=D YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES =D

way, way too long

way too long [2]

Gonna save me some precious time not listening to this

Dear god they’re still going?

Going stronger and stronger. If Blaze Bayley, cancer and covid didnt kill Iron Maiden, nothing will.

Nah but the transformation of the band to a brand will.

Agree the album is too long, but still getting quality Maiden tracks like most of Book of Souls is great.

„Nah but the transformation of the band to a brand will“

eh |-o

can't ever hate on maiden cmon fellas, cut it out

too long for sure, but I'll bet at least 55 minutes of the 82 will kick ass pretty good

Indeed quite long. But hey, artwork is quite nice, I think.

"But hey, artwork is quite nice, I think."

Certainly a better one that Book Of Souls which felt like an unfinished one

last couple of albums have been alright but I cant say I ever clicked with their type of metal so i guess I'll pass

Cute Killers vibes in the art, shame for the black background

Yes, better than Book of Souls and certainly better than Dance of Death. Still cannot get over the fact that this one passed through..quality controll...or whatever

I like The Book Of Souls art better, simply because Eddie's face does have a lot of detail and is more reminiscent of the Eddie of the 80's

Perhaps this means the album will have some Japanese elements…perhaps? Please? Like anything to make it sound unique.

Book Of Souls didn't exactly have any Mayan elements, so based on that, I'd say you're out of luck my friend.

Dunno if there's any way I can make it through 82 minutes

@Titan BoS wasn't titled after a Mayan word, and didn't have a Mayan-word inspired track either, though... I don't think they're going kawai on us, and the first single also supports this, but I guess maybe one song might have some Japanese flavour, in the intro or sth...

fair enough, but you catch my drift

Also, make of it what you will:

"While not a concept album, references to the soul and mortality are prominent, realised in the Maya-themed cover artwork, created by Mark Wilkinson."

Yeah, who knows ¯_(ツ)_/¯

jam bro!

let's fucking go omfg

i'm sure this will be just as boring as their last one

reported

more people were defending ac/dc than iron maiden. how fucking sad

i'm not a diehard IM fan but this will be cool as fuck. i hope i'm still living life to the fullest when im their age

Love me some Maiden and Book of Souls was solid, so I'm stoked

All I can say is, that album cover will make a sweet shirt.

Normally I would bitch that we got another 80+ minute long album but given how much i enjoyed The Book of Souls I'm gonna keep my mouth shut.

Book of Souls was surprisingly great; so I'm optimistic, and Samurai Eddie is also a very dope incarnation. I just hope they at least try to fix that dreadful production job; which probably wont happen.

"Book of Souls was surprisingly great; so I'm optimistic, and Samurai Eddie is also a very dope incarnation. I just hope they at least try to fix that dreadful production job; which probably wont happen."

Kevin Shirley for you. The good old days of the Martin Birch are long gone.

Empire of the Clouds was amazing. With a couple of songs which manage to be that good, I'll be satisfied

the single is like seriously bland hope the album won't be as a whole tho with that artwork this feels like it'll be the worst one in years

triple LP for 10 tracks is BRUTAL

i'll still buy it

nooooooooooooooo!!!

i think i'd be a masochist to check this out, jesus christ 82 minutes

Wasn’t book of Souls over 90 minutes?

This is what I called indiscriminate thief. The album is not even 90+ minutes. Metallica could fit an 80 minutes album into a single album. This is unaffordable for 3rd world countries.

biggest reason i never jammed that in full. Maiden's decent in doses. Even an album like Somewhere in Time's a bit too filler-laden tbh

On paper this is too long. Half that I'm sure would be better. But we'll see

maybe id check this for my objectivity score, idk. i predict a 1.5

I don't know what to think of this.

Three Harris tracks closing the album with each one of them being 10+ is ominous.

But excited anyway cause it's fucking Maiden.

"maybe id check this for my objectivity score, idk. i predict a 1.5"

I'll listen to stuff I don't like just so people think my musical taste is more objective based on a number on my profile

Somewhere In Time is filler-laden boys! Such a bad take man lol

Like half the album is a 3/5 and it gets a 3.5 from the strength of the other songs

the album art is pretty sweet. they really couldn't cut 2 mins just to make it fit on one CD?

