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Writing on the Wall - Iron Maiden
Those that are into rock/metal no doubt will have been watching the reveal last night on Iron Maiden's Youtube channel. They have been trolling us with Bruce wearing Belshazzar's Feast T-Shirts with WOTW and a pyramid type structure showing up on posters at the limited number Download festival this year. Past week virtually all the Maiden albums artwork has had the pyramid and WOTW added to them.
Finally after 6 years we have new Maiden music and an EPIC video to go alongside it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhBnW7bZHEE
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Great!
I've only ever seen them at Downpour 2016 but was completely worth the rain
Now it looks like I'm living for a bit longer I want try to see them next season if they're touring.
I met Nicko almost 20 years ago at a Guitar festival, he jumped on the drums, was one of the best experiences I'd ever witnessed. Sadly no footage as cameras were only cameras back then which also failed on the day.
I love watching and listening to Rock In RIO every now and again, when Bruce rejoined they had an explosion of energy
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I've only ever seen them once and that was at Sheffield during the Fear of the Dark tour before Bruce left and they were awesome. I did want to see them at Newcastle for the Legacy of the Beast tour but tickets sold out fast :(
Hoping to get to see them next tour though as if this track is anything to go by then the album will be amazing. I felt this track sounded more like their classic stuff and thinking Powerslave in particular
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I've only ever seen them once and that was at Sheffield during the Fear of the Dark tour before Bruce left and they were awesome.
I bet that was a memorable occasion!
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Hoping to get to see them next tour though as if this track is anything to go by then the album will be amazing. I felt this track sounded more like their classic stuff and thinking Powerslave in particular
Yeah this is really promising, a lot of bands are fizzling out these days.
That said Megadeth are still good if you listen to them, although there's been a bit of unrest in the camp recently, hoping they get Jason Newsted on board as long as his health is good enough as Mustain isn't slowing down. They've at least stayed true to their roots much more than the others.
They were also at Download 2016 and were brilliant, I bought their Dystopia album as soon as I got home
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Funnily enough a mate of mine, Paul Hutchinson, has a folk duo called Belshazzars Feast :) He is rather amused by this :)
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I can't see Jason Newstead joining. They have had another bassist redo all Dave Eleffson's stuff on the new album they are working on after what happened. I do have Dystopia on CD & Vinyl as been into Megadeth for some time starting with Rust in Peace. For me Megadeth always keep the pace going with their stuff and there hasn't really been a bad album from them.
Some argue that No Prayer for the Dying is Maiden's worst but I have always enjoyed it and prefer it over Book of Souls
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We have an album cover, I think, or a single cover...
https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...a9&oe=60FA1ECB
Just been posted on FB sadly
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...55794485912905
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I can't see Jason Newstead joining. They have had another bassist redo all Dave Eleffson's stuff on the new album they are working on after what happened.
Yeah the more I've read it's pretty much certain Newsted isn't joining.
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I do have Dystopia on CD & Vinyl as been into Megadeth for some time starting with Rust in Peace. For me Megadeth always keep the pace going with their stuff and there hasn't really been a bad album from them.
I've only ever heard songs here and there until I got Dystopia & saw them live, then I've been grabbing an album when I feel like a music splurge. Though turns out I bought a live DVD at some point thats still sealed so that will have to be put in the player soon.
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Interesting.
I like rock/metal but not heavily into it.
I was pi.... annoyed a few years ago when I got invited to a friend's birthday party. No, that didn't annoy me, per se. It was nice to be invited. What did was, firstly, not only that I couldn't make it, which was enough of a b.... downer, but then I found out that the 'band' that played the event was Hawkwind. Yeah, that Hawkwind. It turned out that he was one of their roadies for years, and a long-standing friend.
Damn. :(
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That is the album cover for Senjutsu - new album.
You can pre order it from today and it's out 21st September so not long at all
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Iron Maiden are one of the few bands I will instabuy whatever they put out. That's probably because Maiden were the first band I got into which wasn't my Dad's vinyl (that wasn't a bad introduction to music though - Cream, Genesis, ELP, Wishbone Ash (see? Maiden was inevitable!), Bowie, Alice Cooper to name a few).
Seen them live 4 times - Download 2007 then three times in Aberdeen (2011 - Final Frontier, 2017 - Book of Souls, 2018 - Legacy of the Beast). I always appreciated that they took the time to venture this far north. That time in 2018 was especially amusing to me as Aberdeen was their only Scottish date that tour - cue much grumbling from the central belt!
