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How many bands can genuinely stand by their 12th release? Judas Priest can. The heavy-metal heroes’ 1990 LP, Painkiller, was the last one Rob Halford sang on before departing the group between 1992 and 2005, but he left it all in the freakin’ booth on this thing. The opening title track features some of Halford’s most intense shrieking, and his bandmates bring the thunder with scorching guitar solos and drums that careen with the force of a loose 18-wheeler. And that’s just the first song. Eli Enis