"the album art is pretty sweet. they really couldn't cut 2 mins just to make it fit on one CD?"

That's not where the money at

Iron Maiden albums always had filler from someone perspective, and this wont be different. But i do appreciate their longer songs, so im excited to hear this 80m mammoth.

So the 2nd disc will most likely start with Darkest Hour.....probably a kick ass song

you just laughed
ha ha ha... ponce

"the album art is pretty sweet. they really couldn't cut 2 mins just to make it fit on one CD?"

"That's not where the money at"

Yeah they do it for the money. They earn a lot from cd sales and the band members aren't millionaires since like 30 years ago or something

Collective attention span problems... Pretty funny.

"Yeah they do it for the money. They earn a lot from cd sales and the band members aren't millionaires since like 30 years ago or something"

Implying people stop wanting money when they already have tons of it

This is soooooo bad, Oh man.

Metallica gets so much shit for bloating all their albums this past 20 years and all I gotta say is lol

"Even an album like Somewhere in Time's a bit too filler-laden tbh"

This heresy shall not be tolerated. That's easily my favorite album from them.

That album cover is sick.

@rockarollacola: album would be 3 stars without wasted years and stranger in a strange land alone

Somewhere in Time is the pinnacle. Every song

"@rockarollacola: album would be 3 stars without wasted years and stranger in a strange land alone"

Sea of Madness and Alexander the Great are better than those so I doubt it

Im lost in a lost world
Im in love With Your love,girl

"Sea of Madness and Alexander the Great are better than those so I doubt it" wish i could agree, those tracks just couldnt click for shit and i barely remember what they even sound like.

All we could ask from Maiden is for an album to be decent. Even if it's boring after a while, at least to be decent. This being said, All post-reunion albums have been more than that, Brave New World is a masterpiece and the rest all have some great cuts, so I doubt this will be an exception.

Album art will make a dope t-shirt, agreed.

“"Sea of Madness and Alexander the Great are better than those so I doubt it" wish i could agree, those tracks just couldnt click for shit and i barely remember what they even sound like.”

Stop talking and go put on some Metalcore.

You all complaining about album length are CLEARLY NOT IM die hard fans. If I like sex I don't complain because I have too much of it, duuuuh!
So, for me, 30 years listening to these gentlemen...it is a great pleasure to have a 82min album and it would never occured to me to complain! Have we become crazy now or what?!

i wish they would go black metal for once

Sea of Madness is easily top 10 Maiden ever tbh

Well Rugal, I'd feel much better if this was 41 instead of 82 mins because I'd assume they made a consistent, tight effort. 9/10 times I'd take quality over quantity, but I can understand your sentiment with Maiden.

I really wish they would tune down half a step to help Bruce out and get whoever produced Priest’s last album to produce but it’ll never happen.

Also Seventh Son is their best album guys.

ooft, quiet terrible

the vibrato vocals are not great

'You all complaining about album length are CLEARLY NOT IM die hard fans. If I like sex I don't complain because I have too much of it, duuuuh!
So, for me, 30 years listening to these gentlemen...it is a great pleasure to have a 82min album and it would never occured to me to complain! Have we become crazy now or what?!'

Rugal dude some of us aren't complaining. In my case, I stated that I'm being picky. I'm an album listener, and some of the 82 minute album will most likely be a bit bloated. Quality over quantity indeed. Been a fan for 35 years myself, seen em live 15 times. With that, I'm happy to take the 82 minutes that they're giving us....

Somewhere in Time is the pinnacle. Every song [2]

hands down the best heavy metal album ever recorded for me, along with Mindcrime

Yes.

I like to be optimistic....82min of quality is better than 41. I don't think the lenght of the album put quality at risk, at least when we're talking about Maiden. On the other hand I realize they are not going to make their best album ever as we speak, but I don't expect that neither. For me they reached the peak of they're career with Somewhere in time.

