Anything Maiden

scudzilla

Surely a band such as Maiden deserves it's own thread, somewhere that Maiden fans can chat about anything Maiden.

So here it is



First contribution, wonder what the mystery announcement is at midnight??

Nice big countdown ticking away on the Maiden website


http://www.ironmaiden.com/

Twilightning

It'd be great if they announced their bloody support for Dublin!

scudzilla

Twilightning wrote: »

It'd be great if they announced their bloody support for Dublin!

Nice, but i think this announcement will be slightly bigger than just announcing a support band for 1 gig

jack presley

I suppose it'll be the release date for either the album or the first single

Ostrom

Could someone post after the deadline? Cant read the site on my phone!

scudzilla

efla wrote: »

Could someone post after the deadline? Cant read the site on my phone!

Sure, i'm in work so not a bother

DazMarz

Probably the release date of The Final Frontier tbh. Something like that anyway!!!

But great idea for a thread, as a band as great as them defo deserves its own thread!

Kess73

Would imagine it is a release date for the new album or maybe for the lead single off of it.


Unless of course they are going to have some of the first single to listen to on the site from midnight....

Jako8

I wonder if they have it syncronised around the world because if they don't we'll be waiting another 5 hours or so until the U.S. hits 12 a.m.

I remember it happened with Scars on Broadway's timer.

Kess73

Just over 7 minutes left on the countdown clock.

scudzilla

Ah balls, sites crashed :mad::mad:

Kess73

Site went down:(

Kess73

Album is out on the 16th August

Kess73

and a track is available right now. Free

Kess73

Tracklisting for the album and the cover art is up too.

Kess73

El Dorado is the album track that is free to download.

Kess73

Tracklisting for the album


1. Satellite 15....The Final Frontier 8:40
2. El Dorado 6:49
3. Mother Of Mercy 5:20
4. Coming Home 5:52
5. The Alchemist 4:29
6. Isle Of Avalon 9:06
7. Starblind 7:48
8. The Talisman 9:03
9. The Man Who Would Be King 8:28
10. When The Wild Wind Blows 10:59

Kess73

Am just downloading the free track off of the album.

Kess73

nice long album. Clocking in at just over 76 minutes.

Wolfe Tone

Damn, I will have to get it tomorrow, sites down.

Am I Evil?

Can't get onto the site either but checked youtube for the song and found it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lwrg2u_gCM

Album art for the new album is great :pac:

ush

Sounds like something from the No Prayer album. Dickinson's got snearing tone he had around then.

Jako8

Class song! Really enjoyed it.

Looking forward to the album now.

DazMarz

Promises to be epic... Loving the album art too...

Here's hoping the whole album is better than A Matter Of Life And Death which I was not too enamoured with...

RayCon

Upon first listen I'd say Good song .... will probably be a grower ... have to say Im not liking the artwork

Jelle1880

Can't wait to get home now
Album art is nice.

metzengerstein

album and single artwork is awesome ,gonna download the track at lunch time

PeterIanStaker

I would have preferred a cover with Eddie instead of a Predator/Predalien lookalike but I like El Dorado so far.

Kess73

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I would have preferred a cover with Eddie instead of a Predator/Predalien lookalike but I like El Dorado so far.

That is Eddie on the cover.

jack presley

Not really a fan of the song. let's hope it's one of the weaker tracks on the album. Or maybe it will grow on me. Hopefully it will.

As for the artwork? If it's not Derek Riggs, it's never going to a classic.

Jelle1880

After listening to it a few times it's growing on me, I just hope Bruce sings the song like a Maiden song live, instead of one of his solo-projects.
The vocals are a bit dull.

scudzilla

jack presley wrote: »

Not really a fan of the song. let's hope it's one of the weaker tracks on the album. Or maybe it will grow on me. Hopefully it will.

As for the artwork? If it's not Derek Riggs, it's never going to a classic.

Talkin of Riggs, whats everyone's fav Riggs artwork?

One of mine is Aces High, Eddie just looks so menacing

jack presley

scudzilla wrote: »

Talkin of Riggs, whats everyone's fav Riggs artwork?

