Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was the third album I ever got, I remember drawing pictures of Eddie in art class, religiously reading the lyrics and playing air guitar, writing their name on my bag, my first band t-shirt, buying metal hammer, and saving up my pocket money to buy their back catalogue, my mum even got me "the Adventures of Lord Iffy Boatrace for Christmas" I read it in a day...
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 8 November 2002 20:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 8 November 2002 20:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Friday, 8 November 2002 20:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 8 November 2002 20:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Aces High" is the single greatest song to sing at the top lungs at 3am in your underwear...
"The Trooper" is their masterpiece though.
― Juan (Juan), Friday, 8 November 2002 20:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Friday, 8 November 2002 20:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 8 November 2002 20:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― original bgm, Friday, 8 November 2002 21:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 8 November 2002 22:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kate, Friday, 8 November 2002 22:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 8 November 2002 22:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Friday, 8 November 2002 23:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Queen G (Queeng), Saturday, 9 November 2002 10:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― meirion john lewis (mei), Saturday, 9 November 2002 12:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 11 November 2002 03:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also Brave New World is probably the best 'comeback' album by a metal band ever.
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 11 November 2002 05:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 11 November 2002 16:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Monday, 11 November 2002 17:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 11 November 2002 19:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 11 November 2002 20:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 December 2003 04:29 (twenty years ago) link
― alext (alext), Thursday, 11 December 2003 09:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 11 December 2003 12:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Saturday, 19 August 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 19 August 2006 22:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Saturday, 19 August 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link
-- Roger Fascist (RogerFascis...) (webmail), November 11th, 2002 12:06 PM. (Roger Fascist)
lol
― =[[ (eman), Saturday, 19 August 2006 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 24 August 2006 02:45 (seventeen years ago) link
They are touring US again, and I am so fukcing there, .. i won't miss this for the fucking world
most rulest
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE!!! Oh, c'mon Bruce ... please do 1 or 2 songs for the headz...
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 29 March 2008 04:45 (sixteen years ago) link
As mentioned in the rolling metal thread, their five Western Canadian dates all sold out within a couple hours today...60,000 tickets. The Calgary pre-sale outsold the one for MSG. We've missed them a lot out here. Can't wait for June 8th!!!
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 29 March 2008 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
"flight 666" is showing here tonight, i think it's sold out though ;_;
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 1 May 2009 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Dying to see that.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 1 May 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i got "the early years" a 2-dvd thing from netflix in the mail yesterday and watched 30 min of concert footage from a gig in late '80 or '81 (copyright) from a place called 'rainbow'? where they played iron maiden the song. it was paul di'anno, adrian smith and clive burr with dave murray and steve harris. they looked so much like fuckin spinal tap! my mouth was open when i wasn't head-banging. so awesome! can't wait to see the rest of this thing
― a fool committed to a VISION of SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS (jdchurchill), Thursday, 6 May 2010 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Early Years is great! You are in for a treat and a half. But 'Beast Over Hammersmith' blows Rainbow away. Hearing/seeing Bruce with full pipes back then...glorious.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man i can't wait to get to my dvd player, dudes
― a fool committed to a VISION of SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS (jdchurchill), Friday, 7 May 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Why did we never talk about this:
http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/eddie-jessica-parker.jpg
From metalsucks back in 2008.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm shocked (shocked!) the final frontier is being ignored in year-end roundups. it's too bad, since "isle of avalon" is one of their great epics
― kamerad, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
It's really good but a combination of High On Fire and Cathedral has booted it out of my end of year list.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
that cathedral album is GREAT and i cannot knock high on fire ever. seems like maiden somehow always gets the shaft though
― kamerad, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes. YES. They're touring North America this summer...
http://www.ironmaiden.com/maiden-on-the-charge.html
― Clarke B., Saturday, 18 February 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
V. sad news -- Clive Burr has passed on:
http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blogpost.aspx?post=f7aff587-1038-49c6-9d83-e27c0b007e53
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
So sad. Such a lovely-seeming guy, and man what a beast of a drummer.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmswOIYWlg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
ah fuck it, play this whole thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfU_zLWsh6I
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
ragh screw that link, it's way out of sync
this one's better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWF-B95qZj0
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
got home from a morning appointment and my daughter immediately runs up to me and says "I have something very sad to tell you. One of your drummers died"
:(
― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
yr daughter is the cutest
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
That guy could pull off drum fills like no other. I remain a big fan of Nicko's, but Clive really did bring a lot of personality to those early Maiden songs.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah Nicko is terrific. I do think there was something special about Clive's drumming though (possibly sheer nostalgia for him talking but I'd like to think not) - I feel like he helped to set the speed and the punk feel of that first album and helped informed their early style through full-out metal transition with Dickinson and NOTB. I don't know if you could do that with just any drummer.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, Clive definitely brought the speed that the first two records demanded. Like Nicko, he was one of a kind, the perfect fit for that era of Iron Maiden.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
it's funny how Nicko still feels like the new guy to me and he's been playing with them for how many years now?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
RIP to a great drummer
― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
Why did he leave Maiden?
