By Martin Popoff

In light of the imminent arrival of JUDAS PRIEST’s 2CD concept opus Nostradamus, ECW Press, publisher of my book Judas Priest: Heavy Metal Painkillers, has authorized a giveaway of five copies of the book exclusive to BraveWords.com visitors.

This contest is open to North American shipments only. One copy will be given to each of the first five respondents who provide the correct answer to ALL THREE of the following questions (email answers to me at martinp@inforamp.net). In the same email, please provide your mailing address.

1 - What is the track listing variation between the albums Killing Machine and Hell Bent For Leather?
2 - What is the origin of the name Judas Priest?
3 - Drummer for Priest in the ‘80s Dave Holland arrived in the ranks from what mid-level UK act?

A description of Judas Priest: Heavy Metal Painkillers:

- Big 8” x 10” format
- 541 photos and memorabilia shots!!!
- Full colour throughout.
- My usual chapter by album, track by track format
- Fight, Halford and Tipton also covered in detail
- 380 pages and over one kilogram in weight
- Embossed cover
- Over two pounds (one kg.) of Priest

Here’s the hype from the back cover:

“Fall to your knees and repent if you please!”

When the world thinks of heavy metal in its pure, potent, undiluted form, it is none other than the Metal Gods, Judas Priest, that instantly come to mind. Chrome and black leather, studs and whips and chains, a chopper on stage to announce the coming… these are the tools of the trade for Rob Halford and his legendary band of Birmingham bashers.

Indeed, the Priest are the bringers of metal’s biggest anthems. ‘Breaking the Law', ‘Living after Midnight’, ‘Electric Eye’, ‘Turbo Lover’, ‘Victim of Changes’, and especially ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’… these are songs woven into the fabric of metal’s wild ride, Priest having been there since its origins, revving up crowds as superstars certainly for 30 years of that run.

Lifelong fan and preeminent metal historian Martin Popoff examines the Priest’s rich legacy album by album, anthem by anthem, along the way recounting the band’s shocking split with Halford in the mid’90s and his triumphant return in 2003. Having interviewed all the principals in the band repeatedly over the years, Popoff gives a firsthand account of Priest’s rocky, often comical ride through the ‘70s, and through the gold and platinum records of the ‘80s, expertly detailing the long road back to the arena headline status the band now enjoys as heavy metal’s proudest ambassadors.

Accompanying Popoff’s lively text is a full color cornucopia of images, the band’s gleaming steel imagery springing to life through a myriad of photos from the stage, memorabilia shots, cover graphics and all manner of Priestly feast for the electric eye…

See www.martinpopoff.com for more information on this book and 21 other titles. Just issued: Ye Olde Metal: 1976, the third title in the Ye Olde Metal series which examines in detail, mostly obscure classics from the past.