Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death (New York 1981) FM Broadcast

This is beyond description. It's simply superb!

Lyrics for “Beyond the Realms of Death” by Judas Priest:

He had enough
He couldn’t take anymore
He found a place
Where he could settle his score
He’s kept on running
He’s got no choice
No one to listen
No one to hear his voice
I’m alive, I’m alive
I’m alive, but I’m dead
I’m alive, I’m alive
I’m alive in my head
He’s left his life
He’s left it all behind
The pressures mounting
He’s got to ease his mind
No one can reach him
He’s on his own
No one to save him
He’s all alone
I’m alive, I’m alive
I’m alive, but I’m dead
I’m alive, I’m alive
I’m alive in my head
Beyond the realms of death
Beyond the realms of death
Beyond the realms of death
Beyond the realms of death
He’s found his peace
He’s found his place
No one can touch him
In his own space
He’s free at last
No more to roam
He’s found his way
He’s going home
I’m alive, I’m alive
I’m alive, but I’m dead
I’m alive, I’m alive
I’m alive in my head
Beyond the realms of death
Beyond the realms of death
Beyond the realms of death
Beyond the realms of death

Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death (Live in New York 1981) FM Broadcast

Rob Halford
Ian Hill
Scott Travis
Glenn Tipton
KK Downing
Dave Holland

Judas Priest are one of the greatest heavy metal bands on the face of the earth! Formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band had struggled with indifferent record production and a lack of major commercial success until 1980, when they rose to commercial success with the album British Steel.
The band's membership has seen much turnover, including a revolving cast of drummers in the 1970s and the departure of singer Rob Halford in 1992. Tim "Ripper" Owens, formerly of Winter's Bane, replaced Halford in 1996 and recorded two albums with Judas Priest, before Halford returned to the band in 2003. The current line-up consists of Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis. The band's best-selling album is 1982's Screaming for Vengeance, with their most commercially successful line-up featuring Hill, Halford, Tipton, guitarist K. K. Downing, and drummer Dave Holland. Tipton and Hill are the only two members of the band to appear on every album.
Halford's operatic vocal style and the twin guitar sound of Downing and Tipton have been a major influence on heavy metal bands. Judas Priest's image of leather, spikes, and other taboo articles of clothing were widely influential during the glam metal era of the 1980s. The Guardian referred to British Steel as the record that defines heavy metal. Despite a decline in exposure during the mid-1990s, the band has once again seen a resurgence, including worldwide tours, being inaugural inductees into the VH1 Rock Honors in 2006, receiving a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2010, and having their songs featured in video games such as Guitar Hero and the Rock Band series. In 2022, Judas Priest were inducted into the meaningless Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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