This is why he is known as the Metal God. His range is incredible.

On the studio version, especially during the slow middle bit, he sings the lines much more, sustaining the notes with nice vibrato. When you catch live versions, the bands have been on the road for months, performing nightly, and you can hear it in Rob's voice here. He's cutting a lot of notes short to preserve his voice, probably for the high notes, for which of course, Rob is legendary.

Glenn Tipton and KK Downing are such a fantastic guitar duo!

There is metal vocalists then there is Rob Halford who is out there on his own. #Legend

That album, Sad Wings of Destiny, is so good! Rob really gets to show his abilities on that one. A favorite of my vinyl collection

I've been a huge Priest fan since I was 7 years old and I'm nearly 50 now. This is one of my favorites, and it gives me chills every time.

Wow. Rob was singing like a guitar solo. He’s able to do what ever he wants. Awesome!

"Unleashed in the east"...THEE album that showcases Halford's voice, and showcases why he is, THE METAL GOD.

You should experience Dreamer, Deceiver / Deceiver off of Sad Wings of Destiny (STUDIO - NOT LIVE) and/or Here Come The Tears / Dissident Aggressor off of Sin After Sin album. You'll get all kinds of range!!! And he does all his own harmonies.

Even at his advanced age, he's still got it. He's one of the few who can still hit the notes he was hitting in his 20's while being in his 70's.

The riff in this song is so killer

I saw them twice in the early 80s I felt assaulted with sound in the best way One of my fav concerts

Just saw them a month ago at Power Trip. At 72 he still kills it. He moves around a lot slower but still lands the highs and the death growl perfectly. Awesome show.

JP's tones, rhythms, melodies and dynamics always give me chills. I highly recommend you check out their cover of Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust" and their cover of (early-Peter Green era) Fleetwood Mac's "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)" from the Unleashed In the East live album. Top notch performances. Their biographical take on Jack the Ripper ("The Ripper") is fantastic as well.

A few people showed up for this one! My favorite heavy metal singer. Two of the greatest complimentary guitarists ever!

Welcome to the world of Metal, Bethany. Been here for 40 years and I'm still in love with it. Love your videos. Perfect balance between spontaneous reaction and technical comments.

The band was at their absolute best with this performance! I saw the entire concert and I was exhausted at the end!! Priest is the best metal band ever in my opinion!! Halford brings his all to every performance!!! 50 years later he is still exceptionally strong as a vocalist!!! Love them so much!!!

Lucky enough to have been to seven concerts in the early 80's absolutely phenomenal

IMO, Rob IS the Ultimate Heavy Metal Voice....

Never seen anyone like this have such a technical appreciation and understanding of this genre of music and with this particular group. Rob Halford and the band, amazing energy and precision, drive, passion, and rhythm. Bethany, you're awesome. Thank you.

Metal is never lip synced this why we love metal. It's live, raw and real. And it kicks motherfuggin ass. No studio over dubs just live and raw!!!!! I've seen them 5 times, absolutely amazing live

Metal fan or not, this is true talent. All live, all without assistance from apps or devices. This is old school when rock ruled the world and the number of bands that could get up there and play their asses off at any moment was considerable.

Thanks for reacting to this song. One of my favorites from Jusas Priest. I saw them in the late 80's in Honolulu. They were incredible.

If you’d like to hear another amazing vocal performance from Rob Halford, listen to the studio record of a song called Beyond The Realms of Death off the album Stained Class

At the beginning of this concert we started to make our way towards the front to see JP, we did succeed, facing the stage we were on the right side and very close, crisp and clean as always, JP was on and defiantly super tight. After JP lol we headed back to where our girlfriends were to get some space. The whole concert was epic! I was 20 at the time. `Great video btw!

One of the GREAT METAL songs of the era.

No One can scream it out like Rob.H. And Tipton & K.K. Downing were an amazing duel ax players !

Thats why rob helford is one of a very few metal gods! Lots can sing metal but this man teaches it!

