Anyone else bored with the new album? Obviously not everyone..
Like, it's a good Maiden album. There's a few surprises in there, just like every other IM album, and I'm sure I'd enjoy it a lot if I was on an IM kick, but they really don't bring much new to the table that hasn't been done before on the previous 5 albums, much less the last 16 albums. I've felt the same way about TFF and TBOS. At least the first few reunion albums had more of a feeling of freshness to it, with the proggy elements increased by AMOLAD.
The last few albums have felt like they're just recreating the success of those first 3 reunion albums, and maybe they succeeded, but they all just sound the same. Like they're all part of the same triple album, or the 6 reunion albums feel like a giant sextuple album. In a bubble, the new album is great. In the context of their discography, it's just more of the same, which isn't bad, but nothing that is making me want to come back to this album on any regular basis.