Rob Halford left Judas Priest in 1992 and the band then separated. During their split, Tipton wrote material for a solo project he formed in the mid-1990s. His first solo effort was the album "Baptizm of Fire", which was released in 1997, followed by "Edge of the World" in 2006. In 1996, Judas Priest reformed with new vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens. This new version of the band recorded the albums "Jugulator" in 1997 and "Demolition" in 2001. Both of these albums experimented with new sounds that distinguished them from the records with Halford. In 2003, Judas Priest reunited with Rob Halford and toured in celebration of his return in 2004. The band released "Angel of Retribution" in 2005 and "Nostradamus" in 2008. In 2010, Judas Priest announced their "Epitaph World Tour", which was to be the last major world tour, which was also their first tour without original guitarist K. K. Downing, and the first to feature his replacement, Richie Faulkner. The band later retracted this announcement, and released their seventeenth album "Redeemer of Souls" in July 2014, as well as supporting the album with a world tour.