Iron Maidens New Album

Huggles

LOVE IT. Sounds like vintage Maiden, good n' LOUD! Much better than Dance of Death.

Dying for December now.

Doomspell

TheGooner wrote:

LOVE IT. Sounds like vintage Maiden, good n' LOUD! Much better than Dance of Death.

Dying for December now.

Ya, I can't wait. It's going to be bloody brilliant!

seanironmaiden

Yea, it's great. I got it in Barcelona the other day. Stuck it on in the apartment while drinking Sangria. It was the best 1st listen of an album I've had in ages. Although.. being in Barcelona probably helped :S

I really like the album. Only listened to it once the whole way through. Wathced some o fthe DVD today which is pretty cool/ funny.

seanironmaiden

Yea, it's great. I got it in Barcelona the other day. Stuck it on in the apartment while drinking Sangria. It was the best 1st listen of an album I've had in ages. Although.. being in Barcelona probably helped :S

I really like the album. Only listened to it once the whole way through. Wathced some o fthe DVD today which is pretty cool/ funny.

Huggles

Oh jebus this is sooooooooooooo good.

I couldnt listen to DoD all the way through the first few times, but I can't turn this off!!!!

Only downsize is I am listening on my IPOD can't wait to get her to the STEREO LOL

Bruces voice, Nickos drums...........ahhhhhhhhh!

Fozzy

It didn't actually hit me straight away on the first listen. Might have been because I was wrecked after cycling through the wind and rain to buy it! Now I love it. Not sure if it's better than DoD, that album is brilliant, but AMOLAD is definitely up there

Really lovin The Legacy and The Pilgrim. I'm surprised they let Out Of The Shadows onto the album, it's a Bruce song through and through!

Motley Crue

seanironmaiden wrote:

Yea, it's great. I got it in Barcelona the other day. Stuck it on in the apartment while drinking Sangria. It was the best 1st listen of an album I've had in ages. Although.. being in Barcelona probably helped :S

I really like the album. Only listened to it once the whole way through. Wathced some o fthe DVD today which is pretty cool/ funny.

So good you had to post it twice eh? lol

Black NG-60-90

Holy **** it's good!!:rolleyes: ****ing sex from start to finish. What about best song? Mine would have to be These Colours Don't Run.

sock puppet

I wasn't expecting it to be brilliant but it's actually really good. Great album.

Lee-sah!

Black NG-60-90 wrote:

Holy **** it's good!!:rolleyes: ****ing sex from start to finish. What about best song? Mine would have to be These Colours Don't Run.

For the greater Good Of God

Mushy

It is a great album. As was said, Nickos drums...so natural sounding. Lets hope Im able to get a few euros together for December...was goin to buy a ticket this week but Tenacious D came along to screw that one up. The new songs would be great live and could go anywhere in the set. I also love the posters i got with it

SirLemonhead

I really can't stand Bruces singing anymore, it puts me right off Maiden

New album has one or two cool songs but I think it's a pretty poor effort compared to their older stuff. It's just another Dance of Death it seems.

Fozzy

MasterOfSolos wrote:

I really can't stand Bruces singing anymore, it puts me right off Maiden

New album has one or two cool songs but I think it's a pretty poor effort compared to their older stuff. It's just another Dance of Death it seems.

Dance of Death was brilliant! Right up there with Piece of Mind. I wouldn't rank AMOLAD as high as Dance of Death though, but I can't wait to hear some of these songs live

SirLemonhead

Fozzy wrote:

Dance of Death was brilliant! Right up there with Piece of Mind. I wouldn't rank AMOLAD as high as Dance of Death though, but I can't wait to hear some of these songs live

Hehe Piece of Mind is probably my favourite Maiden album, I wouldn't say there's any comparison between the two myself

I've always had different opinions about Maiden to most fans though... I hate Powerslave, for example, and the snorefest that is Seventh son

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A matter of life and death gets better each time you listen to it, just as 7th son of a 7th son still does. The guys outdid themselves this time.:cool:

peter1892

It's superb, although it took me 3 or 4 listens to get into it. Now, having had the CD for a couple of weeks, there isn't a song I'd skip over. As already noted, the drums & vocals are brilliant. I'd go as far as saying it's the best thing they've done since...certainly Piece Of Mind, hell it's better than that album (although very different).

r3nu4l

Right, wasn't sure whether to get it or not as I'm a fan of the older Maiden stuff, (Piece of mind etc.) but having read what the boards.ie collective have written I will get it either today or tomorrow Looking forward to it

I'll post back and let you know what I think in a couple of days

senordingdong

I wouldn't out it with vintage Maiden, it's still different...but by all means worth listening to.

r3nu4l

senordingdong wrote:

I wouldn't out it with vintage Maiden, it's still different...but by all means worth listening to.

