

The Top Ten All Time Best Replacement Lead Singers in Rock and Roll

The Misfits' Michale Graves​Nothing pisses rock fans off worse than the lead singer of their favorite band being replaced. This happens across genres, but it's most common within hard rock -- pop, country and R&B vocalists' departures are usually a precursor to their solo efforts; very rarely ... More >>

The Ten Best Concert Photos of October 2011

Mike MezeulI know, bro, we're sad too.​Closing out October, for us, is a sad deal. For starters, we're still feeling nostalgic over the incredible time we had at the Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase and Ceremony. Second, we're waving goodbye to Pete Freedman as he sails off into the Grey Have ... More >>

All-Time Top Five: Testament's Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick Give A Metal History Lesson

Testament​Berkeley's Testament has now been shredding for almost three decades. Just the fact that they're still making quality examples of the style they helped usher in says a great deal about the group's artistic character. Sure, as is the case with just about every other band that's stayed rel ... More >>

Last Night: Judas Priest, Black Label Society and Thin Lizzy at the Allen Event Center

Judas Priest, Black Label Society and Thin Lizzy Allen Event Center Sunday, October 16, 2011 Better than: getting all decked out in studs and leather and going to Oak Lawn.Judas Priest​ Back in the '80s, when Allen, Texas, was nothing more than a speed trap between Dallas and Oklahoma City, folk ... More >>

Q&A: Rob Halford of Judas Priest Talks Coming Out and His Band Continuing On.

For over four decades, England's Judas Priest has been making one hell of a heavy metal racket. Formed in 1969, the band didn't find widespread success until the late '70s and early '80s. But classic metal songs such as "Living After Midnight" and "Breaking the Law" (both off the seminal album Bri ... More >>

The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase and The Rest of Your Weekend Shows...

​This is one of our favorite weekends of the year, where a good handful of acts nominated for the Dallas Observer Music Awards perform all over Deep Ellum on Saturday night. The much-anticipated headliners, Toadies, Old 97's, Centro-Matic and Sarah Jaffe will perform on Elm Street in the lot acros ... More >>

Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Black Label Society

Sunday, October 16, at Allen Event Center in Allen

Songs For Your Casey Anthony Trial Hangover

​OK, so it wasn't the trial of the century or anything. But with planking beginning to become passe, all the good sports either in their off-season or lockout, and no high-profile Robert Blake/Phil Spector/OJ Simpson murder cases going on, the Casey Anthony murder trial thing provided plenty to c ... More >>

The Mumbles' Darin Robinson Had The Flu, But He Still Paid Good Money to See The Who

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Darin Robinson​Even though they play cover songs, you'd be remiss to think of The ... More >>

Idol Rich: Can Tim Halperin Make the Top 12?

​During last night's showing of the Top 12 gents, it bame abundantly clear: This competition is unbelievably tough. And it's not just because there's a great deal of talent on this season of American Idol. Rather, it's because the judges and the show have included some niche performers who, in the ... More >>

If You Ever Wanted to Own Firewater Bar & Grill, The New Asking Price Is Quite the Steal

​Back in '08, federal agents snatched up Melvis "Ty" Denman and several others charged with being part of a ginormous pot-selling operation; Denman pleaded guilty a year later and is presently serving a lengthy stint in the pokey. But the U.S. Marshals Service still had in its possession one of De ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, September 20, 2010.

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Amy Cook (Austin, TX)Let the Light In (Root House)It's easy to assume that Dall ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival at Superpages.com Center

Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Music Festival with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Hellyeah, more... Superpages.com Center September 10, 2010 Better than: expected, but not as good as watching the Rangers sweep the Yankees ​Hot, humid air filled seemingly every crevice of Superpages.com Center ... More >>

DFW's always Been A Haven For Cover and Tribute Acts

Dethklok, Mastodon, High on Fire

Wednesday, November 11,at House of Blues

Conversions with God (aka Lemmy)

Judas Priest, Whitesnake

Thursday, August 13,at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. ... More >>

Flashback Tour: Judas Priest and Motorhead

Money $hot (CD release), Dirt & Earthy Vibes

Sunday, October 28, at Hailey's, Denton

Oh, Donnas

Three Inches of Blood

Thursday, August 2, as part of OzzFest, at the Smirnoff Music Centre

Or Maybe You Just Listen to Coldplay

Trail of Tears

Prey should be called Dances With Tedium

Electric Eel Shock

Tuesday, June 20, at Rubber Gloves

Venom

Metal Black (Sanctuary)

Back From the Dead

Rigor Mortis were once "Condemned to Hell"--and irrelevance--but the Dallas metal legends have risen

Image Enhancements

Follow your intuition to Psychic Drive-In

No Place Like Ozzfest

A report, complete with badly drawn pictures, from the summer's biggest family concert

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath--The Complete Black Sabbath 1970-1978 (Rhino)

Monsters of Metal

Rob Halford rides again with the mighty Judas Priest

Queer Eye for the Country Guys

Have today's country and western stars been consulting with the Fab Five?

Mark Kozelek

January 25

Made on the Margins

For 15 years, the Dallas Video Fest has flickered on the fringe

Anthrax and Judas Priest

January 25

Crit & Shap

You wanted the worst--you got it!

Best Radio DJ

Cindy Scull, KEGL-FM 97.1 "The Eagle"

Metal Meltdown

Marky Mark becomes a Rock Star, but he doesn't get to enjoy it

The Donnas

Turn 21 (Lookout! Records)

Pure Hell

Adam Sandler is the son of the devil. Like, no duh.

The artist formerly known as print

Our quarterly roundup of the latest in music books

Blink

Another thing coming; Friends in high places; Arts movement

Jesus, this is really bad

The Nixons go national with the dread-inspiring Foma