Thanks for the great video. My personal favorite Priest song (and the one that I think most showcases Rob's full range) is Run of the Mill which is not often reacted to but I think you'd really enjoy it; the amount of variety in Run of the Mill combined with everything from beautiful, low cleans to the highest of highs are just so good! I really think that if you listen to Run of the Mill you will be shocked (in a good way) and very, very surprised. Have a great day.

Priest was truly an unstoppable force from 1979 until the early 80’s when thrash and speed metal began. The greatest heavy metal singer combined with 2 great guitarists. They were and still are pioneers. I can’t imagine the surprise if Painkiller was the only song you ever heard from them. And the other way around too. Awesome stuff. Dig the channel.

This song on the album "Sad Wings of Destiny" came out in 1976, that's why it kinda has a 70's sound in parts! It's one of their best albums! 🤔🇺🇸

Rob has truly been one of the few singers in Heavy Metal who possesses many vocal resources, which has kept him in a position of honor. My respects to Rob Halford

I love when Halford sings higher than the guitar.

You should definitely do their song "Here Comes The Tears". A moody jazzy blues feel that slowly builds into a driving but, tormented heavy riff.

"KK Downing" & "Glen Tipton" are the best guitar duo of all time. "Rob Halford" is the true "Metal God" There will never be another "Judas Priest" Judas Priest is the "ACDC" of heavy metal.. This was an awesome video. Thank you for all of your lovely complements on "Rob Halford" I'm sure if he see's your video, that he will be very pleased and grateful for all of your kind words. He's actually a very kind and loving man. I really wouldn't be surprised if he actually commented on this video. Peace.. Joe

"Before The Dawn", the vocals on that track, just wow

DIAMONDS AND RUST!!!

My favorite song of theirs is "Green Manaleshi with a Two Pronged Crown". Rob's vocals are spectacular 🙂

I was at this concert 🤘😝 and it was awesome !

I absolutely love your reaction to this. JP seems to fascinate you, esp rob halford, and i love watching you trying to hear everything and figure it all out. Great job.

So fun to see Glenn and KK on stage together. And having Glenn sing along is awesome. This was the heyday of the band.

He did a live version a few years ago called 'Live at the Seminole' that is arguably his best live version.

This is as real as it gets. Halford was coked out of his mind for a lot of these early 80 performances. The live version of this song off of Unleased in the East is outrageous. Also, his performances on the Fuel for Life tour (1986) are legendary.

I highly recommend you react to 'The Sentinel' from the 'Defenders of the Faith' album (but please do the studio version, not live). You will hear a great story to it and lots of variety that showcases Rob's dexterity with low and high notes. One of my favorite JP songs.

Epic band, stellar performance.

Yyyesss! The 70's indeed!! Their first album came out in 1974, not if that was the American release or British. A great story I heard that Glenn Tipton the guitar player went to Rob's (parents) house to talk to him about joining the band and could hear him practicing his vocals to a Doris Day song. Awesome! Peace 🕊️

Rob Halford is amazing! This is my all time favorite song from my all time favorite band! Love Priest!!!

It was such a pleasure to watch the joy on your face during this track. Priest has been part of my life nearly 50 years, and I remember my first live experience with Victim of Changes. It's not hyperbole to say it changed my life. Thank you for being so open with how this track touched you. Your smile at the gong was pure sunshine, and that's how Priest has made me feel since I was a child. Beauty is beauty. I recently read Rob's second book which brought me further happiness. Thanks again, it's a pleasure to listen to folks like you breaking down the iconic works of classic metal.

There is so much metal of that stage, it's crazy.

By FAR the best I have seen of JP..... I wish I could have been there

I almost could antecipate your reactions. This song is fantastic and Rob have a wonderful and versatile voice and an amazing singer that is impossibie not to admire. I´ve been looking about videos by Judas Priest and I reached you channel and now will subscribe. Thank you and a salute from Brazil.

You should also check their version of "Diamonds and rust", originally sung by Joan Baez. On a second thought, you should definitely check Joan Baez, too, lol... especially Diamonds and rust and We shall overcome (1965 version BBC). I'm quite sure, you'll fall in love with her voice.

