Judas Priest are making progress on a new and untitled studio record. In the meantime, we expect a release date for their live "Epitaph" DVD to be announced shortly.

The new record will be their first release with Richie Faulkner, the guitarist who replaced co-founder K.K. Downing in 2011.

The last that fans heard about a new Priest record was in August when front man Rob Halford described what fans could expect from their new ideas. "We've already got a strong cross-section of ideas, some of them complete, some of them in bits and pieces. It's shaping up to be quite intense, in terms of the riffage and the strength of certain tracks," he said. "There are elements of 'British Steel' and there elements of 'Painkiller' in terms of the vibe."

There's no sign of a release date, but Halford says they're in no rush to complete the record. "I remember in the '80's we were banging out a record almost every year, and that was on top of putting in a world tour. We have the luxury now, if you want to call it that, of taking our time," he said.

Full "Epitaph" setlist:

01. Rapid Fire
02. Metal Gods
03. Heading Out To The Highway
04. Judas Rising
05. Starbreaker
06. Victim Of Changes
07. Never Satisfied
08. Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez cover)
09. Prophecy
10. Night Crawler
11. Turbo Lover
12. Beyond The Realms Of Death
13. The Sentinel
14. Blood Red Skies
15. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Fleetwood Mac cover)
16. Breaking The Law
17. Drum Solo
18. Painkiller

Encore:

19. The Hellion (taped intro) / Electric Eye

Encore 2:

20. Hell Bent For Leather
21. You've Got Another Thing Comin'

Encore 3:

22. Living After Midnight