Glenn Tipton will not be part of the tour promoting the album
Judas Priest has released a snippet of their new song “Traitors Gate.” The track is part of the band's eighteenth studio album, Firepower , which will be released on March 9th by Epic Records.
“Traitors Gate” is the second track that Judas Priest has released only a snippet of, the first being “Spectre”. The title and “Lightning Strike” have already been released in their entirety, with the latter receiving an official music video which you can check out by clicking here.
The successor to Redeemer Of Souls (2014) was recorded with longtime bandmate Tom Allom, fellow Briton Andy Sneap, and engineer Mike Exeter.
Firepower promotional tour will be without guitarist Glenn Tipton due to his advanced Parkinson's disease Sneap will replace him.
Listen to the excerpt from "Traitors Gate" below:
Firepower tracklist:
1. “Firepower”
2. “Lightning Strike”
3. “Evil Never Dies”
4. “Never The Heroes”
5. “Necromancer”
6. “Children of the Sun”
7. “Guardians”
8. “Rising From Ruins”
9. “Flame Thrower”
10. “Spectre”
11. “Traitors Gate”
12. “No Surrender”
13. “Lone Wolf”
14. “Sea Of Red”