Recent content by Helmuth Von Moltke

Yes, agree to disagree. I really cannot see what the problem is with the 2011 TFF setlist, esp following the insanely adventurous 2010 set. Running Free is relatively rare for the reunion lineup, and of the other seven classics (11:58, Trooper, Evil, Fear, NOTB, Hallowed, IM), five of them were...

These tours aren't equivalents in length and therefore profitability, which means some setlist changes are lower stakes than others... the 2006 AMOLAD full album run was the bigger one at three months the 2007 follow-up was short, a ten-day run followed by barely 22 more days whereas the 2010...

I don't think 'predictable classics' alone makes for an unadventurous all-eras setlist. By that definition, the 2006 AMOLAD setlist was also 'unadventurous' because all five classics in that setlist were predictable!

I’m confused by this characterisation. How is a set list with five new TFF tracks, plus three other reunion era songs, playing it safe? In 2011 they played EIGHT post 2000 songs - which is only two less than the ten AMOLAD tracks played in 2006. I take your point that the classics were not...

I also think a setlist with interesting reunion songs is worthy as well. Having so many stellar reunion songs across 2010 - 11 was a nice novelty and I'd say playing DoD, BB, BNW and Wickerman alongside TFF material was brilliant. En Vivo is still a real favourite of mine.

I agree somewhat with the Rush comparison, but the differences are clear. Rush are two really old guys who need a drummer to drive them and who need someone who in no way could be compared to Neil Peart. Rush was also coming back after over a decade of dormancy. Maiden is five slightly less...

The tin was so shit I had to also buy the standard jewell case of TFF back in 2010, simply to fit neatly on my CD shelf.

I lodged a very polite complaint on the official forum about this release - I said in more polite words... The release is ridiculous and unnecessary. I said that I hoped few fans buy this collection so Maiden's management get the message that re-hashing the old albums with incremental changes...

These are total worldwide physical sales only: https://chartmasters.org/artist/iron-maiden/

From https://chartmasters.org/artist/iron-maiden/ (worldwide sales in right side)

Are we sure? I thought SIT went double platinum but 7th Son went single platinum only. I may be wrong, but here is at least some data tracking evidence that claims 7th Son was single platinum in the US (also, Seventh Son went on to sell an estimated 2.48 million copies in Europe alone—accounting...

One of the traps Maiden (and Metallica) have fallen into is because they record a new album once every 5 or 6 years in Maiden's case -- or 7 or 8 for Metallica -- both bands end up: - heading to the studio with too many accumulated half-finished ideas/riffs built up over years - feeling that...

The steadier to slow song tempos (as I heard them live in 2025) surprised me the most. One reddit poster jokes about Simon's drumming: 'I felt the same when I saw them in Manchester. The guy plays like he's in ACDC'. While I wouldn't go that far, the tempos have definitely slowed down. I assume...

It is genius for elderly musicians - if you add in Doctor Doctor then you have nearly 10 minutes of a 'show' played through the PA entertaining the crowd with no band on stage!

3 things I learned from watching Dive Dive Live in 2026 (having last watched it aeons ago) 1. Best live version of Daughter… by far 2. Bruce wanted to record a follow up to TM with the same lineup and promises this to the crowd 3. The whole solo Bruce TM / Janick vibe must have massively...