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I think there's everything hypocritical about playing a gig that's nothing but an excuse for incredibly well-off people to flaunt their wealth and then, presumably after the massive paycheck you got clears a few months later, turning around and bitching about that very same paycheck because it's...

Iron Maiden's very likely not gonna continue as a studio act, however I dunno how the fuck you even would listen to this year's takes with all the knowledge you should have and think "they've only got a few years left in them". Other than the drums (and for good fucking reason I might add), TFP...

Yeah what the fuck, I'll have to concur. Bruce is the singer in a band that historically had immaculate production to the point other bands were envious of what Martin Birch could do even with live recordings. Bruce's own solo albums to my ears are well produced given the limitations around them...

"Protagonist" doesn't say anything about the character's morals or lack thereof, though. He could well be an anti-hero of sorts while still being the point-of-view character for the audience. But admittedly I think Bruce ended up tweaking the story a fair bit since while Necropolis certainly...

The rhythm section as a whole. I enjoyed Roy Z's take on the bass since it was different but you really can't beat that Harris/McBrain groove they seem to naturally have when they play together. It's a rock solid foundation to layer guitars and vocals on. But yeah. Even if the demo drums were...

Quick, somebody figure out what 80s Maiden song it's actually pulling the credits from and merging them with the Ragnarok ones. The vocals part suggests it could only be CIPWM but I think that's just the writer field somehow ending up in the wrong spot. e: It's DWYBO btw, I checked to see if...

Okay IESF confuses me. I knew the intro would be more or less the same (wow, those post-production tweaks helped it a fucking ton on the album version, thank God they didn't pull a Satellite 15 this time and literally use the demo as-is) but I'm pretty goddamn sure a bunch of the vocal takes are...

It's... interesting. For whatever reason it was already up on Apple Music before the video premiered despite the listed release date being 2 Dec, but I had another go at it with the video just now and I think it's okay. On my first listen it felt incredibly disjointed at times, like they forgot...

I don't mind keyboards in metal but keytars are not and will not ever be cool. Stop trying to make them a thing. It's not gonna happen.

Ah yes, the Yoko Taro school of thought.

I do wonder if the single guitarist lineup may not actually be entirely Bruce's own idea and might've in fact been influenced by Roy Z himself, especially considering he's been overshadowed by Adrian before. Maybe he wanted to be the sole guitarist on stage next to Bruce for once to make it...

Ghost is generic Swedish pop-rock with a thin veneer of "metal" laid on top that seems to have increasingly vanished over the past few years. I never understood the appeal but I especially don't get it now.

Based on the way the names are positioned on the image and the spacing creating plenty room below them, I'm starting a completely unfounded rumor that Bruce is actually going to tour with three guitarists and two simply haven't been announced. Finally we'll be able to hear various AoB and TCW...

Yeah, the keyboards were very much power metal to my ears and not in a good way. Actually I'm not sure there is a way to resemble power metal in a positive sense but that's another topic entirely. Also why did they announce the single today, already, on the 6th of November if it's only coming...

I looked at the number sequence and for a brief moment in time I was certain it had to be something a little less obvious and a little bit more complicated than letters as represented numerically by their position on the alphabet. But then I went yeah right and didn't even bother checking.