THE Iron Maiden Thread

[toro]

Guys what do you think about the intro of Satellite 15... The Final Frontier?
I think it might be their best intro ever, but the song itself is kinda... shitty.

[skydivingninja]

Sounds about right, though "Aces High" is still my favorite Maiden opener, followed by The Wicker Man, followed by CSIT, followed by Satellite 15.

[TAC]

I like The Final Fronter (track), but it doesn't really gel with Satellite 15. Sat 15 is awesome..but it needs a proper ending. It sounds like Megadeth (Train Of Consequences-ish_ meets Skunkworks. The transition just does not jive.

My Rankings:

TNOTB
SSOASS
AMOLAD
TFF
POM
Killers
BNW
Powerslave
SiT
DOD
FOTD
IM
X Factor
NPFTD
V XI

[glaurung]

My biggest problem with BNW is probably that it lacks songs i really really love.
DoD has the title-track and Paschendale for example, AMOLAD has The Legacy and For the Greater Good of God and TFF has Starblind and Isle of Avalon to name a few, but BNW doesn't have a song i would rank as high.

That is exactly it. It's consistently good, but never reaches great.

Sounds about right, though "Aces High" is still my favorite Maiden opener, followed by The Wicker Man, followed by CSIT, followed by Satellite 15.

I do believe you left Moonshild off that list.

[skydivingninja]

I've never heard of this "Moonshild."  Is it a B-side or something?

(nah, jk.  That comes after S15 for me.  Its one of the best parts of SSOASS)

[zxlkho]

Moonchild is my favorite Maiden song on my favorite Maiden album.

[Moonchild]

Moonchild is my favorite Maiden song on my favorite Maiden album.

[glaurung]

I've never heard of this "Moonshild."  Is it a B-side or something?

[Perpetual Change]

1. Piece of Mind
...
5. 7th Son

Moonchild is my favorite Maiden song on my favorite Maiden album.

[skydivingninja]

 

[Zantera]

I really like Satellite 15 tbh, personally i think Final Frontier kinda drags down the overall-song, but Satellite 15 sounds very.. Chemical Wedding-ish IMO.
Sounds rawer, and the way Bruce sings on it sounds a bit like his solo-career.

If i would name my favorite opener its kinda hard... Aces High is great (but has been overplayed, and i've gotten slightly bored with it), favorite opener is probably... Sign of the Cross, just because its very unusual for Maiden to open with a long, epic song.
It also helps that its one of their best.

[The King in Crimson]

I know this ended a long time ago, but "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate" is, like, the best song on BNW. I'm sad that it doesn't get that much love.

I'm not really a fan of Satellite 15 as it currently exists. It's kinda cool I guess, but it doesn't mesh well with TFF and it doesn't really go anywhere.

My favorite opener on a Maiden CD is either "Aces High" or "Caught Somewhere In Time."  "Moonchild" is really good too.

[glaurung]

I really like Satelite 15 but I think I might have preferred it as a separate track.

[Moonchild]

1. Piece of Mind
...
5. 7th Son

Moonchild is my favorite Maiden song on my favorite Maiden album.

My Iron Maiden top 5 is a series of perfect albums and perfect songs. Even though I love every single song they have made from those Moonchild is the song I consider a trade mark. 

[MykeHavoc]

I know this ended a long time ago, but "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate" is, like, the best song on BNW. I'm sad that it doesn't get that much love.

Hate it. Ruins an otherwise perfect album. I always stop listening at that track.

[wolfking]

TTLBLAH is one of my top 3 songs on BNW.  It was nice to hear the band do something different, and Dave's guitar playing is spectacular.

[AndyDT]

I must say I'm really enjoying this new album a lot more than AMOLAD and BNW and possibly Dance of Death.

I can't believe people are not more excited than they are. This has some amazing stuff on it. Some of the riffs and bridges flow like the kind of things they were doing in the Killers day except with Bruce on vocals!

The riffs to me seem to be much heavier than anything since the 1980s

I love the song titles as well like The Man Who would be King and When the Wild Wind Blows. The last song to my mind is far, far better than anything on AMOLAD and compares favourably to Paschendale which is one of their best songs in my opinion. The introduction and middle instrumental (as well as most of the many riffs) to this song is amazing as is the intro. to Man who would be King. These are really atmospheric, evocative songs to my mind as well e.g. the cold war, British empire.

I didn't really enjoy some of the songs on AMOLAD like The Longest Day and in particularly The Legacy.

There are at least two good songs that sound like Bruce's solo material.

I like the incidental licks and lead/vocal unison that Maiden have done in recent years.

McBrain's drumming seems to get better. Smith seems a class apart from Murray and Gers on a lot of the songs particularly the first one. Dickinson's voice seems much clearer than AMOLAD. Harris' riffs seem as good as ever.

