Recent content by Ascendingthethrone

Bedford is easy to get to from London. You could fly into Luton Airport and get the train. There is a lovely hotel on the river near the venue as well. It’s a Premier Inn (nationwide chain) and you can get a room for fairly cheap. If you fly into Gatwick airport, there is a direct train from...

It’s been downhill since they didn’t credit Paul Cairns for the EP.

Christ almighty. Your negativity is plunging to whole new depths. I know I am critical of the band sometimes, but you never have a good word to say about them.

Here are some that I can find. There may be more out there.

They probably have lots of recordings from screens stored on various hard drives, tapes and reels. I would love to see more archival footage. I was pleasantly surprised to see some of the Donnington 2007 footage released with what I assume is a Shirley audio mix. We know the whole show is mixed...

10 times Reading Festival 2005 Earls Courts first night 2006 Twickenham 2008 O2 Arena first night 2011 O2 Arena second night 2013 (I think it was as I can’t remember exactly!) O2 Arena first night 2017 O2 Arena first night 2018 Download Festival 2022 O2 arena first night 2023 London Stadium...

The following were special to me. Reading Festival 2005. My first Maiden gig and I loved the setlist. Ears Court 2006 night 1. The power cut was hilarious and I have fond memories running to get the train home. O2 Book of Souls first night 2017. I was blown away by TRATB and the title track...

Depends on my mood, but I will say TBOS has higher highs than Senjutsu. Thats why it gets my vote.

Or this…

I now have the shitty narration from the old ‘Behind the Music’ documentaries in my head. “Following the successful tour of Europe, the band had the United States in their sights. It looked like Iron Maiden would actually be checking into hotels in California. Unfortunately for Dennis Stratton...

Yesterday marked 10 years since the release of Infinite Entanglement. I can’t believe it! Those years have just flown by. I remember preordering it from the website and got the 15th anniversary of Silicon Messiah on vinyl as part of the same order. I had the CD in the car for months. I still...

Hard disagree on the first two you mentioned. The only messy versions of Paschendale I can recall were from 2010. The 2003 DOTR version is incredible. Journeyman is good as well. I can see what you mean about Longest Day, but the high notes never bothered me in this one. It was phenomenally...

I was literally about to say this!

I want to see Maiden again, but I am not inclined to spend £150 to see the same show as last year and with a worse view. Still if you want to do that, who am I to shit on it? Enjoy the gig!

I recognised the guy from the Capnharris YouTube channel. Right at the end he says something about Maiden being the biggest band in the world again.