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I want the oversized bowtie on the right side above the poster!

Caught Somewhere in Time Days of Future Past Two Minutes to Midnight Heaven Can Wait Lost in a Lost World Wasted Years The Time Machine Alexander the Great Stranger in a Strange Land The Evil That Men Do Hell on Earth Fear of the Dark Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast The Writing on the...

My eleven favourites in no order: Caught Somewhere in Time The Longest Day The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg The Writing on the Wall The Evil That Men Do Empire of the Clouds When the Wild Wind Blows The Number of the Beast These Colours Don’t Run Powerslave Hallowed be thy Name

It’s a photo finish for my top three… 1 - Somewhere In Time (the first album released after I became a fan so it’s a nostalgic classic, I love the synth sound and its filled with their best collection of guitar solos) 2 - A Matter of Life and Death (I constantly played this on repeat for about...

It’s been a week or so since seeing Maiden at Copenhell. My thoughts…. …I loved the mid-paced feel of the set. No real rockers till NOTB suited me fine and seemed meticulously chosen as the show bounced along rhythmically well. The Senjutsu openers, Revelations, Blood Brothers and SoTC were...

I was born the same year Brice thinks Senjutsu is from.

1986 and I was 12. A friend of my brother gave me NOTB copied on cassette from his vinyl. The song order was wrong with side B before side A so the opening track was the title track (although the spoken word intro was missing) and the tape cut off during the slow part of 22AA. I’ve always...

This song is just so so melodic and beautiful and uplifting. I’ve just been out walking the dog and when this song came on I started to dance. Impulsive. Couldn’t help it.

No worries Foro! The YouTube in the post above may help too.

@MaidenHeaven thanks for sharing this YouTube analysis on Death of the Celts in the Maiden Chat section… Really helps understand the song!

Initially I struggled to understand this one and it was my least favourite song on the album. The major key riffs made no sense for a war song. But on fourth listen I read the lyrics and it began to click. Celts going to battle, upbeat and excited. It’s a call to arms, not a reflection on the...

Well it’s a perfect Friday evening when all ten new Maiden songs are jousting in my brain for best song on the album. Each are pretty dam special! But my god…Steve has created two absolute masterpieces in The Parchment and Hell On Earth.

I love EOTC but so agree that Steve’s closing numbers here blow it away.

Quoting myself here…yes, sadly pathetic I know…but just putting it on record that Death of the Celts has finally clicked too. I’m now onboard with all songs. This is one fantastic album. (since I’ve quoted myself I may as well “:ok:” the post too…pathetically sad).

Wow, just had another listen through while reading the lyrics…Hell on Earth may be their finest ever song. It’s triumphant sounding and nearly drove me to tears. All songs have now “clicked” with me except Death of the Celts and I’m sure it will in another listen or two. Also, over the past 24...