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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Atlantic / Wea
Salesrank: 139120
Released: July 31, 2001 |
| Our Price: $6.95 |
| Used Price: $3.00 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Demolition Track Listing:
1. Machine Man
2. One on One
3. Hell Is Home
4. Jekyll and Hyde
5. Close to You
6. Devil Digger
7. Bloodsuckers
8. In Between
9. Feed on Me
10. Subterfuge
11. Lost and Found
12. Cyberface
13. Metal Messiah
Editorial Review:
While Van Halen thrived following a lead-singer switch (the first time around, at least!), Judas Priest aren't likely to be that lucky. It's due not so much to the departure of founding vocalist Rob Halford and the entrance of stellar replacement Tim "Ripper" Owens as it is the waning interest in the old-school metal Priest spearheaded. That and the fact that Demolition's songs--all 70 minutes of them--are pedestrian and often silly. Priest still has the dual-guitar onslaught of K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton powering the music, and Owens's vocals soar. But many of the disc's 13 often-too-lengthy cuts lack the catchy hooks of "Turbo Lover" or the driving force of "Living After Midnight." There's a surprising lack of power in "Jekyll and Hyde," "One on One," and the sappy "Close to You." "Feed on Me" and "Machine Man" are winners, but, as a whole, Demolition inflicts little damage. --Katherine Turman
Demolition Reviews:
One of Priest's Worst 
2009-08-16 -
I just saw priest with the newly reformed Halford at the OC Fair on August 5th and now I understand why after hearing the Live Priest album Meltdown as to why they were bad with Ripper Owens - Halfords voice is a 4+ Octave Voice and that is why he is a LEGEND. He sounded that good even in his younger days.
I even got the Live DVD of Meltdown and there is no comparison. Fer cryin' out loud he was in a Priest COVER BAND. His vocal capabilities were not the same.
i agree with stretch!!!! 
2009-04-14 - rob left,and the band had no ideas of closing up shop,so what were they left to do but find a suitable replacement for him.
the greatest metal guitar duo that ever played,have plenty of life left,and they prove it here.the intensity remains,the phrasing,and layering in the mixes capture their guitar prowess,scott travis is easily one of the best metal drummers around,and ian hill gives rock steady rythm lines as bassist.
enter tim "ripper" owens and the group is complete.many hardcore rob fans denounce this and jugulator as non-priest,but they are ignoring the obvious...ripper is the real deal.give it a listen and warm those cold hearts to his incredible talent.
the lyrics are strong,especially "hell is home",(don't we all feel like that at times)?
this is a must add to any priest fans collection.
metal 
2008-12-11 - I pulled this one out again today after listening to Nostradamus (spelling?) and I was pleasantly surprised. Why do people hate this album? It flows well and the metal is definitely there! Ripper's vocals are on point. It's not Stained Class but come on!
Ignore the ignorant 1 and 2 star reviews
2008-12-10 - So what if Rob isn't singing, Owens is better and the two priest albums without Halford are actually their heaviest and yes their best! This is pure metal and Owens is a better singer so screw the low reviews on this it's easily 4.5-5 stars!
Cause down here in hell, everyone knows my name...
2008-07-12 - Ripper Owens proved to be a very accomplished heavy metal singer in his own right but the Rob Halford comparisons would never end because Owens just happened to be singing in a band called Judas Priest. `Demolition', the studio follow up to `Jugulator' which was released in the summer of 2001, is a more diverse record then its predecessor but unfortunately fan indifference still lurked in the marketplace (I'll admit, I bought this album almost seven years after it came out). Melody and acoustics made their return to the Priest sound of the new millennium, but to what avail? The metal world, as scattered as it is in the present day, still would only accept a Priest with Halford but at the time of `Demolition' this seemed like wishful thinking. Interestingly the film `Rock Star' was also released in the summer of '01 but thankfully all references to the `Ripper' story were non-existent as the film proved to be an insult to real metal fans (Mark Walhberg?? Are you bleeping kidding me???) As for the topic in discussion, "Machine Man", "One on One", "Hell is Home" and "Feed on Me" are my personal faves. "Subterfuge" and "Cyberface" are also interesting and "In Between" is the best combo in dynamics out of the three slower acoustic songs. As with `Jugulator', if one compares `Demolition' on its own terms and not as a representative of the Judas Priest catalog, then as a metal fan one should enjoy this last of the `Ripper' albums. As we all know, Halford was brought back and the `Painkiller' lineup was reunited...still haven't had a chance to see these guys on tour - shame on me.