Now, what I "dislike" is the cover...I miss old times. The last great IM cover, for me, was No prayer for the dying's.
They're making a lazy job on this and basically are not putting attention. Those from the last two live albums...puaggg

really like album titles, intriguing

'82min of quality is better than 41'

Fact, if we get it though.

The Book Of Souls in bloated - how many of us can say that we love The Man Of Sorrows? Tears Of A Clown is substandard Maiden despite its glimpses of catchiness. The Red And The Black is amazing, but it does go on for a few minutes longer than it should. There are a few others that are good, but not great. BUT, there is 60 minutes of amazing shit on it, and that's the point. The longer the album, the greater the chance of running into a song or two that probably could've been clipped in order to make the whole an absolute masterpiece.

'Now, what I "dislike" is the cover...I miss old times. The last great IM cover, for me, was No prayer for the dying's.
They're making a lazy job on this and basically are not putting attention. Those from the last two live albums...puaggg'

Well, they need Derek Riggs back. Pay that man!

Yeah, right? I don't know that story...why in hell they decided to break up with him, again?
Can you imaging Cannibal Corpse parting ways with Vince Locke?! Not in a million years, dude...

Riggs' latest artworks are way worse

he had a few missteps

I really do think The Book Of Souls Eddie comes the closest to Riggs' classic 80's era. The details of Eddie's eyes, nose, teeth, and shape of the head is almost just like cyborg Eddie....

>Riggs' latest artworks are way worse

That's a euphimism if I ever saw one. Album art might not be as detailed and full as they used to be, but with the exception of DoD (if only they hadn't added the random CGI stuff) and FF (if only it was made old school and darker), all their album covers have been decnt

Final frontier is incredible wtf

nah

82 minutes of Bruce sounding as awful as he does here is masochism, not quality.

wow so now we're saying the artwork for FF isn't good enough either? LMAO

Somewhere in Time peaks with the first two tracks, and is indeed filler laden. Y'all crazy.

@Titan ''Not good enough'' is a better description than outright bad. I liked it when it came out and I still do because it reminds me of those years, I can't really say I dislike it. But I think it could benefit from some darker, less digital touchings.

digital touchings ruin tons of artworks nowadays. Paintings or photographs are better than CGI stuff. If you want weird stuff in photos, edit them old school a la hipgnosis instead of using photoshop, which makes it look unreal

>way, way too long

That was the biggest weakness of songs on A Matter of Life and Death.

Gibleson, I sentence you to public stoning in town square

" If I like sex I don't complain because I have too much of it, duuuuh!"

clearly you've never had sex

Stoked for this, even not too optimistic that it will be outright great..

But Yeah, these triple vinyls (as beautiful as the one for 'book of Souls' is) obviously are a cash grab...82 minutes of music easily fit onto 2 LPs without the slightest compromise of quality. Side 4 would be the longest with 24 minutes, which is perfectly fine.

Not that anyone would care about CDs anymore, but having an 82 minutes album in order to make it a 2Cd set is also rather gimmicky...

They just REALLY had to go with a double album again... jfc

Love this band to death but it's just too fucking much

"That's a euphimism if I ever saw one. Album art might not be as detailed and full as they used to be, but with the exception of DoD (if only they hadn't added the random CGI stuff) and FF (if only it was made old school and darker), all their album covers have been decnt"

I was talking about Riggs' latest stuff outside of Maiden actually. I mean look at this:

http://derek.server311.com/derekriggs.com/mike-monson.html

“ Somewhere in Time peaks with the first two tracks, and is indeed filler laden. Y'all crazy.”

Harsh and I’m not sure I agree but I do think it’s the weakest album in the number of the beast to seventh son run!

The animation is actually something. Song is +-

FILLER LADEN BAHAHAHAHAHA

get a load of this guy

excited for this! \m/

Nearly all of the reunion era albums save for AMoLaD are better than Somewhere in Time. Get woke y'all.

if it was just an ep with somewhere back in time, wasted years, and stranger in a strange land itd be like a 4.25 lol

jesus christ some terrible takes on this website lately

"Nearly all of the reunion era albums save for AMoLaD are better than Somewhere in Time. Get woke y'all."

how about no

"Nearly all of the reunion era albums save for AMoLaD are better than Somewhere in Time. Get woke y'all."

