Rob Halford

Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Judas Priest. Halford has almost a four octave vocal range. He is one of the most respected singers of heavy metal and rock music with a quasi-operatic vocal style and high-pitched screams. He has been nicknamed "Metal God" as a tribute to his influence on metal, after the Judas Priest song of the same name from 1980's British Steel . He currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, US, though he also maintains residences in San Diego, California and Amsterdam, Netherlands, as well as a home in his native Walsall, United Kingdom.

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