Anything Maiden

scudzilla · 07-06-2010 8:51pm #1

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 · 07-06-2010 8:54pm

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

scudzilla · 07-06-2010 8:55pm

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 · 07-06-2010 10:07pm

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

Ostrom · 07-06-2010 10:15pm

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

scudzilla · 07-06-2010 10:24pm

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 · 07-06-2010 10:32pm

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 · 07-06-2010 11:11pm

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 · 07-06-2010 11:36pm

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 · 07-06-2010 11:54pm

Just over 7 minutes left on the countdown clock.

scudzilla · 08-06-2010 12:02am

Ah balls, sites crashed :mad::mad:

Kess73 · 08-06-2010 12:03am

Site went down:(

Kess73 · 08-06-2010 12:07am

Album is out on the 16th August

Kess73 · 08-06-2010 12:07am

and a track is available right now. Free

Kess73 · 08-06-2010 12:09am

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

Kess73 · 08-06-2010 12:09am

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

Kess73 · 08-06-2010 12:13am

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 · 08-06-2010 12:13am

Am just downloading the free track off of the album.

Kess73 · 08-06-2010 12:14am

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

Wolfe Tone · 08-06-2010 12:16am

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

Am I Evil? · 08-06-2010 12:44am

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 · 08-06-2010 12:52am

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

Jako8 · 08-06-2010 12:54am

Class song! Really enjoyed it.

Looking forward to the album now.

DazMarz · 08-06-2010 1:43am

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 · 08-06-2010 8:57am

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

Jelle1880 · 08-06-2010 9:28am

Can't wait to get home now

Album art is nice.

metzengerstein · 08-06-2010 10:59am

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

PeterIanStaker · 08-06-2010 3:16pm

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

Kess73 · 08-06-2010 4:09pm

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 · 08-06-2010 6:15pm

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 · 08-06-2010 6:37pm

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 · 08-06-2010 7:22pm

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 · 08-06-2010 7:33pm

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 · 08-06-2010 9:27pm

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 · 08-06-2010 10:15pm

My favourite artwork is definitely Powerslave.

Blerdiii · 09-06-2010 2:53pm

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 · 09-06-2010 3:43pm

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

leonh74 · 09-06-2010 5:22pm

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 · 10-06-2010 10:42pm

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? · 10-06-2010 10:51pm

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

Jako8 · 10-06-2010 11:01pm

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 · 11-06-2010 6:56am

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 · 11-06-2010 7:46am

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

scudzilla · 14-06-2010 12:22pm

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 · 14-06-2010 4:22pm

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

Kess73 · 15-06-2010 10:26am

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 · 23-06-2010 10:50am

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 · 25-06-2010 10:03am

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 · 25-06-2010 10:25am

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 · 25-06-2010 1:50pm

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 · 27-06-2010 6:42pm

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

Mother Russia, unreal tune.

Anything Maiden

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