We saw Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, and I at the release.

It was a hot Sunday afternoon in Athens, and we went there too. launch Perhaps in his most difficult days we discovered that music can raise the temperature, while at the same time the soul can enjoy unique moments… cold. Come on, Bruce Dickinson and Judas Priest have completely blown our minds 3.5 hours of authentic, timeless heavy metal.

As the sun still rose in the Athens sky, historians have proven why they are considered the founders of speed metal, which in their native Germany has an excellent tradition. Very tight as a band, with a bell-like sound and with the famous guitarist Wolf Hoffmann who gives – as always – the trigger, they gave us what we expected.

Foolish Heavy metal party anthems like Balls to the Wall And (the amazing according to the writer) Restless and Wild from the now very distant 1982 and the time when the great Udo Dirkschneider was the front man. An excellent band even in 2024 our German friends, the audience rewarded them with continuous and prolonged applause.

Bruce you are a star

At exactly 20:30 (all bands were on time) his band took the stage. Bruce Dickinson. Without Iron Maiden, the British heavy metal star seems to be moving more freely and creatively. What can we say now, the man is an artist and he proved it once again with what he did on stage. The original rock and roll singer of the old days at the age of 66 (and for him that is just a number and nothing else).

The set list of his well-tuned band spanned almost all of Bruce’s solo albums and of course the very interesting final The Mandrake Project album, the seventh, hopefully, of his career without Iron Maiden. The audience followed faithfully the old and new songs, but what they achieved with the band was astonishing. Dragon tears.

The sun was just beginning to set in Valero. Dusk was falling on the horizon and the first notes of this anthem lifted us up with Bruce’s excellent performance, leaving the initiative to the audience in the chorus. Seven magical minutes that will live long in the memory.

Finally, oh Dickinson One is also reserved. Big surprise.Since it is the eternal desire of Maiden fans to hear her live, Alexander the Great, Bruce showed this Road trip.

Even wearing an ancient Greek headdress, he played a chorus of Iron Maiden’s most epic riffs (two choruses to be exact) to general amazement and Metal fun. Thanks Bruce for that and we hope you play it in full next time you visit Maiden.

Judas Priest = Metal Gods

Two minutes before 22:30, the first notes of Panic Attack were “unveiled” on stage by Judas Priest, one of the most emblematic heavy metal bands of all time (which this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of its first album, Rocka Rolla).

a Rob Halford, He is 73 years old and has lost none of his distinctive voice. Necessary Of course, short breaths and rest periods due to suffocation due to the intense heat and atmosphere.Lla has always been there, leading the crowd.

In the classic novel “Breaking the Law”, it was no exaggeration to write that the entire water square was singing, young and old. And not just the chorus which is easy anyway but all the words of this song which Generations and generations of medalistsJust 10 meters away from us, a father was experiencing this magical moment with his almost 10 year old son who was also singing!

Followed by songs that also wrote their own story like Sinner and Painkiller to a horrific ending. The mid-tempo masterpiece, Victim of Changes, perhaps the best piece this Birmingham band has ever written, sets the tone. And while we’re at it, we’re also seeing it on screen. Glenn Tipton The band’s featured guitarist who is still fighting his own battle with Parkinson’s Disease. A truly special moment.

In the Determined to skins Of course… the traditional motorcycle appeared on stage as Halford performed comfortably sitting on the saddle (his old art sieve).

The evening ended at midnight with a rock and roll concert to the tune of “Living After Midnight”. I live after midnight, I rock until dawn, I love until the morning, then I go, I go… That’s it, nothing more! Another great release day has come to a fitting end…