Artist: JUDAS PRIEST
Album: JUGULATOR (CD)

Release date: 1997
Media type: CD

Jugulator is the 13th studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was released in Japan on October 16, 1997 and the rest of the world on October 28, 1997. It was the first of two studio albums featuring vocalist Tim 'Ripper' Owens.

Reaction to the album was roughly divided among those who enjoyed the album on its own terms, those who liked the music but would prefer Rob Halford to sing it, and those who disliked it on all counts. Glenn Tipton defended the musical changes by saying "You must remember that two albums went missing between 1990 and "Jugulator". To us, it's not the huge leap some people see it as". Despite the mixed reception, "Bullet Train" and "Cathedral Spires" are generally regarded as classics, even by some critics who disliked the rest of the album.

"Bullet Train" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1998 but lost to Metallica's "Better than You".
All songs written and composed by K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton.

TRACKLIST:
No. Title Length 

1. "Jugulator"   5:50
2. "Blood Stained"   5:26
3. "Dead Meat"   4:44
4. "Death Row"   5:04
5. "Decapitate"   4:39
6. "Burn in Hell"   6:42
7. "Brain Dead"   5:24
8. "Abductors"   5:49
9. "Bullet Train"   5:11
10. "Cathedral Spires"   9:12

LINE-UP:

Tim 'Ripper' Owens: Vocals
K.K. Downing: Guitars
Glenn Tipton: Guitars
Ian Hill: Bass
Scott Travis: Drums