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 14 March 2013 13:06 (eleven years ago) link
So Piece of Mind is thirty years old today, sez Ade.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 May 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
i recommend CRANKING THE HELL out of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udUlQmI3Mys
happy birthday Piece of Mind!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYON YOUR WAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYLIKE AN EEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGLLLEEEFLY AS HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGHHHAS THE SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
Well yes.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfel9LJIGco
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Friday, 17 May 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
I've been listening to a lot of Maiden the past week because I finally read Garry Bushell's Iron Maiden Running free, which has been out of print for a long time, but revived on Kindle earlier this year for $5.99. I hoped it would be better as he does have writing/journalism credentials, and covered the band for various magazines over the years. However it's largely fanboy stuff, with a lot of fawning about what a blast it was partying with the band, relating (largely in heavy cockney slang) had-to-be-there inside jokes/pranks, and boring play-by-play accounts of their soccer games. Ah well, if you're a fan it's still kind of enjoyable. Most alarming was all the stories about what a dangerously bad driver Bruce was, and he vowed never to ride with him again. I wonder if he ever flew with them since then!
Regarding references to the band's annual Xmas cards, there was a (crappy B&W) reproduction of the one from 1981 in the book. I asked Martin Popoff if those cards are included in his Run For Cover: The Art Of Derek Riggs book. He said there should be a bunch in there. They are out of print, but you can still order from Riggs' site (derekriggs.com) or via Amazon.
I used this one for a piece 8 years ago that was likely from a card (I added the "Heavy Metal Holidaze" type):
http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eddie_dwarves.jpg
Lastly, I considered starting a thread about Iron Maiden acolytes, bands with strongly recognizable Iron Maiden influence, but I couldn't think of that many. There are a lot of bands with some Maiden influence of course, but not that many where they are easily recognizable as their primary sound. Savatage, Wolf, 3 Inches Of Blood and of course Slough Feg. Any others?
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 18 November 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
Dawnbringer springs to mind.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 18 November 2013 22:41 (ten years ago) link
I always maintained that The Decemberists' (yawrn, I know) "The Infanta" was heavily Maiden-influenced.
There's a whole genre of (generally really shitty) metal that was spawned from the furrow Maiden ploughed, called "Power Metal". Other than the genre-dwellers, I don't know that Maiden had a lot of recognizable influence. It's too bad. They're my favourite metal band, hands-down, and one of the all-time greats in any genre. That run of albums up to Seventh Son was unbeatable.
― A sort of "Sister Ray" for the mentally handicapped (staggerlee), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 03:07 (ten years ago) link
I finally got the Maiden England reissued set (1988) and it kind of blows me away how not dissimilar 88 Bruce sounds to '14 Bruce. I mean he's definitely lost his highest of highs but when I saw him last year he sounded about as good on these songs as he does on this album. Guy's definitely got longevity.
i wish they were bringing teh Maiden England tour back to the US again this year. saw it in back to back years in 2012-2013 and it was so effing dope.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 18 July 2014 04:51 (nine years ago) link
also noticing how he's managed to sing flat throughout "Wasted Years" :/
― Neanderthal, Friday, 18 July 2014 04:59 (nine years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, May 17, 2013 11:28 AM (1 year ago)
― j., Saturday, 3 January 2015 02:13 (nine years ago) link
otm
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 January 2015 02:28 (nine years ago) link
i love how right off the bat quest for fire is so ridiculous
In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth
that when they keep going
When the land was swamp and caves werrrre hooooooommmeIn an age when prize possession was fireTo search for landscapes men would roam.
it sounds like dickinson is hitting the high notes just to underscore it
― j., Saturday, 3 January 2015 02:32 (nine years ago) link
work has offered up a lip sync contest for our sales meeting this year
think I'm going to do 'Run to the Hills' :D
mainly because I have listened to it more times than most of the other songs that I like and it's SO MUCH FUN
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 January 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link
Well THIS sucks, glad it was caught early but
http://www.ironmaiden.com/bruce-dickinson-undergoes-cancer-treatment.html
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 February 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
fingers crossed for him
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 February 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link
New album, The Book of Souls, September 4 (single global release date). A 92-minute 2CD set, last song is 18 minutes long.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 18 June 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
Anyone tried the beer they make, Trooper? Not bad at all imo.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/pictures/420xAny/6/1/7/21617_iron-maiden-trooper-beer.gif
― Josefa, Thursday, 18 June 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
I love the beer, personally. Strong and citrusy. I also have no idea how to describe beer. But it's yummy.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 18 June 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
They rock, they fly 747s, they make delicious beer. I don't know what this band can't do
― Josefa, Thursday, 18 June 2015 20:29 (eight years ago) link
Yeah the beer is p good!
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 June 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
P good in bottles, V good on tap, IMO.
I'm glad they're still rocks my (and when I saw them in 2007 or sthereabouts, they were stellar) but for me their discography ends with 7th Son. Consistently too much work for little reward after that.
― hardcore dilettante, Friday, 19 June 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
*rocking, not rocks my, jebus.
I'll have a much more in-depth review done in a couple weeks, but after a month of immersion in <i>The Book of Souls</i> I thought I'd offer some quick thoughts on Twitter.
http://bit.ly/1IJh5UV
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 13 August 2015 07:32 (eight years ago) link
Their best since 7th Son? Count me in!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 August 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
The single is not bad.
