"The Book of Souls" - Official pre-release thread (CONTAINS ALBUM SPOILERS)

[Chained Prometheus]

I am a bit worried... What was the last metal song you heard that is longer than 15 minutes and did not have any guests?

It happens more often than I think you probably realize. Especially in the prog metal scene.

 

[Severian]

I am a bit worried... What was the last metal song you heard that is longer than 15 minutes and did not have any guests?

Sleep's Dopesmoker, Green Carnation's Light of Day, Day of Darkness, Edge of Sanity's Crimson, Pig Destoryer's Natasha. Metal is full of good long songs and Iron Maiden are about to release the best one

 

[SixesAlltheway]

I know the German mag Rock Hard is supposed to have a write up of the new album in their next issue. Sadly, that doesn't come out until August 28 so I'm sure we'll know a great deal by then but it is something.

I'm guessing the embargo on news and reviews may have been lifted?

That is true, but honestly I don't think any other review will be able to tell us that much more than the classic rock magazine review already did...And by late August/early September we are days away from owning the album. I don't care about reviews by that time...it only becomes interesting again weeks afterwards when you can compare your own opinion to a review.

 

[Ranko]

I am a bit worried... What was the last metal song you heard that is longer than 15 minutes and did not have any guests?

Any song by Dream Theater?

 

[Donner]

Which begs the question - how many 15+ minute metal songs feature guests?

I'm really expecting Empire of the Clouds to take us places no Maiden song ever has before. I hope it's an amazing song!

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

I am a bit worried... What was the last metal song you heard that is longer than 15 minutes and did not have any guests?

Any song by Dream Theater?

Or Symphony X, Opeth, Seventh Wonder...

 

[Gk1]

Or Porcupine tree

 

[blindg3]

Well, all of those bands mentioned are prog. It's in their blood. I am trying to figure out how Maiden has managed it...

 

[Travis The Dragon]

And Then There Was Silence by Blind Guardian.

Well, all of those bands mentioned are prog. It's in their blood. I am trying to figure out how Maiden has managed it...

Maybe it won't be real progressive and have parts that repeat like most of Maiden's other long songs.

 

[Donner]

Well, all of those bands mentioned are prog. It's in their blood. I am trying to figure out how Maiden has managed it...

Maiden's basically been proggy since the 70s. Pretty sure they have managed it brilliantly.

 

[blindg3]

And Then There Was Silence by Blind Guardian.
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Well, Blind Guardian are geniuses. They never fail. They never overuse their instruments over vocals.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

It does suck that if any songs do leak, we won't be able to discuss them an give our opinions since that would be considered reviewing leaked material, but at least we can have opinions ready once it's officially released.

 

[Brigantium]

Still not convinced it was so much a general embargo as an effort to drip-feed news, so there's a gradually flow in the build-up to the album release. If anything, I'd expect the flow to intensify now.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

It's going to be wild here Thursday night!

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Maidens post on Facebook earlier with the link to the review has gotten 34k likes and has been shared over 4 thousand times.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

Maidens post on Facebook earlier with the link to the review has gotten 34k likes and has been shared over 4 thousand times.

WOW! NICE!

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Ya, I mean...I know Maiden is a big popular band but sometimes it really does surprise me that they have 13 million followers on facebook...and we're here in our own little Maidenfans.com fish bowl with maybe...I don't know? how many active members? 50-70-80?

 

[Night Prowler]

Forums are really a dying breed with FB, Twitter and Reddit in full swing.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

Well, this place does have a lot of members, but most of them don't post regularly. Mainly because of what NP said.

 

[The Flash]

Forums are really a dying breed with FB, Twitter and Reddit in full swing.

Which is stupid because forums are still vastly superior to them in the ability to discuss things in detail.