One of mine is Aces High, Eddie just looks so menacing

Gotta be either 'Killers' or Somewhere in Time' for me. I love all the background stuff on SIT

grimm2005

I quite like the artwork, it's certainly better than a matter of life and death and dance of death (the latter having pretty awful artwork, despite an otherwise very good album). It's more like classic maiden covers.

I wasn't sure of the song at first but it's definitly growing on me

Jelle1880

My favourite artwork is definitely Powerslave.

Blerdiii

i was really looking forward to El Dorado bit dissapointed but can see it growing on me . vocALS are a bit flat but hopefully they're saving the best. :P
still cant wait till july!

lord lucan

That tune is pretty good. Took a few listens to get into it but it bodes well for the new album.

leonh74

starting to get more into the new track the more i listen to it.
killers or somewhere in time would be my favourite artwork from riggs

scudzilla

Here's a link to the setlist on the opening night of the tour last night

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/iron-maiden/2010/superpagescom-center-dallas-tx-43d42fd3.html

Sure is interesting

Am I Evil?

The new song really took a few listens for me to get into.
I'm loving it now though :pac:

Jako8

scudzilla wrote: »

Here's a link to the setlist on the opening night of the tour last night

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/iron-maiden/2010/superpagescom-center-dallas-tx-43d42fd3.html

Sure is interesting

Nothing from Powerslave?

Or Piece of mind?

I thought they'd surely play some tracks off them at every gig.

jack presley

Jako8 wrote: »

Nothing from Powerslave?

Or Piece of mind?

I thought they'd surely play some tracks off them at every gig.

Didn't they say before the Somewhere Back in Time Tour that they'd be using that tour to play some of the older tracks for the last time and put them to bed for a while?

Jelle1880

Yeah, this tour will mostly consist of newer stuff and songs that were made when Bruce rejoined.

scudzilla

Anybody ever see this video? Feckin hilarious, from a German TV show (like Top of the Pops) in 1986.
Story is the band we getting extremely pissed off with TV shows and how they were treated, so they decided to have some fun (Apart from Adrian who thought that it would hurt the band's reputation!!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SmfoH4CeVs

jack presley

I remember that from the 12 Wasted Years video (VHS - remember those?). Good stuff alright!

Kess73

Ahh yes, it was some music show that refused to let the band play live, so Maiden refused to play along with miming the song.

lord lucan

The Maiden lads got the tour of Johnson Space Center in Texas the other day. They're big fans of the Space programme.

http://www.ironmaiden.com/index.php?categoryid=8&p2_articleid=1219

This gives me the opportunity to post this video which combines 2 of my loves,Spaceflight and Heavy Metal. These guys put together mission highlight videos which are set to music,this one is from STS-125 in May '09 on the final repair mission of the Hubble Telescope.

http://www.maxqent.com/main.php?q=sts125video001-dream-of-mirrors.html

metzengerstein

scudzilla wrote: »

Here's a link to the setlist on the opening night of the tour last night

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/iron-maiden/2010/superpagescom-center-dallas-tx-43d42fd3.html

Sure is interesting

pretty lame setlist bar the last 6 songs ,well for me anyway ,am bored of the new maiden stuf just too repedative the long songs with long choruses are just a snorefest brave new worl will always be the best of the new ones but there taking the p**s now ,still not level with an interview with lars ulrich though ha ha

Jelle1880

And I'm bored with Run to the Hills, Fear of the Dark,...
If you want to hear their old stuff you should have gone to the Somewhere Back In Time Tour.

This is in support of the new album and it's a different setlist from what they've been doing for the last years.

And there's still tons of great songs there.

metzengerstein

Jelle1880 wrote: »

And I'm bored with Run to the Hills, Fear of the Dark,...
If you want to hear their old stuff you should have gone to the Somewhere Back In Time Tour.

This is in support of the new album and it's a different setlist from what they've been doing for the last years.

And there's still tons of great songs there.

i would have gone but the scaldy c**ts wouldnt come here on the tour ,and im not made of money.i know its supporting the new album but they should have a lot of classics in there and less new stuff one of the last times i went to see them they played the whole of their new album i fel asleep .

most bands will play maybe 3 new tunes and whip out mostly classics.

FunkZ

Listened to the No Prayer album for the first time in years and it is unreal!

Mother Russia, unreal tune.