― jmm, Friday, 14 August 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's ill....kinda bluesy and truckin' hard rock reminds me of the paul dianno era a bit
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 August 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
Here's my complete take on the new record. I would have been perfectly happy with an album on par with the last four, but they've outdone themselves with this one.
http://www.popmatters.com/review/196855-iron-maiden-the-book-of-souls/
― A. Begrand, Monday, 31 August 2015 07:43 (eight years ago) link
That was a very enjoyable review. As a new Maiden fan who's working through the discography chronologically, I am now excited to catch up to The Book of Souls in... well, considering my current pace, probably five or six years.
― JRN, Monday, 31 August 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
Excellent review. I'm gonna come to s'toon and make you buy me beer if this record doesn't kick my ass, ok?
― hardcore dilettante, Monday, 31 August 2015 23:38 (eight years ago) link
"empire of the clouds" is incredible. sounds like they've been listening a little to motorpsycho and steven wilson
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 14:08 (eight years ago) link
I ended up tearing through the whole Maiden discography over about six weeks last month in preparation for seeing them live. The whole process was one of the most rewarding musical experiences I'd ever had. So much so, in fact, that a lot of other music, even stuff I like, is sounding a little drab in comparison. This band is just bursting with energy and riffs and hooks and fun.
My top favorites ended up being Somewhere In Time for the early run and The Final Frontier for the 2000-2010s era. But I bet I'd have a different opinion if I did it over again.
I doubt, however, that anything will displace "Caught Somewhere In Time" as my single favorite Iron Maiden song.
― JRN, Sunday, 1 May 2016 01:39 (seven years ago) link
I listened to Piece of Mind the other day for the first time in a long while and marveled at how mild and basically arena rocky it sounded. When I was a kid, Maiden was like the heaviest sounding shit ever, but now it sounds polite.
Still love 'em.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 1 May 2016 04:17 (seven years ago) link
They often strike me as a rather un-heavy heavy metal band. The word that kept coming to mind as I was listening to them, especially on the faster numbers of course, was "fleet". Maybe it's all those galloping rhythms and songs about aviation, but for me they evoke swiftness alongside size and power. But I don't often get that sense of thudding wrecking-ball heaviness from them that I do get from, say, Black Sabbath.
― JRN, Monday, 2 May 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
When I was a kid
Key point. I think until I was well into high school, the only Sabbath song I'd ever heard was Paranoid (on the radio).
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 2 May 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
Iron Maiden has the gallop, which is their unique swing on the heavy metal thing.
― earlnash, Monday, 2 May 2016 04:16 (seven years ago) link
finally listened to Bruce's version of "Remember Tomorrow". I never did in the past cos I usually don't like hearing him on most Paul songs but dare I say I think he does this one better. it's so jarring hearing him sing notes that are so low (for him), because he so rarely did, and he sounds...different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPG0GNGVx-Q
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 10 June 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
Nice, I think Bruce Bruce handles pretty much all the old songs pretty well. I was just reading last year's comments about not being that heavy, well to be fair they did develop their sound throughout the 70s, inspired by the likes of Jethro Tull and Wishbone Ash. There's always been a progressive element that they return to more on certain albums. Here's Opeth in 1998 covering the same song:
https://youtu.be/k-ZfPeC14qw
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 10 June 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link
lol the OPeth version was the first I heard and I didn't know it was a Maiden song.
expecting Maiden to be "heavy" is kinda missing the point IMO, outside of the first two albums. like Priest were a more 'aggressive band' (though also were more AOR at times), Maiden were more exploratory and textured.
I'm also mega jealous of anybody who saw them play together back in the day
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 10 June 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
Well, not really about Maiden, but...behold.
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/vancouver_singer_for_clown-themed_iron_maiden_cover_band_arrested_for_allegedly_smuggling_7_million_of_drugs_into_japan
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 January 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
hey all Maiden has another live album from their last tour and like all Maiden live albums it's a lot of fun and reminds me a lot of that tour.
the guitars sound like buzzsaws and the bass is nice and present. also Bruce sounds gee-reat. obviously how many diff versions of these damn songs do you need, but hey, right now we CAN'T GO TO CONCERTS so fuck u for your attitude
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Thursday, 31 December 2020 05:31 (three years ago) link
k i'm sorry u didn't deserve that
New song "The Writing on the Wall" just premiered on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhBnW7bZHEE
― JRN, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
really weird that they decided to cover the Sam Smith James Bond song
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
Admittedly I've only been half paying attention to the viral build up this week, is "Belshazzar's Feast" the name of the new album then?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
not a bad tune, but somewhat lacking for a first new single drop.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
I don't think that's been confirmed yet. In trying to figure this out, I discovered that "Belshazzar's feast" is the name sometimes used for the Bible story that gave us the phrase "the writing on the wall". So it may just be something they were using to tease the new single.
