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</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Killing Machine</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="Judas_Priest" title="Judas Priest">Judas Priest</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">November 1978<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-11</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 1978<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">

<ul><li>Utopia (London)</li>

<li>CBS (London)</li></ul>

</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">Heavy metal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">38</span>:<span class="s">29</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="CBS_Records_International" title="CBS Records International">CBS</a>/<a href="Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">

<ul><li>Judas Priest</li>

<li><a href="James_Guthrie_(record_producer)" title="James Guthrie (record producer)">James Guthrie</a></li></ul>

</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Judas_Priest" title="Judas Priest">Judas Priest</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">

<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="Stained_Class" title="Stained Class">Stained Class</a></i><br>(1978)

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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Killing Machine</b></i><br>(1978)

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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="British_Steel_(album)" title="British Steel (album)">British Steel</a></i><br>(1980)

</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;">Alternative US cover</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">The album's title was renamed "Hell Bent for Leather" in the US due to 'murderous implications' concerns of the original title.</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">

</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;"><a href="Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Killing Machine </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left">

<ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Before the Dawn"</span><br>Released: 27 October 1978<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li>

<li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="Take_On_the_World_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Take On the World (Judas Priest song)">Take On the World</a>"</span><br>Released: 5 January 1979</span></li>

<li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="Evening_Star_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Evening Star (Judas Priest song)">Evening Star</a>"</span><br>Released: 27 April 1979</span></li>

<li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="The_Green_Manalishi" class="mw-redirect" title="The Green Manalishi">The Green Manalishi</a>"</span><br>Released: May 1979 (US)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li></ol>

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<p><i><b>Killing Machine</b></i> (also known as <i><b>Hell Bent for Leather</b></i>) is the fifth studio album by English <a href="Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> band <a href="Judas_Priest" title="Judas Priest">Judas Priest</a>, released in November 1978, by <a href="CBS_Records_International" title="CBS Records International">CBS Records</a> internationally, and received a United States release on 28 February 1979, by <a href="Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>. The album pushed the band towards a more commercial style while still featuring the dark lyrical themes of their previous albums. At about the same time, the band members adopted their now-famous "<a href="Leather_subculture#Representations" title="Leather subculture">leather-and-studs</a>" fashion image, inspired by <a href="Rob_Halford" title="Rob Halford">Rob Halford</a>'s interest in

<a href="Leather_subculture" title="Leather subculture">leather culture</a>. It is the band's last studio album to feature drummer <a href="Les_Binks" title="Les Binks">Les Binks</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_and_American_versions">International and American versions</h2></div>

<p>The album was retitled <i>Hell Bent for Leather</i> for its US release on 28 February 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singer Rob Halford simply said that their US-label found <i>Killing Machine</i> too much of a heavy statement to use, and suggested the alternative title to the band. It was feared that the ‘murderous implications’ of the original title would be too much for the larger record retailers to want to put the LP on its racks.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both album titles are drawn from the titles of songs on the album with "<a href="The_Green_Manalishi_(With_the_Two_Prong_Crown)" title="The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)">The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)</a>", an early <a href="Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a> cover, being added to the US release.

</p><p>The album was also pressed in red vinyl in the UK.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2></div>

<p>With <i>Killing Machine</i>, Judas Priest began moving to a more accessible, commercial format that abandoned the complex, fantasy-themed songs of their previous three albums. While this album still had dark undertones, it was more grounded in realism. This was reflected in their change of stage costumes from flowing Gothic robes to leather, but was also a reaction to the rising <a href="Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk</a> and <a href="New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a> movements. <a href="K._K._Downing" title="K. K. Downing">K. K. Downing</a> had expressed doubts about the <a href="New_wave_of_British_heavy_metal" title="New wave of British heavy metal">new wave of British heavy metal</a> stating "everybody was totally dedicated to having their own show, their own images". Priest were part of the influence on the <a href="NWOBHM" class="mw-redirect" title="NWOBHM">NWOBHM</a>, but not part of it. The band's new, simpler sound was the result of several factors, amongst them being a desire to compete with the energy and speed of <a href="Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk rock</a>, the need to produce songs that were easier to perform live, and the wish to appeal more to American audiences.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tracks such as "Burnin' Up" and "Evil Fantasies" are replete with S&M themes while "Running Wild" is about late-night partying and "Before the Dawn" a depressing ballad. "Hell Bent for Leather" reflected their newly adopted leather costumes as well as Rob Halford's soon-to-be-trademark entrances on stage riding a <a href="Harley-Davidson" title="Harley-Davidson">Harley-Davidson</a> motorcycle.

