Jugulator
| Jugulator | ||||
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Cover art by Mark Wilkinson | ||||
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| Released | 16 October 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
| Studio | Silvermere, Surrey, England | |||
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| Length | 58:06 | |||
| Label | SPV | |||
| Producer | Glenn Tipton | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10 |
| Kerrang! | |
Jugulator is the thirteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was released in Japan on 16 October 1997 and the rest of the world on 28 October 1997. It was their first studio album since Painkiller in 1990 and the first of two studio albums to include lead vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens, replacing Rob Halford who left the band in 1992. Jugulator is the only Judas Priest album that has never been released on any major digital media website, due to German independent record label SPV falling under and going bankrupt around 2009.
The album was reissued as part of the band's limited edition 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music box-set, released on October 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings.