Judas Priest definitely inspired me and Jeff [Hanneman] and Slayer. If we were doing Priest covers in the beginning, he would always play the ... 13 shows on their Ram It Down tour in 1988.

Long discussed but never released, the tracks — recorded during some downtime while the British metal vets were working on 1988's Ram It Down LP — found Judas Priest ... as a cover of the ...

Then there’s the triumphant Painkiller that came in the wake of the experimental and synth-laden Turbo and Ram it Down ... Judas Priest continue writing what will be their 19th studio album ...