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"Beyond the Realms of Death" is a power ballad[1] by English heavy metal band Judas Priest from their 1978 album Stained Class. Vocalist Rob Halford's performance is considered one of his finest ever, and the guitar work is noted as well, especially the solos. Many reviewers have called it one of the best songs on the album.[2][3] The song is considered a Judas Priest classic, with versions of the song appearing on the albums Priest, Live and Rare, '98 Live Meltdown, Live in London, A Touch of Evil: Live, Live Insurrection and many of the group's compilation albums. Drummer Les Binks has his only songwriting credit with the band for the song's main riff.

"Beyond the Realms of Death"
Song by Judas Priest
from the album Stained Class
Released	10 February 1978 (1978-02-10)
Recorded	October–November 1977
Studio	Chipping Norton Recording, Oxfordshire, England
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	6:53
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Rob Halford Les Binks
Producer(s)	Dennis Mackay Judas Priest

Composition

The song starts out as a slow and light ballad until the chorus, where the song erupts into heavy riffs. The song then turns light once again until the next chorus, and the following bridge section. The first guitar solo is then played by Glenn Tipton. Then the song turns light once again for the next verses, which is followed by the heavy chorus/bridge section once again and the second guitar solo played by K. K. Downing. This is followed by the final heavy riffs and the epic final scream of Rob Halford.

The song describes a man who suffers from depression and enters into a pseudo-catatonic state, which gives the outward appearance of a comatose state, in that it essentially renders the body physically immobile whilst leaving inner thought processes intact in an almost 'locked-in' fashion. He eventually dies, possibly by his own hand due to the state he was essentially locked in, so he is once more released from the chains of life. Furthermore, other lines in the song suggest an anti-suicidal message. The song was mentioned in a 1990 trial in which the parents of two teens who had committed suicide after listening to Stained Class alleged that subliminal messages encouraging suicide had been hidden in another song on the album. In a telephone interview with The New York Times at the time, Halford confirmed that the song carries an anti-suicidal message, discussing how people suffering from depression withdraw from society and refuse to communicate.[4]

Covers

• Blind Guardian covered of the song for their album A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal Vol. II.

Personnel

• Rob Halford – vocals
• K. K. Downing – guitars
• Glenn Tipton – guitars
• Ian Hill – bass
• Les Binks – drums

References

На других языках

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- [en] Beyond the Realms of Death

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[es] Beyond the Realms of Death

«Beyond the Realms of Death» es una canción de la banda británica de heavy metal Judas Priest, incluida como la octava pista del disco Stained Class de 1978. Fue escrita en su gran mayoría por Rob Halford, mientras que el baterista Les Binks fue el creador del principal riff de guitarra, que se convirtió a su vez en su única acreditación como compositor en algún tema de la banda. A pesar de que su letra trata sobre un hombre que ha decidido suicidarse, Rob Halford en una entrevista telefónica con The New York Times en 1990 afirmó que debe considerarse como un mensaje contra el suicidio y que analiza, más bien, como las personas que sufren de depresión se retiran de la sociedad y se niegan a comunicarse con los otros.[1]

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[ru] Beyond the Realms of Death

«Beyond the Realms of Death» — песня британской хеви-метал-группы Judas Priest с их альбома 1978 года, Stained Class. Выступление вокалиста Роба Хэлфорда считается одной из его лучших работ в истории, и гитарная работа также отмечена, особенно соло. Многие рецензенты назвали его одной из лучших песен на альбоме.[1]

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