This gave me cancer
Thanks

Ok somewhere in time take is obviously nonsense, but howon earth could you even rate by the numbers dance of death or FF above AMOLAD???

@ΙnFlames.... Yes, exactly, I didn't word it right! I saw some of his work outside of Maiden and I thought ''Way worse'' is a euphimism, because it's downright dogshit! The one you posted was actually at least something, take a look at this

http://derek.server311.com/derekriggs.com/chris-catena.html
http://derek.server311.com/derekriggs.com/chris-impelliteri.html
http://derek.server311.com/derekriggs.com/guardians-of-time.html

I mean, what on Earth made him go this direction?

oh god what the hell hahaha

go back to painting buddy, you ruled at that

"dance of death or FF above AMOLAD???"

Well Dance of Death has Paschendale and its t/t which are better than anything on AMOLAD

Dance of Death is a 2.5 and Paschendale is a 3. The Longest Day is a 4.5 and like 3 or 4 other songs on AMOLAD are at least a 4. No More Lies might be a 3.5 but everything else on Dance of Death is utterly forgettable. Worst Dickinson era album.. Everything on there sounding as forced and thoughtout as the album cover.

I'm not that big on Paschendale, either

https://forum.rocking.gr/uploads/default/
optimized/3X/3/d/3de3670293f1cc4a086bb0e7853452399ddf7dbd_2_748x750.jpeg

here's a fan art of the new album cover wich is 100% better imo

fellas be missing on the match made in heaven that is Maiden + orchestra

broken link Mythodea m8

@Mythodea Great album cover. Thanks for sharing.

Both Dance of Death and The Final Frontier >>>> AMOLAD

@MrSir Are you sure you copied it correctly? Grungil seems to be fine with it, unless he's pulling my leg

https://bit.ly/3eHGSEh

Try this one

"here's a fan art of the new album cover wich is 100% better imo"

Holy F, totally adding this one when the album comes out.

woah that is better

it's from a user of the Iron Maiden fc. I haven't been able to find their name, as of yet, though...

"Nearly all of the reunion era albums save for AMoLaD are better than Somewhere in Time. Get woke y'all."

All but the by far best reunion era album? Odd

jesus christ some terrible takes on this website lately [17]

Isn't that the bread and butter of sput

IMO Brave New World and AMOLAD are actually better than Somewhere in Time. That does not make Somewhere in Time a bad or mediocre album thou, as these 2 above are total Iron Maiden classics...
But SIT obviously blows albums like DOD or FF and even BOS out of the water...

A Matter of Life and Death has 3-4 really damn good songs, but the rest just kind of blend together (it not being mastered doesn't help), and is just too overly long for how little ideas there are. It goes:

1. Brave New World
2. The Book of Souls
3. Dance of Death
4. The Final Frontier
5. A Matter of Life and Death

Bit of a side-note, Satellite 15 was one of the most creative things they did in like 20 years, and it's a shame they only explored that sound for like 3 minutes.

Donny baby why are you doing this???????

bnw is probably the most overrated album in iron maiden's discography

and here goes my order:

1) Brave New World (easily)
2) A Matter Of Life And Death
3) The Final Frontier
4) Dance Of Death
5) The Book Of Souls

and I bet most of you fuckers have been spinning Maiden almost nonstop since the single and album announcement.....I know I have

@Pika: that title belongs to NOTB

jesus christ wtf is happening

no way

bnw isn't even in the same stratosphere as notb

you guys are going to give me a coronary

never check casavir's ratings, titan

lol i think i've seen em

@Titan, I do as well

i always do it Myth.....as soon as one of my favorite bands is releasing something, or a show is coming or just recently happened, I cant help but listen almost nonstop

titan bro, ya know 2000s Iron Maiden (sans dance Of Death) is like 90s Fate to me. Underrated and damn close to the classics!!

and Tite, thorough order of new school Maiden, except for Book of Souls. That one is no 3 for me, but you aced the rest

