United, united, united we stand! For the longest time my only thought regarding Judas Priest is that they were music for rednecks. When I started getting properly back into metal in the mid-aughts I bought a copy of this album in the used cd section and (finally) realized young me was a big dummy. This thing sounds great, doesn’t overstay its welcome, has the radio hits AND has a bunch of gems I’d never heard but now hold in high regard. Why didn’t they play “Metal Gods” on the classic rock station? That song rips and gets to the point right there in the title. “The Rage” is a mid-tempo stomper and “United” is a sing-a-long song from a guy nobody can really sing like. If I liked “Breaking the Law” better this would be a 5 star banger for me, but… that song is still kinda for rednecks. Which is fine! Just not my favorite.