― JRN, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
i dunno, i thought the song was pretty good! i said to mr veg, the storyline of the animated video kinda lost me at times but it looked like it was dreamed up by a 14 year old while bored in math class (which is a compliment ie it looks dope)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
It's a perfectly fine middle-of-Side-One Iron Maiden song, but a leadoff single? Nah. Iron Maiden used to write fast songs; they need to get back to that.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
in the context of modern era maiden ie the past, 15 years, i think it’s fine & no slower than most of their other recent stuffi know this corny but i am super fucking grateful that they do not suck. I mean, they could happily retire if they wanted but instead still pushing out pretty fkn decent tunes in 2021 & staying in their lane.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
Agree 100%. And the fact that they continue to absolutely destroy live is amazing to me. I've never gone home from a concert happier than the nights I saw Iron Maiden.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
yeah samethat was my first thought: new single = new album = new tour weeee 😃
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
thanks! i just saw that name popping up too, so I assumed that to be the name of the first single before today. waiting until i can hear this on something other than shitty laptop speakers, but def excited for more new Maiden! \m/
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, July 15, 2021 1:39 PM bookmarkflaglink
this is how I feel tbh. not so much about the tempo, as some of my favorite tunes on Book of Souls (which I loved) were mid-tempo, but this doesn't feel like a leadoff single to me.
if I heard it in the middle of the album, I'd like it just fine.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, July 15, 2021 1:45 PM bookmarkflaglink
I genuinely got chills when I saw them in Tampa two years ago, because the lights were as such where the crowd became mega visible, and you could see the 21,000 seat arena was fucking FULL and screaming their heads off. 20,000+ people to see Iron Maiden, in the 21st century. Priest, on the other hand, who are also still going strong, are mostly doing Hard Rock Lives and things with much smaller capacities (though I'm guessing in Europe they draw bigger).
by comparison, I saw Slayer's last arena tour, and, not gonna lie, the attendance was pretty dope, but....the arena was not filled. there were empties.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
(it was an awesome show/tour, and Slayer's popularity was probably as high as it had been in 20 years, but you could tell that an arena tour was a little lofty in 2019 for Slayer, as opposed to 1991)
they are ok.
― xzanfar, Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
great post
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJkYGNiBkso
― xzanfar, Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
steeeerike two
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
I recently saw a clip of Brexiter Bruce complaining about all the ways Brexit has made things harder for him.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lku0bf3grts
― xzanfar, Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
hey mods uhhh
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
those are kinda fun tbh
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
tho actually (unintentionally?) make a great case for Maiden's songcraft and ability to write indelible guitar melodies
so the whole Belshazzar's Feast thing was a red herring? anyway, who cares, new album imminent. cover art is badass. up the irons! \m/
https://www.ironmaiden.com/media/images/teddy.jpg
1. Senjutsu (Smith/Harris) 8:202. Stratego (Gers/Harris) 4:593. The Writing On The Wall (Smith/Dickinson) 6:134. Lost In A Lost World (Harris) 9:315. Days Of Future Past (Smith/Dickinson) 4:036. The Time Machine (Gers/Harris) 7:097. Darkest Hour (Smith/Dickinson) 7:208. Death Of The Celts (Harris) 10:209. The Parchment (Harris) 12:3910. Hell On Earth (Harris) 11:19
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
lol at 3 10+ minute songs
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
i hope this is as ridiculously OTT as Book of Souls, which I loved
same. i have no problem with current era epic length Maiden songs.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Book of Souls material went over really well live too. in fact that fuckin' tour was maybe my favorite, though the last one was great too.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
I'm not sure what I expected from an Iron Maiden song in 2021 but I didn't expect most of it to sound like country to me
― Karl Havoc (DJP), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
sounded more like ZZ Top-influenced Maiden to my ears. this is the type of song that woulda fit in the middle section of The Final Frontier I think.
weird choice for a lead single unless the whole album is like this.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
Kinda wish these recent album cover art efforts didn't just have a black background behind Eddie, though. You need some sort of insane landscape or towering monument or something.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 July 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
True.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
Eddie in Las Vegas playing craps
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
but I didn't expect most of it to sound like country to me
Maybe I need to start listening to country radio more often if this is what it sounds like now!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
Somewhere On The Strip
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 July 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
Yeah hold on if country radio 2021 is essentially Iron Maiden then what a world we live in.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 July 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
I planned out a Maiden jukebox musical last year when there was nothing better to do, it involved a young tearaway called Eddie ("Running Free") being falsely accused of murdering a sex worker (guess) and executed ("Hallowed Be Thy Name"), then being struck by lightning or somesuch and, as the zombified Eddie, falling through time ("Somewhere in Time") to various historical periods (plenty of material there) before going to Hell and killing Satan ("Number of the Beast"). Then returning as the Phantom of the Opera or whatever. I mean I'd go and see it.
― cryptkeepers are different (Matt #2), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
the evil that men dogoes on in Nashville
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
hahaha dude put that sucker up xpost
I think you just outlined what would have happened if Steve Harris was mysteriously replaced by Jim Steinman.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 July 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
I'd Be Caught Anywhere in Time (But I Won't Go There)
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
"Don't be sadTwo minutes to midnightAin't bad."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 July 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
Ned otm re the cover the new album cover kinda gives me, dare I say it, ‘X Factor’ vibes *shudder*
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 July 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
This is kind of... "stoner"?