</p><p>The single "<a href="Take_On_the_World_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Take On the World (Judas Priest song)">Take On the World</a>" was an attempt at producing a stadium shoutalong tune in the mould of <a href="Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen's</a> "<a href="We_Will_Rock_You" title="We Will Rock You">We Will Rock You</a>", and was also covered by <a href="New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a> band The <a href="Human_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Human League">Human League</a> on their 1980 tour.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song's influence endures : in 2021, the band <a href="Spoon_(band)" title="Spoon (band)">Spoon</a> released the single "Wild", which samples its drum patterns from "Take On the World." The record was released as a 7-inch single and was backed with a remix by <a href="Dennis_Bovell" title="Dennis Bovell">Dennis Bovell</a> which features the same drum pattern.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>"Hell Bent For Leather" and a cover version of the <a href="Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a> song "<a href="The_Green_Manalishi" class="mw-redirect" title="The Green Manalishi">The Green Manalishi</a>" were the two songs from <i>Killing Machine</i> which became standard parts of the band's live setlist, with the other songs being performed rarely ("Evil Fantasies", "Running Wild", "Rock Forever and "Take On the World") or not at all. "Running Wild" and "Delivering The Goods" became regulars on the <a href="Firepower_(album)" title="Firepower (album)">Firepower tour</a> setlists in 2018 after not being played since 1980, and the title track returned to the band's setlists at a show in Paris in January 2019 after being absent for 40 years.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The lyrics on the album were simplified somewhat in comparison with the band's previous albums, adapted into a more mainstream <a href="Arena_rock" title="Arena rock">arena rock</a> format, but the instrumentation retains the band's characteristic aggressiveness with heavier guitar <a href="Riff" title="Riff">riffing</a> and elements of <a href="Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> influence returning on some songs. The album is certified gold by the RIAA.

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<p>The album was remastered in 2001, with two bonus tracks added (three in the UK). The bonus track "Fight for Your Life" was the "original" version of Judas Priest's "Rock Hard Ride Free" from their <i><a href="Defenders_of_the_Faith" title="Defenders of the Faith">Defenders of the Faith</a></i> album. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)" is considered a bonus track on the UK remaster, but a regular track on the U.S. version.

</p><p>In 2010, <a href="Audiophile" title="Audiophile">audiophile</a> label Audio Fidelity released a limited-edition 24-karat gold CD of <i>Hell Bent for Leather</i>. Mastering was done by <a href="Steve_Hoffman_(audio_engineer)" title="Steve Hoffman (audio engineer)">Steve Hoffman</a>. This does not contain the bonus tracks from the 2001 edition.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording_and_production">Recording and production</h2></div>

<p>This is the first Judas Priest album where <a href="Glenn_Tipton" title="Glenn Tipton">Glenn Tipton</a> incorporated the guitar technique of <a href="Tapping" title="Tapping">tapping</a> into his soloing style, which had been popularized by <a href="Eddie_Van_Halen" title="Eddie Van Halen">Eddie Van Halen</a> earlier that year with the release of <a href="Van_Halen" title="Van Halen">Van Halen</a>'s popular <a href="Van_Halen_(album)" title="Van Halen (album)">debut album</a> (which incidentally was released the same day as <i><a href="Stained_Class" title="Stained Class">Stained Class</a></i>). This can be heard in the solos of "Hell Bent for Leather" and "Killing Machine".

</p><p>This is also the final studio album for drummer <a href="Les_Binks" title="Les Binks">Les Binks</a> who had joined the band in early 1977 in time for the <i>Sin After Sin tour</i>; he is credited with helping develop the traditional Priest percussive sound. Binks was dropped and replaced by drummer <a href="Dave_Holland_(drummer)" title="Dave Holland (drummer)">Dave Holland</a> after the 1979 tour because of a financial disagreement where the band's manager Mike Dolan wanted Binks to "waive his fees" for performing on the platinum-selling 1979 live album <i><a href="Unleashed_in_the_East" title="Unleashed in the East">Unleashed in the East</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2></div>