Got the album Very good but definitely not vintage Maiden imo. Better than anything they've done in a long time but just seems to be lacking some of the energy that older albums contained, then again I guess the guys are 20 years older now...and so am I! :eek:

Civilian_Target

Solid but a bit bland TBH. Looking forward to seeing them play it in December all the same. A lot better than Brave New World, but not really on the same level as Dance of Death or some of their classics (Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind).

peter1892

They're doing the whole album live on the tour

Different World
These Colours Don't Run
1000 Suns
The Pilgrim
The Longest Day
Out of the Shadows
Benjamin Breeg
Greater Good of God
Lord of Light
The Legacy
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden

2 Minutes to Midnight
The Evil that Men Do
Hallowed Be Thy Name

Controversial - no 'Number of the beast' 'Trooper' 'Run to the hills' etc.

Fozzy

Oh **** yeah! And the best song on the album comes last, which is deadly. It'll be the last chance to hear Hallowed Be Thy Name live for some time too, they won't be playing that on their tour after this one

I wouldn't call them leaving those songs out controversial. They played exclusively from their first 4 albums last year, those songs are all big songs from that period. I'd rather hear 2MTM and The Evil That Men Do personally, as I haven't heard them live before

peter1892

Fozzy wrote:

I wouldn't call them leaving those songs out controversial. They played exclusively from their first 4 albums last year, those songs are all big songs from that period. I'd rather hear 2MTM and The Evil That Men Do personally, as I haven't heard them live before

Let me qualify the controversial comment (was posting in a hurry!). I can see some fans giving out about the setlist because it doesn't include the 'classics'. I completely agree with you on the fact that they were done on last years tour, and it's a big deal for me that Maiden aren't resting on their laurels & plundering the back catalogue, but instead are concentraing on the new material (which is brilliant IMO).

I can't wait for the gig now!

BOHSBOHS

cant wait for the gig now , i was fed up of number of the beast and trooper et el all thw whiners just want them to play powerslave or somewhere in time from start to finish ,,, these living in the past "fans" can use my time machine to go back 20 odd years and **** over a live after death video......

anyway they will play those albums on their next early days tour!!

SirLemonhead

BOHSBOHS wrote:

cant wait for the gig now , i was fed up of number of the beast and trooper et el all thw whiners just want them to play powerslave or somewhere in time from start to finish ,,, these living in the past "fans" can use my time machine to go back 20 odd years and **** over a live after death video......

anyway they will play those albums on their next early days tour!!

Lol funnily enough Iron Maiden are one of the most uninventive metal bands out there, sounding exactly the same as always with new release

It just so happens that they sounded slightly better 20 years ago

Fozzy

MasterOfSolos wrote:

Lol funnily enough Iron Maiden are one of the most uninventive metal bands out there, sounding exactly the same as always with new release

I don't think you can really say that, the new album sounds nothin like stuff they've done since before Bruce rejoined them

Black NG-60-90

MasterOfSolos wrote:

Lol funnily enough Iron Maiden are one of the most uninventive metal bands out there, sounding exactly the same as always with new release

You obviously don't listen to them then!!:)

SirLemonhead

Black NG-60-90 wrote:

You obviously don't listen to them then!!:)

I have all their albums

r3nu4l

MasterOfSolos wrote:

Lol funnily enough Iron Maiden are one of the most uninventive metal bands out there, sounding exactly the same as always with new release

Well, I agree with this to some extent as the sound is definitely "Maiden" as we all know and love etc. I would say that this is not a bad thing, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I used to be a big Metallica fan, even liking the black album which was a definite departure from their previous material but I hated almost everything after that with the exceptions of one or two songs so while it's good to experiment, don't alienate the original fan base either (even if they are using Zimmer frames and wearing hearing aids ).

Civilian_Target

The only qualm I have with that setlist is it doesn't cover some of their newer classics. I'd love to hear Rainmaker or Wickerman done live!

blastman

At least the "Brits Out!" brigade won't have anything complain about with no Trooper in the set. They can just use their gobs for breathing through as usual.

Fozzy

Bruce said that they're not going to be using the British flag in their shows here from now on at the last gig here. Not sure if he used it then though

Lemming

blastman wrote:

At least the "Brits Out!" brigade won't have anything complain about with no Trooper in the set. They can just use their gobs for breathing through as usual.