I like it more than anything on Book Of Souls already.
― Noel Emits, Monday, 19 July 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
their album covers kinda suck nowlol I was wondering and I didn't know the breakup with Derek Riggs was so spicyFor the album] “Somewhere In Time”: ‘We want a science fiction city. A bit like Blade Runner.’ Cause they just steal things out of films, that’s all they do,” Riggs said. “I was with them one time and we were walking around a bookshop somewhere, and they were looking at the book covers saying ‘Oh, we can have Eddie doing this, and Eddie doing that.’ starling ideas instead of trying something original. I just had enough of it. They run around making out like ‘they’re all our ideas.” but no, the ideas that they give me are stolen from other places. But I did the best I could to try to make them original and to inject some life into them.“You know, Steve Harris’s idea was he wanted to link Eddie to his favorite football team [American soccer],” he said. “It’s like, you’ve got a legendary rock ‘n’ roll icon, and it’s the best selling icon there’s ever been in rock and roll and you want to tag it onto the ass-end of some f**king second-rate football team. From then on I just kind of lost interest: ‘If you want to do it, you f**king do it. Let’s see what you’ve got.’ And what they had was nothing.”Adding to the discord between Riggs and the Maiden camp was the tremendous popularity of Riggs’ art work.“The album covers – my work – was getting more attention than the music, and it upset their (the band’s) ego,” Riggs said. “So they were going around the world telling everybody that it was all their ideas and I was just a dumb monkey that painted it all. So this didn’t go down very well. And then they said to me. ‘Well, when are you going to come out with a good idea, because they’re all our ideas,’ and I was like “Oh, are they all your ideas? Then you tell me what to paint and I’ll paint it.” ’cause if you’re working real f**king hard to make these ideas, to make them continuous and make them cohesive the way they were – but then some f**king jackass can turn around and say something like that, it’s a real f**king slap in the face. It gets real old really f**king quick. So, from then on my attitude was like, ‘You tell me what to paint and I’ll paint it, because I’m obviously not getting credit for thinking of these ideas.’
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 July 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
When it comes to the latter day cover art nothing can beat Dance of Death for time and place cheese. On the flip side, I appreciated the perfect pulp of The Final Frontier.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 July 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link
Anyway I'm rereading the songtitles from this new one and it seems like they should have already used about half of those already, I'm mildly surprised they hadn't!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 July 2021 23:50 (two years ago) link
i wish they would just back up the money truck & make up with Riggs already, his covers were so fucking awesome
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 00:03 (two years ago) link
he sounds like kind of a dick too though? which with bruce in the band already kind of explains the parting of ways a little too also maybd ease up on harry & westham united mate jfc
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 00:04 (two years ago) link
I like the stripped-down covers, including this one. Striking as hell, which is what you want in a great LP cover. The track is pretty great to be honest. I was blindsided by Smith's spaghetti western rock riff but the thing has grown on me mightily over the last five days. I loved Book of Souls, so my expectations for this one are high.
As for the Belshazzar's feast thing, I'm pretty sure it was just a sneaky gag. The Belshazzar story is the origin of the "writing on the wall" idiom, which happens to be the title of the first single. My guess, anyway!
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 00:07 (two years ago) link
I like the stripped-down covers, including this one.
U fiend
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
hates fun, clearly
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 00:20 (two years ago) link
It's been all downhill since Powerslave, cover-wise, though A Matter of Life and Death was a nice recovery.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
Ha, I spent too many hours examining every centimetre of Maiden covers and posters in the '80s! Maybe the spartan look appeals to the 50 year-old me.
But seriously, as far as "menace" goes, this is the most menacing cover since Killers. Less cartoony, more direct.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 01:09 (two years ago) link
Riggs did all the singles covers too, of which there were many - including Sanctuary, which caused great controversy at the time as the woman Eddie was hacking to death looked exactly like Margaret Thatcher. Bet Harris is a Tory nowadays mind.
https://www.ironmaiden-bg.com/web/images/stories/single02_sanctuary_a_small.jpg
― cryptkeepers are different (Matt #2), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
Some of the descriptions here are amusing
https://1000logos.net/iron-maiden-logo/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpuwr9fF7kw
I like it.
― there's too much fucking shit on me (Neanderthal), Thursday, 19 August 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
good chorus, nice gallops, good riffs/instrumental breaks, but not a lot of fat.
― there's too much fucking shit on me (Neanderthal), Thursday, 19 August 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
It's such a great track. Considering how much Kevin Shirley hates anything that isn't big, beefy riffs, this track was a shocker. It's far and away the "hookiest" track on the album, though.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 19 August 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
Senjutsu time motherfuckers
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 September 2021 04:51 (two years ago) link
The other night I dreamed I was at a Maiden gig presided over by an old, bald Bruce. They were playing "The Trooper" and cleared the area in front of the stage so a marching band could walk in and play along. When the marching band came in, though, the two sounds didn't mesh at all and merely created a droney mess. And that was my first Iron Maiden dream, as far as I can recall.
