Back in March, we reported on the news that a massive 42-CD box set was on the way from pioneering metal band Judas Priest.  Now, the metal titans have confirmed those initial reports.  On October 15, Sony Music will release Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music including every one of the band's official live and studio albums to date plus 13 discs of previously unreleased live material.  It's all been mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios, with the additional material restored and mixed by Tom Allom at La Cucina W8.  The band will tour the U.S. this fall to coincide with the box's release (which currently appears exclusive to JudasPriest.com).

The recorded legacy of the Birmingham band begins with 1974's Rocka Rolla, found on Disc One of the upcoming box.  Disc 29 features 2018's Firepower, Priest's final album to date.  In between are all the expected classics, among them Sad Wings of Destiny (1976), Sin After Sin (1977), Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather (1978), British Steel (1980), Screaming for Vengeance (1982), Defenders of the Faith (1984), Turbo (1986), Painkiller (1990), Nostradamus (2008), and Redeemer of Souls (2014).

The box continues with a series of concerts spanning 1979-1991, five of which are previously unreleased:

• Live in Atlanta '82 (CDs 30-31, previously unreleased);
• Live at the Mudd Club '79 (CD 32);
• Live in Houston '86 (CDs 33-34);
• Live in New Haven '88 (CDs 35-36);
• Los Angeles '90 (CD 37, previously unreleased);
• London '81 (CD 38, previously unreleased);
• Denver '80 (CD 39, previously unreleased); and
• Irvine '91 (CD 40, previously unreleased).

Two more discs of live performances (and one studio demo) selected from the archive round out the collection.  The package has been designed by the band's longtime collaborator Mark Wilkinson and includes Ross Halfin's photos signed by each band member (founding members Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, and Ian Hill, plus Richie Faulkner and Scott Travis).  The discs are all housed in Japanese-style mini-sleeves, and there's also plenty of swag: a numbered British Steel blunt metal razor; a book of photos, posters, advertisements, and backstage passes; two replica tour posters; and a British Steel tour program.

Two 16-song highlights editions (1CD and 2LPs) will also be released to general retail.  All formats will arrive from Sony Music on October 15.  You'll find pre-order links and the track listing below.

Judas Priest, Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music (Sony, 2021) (JudasPriest.com)

Box set contains:

CD1: Rocka Rolla (Gull Records GULP 1005, 1974)

CD2: Sad Wings of Destiny (Gull Records GULP 1015, 1976)

CD3: Sin After Sin (CBS (U.K.) 82008, 1977)

CD4: Stained Glass (CBS (U.K.) 82430, 1978)

CD5: Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather (CBS (U.K.) 83135, 1978)

CD6: Unleashed in the East (Live in Japan) (CBS (U.K.) 83852, 1979)

CD7: British Steel (CBS (U.K.) 84160, 1980)

CD8: Point of Entry (CBS (U.K.) 84834, 1981)

CD9: Screaming for Vengeance (CBS (U.K.) 85941, 1982)

CD10: Defenders of the Faith (CBS (U.K.) 25713, 1984)

CD11: Turbo (CBS (U.K.) 26641, 1986)

CD12-13: Priest... Live! (CBS (U.K.) 450639, 1987)

CD14: Ram It Down (CBS (U.K.) 461108, 1988)

CD15: Painkiller (CBS (U.K.) 467290, 1990)

CD16: Jugulator (Steamhammer (DE) SPV 085-18782, 1997)

CD17-18: '98 Live Meltdown (Steamhammer (DE) SPV 089-18542, 1998)

CD19: Demolition (Steamhammer (DE) SPV 085-72422, 2001)

CD20-21: Live in London (Steamhammer (DE) SPV 092-74262, 2003)

CD22: Angel of Retribution (Sony Music (U.K.) 519300, 2005)

CD23-24: Nostradamus (Sony BMG (U.K.) 88697 31559-2, 2008)

CD25: A Touch of Evil Live (Columbia/Sony Music (U.K.) 88697 54597-2, 2009)

CD26-27: Redeemer of Souls (Columbia/Sony Music (U.K.) 88843 07243-2, 2014)

CD29: Firepower (Columbia/Sony Music (U.K.) 19075 80738-2, 2018)

CD30-31: Live In Atlanta '82 (previously unreleased)

1. The Hellion / Electric Eye
2. Riding on the Wind
3. Heading Out to the Highway
4. Metal Gods
5. Bloodstone
6. Breaking the Law
7. Sinner
8. Desert Plains
9. The Ripper
10. Diamonds and Rust

1. Devils Child
2. Screaming for Vengeance
3. You've Got Another Thing Coming
4. Victim of Changes
5. Living After Midnight
6. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)
7. Hell Bent For Leather

CD32: Live At The Mudd Club '79

1. Hell Bent for Leather
2. Delivering the Goods
3. Running Wild
4. Beyond the Realms of Death
5. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)
6. Victim of Changes
7. Rock Forever
8. Starbreaker

CD33-34: Live In Houston '86

1. Out in the Cold
2. Locked In
3. Heading Out to the Highway
4. Metal Gods
5. Breaking the Law
6. Love Bites
7. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
8. The Sentinel
9. Private Property
10. Desert Plains
11. Rock You All Around the World

1. The Hellion/Electric Eye
2. Turbo Lover
3. Freewheel Burning
4. Victim of Changes
5. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)
6. Living After Midnight
7. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
8. Hell Bent for Leather

CD35-36: Live in New Haven '88

1. The Hellion/Electric Eye
2. Metal Gods
3. Sinner
4. Breaking the Law
5. Come and Get It
6. I'm a Rocker
7. The Sentinel
8. The Ripper
9. Beyond the Realms of Death
10. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

