This is more like it, a slab of molten metal which pummels from the outset, 'Sinner' rages and pumps up the volume, technically dazzling metal that soars above and beyond on 'Diamonds & Rust' but it's 'Stormbreaker' that mounts the challenge, a spiky attack courtesy of Halford's almost grim yells, early thrash spawnings here as the band crash and speed through the wire. 'Last Rose Of Summer' slows things down a little but 'Let Us Prey' is pure blackened vengeance, but the album's darkest moment has to be the fantastic 'Dissident Aggressor', somehow made even more pulverising by Slayer on 'South Of Heaven'. 'Sin After Sin' is quality British heavy metal played at such a high standard it's no wonder bands such as Metallica and Megadeth would find their feet by straying into such a void. You can see why the American's loved it, the polished aspect of the sound is big and ballsy, and from here Priest would master the '70s, supplying a tour de force of destruction that would play a significant part in metal uprising.
7.5/10
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