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It's technically great but Purgatory needs a rawer sound. Especially its opening riff.

Ohh yes, you're right, IDK why I thought it had happened in the 90s.

Did I imagine it or they did a tour (or some shows at least) where they opened with The Number of the Beast? BTW The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner would do well... not only because it is an opener – of SiT's side B –, but also because they could do what they used to do with Moonchild...

Re-listened it recently. Senjutsu, Darkest Hour, The Parchment, and Hell on Earth remain the most solid tunes. Death of the Celts follows. The Parchment and Death of the Celts in particular have the best solos; the first has the best work by Mr Gers in this record, the other has the best solo...

Correct! Explanations: here at 1:07, compare here at 5:02.

No! Clue #1: in the ongoing tour (Future Past Tour), Dave radically modified a famous solo of his, which he has played countless times and always pretty faithfully to the original recording. In at least one of the dates, he closed the new version of that famous solo with a lick taken from a...

Neither! Two out, one more guess to go. Incorrect guesses: Can I Play With Madness?, Coming Home

Wrong, sorry. One guess out, two to go.

Wow, I wasn't expecting it! Explanation The pic posted by @TheMercenary shows Our Lady of Fátima, which is a famous Marian Apparition (reportedly experienced by three Portuguese children in 1917). With Mother of Mercy out of the window, my other option was Revelations (as the Virgin Mary is...

It could be like three songs, depending on how you interpret this :D The Apparition?

The closest they have ever come to thrash metal. It suffers from Brave New World's syndrome of repetitive choruses but it also has some of their most brutal lyrics: Great track overall, too bad they didn't play it live.

Greatest single since Be Quick or Be Dead.

Hands down the worst song solely written by Harris in the reunion-era (after Senjutsu's abominable Lost in a Lost World). It contains some good melodies and a good use of dynamics but in general it is frankly amateurish. Great solos tho.

Had they been riffy, they wouldn't have been Iron Maiden. Simple as that. There are some riffy pieces in their catalogue (Wrathchild, Transylvania, Genghis Khan, Be Quick or Be Dead are the first that come to mind) but given their musical background they tend to focus on melody more. And that's...

Great, so almost 1% of their catalogue is out. :D The Duellists?