Editing Judas Priest (section)

== Legacy and influence==
Judas Priest have influenced a great deal of metal music since the late 1970s. They were ranked by [[MTV]] as the second "Greatest Metal Band" of all time (after [[Black Sabbath]]), and [[VH1]] named them the 78th greatest artist of all time in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |work=MTVNews.com |title=The Greatest Metal Bands Of All Time – 2. Judas Priest |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index3.jhtml |publisher=MTV |date=9 March 2006 |access-date=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905065314/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index3.jhtml |archive-date=5 September 2011}}</ref> They were nominated for induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2018, but were passed over despite placing among the top 5 fan-voted nominees.<ref>{{cite news|author=Blabbermouth |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bon-jovi-to-join-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-judas-priest-fails-to-make-the-cut/ |title=BON JOVI To Join ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME; JUDAS PRIEST Fails To Make The Cut|work=Blabbermouth |date=13 December 2017|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> In May 2022, it was announced that the band were to be among the 2022 inductee class for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref name=":2" />

The band have sold over 50 million records as of 2017, including 11 top 30 albums in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wearesonylegacy.com/news/jas-priest-story-original-metal-gods |title=Story Original Judas Priest |access-date=11 January 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In the United States, the band had eleven consecutive albums to be certified [[Music recording certification|gold]], [[RIAA certification|platinum]] or higher by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], starting with 1977's ''[[Sin After Sin]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.riaa.com/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}}</ref>

Several metal bands have named themselves after classic era Judas Priest songs and albums, including [[Sinner (band)|Sinner]], [[Exciter (band)|Exciter]], [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]], [[Steeler (American band)|Steeler]] and Tyrant.

