OC Weekly recently caught up with Judas Priest frontman and metal god Rob Halford. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

OC: A recent anniversary to mention is the release of "Painkiller" a little over 25 years ago. In sort of celebration for this upcoming tour, will more songs from this album appear on your set list for this fall tour or your Knotfest stop?

Halford: "We've agreed to change up the set list a little bit and throw in some extra songs. We agreed to collect some of the "classic" tracks, as you'll probably want to call them, which we haven't played for a very long time. We'll kick the tires on those tunes and see what we got.

All of these albums later and hundreds of songs later, it's difficult to try and cover the territory with the time that you got. You have to go with the significant moments. We're at that kind of place where Priest is a time machine for a lot of our fans, being on this metal train. Equally, there are a lot of songs like 'Painkiller' that demand attention no matter what generation of metal heads you are playing for. We're going to mix it up. The first set of California stops will be different from what we've been doing on the Redeemer Of Souls tour."

OC: When can we expect new Judas Priest music?

Halford: "We had a fantastic time writing as a trio with myself, Glenn (Tipton) and Richie (Faulkner) when we put the music together for Redeemer Of Souls. It was such a blast. Every day there was something sparking in the studio. Sometimes it was just parts of songs, sometimes it would just be riffs or vocal melodies. Our label wanted us to stop, which is difficult when you are in that creative zone. We had to get everything done in a certain time frame.

We have some stuff in the vault that are not complete. We want to get those pieces together that we finished months ago. The fact that this was Richie's first experience in the writing world of Priest was just so fresh. It was great to have a different head musically and on the guitars. He had extraordinary riffs and ideas which was great.

Yes, there has to be at least one more Priest album. When? I don't know. My beliefs will be when we finish this touring cycle at the holidays, we'll take a break and venture into the studio again and make another record."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Judas Priest's North American schedule is now as follows:

October
24 - Knotfest - San Bernardino, CA
27 - Hard Rock - Vancouver, BC
28 - Hard Rock - Vancouver, BC
31 - Brandt Center - Regina, SK

November
1 - MTS Center - Winnipeg, MB
3 - Civic Center - Peoria, IL
5 - Paramount Theater - Huntington, NY
6 - Paramount Theater - Huntington, NY
7 - Prudential Center - Newark, NJ
10 - Scotiabank Center, Halifax, NS
12 - Air Canada Center - Toronto, ON

More details and ticket links at this location.

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announces the label's lineup of collectible 12", 10" and 7" vinyl releases created especially for Record Store Day's Black Friday 2015, celebrated this year at the nation's independent record stores on Friday, November 27th.

For RSD Black Friday 2015, Legacy is catering to connoisseurs of classic sounds delivered old school, offering a range of RSD exclusives and numbered limited vinyl editions.

Legacy's RSD Black Friday 2015 releases include these collectible titles:

Judas Priest - Painkiller (25th Anniversary) - 10" Die Cut Buzz Saw EP

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Painkiller. Legacy Recordings is releasing this 10" die cut buzz saw EP, including the album's Grammy nominated title track, "Painkiller".

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - A Legend In The Making - 12" 2LP White/Grey Vinyl

Recorded on-stage at Toronto's legendary El Mocambo Club on July 20, 1983, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble's A Legend in the Making was originally released as a promotional title for radio broadcast only. This blistering live set was released for the first time commercially in 2014 as a bonus CD in The Complete Epic Recordings Collection boxset. RSD 2015 marks the first time that A Legend in the Making has ever been released on vinyl. This collectible edition includes 2LPs with LP1 struck on 180gram vinyl with LP1 pressed on opaque white and LP2 on gray.

Jimi Hendrix - Burning Desire - 12" 2LP - First 5,000 Copies Numbered

Burning Desire is a posthumous compilation of recordings by Jimi Hendrix including instrumental studio jams and demos recorded in late 1969 through early 1970. Originally released on Dagger Records, Burning Desire has never been released on vinyl (or sold as a CD in stores) prior to this new RSD Black Friday 2015 release. The first 5,000 copies of Burning Desire will be numbered.

Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card: Single Edits - 7" 45RPM - Limited Edition Green Vinyl - Import

A special limited edition 7" vinyl release for RSD 2015, The Turn Of A Friendly Card: Single Edits presents the rare single edits of three key tracks from the album - “The Turn Of A Friendly Card" / "Snake Eyes" / "Games People Play" - in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the APP's 1980 progressive rock masterpiece. Pressed on green vinyl, this special RSD Black Friday Import is limited to sales of 1,000 units in the United States.

Now in its eighth year, Record Store Day is an annual day-long celebration of record store culture taking place on the third Saturday in April, with an annual Black Friday event occurring the day after Thanksgiving. This year, RSD has named Dave Grohl as Record Store Day Ambassador 2015.