Talk:Painkiller (Judas Priest album)

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how the hell is that thing about ebaums relevant? kids put their favorite songs in flash movies and games all the time, why is it notable now

Genre
The genre is DEFINITELY NOT just Heavy Metal. The low-pitched, speedy guitar riffs with those speedy guitar solos, double bass-drum fast as shit, vocal sounds screamy, it's somewhere between Thrash and Speed, at least Painkiller, Between the Hammer and the Anvil and and Metal Meltdown. All the other songs are Speed Metal.
 * Absolutely not thrash, this is quintessentially speed metal, a sub genre of heavy metal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.233.202.2 (talk) 09:07, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Heavy metal covers it enough. No need for multiple sub-genres. A fast heavy metal song doesn't = speed metal. Speed metal incorporate more elements than just simply "speed". Wiki libs (talk) 12:45, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Crushing bike onstage
How was crashing his bike onstage 'a catalyst' for Halford's leaving of Priest? If there's a source, please quote it. Thanks.

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Regarding the motorcycle accident:
Halford himself said in this interview http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/spotlights/story.html?id=b78b4958-bf9c-4d93-85b8-16ed6546e29d that the motorcycle accident had nothing to do with leaving the band and calls the notion absurd. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Yeah, even in the DVD of British Steel he said that it was an non relationed incident —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.65.153.26 (talk) 00:37, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

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"The album is viewed by some as the quintessential speed metal album"
Judas Priest were heavy metal pioneers, but not in the field of speed metal. "Viewed by some" is weasel wording.

This album came out years after groundbreaking speed metal albums by Metallica, Megadeth, and others. This statement needs to be sourced or deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alounsbery (talk • contribs) 15:18, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Facts section
This entire section needs deleted or revamped at the very least. It's clearly taken from a pro-Priest bio, maybe from a website or CD jacket or something (impossible to tell of course since it's unsourced). Not even close to encyclopedia quality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.57.80.239 (talk) 22:52, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 * True, but it did cheer me up! 94.195.215.14 (talk) 21:11, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

What's with the edit wars for genres?
I keep seeing Heavy, Speed, Trash, and Power come up, as long as heavy and speed are up there I don't see a problem with having the others there, in fact, there's a source for thrash metal built into the article, and one for power wouldn't be hard to find either.--FourthLineGoon (talk) 23:03, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * A consensus for any content should be agreed on here before any changes made to the article itself. 142.166.163.242 (talk) 15:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

this is certainly power metal
stop removing power metal, it's always been there and it is — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.215.143.226 (talk) 16:14, 19 May 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree, keep Power metal 108.81.33.59 (talk) 06:31, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Wait for some long standing registered user's to comment. Not IPs and IPs behind proxy servers. Mr Pyles (talk) 12:27, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Are you saying you do not agree?108.81.33.59 (talk) 03:29, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Your opinions on the genre don't matter in the slightest. You need a reliable source that supports the genre. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 13:34, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Gulf War
"Rob Halford claimed in an interview that the song "Hell Patrol" is about US Air Force pilots flying missions in the Gulf War, which started a few months before the release of the album"

This record was recorded in January 1990, and released in September 1990. According to Wikipedia, the Gulf War started in August 1990, and US Air Force pilots weren't heavily involved until January 1991. Either Rob Halford is misquoted, or he was making this up. --22:44, 24 January 2015 (UTC)84.48.33.8 (talk)

Lyrical Content Section
Says the lyrics deal with 'many' themes, and then describes the lyrical content of one song only. Think the section should either be 'fleshed out' (maybe a description of the musical style and lyrical themes together) or removed. A section that deals exclusively with lyrical themes isn't really essential for a Wiki entry on an album anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.191.80.181 (talk) 19:18, 7 November 2015 (UTC)