― john landis as man being smashed into window (uncredited) (Matt #2), Friday, 3 September 2021 08:51 (two years ago) link
https://shoutybeardything.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/wvm7aqa.gif?w=300&h=124&zoom=2
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 September 2021 12:27 (two years ago) link
Iron Charles Ives Maiden
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 September 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsXW4COarLU
― StanM, Friday, 3 September 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
Streaming it for the first time. What are we thinking, ILM?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 3 September 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
I need another listen but I was disappointed on first listen, cos it sounded like they went back to their pre-Book of Souls sound.
but i'm gonna give it another as it was 1 am when I listened.
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 September 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
I am digging "Stratego" kinda.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 3 September 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
Okay, I already watched the "Writing on the Wall" video when it came out before.
It's just as I remember - Decent, not mind-blowing but not embarrassing, maybe 90 seconds too long.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 3 September 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
I live-tweeted my thoughts on Thursday, and then put an edited version into my newsletter. Here it is:
Start with this: I don't like the cover art. It looks like a video game package, or a bootleg T-shirt.Opening with an eight-minute not-fast song — the title track — was a bad idea. You need to get the listener's heart pumping right out of the gate. Why do so many bands fuck this up lately? (The drumming is really great, though.)Track 2, "Stratego." And now we're galloping. This should have been the opener. There's an unfortunate "eyes/surprise" rhyme, and the synths are more prominent than I expected, but there are some excellent air-raid-siren moments. Bruce Dickinson really is an incredible singer.Track 3, "The Writing on the Wall." I like the main country-metal riff, but things get kinda pirate-metal in the middle, which I'm not so into.Track 4, "Lost in a Lost World." Starts off slow (and doesn't even sound like Dickinson singing), but gets rippin' after two minutes or so (of 9 1/2). Very heavy, bass prominent in the mix in a really good way.Track 5, "Days of Future Past." The slow intro is a fake-out; at just 4:04, this is the shortest song on the record, and it rips. Big riff, operatic chorus, more excellent drumming.Track 6 (last track on Disc 1), "The Time Machine." Oof, Dickinson just sang the words "impish whim." A lot of keyboards on this song, and more pirate-metal/sea-chantey riffing, plus a heavy breakdown/noisy guitar solo that feels super pasted-in. Not really feeling this.Track 7 (first track on Disc 2), "Darkest Hour." Begins and ends with waves and seagulls. I think it's about Churchill or something. Slow, heavy, mournful, operatic...could be a leftover from A Matter Of Life And Death, honestly. (AMoLaD is my favorite 21st century Maiden album, so I'm OK with this.)Track 8, "Death of the Celts." This is the shortest of the next 3 songs and it's 10:20. *Lots* of synth, and the verses are long and singsongy. Here come the guitar solos; will everybody get one? There's certainly time. (Turns out the answer is, yes, everyone will get at least one guitar solo.)Track 9, "The Parchment": the main chugging riff almost reminds me of recent, proggy-heavy Opeth. The lyrics are ignorable; this song exists to justify the five minutes of guitar wank in the middle and at the (faster) end, and I'm fine with that.Track 10, "Hell On Earth." The jokes write themselves, especially when you realize you're only halfway through the three-minute bass-and-synth intro. Very dynamic (dramatic quiet parts, REALLY LOUD PARTS), but honestly I kinda...wish it was an instrumental?Conclusion: It's a 21st century Iron Maiden album — too long (82 minutes), 100% the product of their own musical comfort zone, but these fuckers can really play, and when they want to be they're still pretty amazing. 7/10, will probably never play front to back again.
Opening with an eight-minute not-fast song — the title track — was a bad idea. You need to get the listener's heart pumping right out of the gate. Why do so many bands fuck this up lately? (The drumming is really great, though.)
Track 2, "Stratego." And now we're galloping. This should have been the opener. There's an unfortunate "eyes/surprise" rhyme, and the synths are more prominent than I expected, but there are some excellent air-raid-siren moments. Bruce Dickinson really is an incredible singer.
Track 3, "The Writing on the Wall." I like the main country-metal riff, but things get kinda pirate-metal in the middle, which I'm not so into.
Track 4, "Lost in a Lost World." Starts off slow (and doesn't even sound like Dickinson singing), but gets rippin' after two minutes or so (of 9 1/2). Very heavy, bass prominent in the mix in a really good way.
Track 5, "Days of Future Past." The slow intro is a fake-out; at just 4:04, this is the shortest song on the record, and it rips. Big riff, operatic chorus, more excellent drumming.
Track 6 (last track on Disc 1), "The Time Machine." Oof, Dickinson just sang the words "impish whim." A lot of keyboards on this song, and more pirate-metal/sea-chantey riffing, plus a heavy breakdown/noisy guitar solo that feels super pasted-in. Not really feeling this.
Track 7 (first track on Disc 2), "Darkest Hour." Begins and ends with waves and seagulls. I think it's about Churchill or something. Slow, heavy, mournful, operatic...could be a leftover from A Matter Of Life And Death, honestly. (AMoLaD is my favorite 21st century Maiden album, so I'm OK with this.)
Track 8, "Death of the Celts." This is the shortest of the next 3 songs and it's 10:20. *Lots* of synth, and the verses are long and singsongy. Here come the guitar solos; will everybody get one? There's certainly time. (Turns out the answer is, yes, everyone will get at least one guitar solo.)
