Judas Priest

On 17 September 2026, Judas Priest takes over the Zénith in Paris for a deep dive into the heart of British heavy metal. Born in Birmingham in the early 1970s, the band built a sound that left its mark on the genre: razor-sharp twin guitars, tight riffs, and Rob Halford’s high-pitched voice. With stalwarts Ian Hill and Glenn Tipton at its core, and Richie Faulkner on guitar, Priest draws on a craft honed across landmark albums, from Sad Wings of Destiny through British Steel and Screaming for Vengeance, up to Painkiller and, more recently, Firepower. On stage, their leather-and-metal imagery matches tempos that alternate between heavy and fast, where melody and power move forward together. More than five decades after their debut, the lineup still retains that knack for cutting choruses and precise solos, driven by a solid rhythm section. At the Zénith, you find the DNA of a band that helped shape the contours of heavy metal: direct energy, precision, and that unmistakable industrial edge.