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Killing Machine

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Killing Machine is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Fleetwood Mac, Queen and Van Halen. Those roots explain a lot about how Killing Machine arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into The Human League and Spoon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around Killing Machine, reaching back through Fleetwood Mac and forward to The Human League. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Killing Machine is the fifth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in November 1978, by CBS Records internationally, and received a United States release on 28 February 1979, by Columbia Records. 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 "leather-and-studs" fashion image, inspired by Rob Halford's interest in leather culture. It is the band's last studio album to feature drummer Les Binks.

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Killing Machine grew out of Fleetwood Mac, Queen and Van Halen, went on to shape The Human League and Spoon. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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