<table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-AllmusicReview_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllmusicReview-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopedia of Popular Music">Encyclopedia of Popular Music</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="2/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="2/5 stars"></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>In 2005, <i>Killing Machine</i> was ranked number 321 in <i><a href="Rock_Hard_(magazine)" title="Rock Hard (magazine)">Rock Hard</a></i> magazine's book <i>The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This album, as well as subsequent albums by the band, has somewhat divided fans, with some preferring the complexity and darkness of the early albums, while others prefer the more mainstream and polished later albums.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div>

<p>The song "Hell Bent for Leather" is featured in <a href="Ari_Gold_(filmmaker)" title="Ari Gold (filmmaker)">Ari Gold's</a> 2008 film <i><a href="Adventures_of_Power" title="Adventures of Power">Adventures of Power</a></i>, the 2004 episode of the sitcom <i><a href="That_'70s_Show" title="That '70s Show">That '70s Show</a></i> entitled "Surprise, Surprise" and also featured in 2009 game <i><a href="Guitar_Hero%3A_Metallica" title="Guitar Hero: Metallica">Guitar Hero: Metallica</a></i>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2></div>

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</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Delivering the Goods"</td><td><a href="Rob_Halford" title="Rob Halford">Rob Halford</a>, <a href="K._K._Downing" title="K. K. Downing">K. K. Downing</a>, <a href="Glenn_Tipton" title="Glenn Tipton">Glenn Tipton</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:16</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="Rock_Forever" title="Rock Forever">Rock Forever</a>"</td><td>Halford, Downing, Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:19</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="Evening_Star_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Evening Star (Judas Priest song)">Evening Star</a>"</td><td>Halford, Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:06</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Hell Bent for Leather"</td><td>Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:41</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="Take_On_the_World_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Take On the World (Judas Priest song)">Take On the World</a>"</td><td>Halford, Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:00</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Burnin' Up"</td><td>Downing, Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:07</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="The_Green_Manalishi_(With_the_Two_Prong_Crown)#Judas_Priest_version" title="The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)">The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)</a>" (<a href="Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a> <a href="Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover</a>; originally exclusive to <i>Hell Bent for Leather</i>, also added to later releases of <i>Killing Machine</i>)</td><td><a href="Peter_Green_(musician)" title="Peter Green (musician)">Peter Green</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:23</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Killing Machine"</td><td>Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:01</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Running Wild"</td><td>Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:58</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Before the Dawn"</td><td>Halford, Downing, Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:23</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Evil Fantasies"</td><td>Halford, Downing, Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:15</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>38:29</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>2001 bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Fight for Your Life" (Recorded during the 1982 <i><a href="Screaming_for_Vengeance" title="Screaming for Vengeance">Screaming for Vengeance</a></i> sessions)</td><td>Downing, Halford, Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:06</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Riding on the Wind" (Live at the <a href="US_Festival" title="US Festival">US Festival</a>, <a href="Devore%2C_San_Bernardino%2C_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Devore, San Bernardino, California">Devore</a>, California; 29 May 1983)</td><td>Downing, Halford, Tipton</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:16</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>45:51</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2></div>

<p><b>Judas Priest</b>

</p>

<ul><li><a href="Rob_Halford" title="Rob Halford">Rob Halford</a> – vocals</li>

<li><a href="K._K._Downing" title="K. K. Downing">K. K. Downing</a> – guitars</li>

<li><a href="Glenn_Tipton" title="Glenn Tipton">Glenn Tipton</a> – guitars, keyboards on "Before the Dawn"</li>

<li><a href="Ian_Hill" title="Ian Hill">Ian Hill</a> – bass except "Take on the World"</li>

<li><a href="Les_Binks" title="Les Binks">Les Binks</a> – drums except "Before the Dawn"</li>

<li><a href="Dave_Holland_(drummer)" title="Dave Holland (drummer)">Dave Holland</a> – drums (bonus tracks)</li></ul>

<p><b>Production</b>

</p>

<ul><li>Produced by <a href="James_Guthrie_(record_producer)" title="James Guthrie (record producer)">James Guthrie</a> and Judas Priest</li>

<li>Engineered by James Guthrie, assisted by Damian Korner, <a href="Andrew_Jackson_(recording_engineer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Jackson (recording engineer)">Andrew Jackson</a>, Kevin Dallimore, and Andrew Clark</li>

<li>Cover design by <a href="Ros%C5%82aw_Szaybo" title="Rosław Szaybo">Rosław Szaybo</a></li>

<li>Photography by Bob Elsdale</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2></div>

<th>Chart (1978–79)

</th>

<th>Peak<br>position

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Japanese Albums (<a href="Oricon" title="Oricon">Oricon</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-JPN_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPN-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th>

<td>62

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row"><a href="UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UK2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UK2_-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th>

<td align="center">32

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">US <a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_Judas_Priest_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Billboard200_Judas_Priest-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th>

<td align="center">128

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2></div>

</caption>

<th scope="col">Region

</th>

<th scope="col">Certification</th>

<th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Canada (<a href="Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th>

<td>Platinum

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th>

<td>Silver

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">United States (<a href="Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesJudas_PriestPoint_of_EntryalbumCertRef_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesJudas_PriestPoint_of_EntryalbumCertRef-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th>

<td>Gold

</td>

</td></tr>

<p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small>

</p>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_history">Release history</h2></div>

<caption>Release formats for <i>Killing Machine</i>/<i>Hell Bent for Leather</i>

</caption>

<th scope="col">Region

</th>

<th scope="col">Date

</th>

<th scope="col">Label

</th>

<th scope="col">Format

</th>

<th scope="col">Catalogue

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Various

</th>

<td scope="row" rowspan="2">November 1978

</td>

</td>

<td scope="row" rowspan="3"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="LP_record" title="LP record">LP</a></li><li><a href="Cassette_tape" title="Cassette tape">cassette</a></li></ul></div>

</td>

<td scope="row">CBS 83135

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Japan

</th>

</td>

<td scope="row">25-3P-28

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row" rowspan="2"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>United States</li><li>Canada</li></ul></div>

</th>

<td scope="row">28 February 1979

</td>

<td scope="row" rowspan="3"><a href="Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>

</td>

<td scope="row">JC 35706

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td scope="row">July 1986

</td>

<td scope="row" rowspan="4">CD

</td>

<td scope="row">CK 35706

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Europe

</th>

<td scope="row">22 October – 12 November 2001<sup id="cite_ref-2001Remaster_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001Remaster-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td scope="row">CK 86181

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Japan

</th>

<td scope="row">23 October 2001<sup id="cite_ref-2001Remaster_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001Remaster-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td scope="row">Epic

</td>

<td scope="row">EICP 7011

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">United States

</th>

<td scope="row">6 November 2001<sup id="cite_ref-2001Remaster_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001Remaster-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td scope="row"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Columbia</li><li><a href="Legacy_Recordings" title="Legacy Recordings">Legacy</a></li></ul></div>

</td>

<td scope="row">CK 86181

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bonhams.com/auction/26708/lot/281">"Bonhams:Judas Priest/K.K. Downing: A Sony/BMG Canadian 'Platinum' award for the albums Killing Machine, Unleashed In The East, British Steel and Defenders Of The Faith"</a>. 7 March 2023.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/Record-Mirror-1978-10-28-IDX-43.pdf">"Call for the Priest!"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="Record_Mirror" title="Record Mirror">Record Mirror</a></i>. 28 October 1978. p. 44<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 March</span> 2025</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-United_StatesJudas_PriestPoint_of_EntryalbumCertRef-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-United_StatesJudas_PriestPoint_of_EntryalbumCertRef_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Judas+Priest&ti=Point+of+Entry&format=Album&type=#search_section">"American album certifications – Judas Priest – Point of Entry"</a>. <a href="Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a>.</cite></span>

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<li><b><a href="Rob_Halford" title="Rob Halford">Rob Halford</a></b></li>

<li><b><a href="Glenn_Tipton" title="Glenn Tipton">Glenn Tipton</a></b></li>

<li><b><a href="Scott_Travis" title="Scott Travis">Scott Travis</a></b></li>

<li><b><a href="Richie_Faulkner" title="Richie Faulkner">Richie Faulkner</a></b></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Al_Atkins" title="Al Atkins">Al Atkins</a></li>

<li><a href="K._K._Downing" title="K. K. Downing">K. K. Downing</a></li>

<li><a href="Alan_Moore_(drummer)" title="Alan Moore (drummer)">Alan Moore</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Hinch_(musician)" title="John Hinch (musician)">John Hinch</a></li>

<li><a href="Simon_Phillips_(drummer)" title="Simon Phillips (drummer)">Simon Phillips</a></li>

