Judas Priest

Judas Priest was created in Birmingham, England-the same town as Black Sabbath-in 1971. In 1974 they were signed to a small record label and released Rocka Rolla to poor sales. Their second album, Sad Wings of Destiny did so well that they received a record deal with Columbia Records in the United States. Columbia Records released Judas Priests' next album, Sin After Sin. Hell Bent For Leather, released in the U.K. with the title Killing Machine, was Judas Priests U.S. breakthrough album. It gained the band a lot of success within the metal community. They then released British Steel, which entered the U.K. charts at No.3. In 1982, Judas Priest released Screaming for Vengeance which entered the U.S. charts at No.17 and in time went platinum.