1. Turbo Lover
2. Ram It Down
3. Heavy Metal
4. Victim of Changes
5. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)
6. Living After Midnight
7. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
8. Hell Bent for Leather

CD37: Los Angeles '90 (previously unreleased)

1. Riding on the Wind
2. Grinder
3. Heading Out to the Highway
4. Between the Hammer & the Anvil
5. Bloodstone
6. Better by You, Better Than Me
7. Leather Rebel
8. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)
9. Hell Bent for Leather
10. You've Got Another Thing Coming

CD38: London '81 (previously unreleased)

1. Solar Angels Intro/Heading Out to the Highway
2. Metal Gods
3. Hell Bent for Leather
4. Breaking the Law
5. Sinner
6. Beyond the Realms of Death
7. Grinder
8. Desert Plains
9. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
10. Victim of Changes
11. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)

CD39: Denver '80 (previously unreleased)

1. Hell Bent for Leather
2. The Ripper
3. Running Wild
4. Living After Midnight
5. Sinner
6. Beyond the Realms of Death
7. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
8. Grinder
9. Victim of Changes
10. Steeler
11. Genocide
12. Tyrant
13. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)

CD40: Irvine '91 (previously unreleased)

1. Hell Bent for Leather
2. Heading Out to the Highway
3. The Hellion/Electric Eye
4. Diamonds and Rust
5. All Guns Blazing
6. Metal Gods
7. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
8. The Ripper
9. Night Crawler
10. Turbo Lover
11. A Touch of Evil
12. Painkiller
13. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)
14. Breaking the Law
15. Living After Midnight
16. You've Got Another Thing Coming

CD41-42: Beyond Live & Rare (previously unreleased stereo recordings from the archives)

1. Epitaph (Studio Demo) Demo from 1976's Sad Wings Of Destiny
2. Solar Angels (Live @ The Palladium, New York, NY - 7/22/1981)
3. Sinner (Live @ The Palladium, New York, NY - 7/22/1981)
4. Desert Plains (Live @ The Palladium, New York, NY - 7/22/1981)
5. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise (Live @ The Palladium, New York, NY - 7/22/1981)
6. Genocide (Live @ The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH - 5/9/1978)
7. Victim of Changes (Live @ The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH - 5/9/1978)
8. Ripper (Live @ The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH - 5/9/1978)
9. Screaming for Vengeance (Live @ Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ - 11/24/1982)
10. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown) (Live @ Ector County Coliseum, Odessa, TX - 6/7/1981)
11. Victim of Changes (Live @ Ector County Coliseum, Odessa, TX - 6/7/1981)

1. Tyrant (Live @ Ector County Coliseum, Odessa, TX - 6/7/1981)
2. Diamonds and Rust (Live @ Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 2/14/1981)
3. White Heat Red Hot (Live @ Yuubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan - 7/29/1978)
4. Better by You, Better Than Me (Live @ Yuubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan - 7/29/1978)
5. Starbreaker (Live @ Yuubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan - 7/29/1978)
6. Rock Forever (Live @ Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan - 2/9/1979)
7. Evil Fantasies (Live @ Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan - 2/9/1979)
8. Troubleshooter (Live @ Rhein-Main-Hall, Wiesbaden, Germany - 2/29/1981)
9. Grinder (Live @ Rhein-Main-Hall, Wiesbaden, Germany - 2/29/1981)
10. The Sentinel (Live @ Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM - 5/2/1984)
11. Freewheel Burning (Live @ Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM - 5/2/1984)
12. All Guns Blazing (Live @ The Forum, Monreal, Quebec, Canada - 8/17/1991)
13. Painkiller (Live @ Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, England - 3/26/1991)
14. Mother Sun (Live @ Slough College, Slough, England - 10/11/1975)

Judas Priest, Reflections of 50 Years of Heavy Metal Music (Sony, 2021)

1CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

1. Let Us Prey/Call for the Priest
2. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
3. Fever
4. Eat Me Alive
5. All Guns Blazing
6. Never The Heroes
7. Dissident Aggressor (Live)
8. Out in the Cold (Live)
9. Running Wild (Live)
10. Victim of Changes (Live) (Live @ The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH - 5/9/1978)
11. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown) (Live @ Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - 11/21/1981)
12. Bloodstone (Live @ The Omni, Atlanta, GA - 12/11/1982)
13. The Ripper (Live @ Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA - 7/12/1991)
14. Beyond the Realms of Death (Live @ The Mudd Club, New York, NY - 3/11/1979)
15. The Hellion/Electric Eye (Live @ The Summit, Houston, TX - 6/21/1986)
16. Sinner (Live @ New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT - 8/7/1988)

Tracks 10-16 previously unreleased

2LP Red Vinyl (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

SIDE A

1. Let Us Prey /Call for the Priest
2. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
3. Fever
4. Eat Me Alive

SIDE B

1. All Guns Blazing
2. Never the Heroes
3. Dissident Aggressor (Live)
4. Out in the Cold (Live)
5. Running Wild (Live)

SIDE C (previously unreleased)

1. Victim of Changes (Live) (Live @ The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH - 5/9/1978)
2. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown) (Live @ Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - 11/21/1981)
3. Bloodstone (Live @ The Omni, Atlanta, GA - 12/11/1982)
4. The Ripper (Live @ Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA - 7/12/1991)

SIDE D (previously unreleased)

1. Beyond the Realms of Death (Live @ The Mudd Club, New York, NY - 3/11/1979)
2. The Hellion/Electric Eye (Live @ The Summit, Houston, TX - 6/21/1986)
3. Sinner (Live @ New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT - 8/7/1988)