Recent content by CA Bryers

I'm the same. I've reduced the physical media I buy down to about bands 5 or so nowadays. It doesn't help their cause when a lot of bands have downgraded the effort they put into CD packaging as well, with no interior art, lyrics, etc. I'll be definitely getting More Balls once I get back from...

I think that's why they said he's the drummer for 2025, and not for the Run For Your Lives Tour in its entirety. He was probably contracted for the one year only, with an option to extend or replace him for 2026 if things didn't work out. Since Bruce has been calling him "their drummer"...

If he is referring to a new album...which I can't think of anything else "kill-worthy" that hasn't already been announced (book, documentary, etc.), I would lean toward them being more in the planning stages of a new album than something that's already recorded. What with Simon newly aboard and...

It's weird how time changes things. I remember an interview I read where Bruce mentioned how he and Roy would've liked to re-record Cyclops with the Molossian guitar (the guitar w/bass strings used on several songs on Chemical Wedding). So...something in that vein is what I was expecting, since...

Funny, reading this I remembered someone sent me a fan edit of the album shortly after its release, and the title track is whittled down to 5:38. Just listened to it, and I feel like I didn't miss anything that was in the (nearly 3-minute longer) original. Still can't say I like the song other...

I go back to No Prayer far more than I do Final Frontier. Every time I finish that one, it's the weirdest thing where I appreciate a few songs, but overall am not feeling it as an album and just can't fully get into it. I know I should be voting Final Frontier. The title track is solid, El...

Ew...just watched that part. The needless arm flailing screams, "lookit me! I'm here too!" :facepalm:

I've said it before, but Fear is one I get the urge to randomly listen to in its entirety more so than a lot of other Maiden albums. Might have something to do with it being the first Maiden album I got as a new fan, but I still love the album, spotty as it is. Even have a soft spot for the The...

I'd give it to SSOASS, though AMOLAD is a big highlight of the reunion era. SSOASS has a clearer, more vibrant production sound to my ears, and has more standout tracks. Meanwhile, AMOLAD is remarkable for its consistently good-to-great songs...but none that I'm really aching to hear come back...

That part where he's hitting the snare off the actual beat is a weirdly unique highlight of the song.

And Mama I'm Coming Home is NOT his favorite Ozzy song, apparently.

Works for me. Always felt like the title track was severely let down (to the point of making it one of the weakest songs on the album) due to its cop-out of a pointlessly repetitive chorus.

Yes, in that both covers are predominantly blue.

This. Bruce wanted a top producer for the reunion album, and they got a great sounding album in BNW. After that, Bruce got cozy again, didn't put his foot down anymore, and Steve got his fingers back in the proverbial cooking pot. Shirley's a fine producer, but he very quickly just started...