Judas Priest: Artist Essentials

First released: 1980 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1980 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: British Steel

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1980 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1980 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: British Steel

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1982 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1982 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1982 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1982 studio album track; The Hellion introduction is a separate album track
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1990 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1990 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Painkiller

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1976 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1976 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sad Wings of Destiny

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1977 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1977 Sin After Sin studio recording; not the earlier alternate recording or a live version
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sin After Sin

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

Judas Priest and Sony - original UK singles chronology
Official original-single chronology identifies Diamonds and Rust in 1977, Living After Midnight and Breaking the Law in 1980, and You've Got Another Thing Comin' in 1982. It lists later single campaigns for A Touch of Evil and Night Crawler after their 1990 album appearances. Its 1984 Freewheel Burning year leaves conflicting earlier-release reports requiring review. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1978 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1978 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Stained Class

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1978 (year verified)

Killing Machine was issued in 1978. The official discography's 1979 Hell Bent for Leather heading describes the later US album edition; that later market date does not replace the original year.

Recording: Original 1978 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Killing Machine

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

Judas Priest 50 Heavy Metal Years - Sony Legacy original album chronology
The label explicitly identifies Killing Machine as the 1978 original album. Only that original date distinction is used, not the 2021 box-set date or the archival concert session dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1986 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1986 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Turbo

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1977 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1977 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sin After Sin

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1978 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1978 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Stained Class

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1976 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1976 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sad Wings of Destiny

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1976 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1976 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sad Wings of Destiny

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1978 (year verified)

Killing Machine was issued in 1978. The official discography's 1979 Hell Bent for Leather heading describes the later US album edition; that later market date does not replace the original year.

Recording: Original 1978 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Killing Machine

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

Judas Priest 50 Heavy Metal Years - Sony Legacy original album chronology
The label explicitly identifies Killing Machine as the 1978 original album. Only that original date distinction is used, not the 2021 box-set date or the archival concert session dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1978 (year verified)

Killing Machine was issued in 1978. The official discography's 1979 Hell Bent for Leather heading describes the later US album edition; that later market date does not replace the original year.

Recording: Original 1978 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Killing Machine

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

Judas Priest 50 Heavy Metal Years - Sony Legacy original album chronology
The label explicitly identifies Killing Machine as the 1978 original album. Only that original date distinction is used, not the 2021 box-set date or the archival concert session dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1981 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1981 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Point of Entry

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1981 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1981 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Point of Entry

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1982 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1982 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1982 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1982 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1984 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1984 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Defenders of the Faith

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1984 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1984 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Defenders of the Faith

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1984 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1984 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Defenders of the Faith

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1990 (year verified)

The recording was public on Painkiller in 1990. The official chronology dates the later UK single to 1991; that later campaign is not the first recording release.

Recording: Original 1990 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Painkiller

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

Judas Priest and Sony - original UK singles chronology
Official original-single chronology identifies Diamonds and Rust in 1977, Living After Midnight and Breaking the Law in 1980, and You've Got Another Thing Comin' in 1982. It lists later single campaigns for A Touch of Evil and Night Crawler after their 1990 album appearances. Its 1984 Freewheel Burning year leaves conflicting earlier-release reports requiring review. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1990 (year verified)

The recording was public on Painkiller in 1990. The official chronology dates the later UK single to 1992; that later campaign is not the first recording release.

Recording: Original 1990 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Painkiller

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

Judas Priest and Sony - original UK singles chronology
Official original-single chronology identifies Diamonds and Rust in 1977, Living After Midnight and Breaking the Law in 1980, and You've Got Another Thing Comin' in 1982. It lists later single campaigns for A Touch of Evil and Night Crawler after their 1990 album appearances. Its 1984 Freewheel Burning year leaves conflicting earlier-release reports requiring review. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1997 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1997 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Jugulator

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 2005 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 2005 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Angel of Retribution

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 2005 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 2005 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Angel of Retribution

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 2014 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 2014 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Redeemer of Souls

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 2018 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 2018 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Firepower

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 2023 (year verified)

Sony's October 13, 2023 announcement explicitly states that the single is out that day. Year precision retains the earlier single year, not the later 2024 album year.

Recording: Original 2023 single recording, later included on Invincible Shield
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Panic Attack
Later included on Invincible Shield (2024).

Judas Priest reveal new single Panic Attack - Sony Music Canada
Dated October 13, 2023, the label announcement states the new single is out that day, before the Invincible Shield album due in 2024. This establishes the earlier original single year. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

Invincible Shield

2024 (year verified)

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 2024 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 2024 studio album recording
Credit: Judas Priest
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Invincible Shield

Judas Priest - official discography
Original album track programs and stated release years, with live albums and remaster bonus tracks separately identified. The Hell Bent for Leather heading is the 1979 US issue; the original Killing Machine year is independently supported by the label. The 2024 album date is not used for the earlier Panic Attack single. | Reviewed 2026-10-19