Recent content by Detective Beauregard

Voting for Maiden on a Maiden forum is so cliche, but they truly deserve it here. The only other album I voted for was Tool’s, because while it’s decidedly weaker than the two albums that sandwich it, there’s three insanely good tracks on it and a handful of pretty good ones, too. Primo...

I love TLITD. Even though it doesn’t reach the highs of Ktulu or Orion, it’s a crushing piece with a beautiful middle section and solo (by Hetfield, I believe). On the other hand, I’ve never cared for Anesthesia… even as a bass player. It bores me to tears. Maiden’s bite-size instrumentals in...

Deadwing is a more consistent album than Ghost Reveries, but both have some heavyweights on them. Harlequin Forest and Ghost of Perdition are monsters, but there’s something to be said about the equally massive Arriving Somewhere But Not Here. Both albums have a few...

Anyone here ever played System Shock 2? Picked up the remaster and I’m loving it. I do wish that Nightdive had done a full remake like they did with the original System Shock, but that’s a minor gripe. Definitely a game for anyone who likes the immersive BioShock-type exploration-based RPG/shooters.

I’d give the 5th and 8th tracks to DoD, though.

Train of Thought deserves this year as it’s easily one of DT’s most consistent albums. Dance of Death has three outstanding songs, a few decent ones, and a whole heap of filler (I go back and forth on whether or not this or Final Frontier is Maiden’s weakest reunion album, but it might be this).

I don’t think Maiden or Maiden-adjacent albums should be included at all, due to obvious expected bias. Re: Six Degrees; it’s an album with very high peaks (Glass Prison, Blind Faith, and Great Debate) but very low valleys (most of Disappear, most of the title track). It was my introductory...

This is exactly how I feel about everything I’ve ever heard by the guy. There might be a cool musical section here or there, but none of his stuff has ever clicked with me.

It’s “furious,” but it sounds like “serious,” which is much funnier, so I just roll with it. This is the lyric, along with the aforementioned “hit the switch, you sonnuva biatch,” that led me to realize Symphony X went from making music for themselves to making music for stereotypical angsty...

Pfft, how rude! Also probably true. BRING DOWN TEH HAMMER WITH SERIOUS ANGER!!1

Kamelot’s discography begins with Fourth Legacy and ends with Black Halo if you ask me.

Lol. I mean Symphony X have never been lyrical masters (although Thomas Miller’s contributions were solid), but a lot of Iconoclast’s lyrics sound like they were written by a 3rd grader. We are strong! We will stand and fight! Watch me burn! Live and learn! Incantations is one of those tunes...

I’d say both Underworld and Paradise Lost are more consistent than The Odyssey at least* (both albums are pretty much all killer no filler), but The Odyssey peaks far higher. Paradise Lost is great, but the overly simplified sound irked me (I can only recall one classic Symphony X polyrhythm on...

Couldn’t agree more. Title track is one of the best songs of all time. Possibly. Both albums have quite a few filler moments. I actually think Blind Faith is just as strong, and I’m also partial to The Great Debate. But yes, the rest of the album is painfully average to my ears, which is...

It’s always been difficult for me to pick favorites with some bands - Maiden being one of them. But honestly I think they might be my top two as well.