The Iron Maiden Thread v. The Merge of Souls

[cramx3]

There's a limited edition, available for fan club members only, with a wooden, handcrafted box. AMAZING.

Oh that's cool, do you know the price and relevant info for that?  I let my membership slide.  Usually renew when they announce a US tour (which I plan on doing again) but if this is something really good, it could get me to renew now.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I remember looking at the Somewhere In Time cover, and trying to find all the nuggets. Good times.

Yea me too, I remember as a kid borrowing my older friends entire CD and Vinyl collection of Maiden albums and just spent hours trying to find all the little things and of course Riggs symbol, good times.

It kind of surprise me that Maiden didn't catch that over the years, seems like that was a popular thing among their albums compared to others.

[RodrigoAltaf]

There's a limited edition, available for fan club members only, with a wooden, handcrafted box. AMAZING.

Oh that's cool, do you know the price and relevant info for that?  I let my membership slide.  Usually renew when they announce a US tour (which I plan on doing again) but if this is something really good, it could get me to renew now.

As per my friend who's a member of the fan club, it hasn't been announced yet. I am EAGERLY awaiting for the songs to be shared with us, so that I can give you guys my first impressions!

[Lupton]

There's a limited edition, available for fan club members only, with a wooden, handcrafted box. AMAZING.

Oh that's cool, do you know the price and relevant info for that?  I let my membership slide.  Usually renew when they announce a US tour (which I plan on doing again) but if this is something really good, it could get me to renew now.

As per my friend who's a member of the fan club, it hasn't been announced yet. I am EAGERLY awaiting for the songs to be shared with us, so that I can give you guys my first impressions!

Yeah I only really care about the music. And as a personal preference..more songs with all 3 guitarists taking solos please!  Doesn't happen as often as you'd expect from a 3 guitar band. Hopefully, lots of long tunes from Steve bodes well on this front.  Look forward to hearing your 1st impressions.

[wolfking]

Preorders for the deluxe box over here coming in between $200-$210.  That's ridiculous!

[The Curious Orange]

Urgh, it's in a digipack rather than a jewel case. Digipacks are nice, but they wear out and get tatty far too quickly. You can always replace a jewel case when it breaks.

[Mladen]

I'm still waiting for it to come up on their website. I'll probably preorder the digipak, although I also wish it were the jewel case.

[Kotowboy]

"Writing On The Wall" is the first Iron Maiden song I actually liked.

[RodrigoAltaf]

"Writing On The Wall" is the first Iron Maiden song I actually liked.

Riiiiiiiiiiiight

[wolfking]

"Writing On The Wall" is the first Iron Maiden song I actually liked.

First Iron Maiden song you've heard then?

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

"Writing On The Wall" is the first Iron Maiden song I actually liked.

[Architeuthis]

"Writing On The Wall" is the first Iron Maiden song I actually liked.

It is THE most recent Iron Maiden song I liked.. 🤘 😁🤘

[kirksnosehair]

Pre-Orders now being taken at Amazon.com for the deluxe Media Book 2 CD set


Ordered mine 

[Zydar]

I just stumbled upon some creative fan art 

[kirksnosehair]

Order on Ironmaiden.com

[kirksnosehair]

So, yeah, being the hard-core life-long Iron Maiden fan that I am, I bought the special edition from Amazon AND the Box Set from Iron Maiden 

[RodrigoAltaf]

"Writing On The Wall" is the first Iron Maiden song I actually liked.

 Here's an album for you then: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplay-music-of-the-spheres-1199467/

[425]

What, in your estimation, does it say about me that I'm excited for both new Iron Maiden and new Coldplay?

[RodrigoAltaf]

 VERY cool Bruce interview, with snippets of the lyrics of the new album: https://www.kerrang.com/features/uncover-the-secrets-of-iron-maiden-new-album-senjutsu-only-interview/

[Stadler]

Wow.  I sort of upped my Maiden game.  I only went with the 2CD Digipack (from Amazon), but from Ironmaiden.com, I joined the fan club and bought the album t-shirt.  Unusual for me.

[Mladen]

"Writing On The Wall" is the first Iron Maiden song I actually liked.

