(June 28, 2015 at 4:05 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Maiden is an amazing band - I love Powerslave - I know The Number Of The Beast is the most popular (and probably the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed) but Powerslave is just so powerful.
Powerslave was probably the best Maiden album of that era. When it was shiny and new, Piece of Mind blew me away but it seems a bit tired now, unlike Powerslave and Number of the Beast.
(June 28, 2015 at 4:05 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Iron Maiden has another album coming up, and it will be released on September this year - If it's a kind of follow up to The Final Frontier it will be amazing - The song When The Wild Wind Blows is a masterpiece by Maiden and it's surprising they keep pushing great quality material after all these years. I think they did some experimentation but as opposed to Metallica they never really changed their British heavy metal style (I like to call it "traditional" or "classical" metal) and it's ok - It suits them. The Factor X era in the 90's is forgettable and honestly even for hardcore fans the albums aren't worth getting/buying. IMO, Bruce Dickinson is Maiden's best vocalist, but Paul Di'Anno was pretty good as well and I don't think Bruce can sing Phantom Of The Opera as well.
The two albums featuring Blaze Bayley were... well, they aren't really worth listening to. Why they hired that guy, I have no idea - he wasn't even close to capable of carrying the same range as Bruce. Then again, even Bruce can't carry the same range that he used to be able to.