Liking the new track, only had a couple of listens and they were "while I'm working" listens - will get the nice headphones on tonight for a proper listen.
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It always makes me chuckle when heavy metal like IM get their references, title albums in this case, from biblical sources.
Anyone else doing a web search for "writing on the wall" get an article on Rashford's mural being graffitied? :rolleyes:
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A lot of Maiden's early stuff and even pre Book of Souls has a war theme especially WW1&2 with tracks like The Trooper, Die with your Boots On, 2 Minutes to Midnight and Aces High. Then the albums themselves usually have a theme like Powerslave which has an Egyptian theme and includes tracks like Flight of Icarus & Rime of the Ancient Mariner (based on the Icarus story and then the story about shooting an Albatross when on a boat) and so on. There are a lot of themes running through the various albums by Maiden, even Metallica with their Ride the Lightning album has the awesome Creeping Death which is a song about the Biblical Plagues of Egypt.
Megadeth usually do songs on a theme also like Dystopia covers the affairs in society past few years, Rust in Peace which is late 80's covers nuclear war and cover ups (Hangar 18 & Area 51 etc) and Countdown to Extinction from early 90's a lot of it covers extinction of animals as well as corporations contributing top the pollution and so on
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A lot of Maiden's early stuff and even pre Book of Souls has a war theme especially WW1&2 with tracks like The Trooper, Die with your Boots On, 2 Minutes to Midnight and Aces High. Then the albums themselves usually have a theme like Powerslave which has an Egyptian theme and includes tracks like Flight of Icarus & Rime of the Ancient Mariner (based on the Icarus story and then the story about shooting an Albatross when on a boat) and so on. There are a lot of themes running through the various albums by Maiden, even Metallica with their Ride the Lightning album has the awesome Creeping Death which is a song about the Biblical Plagues of Egypt.
Flight of Icarus was on Piece of Mind, not Powerslave - wholly appropriate; bit of a crazy thing to do, flying with wings made of feathers and wax regardless of how close to the sun you go :)
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Ah yeah I typed that response without cross referencing the albums. Must admit I prefer Piece of Mind over Powerslave. The songs just seem to be better and you can't beat The Trooper. Powerslave I only really like Aces High and 2 Minutes to Midnight - these 2 would have been better on the previous Piece of Mind alongside The Trooper!
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That is the one I have pre ordered from Amazon. I do love the Limited Edition version but at £93 just can't afford it.
The Book of Souls I have is in the same format as that and it looks and feels really high quality
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Might give it a listen but went off them a bit after the release of A matter of life and death and going to see that tour, I thought it was disappointing. Last time I went to see them was on the Somewhere Back in Time Tour which was brill.
Maybe I'm just getting too old for new music.
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Maybe I'm just getting too old for new music.
Maybe your tastes change, a bit like the way you grow into appreciating different foods and drinks later in life than when you're 17?
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And a refreshing drink to go with the album:
https://www.robinsonsbrewery.com/sho...sun-and-steel/
Looks like this could have been an early clue to the album. They're also using real Japanese hops.
https://www.ironmaidenbeer.com/files...4_SunSteel.png
A video on it's creation:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/419869414
I've had the original Trooper in the past, it is definitely a good strong punchy traditional beer! No marsh mellow, whipped cream nonsense I see everywhere nowadays.
Look forward to trying the rest of the range when I can finally drink alcohol again, I was unaware there's quite a collection now.
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Hoping to get to see them next tour though as if this track is anything to go by then the album will be amazing. I felt this track sounded more like their classic stuff and thinking Powerslave in particular
Don't waste your money buying the T-Shirt. Quality is awful. I saw Maiden on the Powerslave tour at Brum Odeon in New Street, still got the shirt and it's shrunk :eek:
I need to go somewhere quiet and feel old now.
Not a chance. Spent my 50th at an Airbourne gig :rockon:
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I get all my band Tees from EMP now as they use pre shrunk Gildan shirts. I got a Maiden Number of the Beast shirt for my birthday a few weeks back and its awesome, sizing is perfect and didn't shrink when washed.
https://www.emp.co.uk/p/number-of-th...ne/184785.html
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They've just uploaded a modified music video with sound effects if you want to feel more immersed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouNrpm0zRWg
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The version with the SFX makes it even better I thought.
Album is out a week on Friday - so close now.
