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    Piece of Mind or Somewhere in Time?

    I agree that Somewhere in Time is more consistent than Piece of Mind. But in this case I value more the amazing songs that are Where Eagles Dare, Revelations or The Trooper over the consistency issues. Yes, SIT is more consistent, but for me those three songs I mentioned are better than...
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    Piece of Mind or Somewhere in Time?

    Piece of Mind has greatest heights whereas I feel Somewhere in Time is more consistent but doesn't reach the heights of songs like Where Eagles Dare or The Trooper. Overall I prefer Piece of Mind, it has more disparity but the filler songs are still good. It's not like they are Fear of the Dark...
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    Piece of Mind or Somewhere in Time?

    For me it is clearly Piece of Mind. The album is a masterpiece, for me even better than The Number of the beast, but usually underrated for being in the middle of the comercial success of NOTB and the masterpiece that is Powerslave. In fact, this might be an unpopular opinion, but I think SIT...
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    Do you still consider Steve Harris to be the best songwriter in the band?

    I know everyone has his favourite songwriter but there is little doubt that Steve Harris was overwhelmingly the primary composer in the first albums of the band, he's the one with more credits and composed many of the best well known songs of the band. However, I don't consider Steve to be the...
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    Iron Maiden studio album 17 rumours and speculations

    As much as I'd love to see Maiden releasing an album every year or every two years like in the 80's we must also face the truth and that is that times have changed. I'm the first one who thinks that almost all of the band members are incredible composers but I also admit that I don't think they...
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    Who would be the best choice to replace Bruce?

    No one. One thing is to replace a band member in the height of your carreer like they did with Di'Anno or with Dickinson the first time when even though it wasn't their best moment they were still young, not even in their 40's. But to replace a key member now that they are probably in the final...
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    Some of his songs like Crazy Train, Over the Mountain, Bark at the Moon, etc are on the edge between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. They could be considered Heavy Metal I think. Some others definetely are Hard Rock and many are Power Ballads.
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    Ozzy has lots of Hard Rock and Ballads but he also has some classic Heavy Metal songs. Plus he was part of Black Sabbath that is considered the first Heavy Metal band and so he has always been seen as a Heavy Metal figure. The market in which they circulate are also important and Ozzy has...
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    Basically they're not the most popular Metal band but they're not a niche band either. On both sides of the argument they are exaggerating.
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    And I accept and believe what you say about your country. Now why can't you accept when you've been told repeatedly that Iron Maiden are huge in Europe and Latin America and bigger than Kiss and some of the bands you've mentioned? Just because it is one way in your country, by the way a tiny...
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    Certainly they play bigger venues than Ozzy and Kiss in Europe and Latin America. This has been stated repeatedly. About Guns N' Roses this wasn't even an argument because they're not even a Metal band. They are Hard Rock and with tons of ballads. Of course the Metal market is smaller and for...
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    You are right, although I would point out that outside of the US Iron Maiden is bigger than some of the artists that you mentioned like Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen and Kiss. They have album sales similar to Van Halen (both around 90 to 100 million) and bigger than Ozzy (70 million) and Kiss (75...
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    There's really no way to argue that Iron Maiden is a niche band. As I said, a niche band has fans only inside a specific group, Maiden has lots of Rock fans in general who also like the band, and a niche band certainly is not a well known name by the general public, Iron Maiden name is known by...
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    The classic metal sound of the NWOBHM was never really popular in the US. If you add to that that MTV and other media that aired videoclips were huge in the US in the 80's but Maiden never really paid attention to videoclips unlike Judas Priest or Ozzy Osbourne. And if on top of that you add...
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    Is Iron Maiden the biggest metal band in the world right now?

    Iron Maiden is less mainstream than Metallica but in no ways can be classified as a "niche" band as someone said when it is probably the second most popular Metal band worldwide or close to it. Even though most fans are metalheads they also have fans inside the Rock fans in general and they are...
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