Recent content by siliconmessiah2000

Poor production values ever since they parted ways with Martin Birch. Writing long uninspired songs just for the sake of being long.

I prefer the debut but both are fantastic.

This probably doesn't really count as "blasphemy" but I think if you subtract The Angel and The Gambler and Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, and then add Virus, Virtual XI is actually a pretty solid album. I wish we could hear both TXF and Virtual XI re-recorded with better production...

Going off what is said above, I don't think 2000s Maiden really deserves the "prog" label. And this isn't me gatekeeping prog (I hardly even listen to it), rather just calling a sheep a sheep. There's certainly some progressive elements here and there, but to actually call it prog seems like a...

Fix the production and some of Blaze's clunky notes and it's a perfect album, IMO.

I think saying VXI is better than Killers is more of a blaspehmy. Comparing XF and Killers is like apples and oranges.

Yeah I don't think Dance of Death or even AMOLAD sound particularly bad. It does have some of meh loudness and but I personally think it's way better than Book of Souls or Senjutsu, which are really muddy and headache inducing. I actually really like the how The Final Frontier sounds. I think...

Being a mainly classical listener, I can very easily tell the difference, but that plugin sound is very tasteful. That's a good sound library. Here's the thing though: even if the plugins are really good, what's so wrong with hiring actual musicians? They have the budget for it and the...

I respectfully disagree. I do agree MIDi can be used tastefully in the right way but I hear so many instances where it's not. The MIDI piano on Empire of the Clouds isn't so bad because piano is a timbre that can be replicated without sounding terrible, but the fake cello and the fake horns are...

I don't get how a band with arguably the biggest budget in the business can be so cheap with using MIDI in lieu of real instruments. You're Iron Maiden, you can hire an actual cellist, violinist, pianist, even a whole orchestra. Not only does using MIDI sound lame and cheesy, but also...

I probably should've said "change" :p

Take out Bruce's gross raspy vocals and the cringey lyrics and this is actually a great song.

I'm one of these people. It's Steve Harris calling the shots more than Shirley and I'm not a fan of the direction he took the band, stylisically and sonically.

Yeah, 2000s Maiden was never my cup of tea to begin with but I just can't get into Senjutsu whatsoever.

Debut: Phantom of the Opera Killers: Purgatory NOTB: Hallowed be thy Name Piece of Mind: Revelations Powerslave: Powerslave Somewhere in Time: Loneliness of the Long Diatance Runner SSOASS: Infinite Dreams NPFTD: No Prayer for the Dying FOTD: Chains of Misery The X Factor - Sign of the Cross...