Great album! My 2nd favorite Maiden record behind 'Number of the Beast'.

"The Evil That Men Do" is killer

Saw them do this song and 4 other songs off this album in Charlotte during their tour kick-off on June 21st.... 2 rows behind the pit.

An amazing performance, great record and Bruce sounds better "live" now than he did on the original 1988/89 tour---where his voice and range were on the decline.

All the guys in the band are in great shape and commanding the stage!! One of the few bands who can still deliver like they did 20+ years ago and darn Nicko just turned 60.

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this was the last time they were awesome.

bigd74 said:

this was the last time they were awesome.

What'd you think about Brave New World and The Final Frontier... Out of the 4 post-reunion records, I really enjoy those "almost" as much as the earlier stuff.

gemari77 said:

bigd74 said:

this was the last time they were awesome.

What'd you think about Brave New World and The Final Frontier... Out of the 4 post-reunion records, I really enjoy those "almost" as much as the earlier stuff.

I think they're ok but they seem a little slow and long and a bit too proggy, i want them to just rock out!

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classic song, classic album

Maiden's work after 1988 has left me cold (despite some new gems here and there)

Brave New World and Final Frontier are my fav modern Maiden albums

bigd74 said:

gemari77 said:

What'd you think about Brave New World and The Final Frontier... Out of the 4 post-reunion records, I really enjoy those "almost" as much as the earlier stuff.

I think they're ok but they seem a little slow and long and a bit too proggy, i want them to just rock out!

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Understandable!!

I'm a bit late but I wanted to bump this to keep the Maiden love going. I never really got into Seventh Son of a Seventh Son but I've been listening to it a bit over the last week and it's quite good.

rialb said:

I'm a bit late but I wanted to bump this to keep the Maiden love going. I never really got into Seventh Son of a Seventh Son but I've been listening to it a bit over the last week and it's quite good.

I kind of like the prog rock sound of the group...

And i know some may laugh at me for this , But i kind of dig keyboards in rock & metal songs So i thought the keyboards added to this where the shit

Gunsnhalen said:

rialb said:

I'm a bit late but I wanted to bump this to keep the Maiden love going. I never really got into Seventh Son of a Seventh Son but I've been listening to it a bit over the last week and it's quite good.

I kind of like the prog rock sound of the group...

And i know some may laugh at me for this , But i kind of dig keyboards in rock & metal songs So i thought the keyboards added to this where the shit

I can dig keyboards as long as they're not too overwhelming. They do add some interesting textures but I don't like it when there are more keyboards than guitars in a rock/metal song.

I haven't heard the albums in years but they really fell off with No Prayer for the Dying and Fear of the Dark but the first seven albums are all good-great.