[Perpetual Change]

I agree Andy. For some reason, nothing on AMOLAD really stuck out at me. I think the songs on TFF-- especially the ones you've mentioned-- have a lot more character.

[Zantera]

After getting over that initial fan-reaction when a new album comes, i'd still rank this album among the better Maiden albums.
I agree that it's very strong, the only things i don't like would go under this:
*The Final Frontier - I love Satellite 15, but TFF kinda drags down the overall song
*El Dorado - the chorus.. probably the chorus i hate the most, in ANY maiden-song
*The Alchemist - nothing really strucks me about this song, sure it's good.. but i wouldn't miss it

With that said, Starblind and Isle of Avalon are already classics for me, and the other songs are great as well.

The biggest reason why im not going all crazy about the album is probably because metal-music feels like a finished chapter in my life, i still listen to it every now and then, but the music im currently into (the most) isn't metal, and i don't enjoy metal as much now as i used to.

[Scard]

Satellite 15 is a waste of time, but The Final Frontier is amazing! El Dorado is great too.

And for me, AMOLAD as a whole was amazing. Lord of Light, These Colours Don't Run, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, and The Legacy all stuck out.

[Birch Boy]

FREEEEEEEEE DUUUUUUUUUMMMMM

FREEEEEEEEE DUUUUUUUUUMMMMM

[Birch Boy]

Cool newish interview: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=146294

[Perpetual Change]

God I hate blabbermouth people.

[GuineaPig]

First European 2011 dates announced: https://www.ironmaiden.com/index.php?categoryid=8&p2_articleid=1258

[Seventh Son]

I just think it might be possible that Blabbermouth's comments are worse than youtube's.

[El Barto]

I have to say, I listened to TFF probably 3 times when if first came out, and haven't had any desire to listen to it again.  Together, S15/TFF make a great song.  I really like Coming Home and WtWWB, but all the rest of them just sound pretty generic.

[yorost]

I know this ended a long time ago, but "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate" is, like, the best song on BNW. I'm sad that it doesn't get that much love.

Hate it. Ruins an otherwise perfect album. I always stop listening at that track.

Why?  That's one of the highlights of the album.

[Cool Chris]

I have to say, I listened to TFF probably 3 times when if first came out, and haven't had any desire to listen to it again. 

I listened to it a lot on my vacation, but that meant through headphones or my car stereo. Haven't given it a proper listen on the home system yet though. I don't think there is anything bad on the album, but there isn't anything particularly outstanding either. The middle stretch of songs are enjoyable, but I don't care as much for the bookending 4 songs, though nothing really sucks. Probably my bottom post-2000 album, but not an outright bomb by any stretch.

[skydivingninja]

I haven't really listened to the new album as a whole for a while now either.  "The Talisman," "Where the Wild Wind Blows," and "El Dorado" still get pretty regular plays, though I admit I stop caring halfway through WTWWB.  Occasionally I'll put on "Coming Home" or "Starblind."  I don't really feel like listening to it again either.

[moffatt]

They have added more tour dates for next year

Friday July 1st - Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium, SWEDEN
Wednesday July 6th - Oslo Telenor, NORWAY
Friday July 8th - Helsinki Olympic Stadium, FINLAND

and also this....

An extensive tour of Australia has already been announced for 2011, and watch this site for many more additional countries over the next few weeks and months. Hopefully Maiden will play somewhere near you !!

There best be a UK date in there, would love to see them again

[GuineaPig]

Already posted ^


But my speculation is that Australia will be followed by a Japanese and South American tour.  The UK I'm betting will get an arena tour, plus festivals in Europe.  North America will get a limited tour a la Dance of Death.

[moffatt]

I even flicked through this page and still missed it 

Good speculation though, arena tour for UK seems right as they did soni this year.

[cramx3]

Already posted ^


But my speculation is that Australia will be followed by a Japanese and South American tour.  The UK I'm betting will get an arena tour, plus festivals in Europe.  North America will get a limited tour a la Dance of Death.

I think North America gets more than a limited tour.  This is a completely different tour and they will most likely hit the major stops.

[wolfking]

Man I'm pissed that most of their dates in Australia is headlining the Soundwave festival.  There is other shows in Melbourne and Sydney but not Brisbane!! 

[GuineaPig]

Already posted ^


But my speculation is that Australia will be followed by a Japanese and South American tour.  The UK I'm betting will get an arena tour, plus festivals in Europe.  North America will get a limited tour a la Dance of Death.

I think North America gets more than a limited tour.  This is a completely different tour and they will most likely hit the major stops.

I doubt it.  They're getting old.  They haven't done a full headlining tour in support of a new album in North America since 2000.