History YMMV / JudasPriest

* WinBackTheCrowd: ''Firepower''. The fact of the matter is that none of their post-Halford reunion releases were particularly liked; ''Angel of Retribution'' was generally viewed as overly inconsistent and scattered (though most fans will say that it definitely has its high points), ''Nostradamus'' was considered to be the worst album of their career from the get-go and is still viewed as such, and ''Redeemer of Souls'' was, at best, viewed as a tepid retread of early 1980s Priest tropes (aside from "Halls of Valhalla", which most fans like). ''Firepower'', on the other hand, made end-year lists left and right and was almost unanimously held as the first truly great Priest album since ''Painkiller''.

* {{Misblamed}}: Tim "Ripper" Owens seems to get ''all'' the flack for ''Jugulator'' and ''Demolition'' simply due to the fact that he's not Rob Halford. This is pretty unfair considering it was Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing who wrote the albums, but, the fans needed someone to blame and Tim drew the short straw.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Many aspects of their music and stage performance seem incredibly [[ClicheStorm clichéd]] -- until you realise they are the ones who started those clichés in the first place. Because of this, while you'd be hard-pressed to find a metalhead who doesn't enjoy at least some of their music, many are left wondering what was so special about them.

* SignatureSong: "Breaking The Law", "You've Got Another Thing Coming", or "Living After Midnight".

** The full cover art for [[https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/770x0/6870c869e80cd0d454c36b19a10bd029.jpg Jugulator]]. The cropped version does ''not'' do it justice; the sight of the titular murder robot leaping out of the lava with that ''chilling'' SlasherSmile is about as metal as it gets.