Halford is an American heavy metal band formed in 1999 by English singer

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, who is best known as the lead vocalist for heavy metal band

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. Halford formed the band to return to his heavy metal roots. His two previous projects were a "street metal"-style band called

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Recordings

Halford's first album, ''

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'', was released in 2000 to critical acclaim. It was subsequently included in

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's ''The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time''. In addition, the songs "Silent Screams" and the title-track "Resurrection" were included in Popoff's list. The track "The One You Love to Hate" featured vocalist

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. In 2002, Halford released its second studio album ''

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''. Although no live recordings have been officially released to promote this album, a high-quality soundboard bootleg titled ''Live: From the Disney House of Blues'', was made available for download at robhalford.com in 2004. Halford released bonus tracks in Japan, such as "She", "Fugitive", "Rock the World Forever", and "In the Morning". In November 2006, Halford released a single titled "Forgotten Generation". The first wave of Halford re-releases included remastered editions of the band's back catalog, initially released through the iTunes Store.

also released an early recording entitled '' K5 – The War of Words Demos'', dating back to the formation of Fight. The compilation '' Metal God Essentials Vol. 1'' not only included the fans' favorite Halford songs, but also the new recordings "Forgotten Generation" and "Drop Out". Halford's third record, '' Halford III: Winter Songs'', was released on November 3, 2009. The record features tracks recorded between 2008–2009, as well as traditional Christmas songs re-arranged to heavy metal renditions by Rob Halford himself. The first single "Get Into the Spirit" was released to radios on September 29, 2009. On June 25, 2010, Halford released "The Mower", the first single from the studio album '' Halford IV: Made of Metal'', which was released in September 2010.

Band members

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– vocals (1999–present) * Mike Chlasciak – guitars (1999–present) * Bobby Jarzombek – drums (2000–present) * Mike Davis – bass (2003–present) *

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– guitars (2003–present) Former * Ray Riendeau – bass (1999–2002) * Pete Parada – drums (1999–2000) * Patrick Lachman – guitars (1999–2002) * Chad Tarrington – guitars (2003) * Jason Ward – bass (2003)

Timeline

Discography

* ''

'' (2000) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Halford III: Winter Songs'' (2009) * '' Halford IV: Made of Metal'' (2010)

References

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