Recent content by Ruflux

Will he be waving the Br- I'm sorry, English flag as he puts it during it?

For fuck's sake. Really?

BTW this isn't particularly uncommon in the metal scene since having a draft on you while you're sweating your ass off is not a good idea. Metallica is another such example.

Turns out you really can't play heavy metal with synthesizers! e: Jesus Christ you weren't kidding about the chorus. The funny thing is, the verses are so low I'm not even sure they could lower the key without causing issues on the other end.

If they played this in 2008? Almost certainly. In 2025 though, well...

Dad rock? Get your genres straight. Ghost is Swedish pop rock down to a T with the slightest twinge of distorted guitars in the mix. I don't begrudge Tobias Forge for finding ways to make a living off music (and all the same I don't have to enjoy it), but at the very least I'll still make sure...

I couldn't care less for Ghost, they're relatively inoffensive pop rock and my only real complaint these days is how much they get overplayed on the radio. However, stage show wise they're in another universe compared to Maiden and I think it's funny how some have convinced themselves that...

I was vaguely aware of Silver Wings but never really gave it a chance until they started playing it on the radio post-Mandrake release and I have to admit, it's not a half-bad tune that. They should play it live honestly, since AFAIK the only time it got played was in '02 and the potato-quality...

I've listened to it once and I have no desire to return to it. I've given albums like VXI or St. Anger multiple shots in comparison. I think the biggest sin Mandrake commits is simply being boring and uninteresting. It's not bad enough to hate with passion, but it's far from being good enough to...

Yes, which is why I didn't compare those two despite releasing the same year. AoB vs. VXI at least has some semblance of fairness to it since there's tracks that aren't very highly rated on the former, while TCW has what, Machine Men? And even that's not a crap song, just not up to par with the...

My argument is that there's one pretty good song on VXI, but it would never have got the recognition it does if it was stuck with the rest of them in peak Steve Harris production land. Not to mention Blaze's vocals not really doing the song much justice either. The rest of that album follows the...

Here's where I disagree: I don't think most people remember Futureal exists and Clansman would be similarly forgotten had it not been included on RiR. Much like SotC it really lives on thanks to its appearance on reunion era Maiden's first live album, which I personally also consider their very...

Ah, the VXI effect.

Totally unrelated to everything, but Adrian's rhythm tone in the opening riff of Wicker Man was so deliciously crunchy in 2018 in Helsinki it's crazy. Same with Nicko's thundering tom hits. It was so fucking sad hearing that same thing on NotD with all the life strangled out of it.

Seventh Son because as much as AMOLAD is a gem, it's also over 70 minutes which is simply excessive for an album that's ten tracks long. Seventh Son does more with much less runtime and has absolute all-time Maiden tracks on it. They were at their peak on that one and while AMOLAD is also...