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| There is some great symphinic heavy metal in this album, but most of it is absolute shit. Maybe with half of its lenth Nostradamus could a a very worthy album, but I simply can't listen to it entirely without dying of boredom. |
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I actually reviewed it for a magazine some time ago and gave "Nostradamus" a 4/10 rating 
Imho this is one of the most boring albums I have ever listened to, hands down. |
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| I totally agree with Baz (as usual). Nostradamus is in some parts veeery booooring and definitely not good enough for and album of Metal Gods. As Southern Wind says (modified) : get the best parts of Nostradamus, increase speed a lot and then will be the result better... |
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| The song Pestilence And Plague is really great. Especially as it fades in from the previous one. |
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7? 
in my opinion this album should be nominate to the worst CD 2008
boooooring... and there are 23 tracks, 1h 42min of boring, boring, boring music
3/10 ;] |
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yup, i'm disappointed with this release too, and i'm a rabid fan of theirs. the first two and the last two tracks are the only ones which i would listen to
EDIT the first two are awesome and as inseparable as The Hellion and Electric Eye, they work pretty good as a intro, but for concerts, nothing could match Hellion as the intro... too damn epic  |
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I liked the record, and it seems ppl who are used to prog releases will be able to get into this since it requires hell a lot of listens, a clear 8/10 as for me  |
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| The first time I listened the album I didn't like it but now I think it's a great album. It deserves an 8 |
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as a big fan i was reaaaally disappointed with this album and yes its veeeeerry boring, unfortunately.i really hate the symphonic things in the album, it just doesnt sound right or good.
i dont like concept albums anyway, its like they always feel the need to add symphonical things to make it more theatrical but in the end its just lame and boring.
besides; an intro before every song is my worst nightmare.i hate intros...any kind of. |
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| old fans can see difrent between old and new JP... horrible... |
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yeah, this album wasn't like the old ones, even Angel of Retribution owns the power and force of the JP heavy metal, but this album doesn't have the same concept... at least I think, songs like Persecution or Nostradamus have the closest sound of their "past" concept and style of music...
but well, not of my favorites, I really don't like the album at all...  |
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Wow I found many of the tracks on here incredible. I suppose if all you want is straight up, heavy metal riffing then you can't get into this album. But as a fan of symphonic metal I really enjoyed this album.
8.5/10 |
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| Yeah luckily I got a preview of this at my work when I was tempted to buy it, but I found it incredibly boring. Can't say I was too pleased. |
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| Oh yeah, you need to listen it many many many times to actually like the entire album jaja (23 songs!!! are you insane?), I liked "Nostradamus" and "Persecution" since the first time I listened the entire thing, but If I were almost dead and had the choice to listen to one last song between Nostradamus and Painkiller you know which one I would choose. Ok ok, fans from hell will like it (and I like Judas too much) maybe as a symphonic album it is... ok, but if you are searching for a more powerful Judas Priest maybe you should listen other releases like "Painkiller" or "Screaming for Vengeance" and even "Ram it Down". |
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| ok they change their style from the begining but i really like this album 9/10 |
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I stopped listening or caring about anything Priest after "Painkiller," and this is not even close to changing my mind. Terrible, sloppy, and just a poorly arranged concept. I enjoy a lot of symphonic metal, but this just is not working. Good review in the sense that there is a lot of honest criticism of the album though
I guess the only thing that keeps me from being too angry about the album is that I'm just apathetic toward the band now that did so much for me when I was a kid getting into metal. |
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Emerencios - 09.09.2008 at 14:20
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| No, simply no. Tedious, boring, not worthy of the legacy of Judas Priest. I agree with the 7/10 only in terms of the musicianship involved. |
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Loooooooooong and boring.
