Judas Priest released "The Serpent And The King" last Thursday, the 22nd, the fourth single from their upcoming album, Invincible Shield .
Scheduled for release on March 8th via Sonic Music , the album features eleven tracks, plus three more in its deluxe version, totaling fourteen songs.
Regarding “The Serpent And The King”, Rob Halford told Apple Music 1 ( via Blabbermouth ): “Judas Priest has been screaming heavy metal for over 50 years. The passion and the power and the love and the dedication and all the other glorious words you can use for this band, Judas Priest, are roaring in this song, 'The Serpent And The King'.”
He continues: “It’s just another definition of this particular style of metal, this intense, relentless, uncompromising and invincible approach, and the love we have in this band for this particular music. And we talk about many things. We talk about the sinner, we talk about the saints, and we talk about painkillers, but we never talk about God and the devil entering the universal boxing ring, so to speak. That’s the message.”
“We’re talking about this ancient thing that’s been happening since the beginning of the universe. It’s God, it’s the devil. It’s black and white, it’s positive, it’s negative, it’s good, it’s evil, it’s love, it’s hate. It’s all these different textures involved in this fierce, uninterrupted, and relentless track, ‘The Serpent And The King’,” he concluded.
In addition to this, the British group released “Panic Attack” , “Trial By Fire” and “Crown Of Horns” , all available on digital platforms.
Listen to “The Serpent And The King”:
Judas Priest – Invincible Shield
01. Panic Attack
02. The Serpent And The King
03. Invincible Shield
04. Devil In Disguise
05. Gates Of Hell
06. Crown Of Horns
07. As God Is My Witness
08. Trial By Fire
09. Escape From Reality
10. Sons Of Thunder
11. Giants In The Sky
Bonus tracks on the deluxe version:
12. Fight Of Your Life
13. Vicious Circle
14. The Lodger
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