Dreamer Deceiver is the song from the same album that showcases Rob's vocal range and dynamics the most, in my opinion. There is a live version that is not quite as good as the studio version but the studio version is a masterpiece vocally.

There's a reason Rob is called the Metal God. Good call on the tie into folk music, Rob covered a Joan Baez song, Diamonds and Rust, so he must have listened to it. Rob by the way, is one of the nicest guys in the business.

With a blend of the 80s the best year of all

5 million people across America were tuned in to this US Festival 🤘

victim of changes is from around 1975..robs 32 years old in this performance in 1983..already been on the road for a decade and made 8 albums at this point in his career..the studio version is really good,his voice is incredible . that whole era of judas priest rocks out..most of their best work is from 1973-1991 in my opinion.even tho their last album firepower is really good from like 2018

Goose-bumps. I saw Halford in 2023 and his voice is still strong and amazing. My favorite song is Blood Red Skies because of the voice range and storytelling.Your analysis gave me a whole new breadth of my appreciation of the entirety of the band. Thanks.

Rob was just having fun with this performance.

Judas Priest is one of the great bands from before the 80 ies who got their breakthrough in the start 80 ies with the album Brittish Steel...and the song Breaking the Law! Being very versatile with songs of Joan Baez (Diamond and Rust) to the new stuff you can say the Rob and the boys have made a realm of thier own masterpiece.

Love learning from your videos. It paints all of these songs I've been listening to and attempting to sing all these years, in such a profoundly new light. If you're enjoying this journey down the Metal rabbit hole, might i suggest Phil Anselmo of Pantera and the song Cemetery Gates. It's a classic Groove Metal song where the guitar and vocals trade off in a truly amazing way.

This is so cool! I was surprised and amazed that this song was even getting analyzed! I used to listen this on their 'Unleashed in the East' cassette tape on my Walkman all the time while doing my paper route haha. Rob Halford is an amazing talent and i'm glad you checked it out. I've always enjoyed them and it got me through the mundane paper route for sure...them and the Scorpions 💞 ty...there's many good songs on that 'Unleashed in the East' album. It's a gem of goodness...keep that rabbit hole going 🐰

I attended this concert in '83 and have attended many Judas Priest concerts through the years. Something completely magical about the entire repertoire to me.Would very much enjoy taking you to see an entire concert of theirs as they continue to tour and still create new music deep into their phenomenal careers

I could hit these notes when I was 16 back in the 80's and everybody loved it......hit 17 and my voice got deeper. At least I could do it for a couple years so I'll always have those memories. .

The absolute best clip to hear Rob’s true range is a 1973 BBC clip of Dreamer Deciever, where he does a lot of “clean” singing in the beginning.

This song was my gateway into metal music 🤘 it literally blew me away! I was hooked I couldn’t get enough… listen to the studio version too, it’s truly amazing… thank you for your channel 🤘

I love Rob Halferds high range, saw them perform back in the 80's . You need to also react to Jefferson Starship perform the song Jane. Mickey Thomas has a high range as well. I think you will love the groove too. Thanks for your reaction.

I never realized the drummer grooved like that. Some really nice, unexpected fills too.

Im crying when i listen incredible solos and vocals

Bethany I loved your vocal analysis of this clip which is my favorite clip of Priest performing my favorite Priest song. I was with you every step of the way on every reaction and very much enjoyed your enthusiasm and surprise at Robs awesome vocal capabilities and appreciation of this great song. Big smiles. Thank you!

This Video shows Judas Priest May 29 California San Bernardino at the US Festival 1983. And many Vocal Coaches on YT generated Clicks and Money through the talent of Judas Priest. The World of today.

Rob and Ronnie James are the best metal singers

Hey Bethany, thanks for doing this particular song! This is a master class on Rob's vocal ability, and on how good the band is in general! I have seen them do this live, it's incredible!

Yes! Bands where the vocalist uses his / her voice as an instrument are typically my favorite to listen to. Everything is so layered and complimentary!