<li><a href="Les_Binks" title="Les Binks">Les Binks</a></li>

<li><a href="Dave_Holland_(drummer)" title="Dave Holland (drummer)">Dave Holland</a></li>

<li><a href="Tim_%22Ripper%22_Owens" title="Tim "Ripper" Owens">Tim "Ripper" Owens</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Rocka_Rolla" title="Rocka Rolla">Rocka Rolla</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Sad_Wings_of_Destiny" title="Sad Wings of Destiny">Sad Wings of Destiny</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Sin_After_Sin" title="Sin After Sin">Sin After Sin</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Stained_Class" title="Stained Class">Stained Class</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="British_Steel_(album)" title="British Steel (album)">British Steel</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Point_of_Entry" title="Point of Entry">Point of Entry</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Screaming_for_Vengeance" title="Screaming for Vengeance">Screaming for Vengeance</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Defenders_of_the_Faith" title="Defenders of the Faith">Defenders of the Faith</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Turbo_(Judas_Priest_album)" title="Turbo (Judas Priest album)">Turbo</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Painkiller_(Judas_Priest_album)" title="Painkiller (Judas Priest album)">Painkiller</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Jugulator" title="Jugulator">Jugulator</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Demolition_(Judas_Priest_album)" title="Demolition (Judas Priest album)">Demolition</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Angel_of_Retribution" title="Angel of Retribution">Angel of Retribution</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Nostradamus_(album)" title="Nostradamus (album)">Nostradamus</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Redeemer_of_Souls" title="Redeemer of Souls">Redeemer of Souls</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Firepower_(album)" title="Firepower (album)">Firepower</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Invincible_Shield" title="Invincible Shield">Invincible Shield</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Unleashed_in_the_East" title="Unleashed in the East">Unleashed in the East</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Priest...Live!" title="Priest...Live!">Priest...Live!</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Priest%2C_Live_and_Rare" title="Priest, Live and Rare">Priest, Live and Rare</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="'98_Live_Meltdown" title="'98 Live Meltdown">'98 Live Meltdown</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Live_in_London_(Judas_Priest_album)" title="Live in London (Judas Priest album)">Live in London</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="A_Touch_of_Evil%3A_Live" title="A Touch of Evil: Live">A Touch of Evil: Live</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Battle_Cry_(Judas_Priest_album)" title="Battle Cry (Judas Priest album)">Battle Cry</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="The_Best_of_Judas_Priest" title="The Best of Judas Priest">The Best of Judas Priest</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Metal_Works_'73%E2%80%93'93" title="Metal Works '73–'93">Metal Works '73–'93</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Best_of_Judas_Priest%3A_Living_After_Midnight" title="The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight">The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Genocide_(album)" title="Genocide (album)">Genocide</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Metalogy" title="Metalogy">Metalogy</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Essential_Judas_Priest" title="The Essential Judas Priest">The Essential Judas Priest</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Single_Cuts" title="Single Cuts">Single Cuts</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Chosen_Few_(Judas_Priest_album)" title="The Chosen Few (Judas Priest album)">The Chosen Few</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Complete_Albums_Collection_(Judas_Priest_box_set)" title="The Complete Albums Collection (Judas Priest box set)">The Complete Albums Collection</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Videos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Live_in_London_(Judas_Priest_video)" title="Live in London (Judas Priest video)">Live in London</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Electric_Eye_(video)" title="Electric Eye (video)">Electric Eye</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Rising_in_the_East" title="Rising in the East">Rising in the East</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Live_Vengeance_'82" title="Live Vengeance '82">Live Vengeance '82</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Epitaph_(video)" title="Epitaph (video)">Epitaph</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Battle_Cry_(video)" title="Battle Cry (video)">Battle Cry</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>"<a href="Diamonds_%26_Rust_(song)" title="Diamonds & Rust (song)">Diamonds and Rust</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Better_by_You%2C_Better_than_Me#Judas_Priest_version" title="Better by You, Better than Me">Better by You, Better than Me</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Exciter_(song)" title="Exciter (song)">Exciter</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Take_On_the_World_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Take On the World (Judas Priest song)">Take On the World</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Evening_Star_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Evening Star (Judas Priest song)">Evening Star</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Rock_Forever" title="Rock Forever">Rock Forever</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Living_After_Midnight" title="Living After Midnight">Living After Midnight</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Breaking_the_Law" title="Breaking the Law">Breaking the Law</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="United_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="United (Judas Priest song)">United</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Heading_Out_to_the_Highway" title="Heading Out to the Highway">Heading Out to the Highway</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="You've_Got_Another_Thing_Comin'" title="You've Got Another Thing Comin'">You've Got Another Thing Comin'</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Electric_Eye_(song)" title="Electric Eye (song)">Electric Eye</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Freewheel_Burning" title="Freewheel Burning">Freewheel Burning</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Some_Heads_Are_Gonna_Roll" title="Some Heads Are Gonna Roll">Some Heads Are Gonna Roll</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Turbo_Lover" title="Turbo Lover">Turbo Lover</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Johnny_B._Goode" title="Johnny B. Goode">Johnny B. Goode</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Painkiller_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Painkiller (Judas Priest song)">Painkiller</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="A_Touch_of_Evil" title="A Touch of Evil">A Touch of Evil</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Bullet_Train_(song)" title="Bullet Train (song)">Bullet Train</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Revolution_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Revolution (Judas Priest song)">Revolution</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Panic_Attack_(Judas_Priest_song)" title="Panic Attack (Judas Priest song)">Panic Attack</a>"</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li>"<a href="Victim_of_Changes" title="Victim of Changes">Victim of Changes</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Dreamer_Deceiver" title="Dreamer Deceiver">Dreamer Deceiver</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Dissident_Aggressor" title="Dissident Aggressor">Dissident Aggressor</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Beyond_the_Realms_of_Death" title="Beyond the Realms of Death">Beyond the Realms of Death</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Green_Manalishi_(With_the_Two_Prong_Crown)#Judas_Priest_version" title="The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)">The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Judas_Rising" title="Judas Rising">Judas Rising</a>"</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours and concerts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="British_Steel_Tour" title="British Steel Tour">British Steel Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Wide_Blitz_Tour" title="World Wide Blitz Tour">World Wide Blitz Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Vengeance_Tour" title="World Vengeance Tour">World Vengeance Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Metal_Conqueror_Tour" title="Metal Conqueror Tour">Metal Conqueror Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Mercenaries_of_Metal_Tour" title="Mercenaries of Metal Tour">Mercenaries of Metal Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Painkiller_Tour" title="Painkiller Tour">Painkiller Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Operation_Rock_%26_Roll" title="Operation Rock & Roll">Operation Rock & Roll</a></li>