"bnw is probably the most overrated album in iron maiden's discography"

🥴🥴🥴

That didn't feel like 7min to me at all. I've been checked out on IM for a while but everyone here is saying they've been going strong and I dug this so I'm gonna spin them all day and see what I've been missing. FTR I'm a Killers guy, so maybe they'll have moved out of my sweet spot but, again, this was great, the riffs are cool and at first I was like 'drummer is just being clever for the sake of it, he must be bored' then it all kinda came together and the foreshadowing/hinting and reprisals were very cool and tied the song together while keeping it moving. They're so pro at this lol

"https://bit.ly/3eHGSEh

Try this one"

That IS way better. Two albums in a row without background. Are they going cheap or what?

At least Eddie has been excellent both times, unlike other failures like DoD or the (Retrospectively) mediocre Final Frontier, which isn't *bad*, but isn't among their best

Their last great artwork was Fear of the Dark imo

I like BNW's concept but not really much the execution

I also adore Virtual XI's art, BNW of course, and then AMOLAD's cover had been imprinted on my 12y.o brain when I saw it on someone's t-shirt and I went ''Damn, look at those skeletons.. Now THAT'S wild'', so I love it, although there's not even an Eddie on there.

just pre-ordered the red marble vinyl

maiden have been consistently good since the new millennia.

People complaining about the album length...I don't get it. Like you don't need to listen to the whole album in one sitting every time you listen to it. You can skip songs...

"People complaining about the album length...I don't get it. Like you don't need to listen to the whole album in one sitting every time you listen to it. You can skip songs..."

Then that means it is an album with good songs on it. Not a good album. What you're describing is the definition of filler

tbh even if there wasn't any objective filler musically it'd be a slog with how Bruce's sounding now lol

https://bit.ly/2V0KDOa

Another great album art by a fan from the FC, apparently made during a zoom meeting... Jeeeeesus

Amazon is selling that silver vinyl edition at 16.99 currently. Gonna laugh so hard if they actually honor that price (clearly an error).

speaking of Maiden fanart. Dance of Death:

https://i.imgur.com/HfvFyXx.jpeg

Saw it today and it's admittedly awesome, but I love the Eyes Wide Shut idea, if only it was better executed

ehre the triple LP is already up at 50 € in presale... wtf???

Been hoping to see a new album from them! Book of Souls was awesome, glad to see they're sticking to lengthy outings.

> People complaining about the album length...I don't get it. Like you don't need to listen to the whole album in one sitting every time you listen to it. You can skip songs...

My OCD won't let me :[

Brave New World was their best album. Long albums are the most artistic. Yeah right they do it for the money.

Long albums are the most artistic

Yeah seriously. Just listen to it in increments, god forbid a band makes an album longer than 35 minutes ffs.

"Yeah seriously. Just listen to it in increments, god forbid a band makes an album longer than 35 minutes ffs."

38-45 is the perfect length for an album

and a penis

most of my favorite albums lean towards the longer end
maiden's just been going overblown for the sake of money and Bruce has degraded so much as a vocalist that i expect this to suck anyway

Cool

"Long albums are the most artistic"

John Petrucci pls logoff

Sucks for you venin.....I'm fucking stoked to UP THE IRONS once again!!!!! Pumped!

how many of us can say that we love The Man Of Sorrows?
[2]

You couldn't pay me to remember that fucking song.

Under an hour is pretty much always good to me

Above that and I really have to debate if I want to hear it all that badly

I keep imagining they'll cut the crap and release a tight set of concise songs again. I'm delusional.

New track Stratego dropping today at 6pm today UK time!

nice!!!

yeeeeeah

Both songs are mega snoozefest, by-the-numbers, 1 riff chugga chuggas. This shit is shaping out to be a major letdown, probably borderline unlistenable for 82 mins

new song has great vocal lines and interesting scale-playing, and the trademark galloping sound

I find the new song quite entertaining and enjoyable. If these 2 tracks are indicative of the whole album, Will it be a Classic? I guess not. Will it make for an enjoyable listen? I think so. I am contented with that! It's on track for being on 'Book Of Souls' level for me.