Rob Halford still enjoys “the experience of composing” for Judas Priest: “It’s very exciting”

Laby a trajectory of more than five decades is not an easy task at the creative level, but Judas Priest He has managed to occupy the position that he undoubtedly deserves in the history of music for having “an eye on what happened around. El frontman Rob Halford It is not much less tired in this aspect and still enjoy “The experience of composing” For the band, something that described this way: “It’s very exciting”.

In an interview with the Colombian media Radioacktive, Halford talked about how the composition has changed in Judas Priest Throughout five decades: “Ideas. I call them seeds, heavy metal seeds. There are so many seeds in progress all the time. I was looking for my phone, because now I have a phone; before it was a cassette recorder. I have not lost my phone, but on my phone there are hundreds of ideas that can be a letter, a melody that I can think that it could be an entire song, because, at this time of my life, I can do things that I could not do 20 or 30 years ago. whole song in my head..

The vocalist detailed the composition process: “Once I have defined the idea and melody of the song, I can create it whole in my head, vocally. I can’t do it like Glenn, Ken or Richie, I can’t do what Scott or Ian is going to do, but what I say is that this is a way in which I personally do my music. And it is the same way in which Glenn collects his riffs, Ken collects his own or richie Collecting its riffs right now..

Rob continued: “One of the things that I have always thought that Judas Priest understood since the first days was that if a singer sits with two guitarists, there is more energy, there are more ideas, there are more opportunities flying from one side to another, that has always reported dividends for this band as a trio, composing as a trio. And we continue to do it now. So that has really been, from ‘British Steel’ in particular. Steel ‘, if we look at the composition, the credits of the composers are everywhere..

Halford remains motivated for new projects: “But it’s great. Music can arise from nothing. I still have that energy, that euphoria and that amazement..

The incredible trajectory of more than half a century of heavy metal from Judas Priest will materialize again on our scenarios with the visits of the tour ‘Shield of Pain Tour’ already confirmed that those of Rob Halford They will make Spain in 2025, with their outstanding participation In Fest Resurrection y Barcelona Rock Fest In addition to Confirmed Concert in Bilbaothe only one alone in our country.

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