My question would be... worst than Demolition? Difficult to answer.. |
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sevendeadlysins - 10.09.2008 at 17:38
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| I agree.This is indeed a boring album...Too bad for a big band... |
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MortalTheory - 11.09.2008 at 04:52
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| i think it's got some good moments, but overall, a dissappointment... |
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Written by Valentin B on 05.09.2008 at 15:24
yup, i'm disappointed with this release too, and i'm a rabid fan of theirs. the first two and the last two tracks are the only ones which i would listen to
EDIT the first two are awesome and as inseparable as The Hellion and Electric Eye, they work pretty good as a intro, but for concerts, nothing could match Hellion as the intro... too damn epic
i take back my words, the album sounds pretty good as a whole, it flows really good, there's not one stop, it's perfect for a musical, but i don't think they would be able to pull it all off, like acting, singing, etc. at the same time, maybe if they had actors and they appeared at certain key points in the show, all the while playing the instruments in the back or something. it seems too much, especially for their age. should be REALLY interesting to see the whole stage show though. Halford said he wants "as much theatricality as possible"  |
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BORT - 06.10.2008 at 07:38
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| i liked it, it was different and the production was fantastic. it did have some dull parts but even some of the slow songs were catchy. |
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amerislave - 14.12.2008 at 10:21
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| I heard a song from this on the radio when it first came out and it stopped me from getting it. the other day i saw it used for a few bucks and picked it up. i am going to give it one or two more tries before i sell it for a couple bucks. very disappointing. i have never traded in a judas priest album before (ok....you got me.....not one with halford on it) |
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| This album has grown a bit inside me, thinking of it Judas Priest have always changed their style when they wanted to, so they do not fear to experiment something new. So by now I think this album is very good in it's own way, it is not the classic heavy metal Judas have always done, it's something fresh and new, at least for the history of the Metal Gods. |
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| This album is only at 7.5? that is not cool. I think that it deserves at least an 8.5. It is a new stile for Judas Priest thathas never been shown before. Plus a lot of the songs on this album are great. Sure their are filler tracks but they are all short. Most of the longer songs are great. |
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Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 05:27
This album is only at 7.5? .
It was actually rated a 7 by Baz. Btw, I totally agree with that rating. |
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The fact that it is something new for a band doesn't make it more special, oftentimes bands try new stuff, add new elements and it doesn't work.
So, I think that it should only be a factor when the end result is actually something good. |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2009 at 12:24
Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 05:27
This album is only at 7.5? .
It was actually rated a 7 by Baz. Btw, I totally agree with that rating.
Actually I was talking about the overall rating, which is currently a 7.5. |
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Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 20:05
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2009 at 12:24
Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 05:27
This album is only at 7.5? .
It was actually rated a 7 by Baz. Btw, I totally agree with that rating.
Actually I was talking about the overall rating, which is currently a 7.5.
I find that about half a point too high as well. |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2009 at 20:57
Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 20:05
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2009 at 12:24
Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 05:27
This album is only at 7.5? .
It was actually rated a 7 by Baz. Btw, I totally agree with that rating.
Actually I was talking about the overall rating, which is currently a 7.5.
I find that about half a point too high as well.
Its not that the music on this album is bad. The biggest problem is that their are so many little filler songs. It is true that the band mabey should have made nostradamus a one disc album instead of two. However I still think it is a good album. Their are worse Priest albums out their, in fact their are many metal albums in general that are much worse. You have to admit that this is better then Turbo, Point of entry, Rocka Rolla. And it is certainly better then the stuff they did with Owens. |
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Written by IronBlackZepp on 19.02.2009 at 01:36
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2009 at 20:57
Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 20:05
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2009 at 12:24
Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 05:27
This album is only at 7.5? .
It was actually rated a 7 by Baz. Btw, I totally agree with that rating.
Actually I was talking about the overall rating, which is currently a 7.5.
I find that about half a point too high as well.
Its not that the music on this album is bad. The biggest problem is that their are so many little filler songs. It is true that the band mabey should have made nostradamus a one disc album instead of two. However I still think it is a good album. Their are worse Priest albums out their, in fact their are many metal albums in general that are much worse. You have to admit that this is better then Turbo, Point of entry, Rocka Rolla. And it is certainly better then the stuff they did with Owens.
It is better than Rocka Rolla, Point Of Entry, Turbo, Ram It Down, Demolition, but NOT Jugulator. Btw, which can been seen in my voting of the Priest discography. |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 19.02.2009 at 10:49
Written by IronBlackZepp on 19.02.2009 at 01:36
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2009 at 20:57
Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 20:05
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2009 at 12:24
Written by IronBlackZepp on 18.02.2009 at 05:27
This album is only at 7.5? .
It was actually rated a 7 by Baz. Btw, I totally agree with that rating.
Actually I was talking about the overall rating, which is currently a 7.5.
I find that about half a point too high as well.
Its not that the music on this album is bad. The biggest problem is that their are so many little filler songs. It is true that the band mabey should have made nostradamus a one disc album instead of two. However I still think it is a good album. Their are worse Priest albums out their, in fact their are many metal albums in general that are much worse. You have to admit that this is better then Turbo, Point of entry, Rocka Rolla. And it is certainly better then the stuff they did with Owens.
It is better than Rocka Rolla, Point Of Entry, Turbo, Ram It Down, Demolition, but NOT Jugulator. Btw, which can been seen in my voting of the Priest discography.
