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Well, another day of waiting for us fans here in the USA, but close enough
Well, another day of waiting for us fans here in the USA, but close enough
http://www.ironmaiden.com/
Well, another day of waiting for us fans here in the USA, but close enough
i heard that the new album is the worst one yet. :\
No way, nothing can be worse than Blaze Bayleys Virtual and x factor.
The album is on the Spotify for those who have it btw.
I'll be at the live show tonight in Valencia =)
Damn, still haven't had a chance to pick up the new one
If you get a chance, grab "A Matter of Life and Death." There are some great songs on it.
The Final Frontier, El Dorado and When The Wild Wind Blows are the standout songs, with Mother Of Mercy, Coming Home and The Alchemist ranking second on the album.
Satellite 15... The Final Frontier would have been better off split into two seperate songs IMO.
A Matter... is a really good album, i must concur. Although IMO it starts with the potential to be the greatest album yet, and fades to average-ness halfway though. Still, Different World, These Colours Don't Run, Brighter Than A Thousand Suns and The Longest Day are some of IM's best songs to date.
Now that I had time to listen to the album better, I can say I'm totally hooked to When The Wild Wind Blows and Starblind (I'm surprised you didn't mention this one), my second favs, would be Mother of Mercy, El Dorado and The Man Who Would be King, followed close by the rest of the songs. There are no bad songs in the album.
I agree about Satellite 15 and The Final Frontier should have been two separate songs.
As an anecdote I shall say that I downloaded the album while I was waiting for the pre-ordered CD to arrive, and when I started hearing Satellite 15, sounded so strange for a Maiden album, that it made me think for a moment that I downloaded a fake.
I disagree about the last part, I find the Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, For the Greater Good of God and The Legacy, are my favorite tracks on the album (and Brighter Than A Thousand Suns among the ones you mentioned).
Is amazing how much opinions can vary between two Maiden fans when it comes to analyze an album.
And about the show in Valencia, it was amazing, I cant believe that they are in such a good shape after so many years. It had everything one could wish from a live Maiden show, great sound, lights, presentation, performance, Eddie, the Devil, Bruce Dickinson climbing up the stage... Even the song selection was great, it had a good balance between classics songs and new era song.
I was specially delighted and surprised when they played Fear of the Dark, as I think they didn't play that one in any other show in the whole tour, I was looking at the set lists and I really didn't expect it.
It was great to be there and leave my throat behind trying to sing along, an experience that no Maiden fan should miss. Feels as if I ticked one of those squares in the list of things I have to do before I die. (which spawned another square that tells me to return in the next tour =))