A new studio album, Angel of Retribution , was released on 1 March

A new studio album, Angel of Retribution , was released on 1 March 2005 (US) on Sony Music / Epic Records to critical and commercial success, earning the band a 2005 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award for Best Album. A global tour in support of the album ensued. As for the band Halford, writing for the fourth release was cut off. After the Retribution tour in June 2006, however, Halford announced he would create his own record company, Metal God Entertainment, where he would release all his solo material under his own control. In November 2006 he remastered his back catalogue and released it exclusively through Apple’s iTunes Store . Two new songs allegedly set for the fourth release, “Forgotten Generation” and “Drop Out”, were released through iTunes as well.