{"id":7260,"date":"2025-08-17T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/?page_id=7260"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:51:27","slug":"judas-priest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/bands\/judas-priest","title":{"rendered":"JUDAS PRIEST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_963594105\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_913113848\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Judas-Priest-Logo-1024x634.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Judas-Priest-Logo-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Judas-Priest-Logo-600x371.png 600w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Judas-Priest-Logo-450x279.png 450w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Judas-Priest-Logo-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Judas-Priest-Logo-1536x951.png 1536w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Judas-Priest-Logo.png 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_913113848 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:0px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1491813684\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">GENRE: HEAVY METAL<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1491813684 {\n  font-size: 1.75rem;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1229229495\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1053836560\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2138061144\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMGL6126-1024x682.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMGL6126-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMGL6126-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMGL6126-450x300.png 450w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMGL6126-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMGL6126-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMGL6126-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2138061144 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/bands\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary is-xxlarge artist-single-all-bands-btn hide-for-small\"  style=\"padding:3px 25px 0px 25px;\">\n  <i class=\"icon-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\" ><\/i>  <span>All bands<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-26706177\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3456833033\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>There are bands without whom metal would sound different today. JUDAS PRIEST belongs at the top of this list. Formed in Birmingham in 1969, they laid the foundations for countless metal subgenres with their two-part guitar leads, thunderous riffs and Rob Halford&#8217;s unmistakable voice. They provided the blueprint that generations of bands still play by today. Anyone who listens to metal today hears traces of JUDAS PRIEST &#8211; and that is precisely why their commitment to Reload 2026 is a historic moment.    <\/p>\n<p>They will be taking to the Reload Festival stage for the very first time in 2026 &#8211; as one of our three headliners. This is a milestone for us. This band has paved the way for pretty much all the acts in our line-up in the first place.  <\/p>\n<p>With JUDAS PRIEST, live means no half measures: powerful, precisely played songs. Guitars that cut through the crowd like glowing blades. Rob Halford, who makes the air vibrate with his voice between glistening highs and brute force. Thundering drums that reverberate in the chest. And a stage presence that doesn&#8217;t just fill the room, but takes it over completely. Their set is a journey through the history of metal &#8211; from legendary anthems such as <em>Breaking the Law<\/em> and <em>Living After Midnight<\/em> to high-speed blasts like <em>Painkiller<\/em>.     <\/p>\n<p>Expect a resounding statement that heavy metal is as relevant and indestructible as ever in 2026 &#8211; and that legends don&#8217;t live in the past, but rewrite it every night.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3456833033 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.35;\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons artist-single-social-icons\" style=\"font-size:147%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialJudasPriest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline facebook tooltip\" title=\"Follow on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Follow on Facebook\" ><i class=\"icon-facebook\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/judaspriest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-label=\"Instagram\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline instagram tooltip\" title=\"Follow on Instagram\" aria-label=\"Follow on Instagram\" ><i class=\"icon-instagram\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/judaspriest.com\/home\/\" data-label=\"Website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline website tooltip\" title=\"https:\/\/judaspriest.com\/home\/\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/judaspriest.com\/home\/\" ><i class=\"icon-website\" ><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/bands\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary is-xxlarge artist-single-all-bands-btn show-for-small\"  style=\"padding:3px 25px 0px 25px;\">\n  <i class=\"icon-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\" ><\/i>  <span>All bands<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_963594105 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  margin-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7176,"parent":6448,"menu_order":56,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7260","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7260"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7575,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7260\/revisions\/7575"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}