Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford is featured in an in-depth interview with Rockcellar Magazine, which reaches back to the band's early years. An excerpt is available below.

Q: Did you always have a confidence in yourself as a front man or did that come over time?

Rob Halford: "It does develop. For me it developed over time. If I look at some old footage, like what I did on the Painkiller tour, that’s not me now, I’ve got a different vibe going and I’s just the way that I’ve changed over time as a front man, lead singer and that’s cool. It’s a case of evolving and it’s also a case of not wanting to be repetitive, just for me personally.

There are things said about rock and roll that if you’ve got a formula for success, don’t fuck with it. There’s a lot of truth to be said for that but also I think that brings in a certain thing of comfort knowing that when you see a bad they’re gonna give you what you expect, which is great. But for me I’ve always been curious about trying to seek out other opportunities. So I think that’s why if you look at the rich history of Priest you’ll see a band that has developed and done a lot of things in our metal world, our Priest world as we call it."

Q: Is there a specific Judas Priest album where you felt you finally hit on your sound and could use as a foundation to move forward?

Rob Halford: "That’s a very very good question but it’s very hard to pin down in terms of an honest answer because if I listen to British Steel I go, 'That’s it, there it is.' But then I listen to Painkiller and I go, 'Well wait, this is pretty good' and then I listen to Redeemer of Souls and go, 'Wow, this is some of the best things that we’ve ever done.' There really are no two Priest albums that are alike in terms of definition.

It’s a broad swath of all of these different styles and approaches and production and mixing and sound, all of the different attributes of Priest are in each of the records that we’ve made. I think again that speaks volumes for this band; there is no other band in the world like Judas Priest. There just isn’t. Name me one, tell me one, there isn’t. And that’s because we’ve always be curious and we’ve never wanted to make another Painkiller, we’ve never wanted to make another British Steel. I mean, what’s the point? It’s been done. We’re always looking to see what’s next."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

On March 25th, Judas Priest released Battle Cry. Recorded live on August 1st, 2015 at Germany's Wacken Festival in front of an audience of 85,000 people, Battle Cry is available on a 15-track CD, with the entire show on Blu-Ray and DVD (running over 94 minutes), as well as digital audio and video formats. The DVD and Blu-Ray also contains three bonus tracks shot in Poland on December 10th, 2015 at The Ergo Arena in Gdansk.

Check out “Halls Of Valhalla” from the release, streaming below:

"The Priest is back! Bringing you molten metal mayhem captured live, we're coming at you in full force on Battle Cry. This is Priest burning up and delivering the goods for all our metalheads around the world like never before - so hold tight and turn it up as we roar you through a night of screaming heavy-metal magic keeping the faith alive!"