Judas Priest was fronted by vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (Charred Walls of The Damned, ex-Iced Earth) between 1996 and 2003 in the absence of Rob Halford. Judas Priest put out Jugulator in 1997 and Demolition in 2001 with Ripper before being rejoined by Halford and doing the Angel of Retribution record in 2005.
Now in an interview with The SDR Show, Halford said he's open to performing songs from either album in the future.
"Those two Priest records, it's not just because it's not my voice, because that would be a silly thing to say; Tim is a very good friend of mine," he said. "I think it's just that with connecting with music, particularly with Priest, I know my place and I know where I wanna be. And so there's never really been a sense of [wanting to listen] to those records. Having said that, though, numerous times I've been asked would I ever do a song from Jugulator, would I ever do a song from Demolition. Well, absolutely, I would, because those two albums are just as valid as everything else in the Priest catalog. So who knows? That day may yet come."
Judas Priest is currently working on the follow-up to their 2018 record Firepower, but will only record it once they can all get into the same room.
