Recent content by naranja

Yeah the guitar riffs on stuff like lightning sound quite of "squeaky" rather than heavy

As in you might be able to appreciate the songs and performances but the sound of the album really holds back your enjoyment. For the most part I find most Maiden albums sound fine to me. It's not akin to Metallica where they've produced a number of almost unlistenable fuck ups in the studio...

They all blend into each other is my issue.

Around the time this album came out I had grown a little bored of Maiden, and would stay that way for a few years. I dismissed this song at the time because it's just Steve doing E C G D again. And yes Steve of the 80's was more capable of interesting and dynamic riffs woven in with the typical...

Yeah killers has tremendous bass work and it's got some really cool moments but I don't care about a lot of the individual songs that much other than the obvious ones

I've been willing that "redemption" moment for Blaze to happen for at least 25 years . Glad it did

I definitely think the Blaze albums have more standout songs than No Prayer and that's why they've been played more than No Prayer even if it's mainly Sign of the cross and Clansman

Well until late 1998 anyway. I think by then Rod realised it wasn't working out and Maidens only chance of being huge again was with Bruce (and H), and worked on convincing Steve during the VXI tour. Also I read somewhere that later Rod admitted he wasn't happy Steve produced the Blaze albums...

Blaze has admitted since that X Factor took too long to make and Virtual XI was rushed, totally the opposite problem.

As for his solo career, and as someone who first saw him live in 2005 at the Big Bash (pretty good attendance, couple hundred people maybe), I'm so glad he's doing well now and it seems like his popularity is way up than it was in the 2000s, even though I think the solo material was better than...

I did write out an adjusted Blaze era set once. Might have helped his confidence. Perhaps some better song choices at the very least if they weren't going to tune down.. Even on his best shows it's quite noticeable how he can move around the stage and sing his own songs with ease but for the...

I used to be more interested in watching bootlegs of the Virtual XI tour as I thought it would have a wider variety of songs (as it would encompass two Blaze era albums rather than one), would contain some of my favourite Maiden songs such as Clansman and Futureal, and the stage set was very...

Where's that from

The reunion era is peak Maiden