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"But I'm going to be writing music in two or three weeks, I hope, with [longtime guitarist and collaborator] Roy['Z' Ramirez] again, because we've got more stuff we wanna do." Good to hear that there wasn't some kind of fallout between them.

Maybe they've been looking for a second guitar player all along. And because they found two very good ones, Roy decided that his participation is not crucial for a good performance and he rather focuses on his studio work, for he can be replaced on the stage with any great guitarist, but not in...

Lord Iffy Boatrace and the Mandrake Project confirmed.

And because Bruce didn't know how to create those YouTube playlists, he asked Roy for help, who has all the necessary equipment for this job.

The album is actually from 2001, so "Painting on the Wall" isn't even a reference to "Writing on the Wall". Also interesting: "Fates Warning" is not only an Iron Maiden song from the No Prayer for the Dying album, but also a band that sounded a lot like Iron Maiden in the 80s. They had a song...

Just found Edguy: Mandrake (not a joke, this really exists). - The cover reminds me of Accident of Birth. - Songs: Tears of a Mandrake, Jerusalem, All the Clowns, Fallen Angels, Painting on the Wall Do we run short of names?

Nicko had a stroke in January. Incredible that he's able to tour again! This probably also explains why he simplified a couple of drumming parts (SiT before the solo, Trooper intro).

I'd start with The Nomad, it has the right vibe for a China.

This is the version I got acquainted to back in 2003. I remember playing that song in the car of my superior apprentice once. Unlike me, he already went to a Maiden concert, and said that he totally loves the song. The audience was totally into it back in that version.

Nicko had cancer.

I got a shipping notice yesterday evening, so albums must be floating around out there.

I need a release date now, so that I can schedule the date on which I have to open the "Studio Album #18 Rumours" thread on time.

So, numerology it is.

Says who? The "Prophet Daniel Belshazzar" or the "King Nebuchatnezzar's Son King Belshazzar"?

I guess this was the main dish. The song is going to be played on the next leg of the Legacy of the Beast tour. Maybe they'll bring a matching backdrop to be re-used for the actual album tour. But the album won't be announced any time soon, probably Bruce's going to tell the audience during the...