Long time JP fan here! Rob's voice is a force of nature! Would love to see you react to a new young band, Liliac. The singer, Melody, is also a force of nature. In fact, Rob recorded a shout out video to her and is a big fan. A good first one of theirs would a cover of Dio's Holy Diver, but their originals are really incredible. 👌

This is such a cool riff, I think even Jimi Hendrix would've liked how groovy it is. The epitome of good 70's guitar riffs. Grinding and a little syncopated. It sounds a little like Black Sabbath, the swampy quality.

I just think you're fantastic. Your deep knowledge and experience of vocals and vocals training is incredible. What really is so interesting to me? Is that your critiquing these rock and metal bands, and the excitement on your face and the looks that I've been seeing have just been kind of inspirational for me. I'm a long time rock and hard rock metal drummer and a lot of the things that you have been explaining. I have been trying to explain to fellow bandmates throughout my career. Keep up the great work. And if our paths ever meet, it would be an honor to meet you.

Rob halford is the greatest metal singer ever in history

You really need to check out their performance at the hard rock just a few years ago. Love! The song "Steeler". It's freaking awesome. The older Rob Halford is just as good as the young Rob Halford.🤘🔥🤘🔥

Thanks for the Judas Priest, Bethany! It would be great to hear your reaction to studio version "The Sentinel" from the 1984 album "Defenders of The Faith"

Absolutely amazing!!! Judas Priest has ALWAYS performed this song live with great feeling and musicianship. And Rob Halford has always given 110% in and out of the studio. I'm convinced that Rob is super-human! He can push his voice to unbelievable limits!!!

5 octave Rob! Sad Wings of Destiny was insane! One of my favorite albumns!

Hey Miss B Love your reaction. I have seen them live at the Cap Center in MD Turbo Lover tour. This was an arena probably 20k people. I was Jar Head went with others we had a great time. So much better acoustics at the Cap center. I'm a musician and this was an inspiration to me at such a young age. This is one of those bands you HAVE to have been there in order to truly appreciate not only Rob but KK and GT and the rest of the band. Honestly if you want to listen to the best album vocals in all Rob and the boyz have to offer it would be Unleashed in the East live. Its always a pleasure witnessing your reaction. Luv the variety you react too also. Would like for you to give credit to some unknowns or forgottens also ex. Randy Jackson Zebra. Talk about vocals.. Mark...

The Warning just performed live twice on the MTV VMAs their songs More & Evolve and both are a masterclass in stage presence and live performing. Would be curious to see what you think of these performances.

This is all precisely why I've been a Priest fan from the very first time I've heard their awesome music

Epic song and epic performance. One of my favorite Priest tunes. Heavy!

Sad Wings of Destiny is definitely JP's best album in my opinion.

Great album ... but if you like Rob halford voice ... listen to Deep Purple live 1970 "Child in time" 😊

Got to see these guys in their prime at least 4 times. Amazing live band.

Rob seems to have the most difficulty pushing out the two verses during this era, meanwhile hitting those high notes with ease

Judas Priest, Iron Maiden. Dio and Queensryche some of the nest metal vocalists to check out in the genre!

Judas Priest is at their musical peak here. Everyone firing on all cylinders, especially Rob. So incredibly talented..

I’m 60 and this man is so incredible back in the day of metals hay day no one could touch him and you still can’t his ability to sing so many tones is unmatched he can blow out pa”s he might be able to brake glass rock on THE PRIEST🤘

This is why painkiller should never be a first reaction 🤘🤘

You must listen to the studio version of this song. The whole Sad Wings album is amazing.

Someone is mesmerized!

My favorite group. I was there in 1983, 17 yrs old.

Having seen Judas Priest live since the Hell Bent For Leather tour all the way to including Firepower and Rob's bands Fight and Halford. He is a force of nature to see live. It makes me smile to see younger folks discover Rob.

I love Judas Priest..Seen them live in late 70s amazing concert. I wish you would do the Flame by Cheap Trick LOL I keep asking maybe you'll do it soon.

Just saw them live about a week ago and Rob still nails every bit of it