Judas Priest is working on the successor to the album Firepower (2018), but the pandemic seems to be the main delay for the band in finalizing the process.
According to bassist Ian Hill , the members of Priest can't get together because some are in the United States and others are in the United Kingdom, preventing them from rehearsing. “We have at least one or two albums of new material. The biggest problem has been COVID over the past year. We haven't been able to get together, you know?”
According to Hill, the songwriting process begins with guitarists Richie Faulkner and Glenn Tipton , and is then passed on to him and drummer Scott Travis . “That’s the part we can’t do,” he continues. “We can send the parts separately, but it’s a very messy process. It’s much easier to be in a room with everyone and say on the spot, ‘This is crap, start over,’ or, ‘We love this, don’t change a single note.’ It’s much easier and more real too. You feel everyone’s vibe. We prefer to do it face-to-face, when we’re all together.”
In March, Rob Halford also commented on the production of the new album and stated that he was "very happy and proud" of the material the band had so far.
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