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Re: Best Iron Maiden Album Dance Of Death as a metal album is ok, unfortunately however as an Iron Maiden album it is horrible, in my opinion it is nothing more then an attempt at Fear Of The Dark II and it just doesn't work, there are two songs on Dance Of Death that I actually listen to and those are Paschendale and Age of Innocence, I don't like anything from Brave New World and there's only one song I like from Final Frontier (that song being The Talisman) however I like just about every song on A Matter Of Life And Death, for me it is easily the best album Maiden have made since Bruce rejoined the band, it's still much weaker then most of the albums recorded when Bruce was first in the band but that's to be expected since Bruce's vocals are of a much lower quality these days and that will inevitably drag the quality of music down with it

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Re: IRON MAIDEN more then a bit over-rated in my opinion, sure they've released some great albums but so much of their material is just so over-played, for example I never EVER want to hear Run To The Hills or 2 Minutes To Midnight again I'm basing this on fairly limited experience since their albums are virtually impossible to find but I think Angel Witch are actually a better band then Iron Maiden

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I'm basing this on fairly limited experience since their albums are virtually impossible to find but I think Angel Witch are actually a better band then Iron Maiden
They're a heavier band by far, and possibly a little more technical. Relatively speaking. :D I'm biased since they're my favorite band. I think Maiden worked hard to get we're their at and diverse every accolade. I do think they've long since passed their prime and their best work is well behind them. The fact that in the last decade they managed to make #1 on countless top ten lists with such pedestrian efforts is incredible. It's interesting how a band like Candlemass has been releasing great work since they reformed whereas Iron Maiden and Judas Priest haven't.
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Re: IRON MAIDEN so far as Priest is concerned I think Nostradamus is a good album, perhaps not up there with their classics but it's certainly better then most of their eighties work, and miles ahead of anything Maiden has done since Bruce came back into the band, i just think people are afraid to critique their material because bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden have this larger then life image and certain people feel as if they can't criticise these legendary bands, I however am quite vocal about the fact that Iron Maiden has released one tolerable album since Bruce came back into the band, and their live performances have been pathetic since at least 2004, Death On The Road is by a very wide margin the worst live album I have ever heard, in fact it's so bad I've tried giving it away and my friends have turned that down, at least with Priest there's a chance Halford will put in a good vocal performance, with Maiden you know that nowadays Bruce will butcher the songs

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so far as Priest is concerned I think Nostradamus is a good album' date=' perhaps not up there with their classics but it's certainly better then most of their eighties work, and miles ahead of anything Maiden has done since Bruce came back into the band, i just think people are afraid to critique their material because bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden have this larger then life image and certain people feel as if they can't criticise these legendary bands, I however am quite vocal about the fact that Iron Maiden has released one tolerable album since Bruce came back into the band, and their live performances have been pathetic since at least 2004, Death On The Road is by a very wide margin the worst live album I have ever heard, in fact it's so bad I've tried giving it away and my friends have turned that down, at least with Priest there's a chance Halford will put in a good vocal performance, with Maiden you know that nowadays Bruce will butcher the songs[/quote'] Nostradamus was a surprisingly good if very atypical Priest album. The one before it sucked jesus christ monkey balls. It was lauded as the great "comeback" when it was just a giant step backwards in terms of sound, style and progress.
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no argument there' date=' angel of retribution may be the worst album Priest ever made, and it's still better then brave new world, dance of death or final frontier[/quote'] I have to disagree. Maiden's Dickinson years have all been fairly consistent, whereas Priest has had glorious highs and abysmal lows.
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Re: IRON MAIDEN Don't get me wrong, I love Maiden, especially Brave New World (don't ask - I just think it's increadible :lol: ). However, I think that their popularity probably stems from the fact that they're not really metal are they? I mean, they are metal, but their distortion is quiet light and the whole tone is hardly brutal or low pitched, so much so that they could almost be classed as progressive rock (oh, save me from beardy men banging on about Pink Floyd! :lol: ). This means that they are fairly unlikely to offend from a musical (though perhaps not a lyrical) perspective and will have a large potential customer base - particularly for the Danii Minogues of this world you like to "rock out" and think they're really wild for listening to the comparatively soft world of Maiden.

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Re: IRON MAIDEN well Maiden certainly aren't the heaviest band but I do feel they are metal, I mean listen to tracks like Powerslave, Fear Of The Dark, The Trooper etc you're telling me those songs aren't metal, they do have some more progressive songs like Revelations but I wouldn't call them a prog rock band, to me prog rock means bands like Rush and Maiden are much heavier then them, but they certainly have lost their way in recent years, like I said above for me the only album Maiden have released since Bruce came back into the picture worth owning was A Matter Of Life And Death

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Re: IRON MAIDEN Yeah, I know that Maiden are metal, especially Powerslave as you say, I was just trying to explain their popularity. Interesting what you say about A Matter of Life and Death considering the other thread running at the moment - I quite like it but it really can make me depressed :lol: ! I think it's the defeatist tone, the dull sort of tones used and the slower pace which get me.

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Re: IRON MAIDEN I think it's great, Bruce could still hold notes on that album, on Final Frontier he was virtually monotonous and I don't remember him extending any notes either, in fact the only song on that album I actually like at all is The Talisman and that's for the lyrics more then anything else, Its gotten to the point where I think Bruce really either needs to do something about the quality of his voice or retire before he completely ruins the credibility of Iron Maiden

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Re: IRON MAIDEN whilst this is true since Halford rejoined Priest we've got (unless I'm missing one) two albums, one, Angel Of Retribution which is complete garbage, the other, Nostradamus which in my opinion is brilliant, since Bruce rejoined Maiden we've got four albums, one, A Matter Of Life And Death which is pretty good all things considered, the other three: Brave New World, Dance Of Death and Final Frontier are absolutely horrible, on balance I'd say going at 50% good to 50% bad (Priest) is much better then 25% good to 75% bad (Maiden) bear in mind however that only applies to their work since Halford and Dickinson returned to the respective bands, overall I'd say Maiden has a better body of work then Priest, but not by much

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whilst this is true since Halford rejoined Priest we've got (unless I'm missing one) two albums' date=' one, Angel Of Retribution which is complete garbage, the other, Nostradamus which in my opinion is brilliant, since Bruce rejoined Maiden we've got four albums, one, A Matter Of Life And Death which is pretty good all things considered, the other three: Brave New World, Dance Of Death and Final Frontier are absolutely horrible, on balance I'd say going at 50% good to 50% bad (Priest) is much better then 25% good to 75% bad (Maiden) bear in mind however that only applies to their work since Halford and Dickinson returned to the respective bands, overall I'd say Maiden has a better body of work then Priest, but not by much[/quote'] I disagree, despite Priest's pitfalls, nothing Iron Maiden has done can match Sad Wings of Destiny, Sin After Sin, or Stained Class IMO. I would also take Defenders of the Faith and Painkiller over most Maiden albums, if not all of them. As I said, Maiden is more consistent, but Priest will always get my vote.
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Dance Of Death as a metal album is ok' date=' unfortunately however as an Iron Maiden album it is horrible, in my opinion it is nothing more then an attempt at Fear Of The Dark II...[/quote'] I'm afraid I find this hard to agree with. Brave New World and Dance of Death were the last level of "good" albums Maiden put out, with the most recent two pretty plodding and boring. Dance of Death is actually my favorite post 2000 record because it has some excellent song writing and melody lines. To me, parts of it feel like a continuation of Brave New World, but with either a more mature or "rocking" feel. I actually like Fear of the Dark, mind you, but DoD is nothing like that record in terms of musicality or quality. And it was the last record Bruce sounded good on. Voted Powerslave as the best Maiden record.
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