They have now also released Stratego which again sounds like classic Maiden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpuwr9fF7kw
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What's everyone's thoughts on the rest of the album then? It's certainly a change of direction for Maiden (IMO) and very different to Book of Souls as the songs are definitely more prog metal. I really like it though - particularly Death of the Celts, Hell on Earth, Senjutsu and Writing on the Wall. Some of Adrian's solos are epic, and Bruce's voice still holds up incredibly well given his age and what he's been through health-wise.
I see quite a few people moaning in the YouTube comments sections that it doesn't sound like stuff they did in 1980. FFS, guess what - it's 2021, not 1980. Time moves on and stuff changes, deal with it! Maiden still sound awesome, in my opinion anyway :)
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I'm not a huge fan of this new album and think it doesn't hold up to well against the post 2000 era stuff and the 2 albums with Blaze. It does sound a bit more prog styled which isn't a genre I overly like barring a few bands like Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime is awesome) and a few others. I prefer stuff that is a bit more punchy and faster.
I love the first disc but the 3 songs clocking in at 34 minutes total closing out the album I don't like, it makes the latter half of the album really drawn out.
I think they should have mixed them in between the other songs so you have something a bit shorter and more punchy surrounding each long song but finishing with the song they have there already. At least they are trying to stay relevant as they cannot just keep the hardcore fans happy repeating stuff from the 80's & 90's.
Out of Senjutsu and Helloween's self titled album that came out mid June the Helloween album is the one I keep going back to and closing the album out with with the 12 minute Skyfall is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLV530n3kMw
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Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime is awesome)
The mere mention of this epic Rock/Metal concept album makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up - simply one of my favourite albums of all time :)
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I'm not a huge fan of this new album and think it doesn't hold up to well against the post 2000 era stuff and the 2 albums with Blaze. It does sound a bit more prog styled which isn't a genre I overly like barring a few bands like Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime is awesome) and a few others. I prefer stuff that is a bit more punchy and faster.
I love the first disc but the 3 songs clocking in at 34 minutes total closing out the album I don't like, it makes the latter half of the album really drawn out.
I think they should have mixed them in between the other songs so you have something a bit shorter and more punchy surrounding each long song but finishing with the song they have there already. At least they are trying to stay relevant as they cannot just keep the hardcore fans happy repeating stuff from the 80's & 90's.
Out of Senjutsu and Helloween's self titled album that came out mid June the Helloween album is the one I keep going back to and closing the album out with with the 12 minute Skyfall is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLV530n3kMw
Interesting, I'll still be getting it but not until next month - I'm avoiding it on streaming 'til then
Haven't listened to Helloween for eons! Will have a listen to that at some point
Sounds like I also need to investigate this Operation Mindcrime album
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Sounds like I also need to investigate this Operation Mindcrime album
Yes you do ! Think 1984 mixed with Dark City and the Matrix themes set to late 80’s Rock Opera and you are on the right path. Always to be listened to in one sitting - it’s one of those albums that never fails to deliver a sublime experience.
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I get all my band Tees from EMP now as they use pre shrunk Gildan shirts. I got a Maiden Number of the Beast shirt for my birthday a few weeks back and its awesome, sizing is perfect and didn't shrink when washed.
https://www.emp.co.uk/p/number-of-th...ne/184785.html
really, didn;t know that. i like that number of the beast one. what the sizing like, i'm usually large or XL.
this new track is good. was going to buy the new album on vinyl in hmv, £70, put it back. will seek a cheaper one lol.
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Not a fan, myself.
I have a friend who is big into them, has all the albums, went to every gig he could manage, etc etc etc... He tried really hard to get me into them and lent me a stack of albums. I honestly went through each one at least twice, but not once was I taken by anything they did.
However, I still respect the standing they have, as they've definitely earned their place in the annals, and for those who are fans - I'm genuinely pleased for you.
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this new track is good. was going to buy the new album on vinyl in hmv, £70, put it back. will seek a cheaper one lol.
A mate of mine was also looking to buy the vinyl version, but baulked at the price (despite being filthy rich) - it is a bit steep even for a double album.
Agree with you about the tracks, I've been listening to them every evening for the past week since I posted above. Rather than starting to cool on them, most of them are still growing on me with each listen. I just don't get the negativity at all. I mean, sure, I wouldn't say it's The Best Maiden Album Ever. But it's much, much closer to that end of the scale than the weaker end. I don't care if none of the tracks sound like Number of the Beast, The Trooper, ROTAM, etc. They sound fresh and damn good in their own right.