Stupid and silly, and also pointless, guessing game about the songs and how they could be like.
01." Senjutsu" (8:20) Smith/Harris
This is gonna be a "false epic" like If Eternity Should Fail. Relatively simple song, but taken to 8 minutes by an intro and a long solo. The opening title track is always relatively straightforward, see Caught Somewhere in Time.
02. "Stratego" (4:59) Gers/Harris
Single-ish kind of song, like Speed of Light, this is gonna be short and relatively fun.
03. "The Writing On The Wall" (6:13) Smith/Dickinson
Something tells me this might be a mid tempo, don't know why
04. "Lost In A Lost World" (9:31) Harris
The first Harris epic, this is gonna be the one most in his style, the No more Lies but longer, kinda like Longest Day. And yes, the chorus is going to be "Lost in a lost world" x4, if not 8.
05. "Days Of Future Past" (4:03) Smith/Dickinson
Another fast song, not as single-ish like Stratego, more like The Alchemist or Death or Glory.
06. "The Time Machine" (7:09) Gers/Harris
The "Starblind" of the album, an unusual and weird mid tempo song.
07. "Darkest Hour" (7:20) Smith/Dickinson
Another surprise, a song relatively simple, but yet epic and bombastic.
08. "Death Of The Celts" (10:20) Harris
Isle of Avalon part II, this is gonna have a strong celtic influence, a bit of Clansman also in there.
09. "The Parchment" (12:39) Harris
This one will definitively have a long acoustic intro like The Talisman, and a quite long solo section.
10. "Hell On Earth" (11:19) Harris
The "Legacy" of the album, a pessimistic song that will end up with a glimmer of hope, in a bombastic and memorable manner. I know it's 10 years if not more that we're bracing for their retirement and they still go on, but they must know that any day is a gift now, they'll want to end their possibly last album in a memorable way just in case.