<li><a href="Reunited_Tour" title="Reunited Tour">Reunited Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Retribution_Tour" title="Retribution Tour">Retribution Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Nostradamus_World_Tour" title="Nostradamus World Tour">Nostradamus World Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Epitaph_World_Tour" title="Epitaph World Tour">Epitaph World Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Redeemer_of_Souls_Tour" title="Redeemer of Souls Tour">Redeemer of Souls Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Firepower_World_Tour" title="Firepower World Tour">Firepower World Tour</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Judas_Priest_discography" title="Judas Priest discography">Discography</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Judas_Priest_band_members" title="List of Judas Priest band members">Members</a></li>

<li><a href="Andy_Sneap" title="Andy Sneap">Andy Sneap</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Flying_Hat_Band" title="The Flying Hat Band">The Flying Hat Band</a></li>

<li><a href="Fight_(band)" title="Fight (band)">Fight</a></li>

<li><a href="Halford_(band)" title="Halford (band)">Halford</a></li>

<li><a href="Elegant_Weapons" title="Elegant Weapons">Elegant Weapons</a></li>

<li><a href="KK's_Priest" title="KK's Priest">KK's Priest</a>

<ul><li><i><a href="Sermons_of_the_Sinner" title="Sermons of the Sinner">Sermons of the Sinner</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Sinner_Rides_Again" title="The Sinner Rides Again">The Sinner Rides Again</a></i></li></ul></li>

<li><i><a href="Heavy_Metal_Parking_Lot" title="Heavy Metal Parking Lot">Heavy Metal Parking Lot</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="A_Tribute_to_Judas_Priest%3A_Legends_of_Metal" title="A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal">A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Hell_Bent_Forever%3A_A_Tribute_to_Judas_Priest" title="Hell Bent Forever: A Tribute to Judas Priest">Hell Bent Forever: A Tribute to Judas Priest</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="A_Tribute_to_the_Priest" title="A Tribute to the Priest">A Tribute to the Priest</a></i></li></ul>

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