Track 9, "The Parchment": the main chugging riff almost reminds me of recent, proggy-heavy Opeth. The lyrics are ignorable; this song exists to justify the five minutes of guitar wank in the middle and at the (faster) end, and I'm fine with that.
Track 10, "Hell On Earth." The jokes write themselves, especially when you realize you're only halfway through the three-minute bass-and-synth intro. Very dynamic (dramatic quiet parts, REALLY LOUD PARTS), but honestly I kinda...wish it was an instrumental?
Conclusion: It's a 21st century Iron Maiden album — too long (82 minutes), 100% the product of their own musical comfort zone, but these fuckers can really play, and when they want to be they're still pretty amazing. 7/10, will probably never play front to back again.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 3 September 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
i’m digging it so far, partway into disc 2always impressed by how great they are at adding texture & different melodies within their longer songs to keep interest, i rarely find them plodding or boring the Time Machine is a highlight so far, also Hell on Earth
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 September 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link
Aid & Dave just fully crushing their solos, how are they always so fuckin brilliant?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 September 2021 23:52 (two years ago) link
i feel like i will def relisten to this over the coming weeks, already looking forward to hearing the whole thing again
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 September 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
they definitely do the 'long' songs better hear than they did on Brave New World, which beat choruses into the ground.
second listen now!
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 September 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
aw i like Brave New World
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 September 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
i like it, but I never loved it like some others did.
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 September 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
TIL that Clansman & Blood Brothers ate tied together storywise, and Death of the Celts on this new album is the continuation (hence the musical references in the solos)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 September 2021 00:18 (two years ago) link
*are
oh cool!
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 September 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
My review is at PopMatters.
https://www.popmatters.com/iron-maiden-senjutsu-album-review
Like all other 2000s Maiden albums, it takes time to settle in. I love the record a lot, but it took at least four listens for me to get there.
I was super impressed by the Pitchfork write-up. Sincere piece, no snark, understood the band's late-career direction. And like it said, anyone who wants a "Trooper" rewrite can go listen to any of the many, mighty fine trad metal traditionalists out there. Maiden isn't allowing to do that.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 4 September 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
(sorry, Maiden isn't GOING to do that)
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 4 September 2021 02:58 (two years ago) link
this is definitely growing on me a lot. they didn't wanna do a Book of Souls 2, and I was big on BoS cos it was full of riffs and ponderous long sections. but this brand of Maiden is good too.
and it doesn't suffer from the problems I had with, say, Dance of Death, or A Matter of Life and Death.
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 September 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
I'll give it a second listen this week, I think.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 5 September 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
i really underestimated the melodic mastery of the album the first few times.
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 September 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
it's won me over. I don't love *every* song, but once I got over my pre-conceived desires,I found myself enjoying it a lot more.
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
:D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
My final decision was that I liked a few songs, the album was a little more ponderous than I like even though they do that sort of thing way better than anyone else. Ultimately they're making themselves happy and not tarnishing their legacy. I won't listen to it nearly as much as the classics but I'll add it to my collection without hesitation and added "The Writing on the Wall" to my Best of 2021 Spotify playlist.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 01:34 (two years ago) link
"Stratego" aside (it's their best short song since "Rainmaker") the two I keep going back to are the title track and "Hell on Earth". There's such a consistent feeling of gravitas to this album, from start to finish, that we've never really heard from Maiden before, and for me that's pretty darn appealing.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 06:32 (two years ago) link
Hero
https://consequence.net/2021/09/iron-maiden-bruce-dickinson-covid-willy-shrivel/
― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
Tickets on sale for NA, and tickets in hand for myself, VG and Mr. Veg for Oakland. Up the Irons, etc.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
FUCK i didn't even know.
next October, Tampa! woo
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Well now you do!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
i’m gonna see iron maiden next year i swear to fuckinn satan
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
Wisdom
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
MAIDEN \m/
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
While you all wait, I recommend a preorder of this:
https://www.prestomusic.com/books/products/8895730--denim-and-leather-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-new-wave-of-british-heavy-metal
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
Sioux Falls, huh.
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
Second ever gig was Maiden on the No Prayer for the Dying tour in late 1990. It was at Wembley Arena (a pretty shit now dead venue) and I remember being terrified about the kinds of people who might be there. Five minutes of being in there and I thought 'shit, I've found my people'. 30 years ago! Would love to see them again next year.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
the last four times I saw them were completely mindblowing each time.
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
yeah the last Sacramento show was fun as hell. its always a good sign when the audience is already rocking out to the pre-show songs on the PA (to be fair Maiden are always great at priming the audience esp playing Doctor Doctor right before the show starts, everyone loses their shit its so great)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
feel like I always make friends at these shows too. last time, I was sitting next to I think a Norwegian guy (I had bought his friend's ticket off of StubHub) and this funny guy a row back, and we were chatting the whole time.
the guy to my left vanished for a while, leaving his seat unoccupied, then randomly, two ladies invaded our row, despite not having tickets there, so now we had 11 people occupying the area of 10 seats. so now we were packed in tight, and the lady to my left kept passive aggressively putting her hands on my shoulder to try to get me from colliding with her (which was only happening because her and her friend weren't supposed to be there anyway!).
and then the Norwegian guy came back from getting a beer and yells "WHO ARE YOU TWO? THAT'S NEANDERTHAL'S SEAT, YOU ALL DON'T SIT HERE, YOU GET OUT OF NEANDERTHAL'S SEAT NOW!" and they went scurrying away, right as "Flight of Icarus" was starting.
the Piece of Mind trio was really dope at that show. that was....2019 i think?
