As I'm sure you'd agree, January is often a tough month for everyone so Rez Dining decided to break the monotony a little by delivering some 'fun in the sun', even if it is only for a few hours.

We've had a break ? we've been out for almost two years. We all decided to take January off, and then we're going to start writing the new album in February. We are doing a charity show for the Teenage Cancer Trust at [London's] Albert Hall in April, and we are talking about some summer festivals [in Europe]. But our main priority is to write the next Judas Priest album ? that'll be the number one thing on our agenda.

It's been tough, it's going to be tough, but you've got to break through.

We knew it would be mid-January before we had the team we knew we could be. This month is the first time we have had everyone on the mat that we wanted.

I decided this would be the big break.

Things just came to me. It has been a tough month and hopefully this is the start of a better part of the season.