Today (January 4th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of
Defenders of the Faith, the ninth studio album from the British heavy metal Judas Priest. This Platinum selling album from 1984 went to number 21 in Germany, number 19 in the UK, number 18 on the US Billboard Album chart (it spent thirty-seven weeks total on the chart), number 17 in Canada and Norway, number 12 in Switzerland, number 9 in Denmark, number 5 in Finland, and number 2 in Austria and Sweden.