Jugulator was not bad, but it could have been much better without Owens. If Priest would have made the right choice and got Ralf Scheepers the album would have been better. But I would agree that Jugulator has its gems, just like all of the albums talked about above. |
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This album is good. Really good! Baz got some things right and some things wrong! well u can't expect every song to be a Painkiller, Riding on the Wind, Hellrider or Beyond the Realms...other than some really good songs (Alone, Pestilence And Plague, Lost Love etc...), the thing that makes this album really good is it's idea. It has a lot of marvelous symphonic parts that make it a distinctive album. I really liked it and i hope everyone who says he is a fan of Priest to listen carefully to this album, because it is some good piece of Judas Priest metal  |
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Dare I say that this album is for the prog metal fans? Because all others seem to be bored by it
I listened to the album for the first time and I like it. I think it is because I'm used to long songs and long instrumental pieces.
They wanted to make something grand, something that would stand out and I believe they achieved that. |
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Written by BloodTears on 20.03.2009 at 17:48
Dare I say that this album is for the prog metal fans? Because all others seem to be bored by it
I listened to the album for the first time and I like it. I think it is because I'm used to long songs and long instrumental pieces.
They wanted to make something grand, something that would stand out and I believe they achieved that.
It isn't because of the long songs and long instrumental pieces it bores me, hell I LOVE doom and then especially funeral doom. It is because the songs are repetitive, not well-constructed, meandering aimlessly that they bore me to tears.
Why do prog fans always think it has to do with the length of songs that people find some music boring? |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 22.03.2009 at 22:10
Written by BloodTears on 20.03.2009 at 17:48
Dare I say that this album is for the prog metal fans? Because all others seem to be bored by it
I listened to the album for the first time and I like it. I think it is because I'm used to long songs and long instrumental pieces.
They wanted to make something grand, something that would stand out and I believe they achieved that.
It isn't because of the long songs and long instrumental pieces it bores me, hell I LOVE doom and then especially funeral doom. It is because the songs are repetitive, not well-constructed, meandering aimlessly that they bore me to tears.
Why do prog fans always think it has to do with the length of songs that people find some music boring?
I said that because a lot of people complained about the long (supposedly uninteresting) interludes or a big intrumental sections. And we can have a lot of that in prog albums but I was only making a joke with the prog fans, don't be so serious!
I think the guy who played keyboards on this one actually did a good job and I don't find it boring. |
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| Like many people already mentioned, I find this album quite boring and way too long for its own good. |
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Great idea for a concept album. Don't get me wrong I do like this album but it's misisng the same fire as the older stuff. I just miss the fast writing Priest used to do. Like relisten to the painkiller, Screaming for Vengance or Defenders of the Faith albums & rewrite this album and it would be 10X's better.
This album would be better as "Judas Priest: The musical for Broadway". To be honest it feels like it would have gone a lot better as a theatrical event. |
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I almost fell asleep the first (and only) time I listened to "Nostradamus". It drags on and on and on. Eternally. Cut it of half of its lenght and it would still be too long.
Over-the-top pretentious album that ultimately bites the dust.
EDIT: Sorry for my lack of attention. I just realize I commented on this album already. Damn you Lord, you deserve to be whipped for your distraction. |
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| Pretty sweet album, its got some sentimental value cause its the first priest album I heard, but its really overlooked. this has got to be the most underground album of priest's I've seen, and as different from classic priest as it is, its still fuckin sweet. |
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I pretty much agree with the review, and think the score is bang on what I would give it myself. There are some great Priest songs to savour on the album, but they're surrounded by so much filler, that it's impossible for the album to build any momentum. So while some of the individual songs are very good, as a cohesive whole, the album fails.
Disc 1 is definitely the stronger of the 2 discs, with the majority of the fillers being on the second half of the album. "Death" is the only song that I initially had down as filler which has since grown on me. All the other songs that I thought were boring at first, I still think that about them. Also, most of the interludes dont add anything to the album, which just makes it drag all the more. Had all the best songs been put on a single disc, Id be praising this as another great album by Priest. As it is, its far too long and ambitious for its own good. And as much as it pains me to say it as a massive Priest fan, they were not able to pull off the huge task of making such a long album with a consistently high quality. *shrugs* |
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Written by Angelic Storm on 09.12.2010 at 21:59
Also, most of the interludes dont add anything to the album, which just makes it drag all the more.
"Nostradamus" indeed suffers from the "Nightfall In Middle-Earth" syndrome. |
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