 Here's an album for you then: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplay-music-of-the-spheres-1199467/

What a surprising way to find out that Coldplay is releasing an album. Thanks, I'm actually looking forward to this one. 

By the way, can the CD be purchased via band's website? All it says is "available everywhere", yet it doesn't look like it's available on their site:

https://www.ironmaiden.com/senjutsu

[nobloodyname]

VERY cool Bruce interview, with snippets of the lyrics of the new album: https://www.kerrang.com/features/uncover-the-secrets-of-iron-maiden-new-album-senjutsu-only-interview/

Love this paragraph:

“I’m not sure what war [though],” he continues. ​“I looked at the lyrics and I thought, ​‘This sounds like someone’s been binge-watching Game Of Thrones!’ There’s northern people coming down from the grasslands, there’s a wall, and they’ve got to protect the wall at all costs… I said, ​‘Are you talking about the Great Wall Of China here? In which case we’re mixing our metaphors a lot.’ And Steve went, ​‘No, not the Great Wall Of China. It’s just a wall.’

[Grappler]

 

Maiden could rock the shit out of a song about Game of Thrones!   That was a great interview.

[RodrigoAltaf]

My midday 12km run was PERFECTLY timed to The Final Frontier.

[TAC]

My midday 12km run was PERFECTLY timed to The Final Frontier.

Yeah, but for me, it'd be the song. 

I assume you meant the whole album.

[Architeuthis]

I just stumbled upon some creative fan art 

Wow, the first one is awesome! 

[MirrorMask]

Things began appearing on the internet, like a Twitter account, @bels_feast, which only followed 16 accounts (the number of albums Maiden have done), all punning on titles. The Killers was an obvious nod to the band’s second album; We Rate Dogs for The Number Of The Beast was genius.

Can someone explain it to me? 'cause I don't get the connection, apparently I'm not a genius.

[Samurai Eddie] He ties in with its title-track, a Japanese word that roughly means ‘strategy and tactics’, or ‘the art of war’

I mean, I'm fine with Senjutsu, but if I wanted to think of the album in another way, I'd rather think of it as "The Art of War" rather than "Strategy and Tactics".

It’s a really amazing record. It probably wants to be played in its entirety live.

Do they really want a rerun of the "Play classics" thing?  I mean, if the album is good, ok, but it's 80 minutes and counting, already playing Matter left only two songs - the usual ones, Fear of the Dark and Iron Maiden - before the encores, this one is even longer....?

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I just stumbled upon some creative fan art 

That should be the cover for the single along with "Listen with Nicko part 2"

[Stadler]

I went to the Legacy tour, and got all the classics.  Obviously, it will depend if I like it or not, but based on recent high level of output by the band, if they wanted to play this one in it's entirely, I'd go.

[425]

I really think they just will not in the United States, unfortunately. They had such problems with the reception here on the AMOLAD tour that I really doubt they'll try that again.

[TAC]

Still pissed I missed that show.

[ProfessorPeart]

I really think they just will not in the United States, unfortunately. They had such problems with the reception here on the AMOLAD tour that I really doubt they'll try that again.

Well, I was one of those. Best seats I ever had for a Maiden show and they do that. I'm not against the playing of a full album, just not that one. Had it been BNW or Dance of Death even, I would not have thrown a fit like I did.

[cramx3]

I'd totally go to a show of playing the full new album live, but I've got to hear it before I say if I would really want them to do that or not.  AMOLAD is my favorite IM album so I'm really happy I got to see it live, but yeah.... the crowd reaction overall was not nearly as happy as I was.  I don't really see them doing this album in full regardless.  It's just too long and they already did a full album tour before so I'm not sure they would feel compelled to do so again (unless this truly is a masterpiece album).

[RodrigoAltaf]

I really think they just will not in the United States, unfortunately. They had such problems with the reception here on the AMOLAD tour that I really doubt they'll try that again.

Remember Bruce tearing up that poster that said "play the classics"?

[cramx3]

I've got to imagine they will play at least 1 song if not a few during the rescheduled Legacy of the Beast tour though.  Similar to how they played El Durado in the US on the TFF first leg of the tour in the US, but nothing else from TFF.