Friday, April 5: Halford, âSaviourâ
Resurrection was a comeback and statement of intent for Rob Halford, striking a note of defiance in the face of irrelevance in its resolve to lean into the sound of the iconâs past. From top to bottom, his first release under the Halford banner spoke of perseverance and resilience, with âSaviourâ closing the record in appropriately triumphant fashion.  The track was a fine capper in its studio incarnation, and even more stirring on the subsequent Live Insurrection, where it aptly summed up the Metal Godâs will to reclaim his perch among the genreâs foremost voices and figureheads.  Patrick Lachman and Roy Z.âs writing recalled â80s Judas Priest without feeling like a self-conscious throwback, instead coming across as a natural traditional metal banger and finding that sweet spot between mid- and fast-paced.  But most of all, there was Rob Halford, not only singing with a clarity and focus that he hadnât shown since Fightâs War of Words, but also writing with a similar sense of motivation and lucidity, and in the end, âSaviourâ simply sounded timeless.
