The 'Ripper' lead 'Judas Priest' return with another slice of aggressive modern Metal, although the style of old, is hardly recognisable, this release is vastly better than the unintelligent and crude 'Jugulator'. Marked improvement have been made with the song writing and arrangements, and combining this with a stellar production, 'Demolition' makes for an overall more interesting album. At times some of the unrefined elements of 'Jugulator' appear, but they still manage to retain the nasty crunch present on the predecessor. This is ok if your into the more modern Metal scene, but again old school 'Priest' fans won't be too impressed.

The opener 'Machine Man' builds from a eerie opening into a pounding thrash-out, with galloping rhythm and strong aggressive vocal work. This track was released as a single in the UK, and featured the song 'Subterfuge' and a splendid video clip for 'Burn in Hell'. My choice track of the album is 'One on One' a full throttle rocker which features an hypnotic modern groove of the highest order, fabulous guitaring, catchy sing-a-long lyrics and punchy aggressive vocals. The pace is dropped back for the nasty plod of 'Hell is Home', a slow brooding groover that is well written with cleverly crafted axe work. The slower 'Close to You' is fairly dull affair, with its static pace and depressing flow. Much better is the basic but rollicking 'Devil Diggers', another strong groover with great rolling rhythm and solid chorus. Next up is 'Bloodsuckers' with its 'Painkiller' reminiscent intro and blazing guitar work, the lyrics are a bit simplistic but I must admit I was singing along with the chorus while typing this. Other cutting tracks include the multi-layered 'Jekyll and Hyde', the doom laden 'In Between' and the pounding rocker 'Feed on Me'. 'Subterfuge' is a super nasty thrasher, that plays with slower vocal sections contrasting aggressive pieces, that's well supported with cutting guitaring, definitely not one for fans of old 'Priest'. The balladsy 'Lost and Found' features a vocal change for 'Ripper Owen's', unfortunately it doesn't really come off, and he ends up sounding off-key, and together with the poor lyrics the song is quit awful. The stop – start plod of 'Cyberface', keeps it above the norm, although lyrically cliché and basically penned. 'Metal Messiah' has the potential for more but doesn't quite work, the vocals toy with 'Rap' like segments interchanged with the chorus and the closing of the track is poorly worked and repetitive, I do however enjoy the mystical instrumental break.

The limited edition package, which I own contains two additional tracks, an absolutely blistering version of 'Rapid Fire' and a slightly toned down version of 'Green Manalishi' that features some of 'Ripper Owen's' best vocal work. These tracks are not included in the overall percentage mark, but are a very nice addition.

All told a marked improvement over 'Jugulator', but 13 tracks was a little ambitious, as there are a couple of obvious weaker songs present.