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Demolition
Studio album by Judas Priest
Released	July 31, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	1:18:43
Label	SPV
Producer	Glenn Tipton
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Judas Priest chronology
'98 Live Meltdown (1998) Demolition (2001) Live in London (2002)

Demolition is British heavy metal band Judas Priest's 14th studio album. It is the second and final studio album to feature Tim 'Ripper' Owens on vocals. Following the lukewarm reception to Jugulator, the band scrambled to assess what exactly went wrong and determined that fans preferred a sound more faithful to Priest's back catalogue. The resulting album would be an amalgam of Jugulator-style riffs, references to 80s Priest, and sporadic nu-metal additions such as quasi-rapping, samples, and industrial-style beats. While the ostensible aim was to offer something for every possible fan, in the end, the album received an even poorer reception than Jugulator by most fans and would result in the eventual reunion of classic lineup.

The songs "Machine Man" and "Feed on Me" were included in Judas Priest's box set "Metalogy".

The album was produced by guitarist Glenn Tipton, who also took over as the primary songwriter with this album. For a long time, the band's main songwriting team had consisted of Rob Halford, K.K. Downing and Tipton. However, after Halford departed from the band, Downing and Tipton went on to write all the songs on Jugulator. On this album, many of the songs were written solely by Tipton, with contributions from Downing on several songs. Former producer Chris Tsangarides, who co-wrote the song "A Touch of Evil" on the Painkiller album, also assisted Tipton in the writing of a few songs. Even drummer Scott Travis co-wrote the track "Cyberface", marking his first and only contribution to songwriting in the band's history, and breaking the record that former drummer Les Binks held for being the only Judas Priest drummer to co-write a song. This was also the first album since Painkiller to feature a guest appearance by keyboardist Don Airey, who had previously played on "A Touch of Evil".

1. "Machine Man" (Glenn Tipton) – 5:35
2. "One on One" (K.K. Downing, Tipton) – 6:44
3. "Hell Is Home" (Downing, Tipton) – 6:18
4. "Jekyll and Hyde" (Tipton) – 3:19
5. "Close to You" (Downing, Tipton) – 4:28
6. "Devil Digger" (Tipton) – 4:45
7. "Bloodsuckers" (Downing, Tipton) – 6:18
8. "In Between" (Tipton) – 5:41
9. "Feed on Me" (Tipton) – 5:28
10. "Subterfuge" (Tipton, Chris Tsangarides) – 5:12
11. "Lost and Found" (Downing, Tipton) – 4:57
12. "Cyberface" (Tipton, Scott Travis) – 6:45
13. "Metal Messiah" (Tipton, Tsangarides) – 5:14

14. "What's My Name" (Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Downing, Tipton) - 3:45

14. "Rapid Fire" (Rob Halford, Downing, Tipton) – 3:53
15. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)" (Peter Green) – 4:09
    • These are re-recorded versions of Priest classics with Tim 'Ripper' Owens on vocals.

They were recorded during a soundcheck before a show.

14. "What's My Name" (Owens, Downing, Tipton) - 3:45
15. "Rapid Fire" (Halford, Downing, Tipton) – 3:53
16. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)" (Green) – 4:09

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

with:

• Don Airey - keyboards