Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

The vocals are not the issue here nor are they the issue in Maiden. Boring songs are .

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Exponentially better than the travesty that was Senjutsu, but still nothing to get excited over. It's fine for what it is, I guess. At least Bruce sounds decent on here.

I’d say book of souls onwards you could really tell he was losing his voice.
Senjutsu is a strong album but poor Bruce struggles. If it was recorded 20 years earlier and not mixed by someone with hearing issues it would be incredible.

Album Rating: 2.5

-- I'm talking about Book of Souls and Senjutsu. He is absolutely buried in the mix on those records

Well, with three guitars and a rhythm section it's almost self evident. I can't listen to Iron Maiden from 2001 onwards.





-- Senjutsu is a strong album but poor Bruce struggles

Considering his age, he sounds great, but The Mandrake Project sounds like it was released because people around felt compelled to do so, for some arcane reason.

Album Rating: 1.5

I love bruce's voice, but there has always been this kind of old man reprimanding someone in a cartoon kinda quality to it and now that he's old, well, it is a lot more noticeable lol

just put on afterglow of ragnarok and i dig

left it on and most of this is whatever unfortunately. not bad, just wouldn't care to listen again. first 2 were great. Mistress of Mercy had good energy. liked where Shadow of the Gods built to and closer was pr good. i looooooooove If Eternity Should Fail so listening to an inferior version was fine

Album Rating: 3.3

Album is pretty good, honestly. If you're a fan of his solo stuff, you can hear the influence of where an idea might have originated on a lot of these. A lot of Skunkworks influence too, which is welcome news to me since I love that album, but most don't care for it, so the dissenting opinion doesn't surprise me.



Face in the Mirror is pretty bad (that piano is... so bad in its sound quality). But everything else is solid.

This sounds fine to me. Surprised by all the 1s and 2s

Album Rating: 3.0

have to say I agree with more of the negative comments here. don't dislike the vocals nearly as much as the dull and repetitive songs. there are some really brilliant moments but overall just kinda good not great

Album Rating: 3.0

Really good review. Like most comments here, i too struggle to get my head around this album. Bruce has been my hero ever since hearing Invaders for the first time when i was 7 years old, but yeh...maybe he has just set the bar too high with his career. His voice still sounds pretty good tbf, most of the songs here just aren't memorable. I reckon he was going for it, mixing up the sounds and genres but it kinda feels disjointed, with a large handful of fillers...second single Rain being one of them. To me eternity is better than the Maiden version, has more weight and that first chorus blows wigs off horses heads when it kicks in. And as much as it is way too long, Sonata does have something going for it, however heavy the distribution of Bruce Bruce cheese cheese.

You’d think Hawks would be all over this the way it has “man” in the title

Album Rating: 4.0

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