Back From the Grave - Metal Discussion Thread

[Leon TrotSky]

which albums were your tops

I'm going to sound really basic, but Number of the Beast and Powerslave lol. Fear of the Dark is also great. Weakest probably Virtual XI and I sound like an NPC from these things.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I'm going to sound really basic, but Number of the Beast and Powerslave lol. Fear of the Dark is also great. Weakest probably Virtual XI and I sound like an NPC from these things.

that's a fair assessment, my top 3 is Powerslave, Piece of Mind and Seventh Son of the Seventh Son

 

[Alexa]

Number of the Beast is a weak album, but I get why a lot of people like it.

For me, my top would be Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, and A Matter of Life and Death

 

[Alexa]

Their recent album is actually pretty great as well.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Number of the Beast is a weak album, but I get why a lot of people like it.

For me, my top would be Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, and A Matter of Life and Death

Somewhere in Time is super underated


GOAT song

 

[Alexa]

Somewhere in Time is super underated


GOAT song

It really is, and first song to ever get me into maiden

 

[Comrade Khan]

I was actually at the Somewhere Back In Time tour, was fucking awesome (I have seen Maiden more than any other band)

 

[Alexa]

Nice. I havent really been to a lot of concerts, lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

I used to go to a lot more

 

[Y2Jayne]

Nice. I havent really been to a lot of concerts, lol

I have never been to a single one

 

[Leon TrotSky]

You say Number of the Beast is a weak album but for me it has my favourite of the "lesser known" Maiden songs in The Prisoner in addition to the well acknowledged classics

 

[Black Wizard]

 

[Leon TrotSky]

 

[Alexa]

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Finished Senjutsu, and with that, Iron Maiden's back catalogue is now complete. I've got to say, the last few albums were indicative that a certain songwriting formula (subdued intro, band comes in, heavy verses, some guitar solos, subdued outro, 8 minutes plus) ran dry a long time ago. Doesn't help that these songs are often loaded on to the back of the album so they run together. Feels like Steve Harris was replaced with an AI that's been trained exclusively on tribute band covers of Hallowed Be Thy Name

My overall thoughts:

1. The Number of the Beast
2. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
3. Powerslave
4. Somewhere in Time
5. Piece of Mind
6. Fear of the Dark
7. Iron Maiden
8. Killers
9. No Prayer For the Dying
10. The Book of Souls (the Bruce tracks at the start and end HARD carry this one)
11. A Matter of Life and Death
12. The Final Frontier
13. Dance of Death
14. Senjutsu
15. Brave New World
16. Virtual XI
17. The X Factor