I had to be talked out of bringing a Union Jack to the last gig to wave during the Trooper just to piss off all the "waaaaaaaah wahh h Tiocaidh ar I'm pickin' me hole look at the f00kin state of that flag WAH?!!!" f*ckwits :mad:

I'm disappointed they're not playing the trooper 'cause I actually happen to really like it, but as said, they're trying to plug their new stuff for this tour, so roll on December

Black NG-60-90

MasterOfSolos wrote:

I have all their albums

Well then listen to them:rolleyes:

SirLemonhead

Black NG-60-90 wrote:

Well then listen to them:rolleyes:

I have, hence the complete boredom with the band. It's just not exciting music to me anymore.

Sarky

Fozzy wrote:

Bruce said that they're not going to be using the British flag in their shows here from now on at the last gig here. Not sure if he used it then though

He didn't use it last time, but neither did he say he'd be waving it about again. He spent a little time trying to explain just why it has nothing to do with what's getting the overly sensitive so uppity and whiny, and said he hoped they might understand the context the next time they play that song. I'll ertainly cheer along if/when they do.

It seems I'm getting balcony seats come December though

senordingdong

Lemming wrote:

I had to be talked out of bringing a Union Jack to the last gig to wave during the Trooper just to piss off all the "waaaaaaaah wahh h Tiocaidh ar I'm pickin' me hole look at the f00kin state of that flag WAH?!!!" f*ckwits :mad:

Ya know, not everyone who dis-likes the Union Jack is a '****-wit', as you so elequently put it.

It wasn't me!

Anyone who boos it when a British band waves it at a show is.

blastman

Sarky wrote:

He didn't use it last time, but neither did he say he'd be waving it about again. He spent a little time trying to explain just why it has nothing to do with what's getting the overly sensitive so uppity and whiny, and said he hoped they might understand the context the next time they play that song. I'll ertainly cheer along if/when they do.

It seems I'm getting balcony seats come December though

"Overly sensitive"? I think the phrase you're looking for is "knuckle dragger"

e.doobie

MasterOfSolos wrote:

I really can't stand Bruces singing anymore, it puts me right off Maiden

New album has one or two cool songs but I think it's a pretty poor effort compared to their older stuff. It's just another Dance of Death it seems.

exactamondo

senordingdong

It wasn't me! wrote:

Anyone who boos it when a British band waves it at a show is.

It being a symbol of the oppression this country(and most of the world) suffered
for hundreds of years under English mis-rule makes it offensive.

Mushy

That setlist is good, but i would prefer them to play some of the 'classics'. Sure they might change it, its not gonna be the same everyday. Or if they played Paschendale at least. But if its the last time they ever play HBTN, i'll gladly sing it the whole way through. id also like if they played some stuff from 7SOA7S like the Clairvoyant but sure, might aswell enjoy it. FOTD...yay

deman

I bought AMOLAD a few weeks ago, the first Maiden album I've bought since when Powerslave was released. Now that's a long time ago (showing my age). I had every album up to Powerslave and just got bored with Maiden at that time even though today, I listen to Piece of Mind and TNOTB quite regularly in the car.
I bought this album with the hope I might like it. I was wrong. I love it. It's definitely a little different to their earlier stuff. Four songs really stand out for me (in reverse order)

4. Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
3. These Colours Don't Run
2. For The Greater Good Of God
1. Brighter Than A Thousand Suns

This album will be one that we all will look back on as being one of Maiden's finest.

peter1892

Apparently Bruce mentioned on stage how they're planning a 'Live After Death' tour in 2008

Motley Crue

senordingdong wrote:

It being a symbol of the oppression this country(and most of the world) suffered
for hundreds of years under English mis-rule makes it offensive.

I wouldnt 100% agree, I mean I dont like the Queen of England, think she and her family is a joke and being the subject of attention that they are makes it hilarious, but its the British peoples own history and whether its right or wrong (and yes, we suffered at the hands of the British, and that was wrong..no arguments there) its still a peoples history.

Fozzy

peter1892 wrote:

Apparently Bruce mentioned on stage how they're planning a 'Live After Death' tour in 2008

The next tour after the current album's tour will only have songs from Powerslave, Somewhere In Time and 7th Son of a 7th Son (maybe the 2 albums after that too), that was the plan they announced a couple of years ago

ush

I spoke to Harris and Gers in an Irish bar in Stockholm, after their second gig in the country. They seem a bit perplexed by it all and only really gave diplomatic answers, when I brought the issue of the Union Jack up. In fairness to them, they'll soldier on and probably had worse treatment from the Argentinians, back in the day.

There's no Trooper in the current setlist. However, These Colours Don't Run has a backdrop with Eddie clutching the Union Jack. Bruce Dickinson introduces the song with "This is Iron Maiden and these colours don't run".

Keep me posted as to what reception it gets. I'm stuck up here in Scandiwegia, so I'll miss the Dublin gig. Saw them twice in Stockholm, once in Gothenburg and in Oslo to make up for it.