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Waited too long, worst seats I ever had for Maiden lol.
But I'm taking a friend
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Saturday, 11 December 2021 04:46 (two years ago) link
“And what’s your friend’s name… Edward T. Head.”“RARGH.”
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 11 December 2021 05:41 (two years ago) link
So VG and Mr Veg and I can report that Maiden remain Maiden in the best of ways. Allow me to explain via tweets.
So yes, @IronMaiden, and if I had to sum up last night: pic.twitter.com/LVXy8voYUp— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) September 28, 2022
But some further additions. Thanks to @sharonjoy76 and Clay for the good company! pic.twitter.com/W6b43R9Ni8— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) September 28, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 17:08 (one year ago) link
It was a blast - can confirmThey always have great crowds but the crowd last night to me felt like the most energized I’d seen in recent memory, Bruce is sounding amazing - i think the break maybe helped rehab his voice - and the stage sets, if you have not yet seen the Legacy tour, are fucking killer… so stunningAlso not for nothing but i love that in the 20 years i have been seeing them, they never have shit sound, even the way they mike the drums is fucking glorious, they really are in many ways the gold standard for all big touring bands imo - professional, joyful, and always mindful that they are Putting On A Show <3maiden fucking rules
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
can't wait to see em again
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 22:40 (one year ago) link
i'm going wednesday :)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 17 October 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 October 2022 18:20 (one year ago) link
next Thursday for me!!! enjoy
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 October 2022 18:32 (one year ago) link
I've heard really good things about this tour. The nearest show to me is on Friday but I'm skipping it. Glad to see other ilxors going, though.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 17 October 2022 18:49 (one year ago) link
I’m going, next July!
― jel--, Monday, 17 October 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
I've seen Maiden a few times now, the first time in 2016, and this tour was my favorite from a production standpoint. Nothing radically different, just really well-done.
― JRN, Monday, 17 October 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
really wanted to go this year, but if I recall correctly it was on Yom Kippur.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 October 2022 21:00 (one year ago) link
Chicago show was a blast. Still kinda parsing Bruce's take/speech from stage on Covid. But that aside, a fine stellar performance from all. Dave's guitar solos sounded particularly great.
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 17 October 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
everything about this show was amazing. I took my friend, who'd never seen them, and she was blown away, like, just kept thanking me for the experience. Bruce was in better vocal health than last time I saw them. also LOVED the Senjutsu sets, Senjutsu Eddie, and fuck, the songs themselves.
also accidentally caused a toilet to overflow in the men's room, causing many people to yelp
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Saturday, 29 October 2022 02:30 (one year ago) link
Bringing the Toilet Boys realness to Maiden
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 29 October 2022 02:53 (one year ago) link
I was heavily tempted by these in the post office earlier but managed to resist
https://shop.royalmail.com/media/catalog/product/cache/d8a7db0523f43dec856c981f9b4fd49e/a/s/as9400d-1-ironmaiden-stamp-pack.jpg
― a mix between aphex twin and nirvana with the swagger of count basie (Matt #2), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
you should get them!
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
On the R&R Hall of Fame ballot this year.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 15:49 (one year ago) link
I want a Maiden theme park
― I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE DIAPER GOT LOOSE (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
I hate all theme parks, but I would 100% travel across the continent to visit that.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 20:40 (one year ago) link
hell yes
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 20:41 (one year ago) link
Flight of IcarusAces HighPowerslaveRun to the HillsRime of the Ancient Mariner (log flume)
I mean, the rides sell themselves.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link
“Our focus groups say that Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter isn’t a ride that’s really gonna go over well, Steve.”
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 2 February 2023 04:19 (one year ago) link
Charlotte the Harlot Flume Ride (18+)
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 February 2023 05:46 (one year ago) link
here's one that you guys can probly help me out with: I have S/T through Powerslave, and I think I know all the major songs after '84, "fear of the Dark" "Bring yr Daughter," "wasted years" etc… but a while ago, it occurred to me that I don't know if they have their own "Sad but True" or two, like a really stomping, elephantine cut to stand up next to 70s Sabbath… they seem to be not exactly patient enuff, like they want to get to the fast part NOW…
― veronica moser, Thursday, 2 February 2023 14:36 (one year ago) link
Not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but "stomping" and "elephantine" made me think of "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" from '06.
― JRN, Thursday, 2 February 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
"Revelation" is pretty heavy, and "The Clansman" (from the Blaze Bayley era, though they made Dickinson sing it when I saw them in 2003) is a slower epic.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 2 February 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
They did "Clansman" last year as well so it's become a bit of a staple I think.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 February 2023 18:03 (one year ago) link
FREEDOMMM
― I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE DIAPER GOT LOOSE (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 February 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link