Judas Priest have been cited as both an influence and an inspiration to the [[thrash metal]], [[speed metal]] and [[groove metal]] genres, including bands such as [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]],<ref name="annihilator radiometal">{{cite web |date=April 13, 2010 |title=Annihilator, interview with Jeff Waters |url=https://www.radiometal.com/article/annihilator-interview-with-jeff-waters-2,1573 |website=radiometal.com |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]],<ref name="national loudwire">{{cite magazine |date=January 30, 2016 |title=Anthrax Profiled in National Museum of American History |url=https://loudwire.com/anthrax-smithsonian-institute-national-museum-american-history/ |magazine=[[Loudwire]] |access-date=July 27, 2022}}</ref> [[Dark Angel (band)|Dark Angel]],<ref name="darkangel voicesfromthedarkside">{{cite web |title=Voices From The Darkside |url=https://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/interview/dark-angel/ |website=voicesfromthedarkside.de |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> [[Death Angel]],<ref name="deathangel blabbermouth">{{cite web |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Death Angel's Mark Osegueda On Judas Priest's Rob Halford: 'He's My Biggest Inspiration' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/death-angels-mark-osegueda-on-judas-priests-rob-halford-hes-my-biggest-inspiration |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]],<ref name="destruction ocweekly">{{cite web |date=May 24, 2012 |title=Destruction Explains the Legacy of Teutonic Metal |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/destruction-explains-the-legacy-of-teutonic-metal-6579245/ |website=[[OC Weekly]] |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> Exciter,<ref name="exciter earofnewt">{{cite web |title=Guitarists from Exodus, Exciter, and Metal Church weigh in on the heaviness of metal in 1985 |url=https://earofnewt.com/2015/08/02/guitarists-from-exodus-exciter-and-metal-church-weigh-in-on-the-heaviness-of-metal-in-1985/ |website=earofnewt.com |date=2 August 2015 |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]],<ref name="exodus getreadytorock">{{cite web |title=Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with Tom Hunting and Gary Holt of Thrash metal rock band Exodus |url=https://www.getreadytorock.com/pure_metal/exodus.htm |website=getreadytorock.com |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Flotsam and Jetsam (band)|Flotsam and Jetsam]],<ref name="thrash albums revolver">{{cite magazine |date=August 4, 2022 |title=25 Essential Thrash Albums |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/25-essential-thrash-albums |magazine=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Heathen (band)|Heathen]],<ref name="heathen givememetal">{{cite web |title=Heathen Family Tree — The Metal |url=https://www.givememetal.com/thrashmetaltrees/heathen-family-tree |website=givememetal.com |date=21 September 2020 |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Kreator]],<ref name="kreator blabbermouth">{{cite web |date=April 15, 2017 |title=Kreator Frontman: 'I Try Not To Sound Like Anyone Else' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/kreator-frontman-i-try-not-to-sound-like-anyone-else |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Megadeth]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=August 3, 2010 |title=Exclusive Excerpt From Dave Mustaine's Autobiography: Meeting Lars Ulrich |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/uncategorized/exclusive-excerpt-from-dave-mustaines-autobiography-meeting-lars-ulric.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120220741/http://www.revolvermag.com/uncategorized/exclusive-excerpt-from-dave-mustaines-autobiography-meeting-lars-ulric.html |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |work=Revolver |publisher=NewBay Media}}</ref> [[Metal Church]],<ref name="metalchurch therockpit">{{cite web |date=December 6, 2018 |title=INTERVIEW: Mike Howe - Metal Church - The Rockpit |url=https://www.therockpit.net/2018/interview-mike-howe-metal-church-2018/ |website=therockpit.net |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> [[Metallica]],<ref name="guitarworld2">{{cite web |title=30 on 30: The Greatest Guitarists Picked by the Greatest Guitarists |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/30-30-greatest-guitarists-picked-greatest-guitarists?page=0,7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505131334/http://www.guitarworld.com/article/30_on_30_the_greatest_guitarists_picked_by_the_greatest_guitarists?page=0%2C7 |archive-date=May 5, 2010 |access-date=April 28, 2010 |publisher=guitarworld.com}}</ref> [[Nuclear Assault]],<ref name="jp metalcrypt">{{cite magazine |date=May 22, 2020 |title= The Metal Crypt - 50 Years of British Fuckin' Steel - Tribute to Judas Priest Interview |url=https://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/interviews.php?intid=673 |website=metalcrypt.com |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> [[Onslaught (band)|Onslaught]],<ref name="onslaught givememetal">{{cite web |title=Onslaught Family Tree — The Metal |url=https://www.givememetal.com/thrashmetaltrees/onslaught-family-tree |website=givememetal.com |date=12 August 2020 |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]],<ref name="overkill loudersound">{{cite web |date=December 21, 2016 |title=Overkill's Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth - The 10 Records That Changed My Life |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/overkills-bobby-blitz-ellsworth-the-10-records-that-changed-my-life |website=loudersound.com |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Pantera]],<ref name="loudersound 2020">{{cite web |date=December 3, 2019 |title=These were Dimebag Darrell's 10 favourite songs, according to Vinnie Paul |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/dimeradio-dimebag-darrells-top-tracks-as-chosen-by-vinnie-paul |access-date=June 21, 2023 |publisher=[[Metal Hammer|Loudersound]]}}</ref> [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]],<ref name="jp metalcrypt" /> [[Sacrifice (band)|Sacrifice]],<ref name="sacrifice voicesfromthedarkside">{{cite web |title=Voices From The Darkside |url=https://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/interview/sacrifice/ |website=voicesfromthedarkside.de |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> [[Sepultura]],<ref name="sepultura hysteriamag">{{cite magazine |date=March 28, 2018 |title=SEPULTURA // Albums That Helped Shape A Band (Part One) |url=https://www.hysteriamag.com/sepultura-albums-helped-shape-band-part-one/ |magazine=hysteriamag.com |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref><ref name="sepultura loudersound">{{cite web |date=May 29, 2022 |title=Sepultura's Andreas Kisser: 10 Albums That Changed My Life |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/andreas-kisser-sepultura-10-albums |website=loudersound.com |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Slayer]],<ref name="knac">{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Brian |date=July 26, 2004 |title=Exclusive! Interview With Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman |url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3153 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010337/http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3153 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=May 7, 2013 |publisher=[[KNAC]]}}</ref> [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]],<ref name="sodom nolifetilmetal">{{cite web |title=No Life Til Metal - CD Gallery - Sodom |url=https://nolifetilmetal.com/sodom.htm |website=nolifetilmetal.com |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> [[Testament (band)|Testament]],<ref name="testament givememetal">{{cite web |title=Testament Family Tree — The Metal |url=https://www.givememetal.com/thrashmetaltrees/testament-family-tree |website=givememetal.com |date=8 April 2020 |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> and [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]].<ref name="voivod maximummetal">{{cite web |title=Voivod Drummer Talks About Making Of New Album 'Target Earth' |url=https://metalassault.com/Interviews/2013/01/25/voivod-drummer-talks-about-making-of-new-album-target-earth/ |website=metalassault.com |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref>