The disagreement fuelled speculation that the gods of metal were suffering from internal business disagreements which contributed to the surprise departure of guitarist KK Downing, who mentioned "management elements" in his resignation statement.

But the band say even Halford doesn't agree with what was said, and they'll deal with the situation behind closed doors. John Baxter, who's worked with the singer's Metal God Entertainment firm for years, recently posted a message on RobHalford.com saying: "We will begin removing Judas Priest related topics from its websites in protest at Glenn Tipton (decision maker), Jayne Andrews (amateur thug for Glenn, can't trust, leach), Bill Curbishley (apathetic leach) and John McBrice (unlicensed, unregistered accountant, leach) for lack of professional and ethical conduct as it relates to Rob's business matters for much of the last six years.