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13 Maiden England '88 +3 9 Rock in Rio [DVD] 7 Dance of Death +2 5 The First Ten Years 2 Eddie's Archive +1 0 "From Here to Eternity" [alt. gatefold] It really puts things into perspective seeing the "infamously bad" artwork next to actual nothing pieces.

27 Killers +3 19 “Run to the Hills" +1 12 “Sanctuary" +2 2 "The Wicker Man" [alt. US promo] 0 "From Here to Eternity" 0 Donington Live 1992

This human makes a lot of sense and keeps things grooving. It feels pretty openAI, so it'll be interesting to see what actually happens once the autobots roll out.

6 "Fear of the Dark (Live)" +3 4 "The Angel and the Gambler" [alt. picture disc] +2 2 "Aces High" +1 0 Maiden Japan [alt.] 0 "Wrathchild" [Japan] 0 "Futureal"

26 “The Final Frontier” +2 23 “The Wicker Man"+3 7 "Virus" [alt. 1] +1 6 Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980-1989 4 "Different World" 0 "Different World" [DVD] I remember, I was about to vote and went on a hunt to find out if Hugh Syme also made the art for Into the Mirror Black lol. I...

I've heard Phanerozoic II in its entirety once exactly. Felt that the first one is so much more catchy and interesting. So we'll see if I just didn't give it enough time, but right now it's a Dance of Death situation, where you have a mostly unimpressive album, and the band just casually throws...

Opeth fun fact: the reason he sings "we enter winter once again" in The Leper Affinity, is because it's a song about fucked up shit, and winter is a fucked up season that shouldn't exist.

IE3 has some fantastic songs. Already Won, Eagle Spirit... It's easily one of his weakest albums, but I can't believe I'm the only voter who doesn't think it deserves dead last here :/ The Wake was a pretty great discovery from this year.

5 The Number of the Beast +3 3 Virtual XI +1 2 "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" +2 1 "Virus" [alt. 2] 0 Live at the Rainbow 0 Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in Mexico City Difficult round, I really wanted to vote for Virus. Nights of the Dead is cool and slick but it's not...

18 "Stratego" +1 16 "Be Quick or Be Dead" +3 15 No Prayer for the Dying [remaster] +2 5 "Speed of Light" 0 "Wildest Dreams" [DVD] 0 "Rainmaker" [DVD] Wildest Dreams is sublime

5 "The Clairvoyant" +2 5 "Women in Uniform" +3 4 A Matter of Life and Death 4 Powerslave +1 0 Behind the Iron Curtain 0 Ed Hunter What a mess, in 5 minutes I went from "surely I'm giving 3 to AMOLAD" to this. I think Powerslave is kind of overrated (guess we'll see), but it does look pretty...

25 "The Evil That Men Do" +3 16 En Vivo! +2 8 "Out of the Silent Planet" [alt.] 5 Beast over Hammersmith 5 "Lord of the Flies" +1 1 Video Pieces

21 Live at Donington [remaster] +3 15 Virus +2 6 BBC Archives +1 5 Iron Maiden [remaster] 1 The History of Iron Maiden - Part 1: The Early Days 0 Visions of the Beast :puke: of a round

20 Live After Death +1 18 Fear of the Dark +3 13 Brave New World +2 3 "The Wicker Man" [alt. picture disc] 0 Best of the Beast 0 "Different World" [digital] I so feel that, it's like this for me too. I always thought having this kind of connection with the music is in a way the aspiration of...

It was between Prologue and Firepower for me back when we made lists (obviously you pick the one that isn't guaranteed to get in), but since then I discovered Phanerozoic I in the summer. What a killer album, especially but not only the three long tracks. It has nasty, beautiful, and epic in...