First off, I must apologise profusely for the very late arrival of this review. It has nothing to do with the band or the quality of their performance as that was first class, but mainly due to my personal circumstances, which have now been sorted. The band have been very patient and although late, I feel that this review is still valid. Let's just hope the band do!

I don't need to mention that Priestare widely accepted as one of the main introducers of heavy metal and as such are looked up to by loads of people, however, there are few tributes to them due to Halford's incredible voice - there are not many who could even come close to his style. But Martin, originally from Hellsation, is the perfect Halford and was snapped up by Gary from Maiden England/Blackout when he formed JudasBeast about a year and a half ago. Gary worked very hard to get the band ready for gigging and his efforts can be seen in the slick performances the band give.

Their debut gig  was actually at The Office but was originally billed for Three Tuns! (A date became free and Colin snapped up the Beast for the Office and left Paul with the second gig).  Martin, originally singing with metal covers band Hellsation, took over singing after the Beast's original singer left after their first gig. The band continued with their gigs but with a selection of guest singers so they didn't have to cancel. Very rocky road though but they got by.

Tonight they were let down with the PA but with help got a sound that they were pleased with although with some problems; as Martin said: 'We don't want any feedback from the audience tonight cos we've got enough of our own!'

The band played like trojans; I had a feeling that if there was no PA and no punters they would still play a crackin gig cos they get so hyped up. They opened with Electric Eye, Riding on the Wind, Metal Gods, Sinner, Heading out to the Highway, Bloodstone, The backdrop fell down all within seconds but Martin, thinking on his feet, mixed it in with lyrics of the song he was singing (think it was Diamonds and Rust, but not sure)........... Jawbreaker, Hot Rockin', Turbo Lover, Starbreaker, Running Wild, Beyond the Realms of Death, Painkiller, Ripper, Green Manalishi, Breakin' the Law, Victim of Changes, Another Thing Coming, ....encore......Hell Bent for Leather, .....encore....Living After Midnight

Martin has now focussed his energies, and his voice has such a fantastic range it had my skin going like a pimply goose! Visually the band were superb -all dressed up fantastically in superb leather gear, and with heat of the stage bet they couldn/t wait to get it off - had they had any trouble I'm sure there were many females in the audience that would have gladly offered their services.............had they got past me first!! the enthusiasm and vibrance of the band is evident in every song and not one of them flackered during the entire performance. Singer Martin has such a cheeky grin at times and we managed to catch it perfectly 
 

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