Guardian Music — The Dome, DoncasterIn the DVD accompanying last year's reissue of Judas Priest's British Steel – the definitive heavy metal opus – the band discuss growing up breathing in fumes from the Black Country's steel industry, concluding: "We're all act... more info

The Music Fix — Golf or Judas Priest? more info

Guardian Music — Heavy metal was born in the Black Country when its furnaces still blazed. Now the area is celebrating its heritage – with a raft of gigs and exhibitions. Stuart Jeffries straps on a Flying V and goes back to his rootsWhen Mark Titchner was a boy, h... more info

Guardian Music — To salute Home Of Metal's new series of exhibitions across the West Midlands, a look at key items that tell the story of the metal movementTo celebrate four decades since Black Sabbath ushered in the modern era of heavy metal (sludgy, melancholic, gr... more info

Altsounds — At the start of their last major world tour, Judas Priest and Sony Music are proud to announce the release of the complete CBS/Columbia singles collection, *Single Cuts*. Few heavy metal bands have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest... more info

Stereogum — Here is the anti-authoritarian classic “Breaking The Law” in the hands of Jona and Claire of YACHT. If you don’t know YACHT and don’t know what to expect, just imagine Judas Priest but substitute the classic guitar riffs for cowbell and the r... more info

Metalsucks — Last month our own Leyla Ford admitted to being a Lady Gaga fan and even declared Uglier Madonna to be “one of us,” and the reaction from the MS readership was something typically calm and reasonable, along the lines of “!?#@$%?!*?!!!!” Which... more info

Metal Injection — Following in the footsteps of Black Label Society’s Zakk Wylde, prolific Grammy-Award-winning metallers Judas Priest appeared on American Idol last night. The band showcased their new guitarist and fellow Brit Richie Faulkner as they accompanied fi... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The grand finale managed to be both an over-the-top spectacle and a great promotional vehicle for the special guests who graced the stage.The grand finale managed to be both an over-the-top spectacle and a great promotional vehicle for the special gu... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Yes an “Idol” was crowned, but Scotty McCreery wasn’t the only person walking away from the Nokia Theatre a winner Wednesday night. The producers of the series should take a moment to pat their own backs after they pulled off... more info