18th Studio Album discussion

[GhostofCain]

Ok. Rock bands and pop. Bruce springteen is rock. They are at rank 19 with all the big comercial bands

Maiden is undeniably a big and also commercial band! A heavy metal one, but big and commercial nonetheless.

 

[dickinson1978]

Maiden is undeniably a big and also commercial band! A heavy metal one, but big and commercial nonetheless.

I dont see maiden as comercial music. More comercial if you compare to cradle of filth ,gamma ray or other big bands of the many sub categories of metal.

 

[Azas]

And you are going to offer that to Iron Maiden's management as a script for a short play that could appear in a ‘Behind the Scenes’ video?

I wouldn’t dare. Every sensible Iron Maiden fan knows (according to Rod) that “Aces High” is the best number of the night. And if the manager wanted Bruce to sing that song, he would surely bloody do it— even if it were Deuces Barely Above Ground. It is what it is.

 

[redandtheblack92]

Maiden is undeniably a big and also commercial band! A heavy metal one, but big and commercial nonetheless.

I feel Maiden is still more of a deep cut as a band. Commercial would be Sabbath, Floyd, Deep Purple, Metallica

 

[Iron Lurker]

A few days ago I saw a video report saying that Metallica had donated money to help some people achieve their dream jobs or something like that. Say what you want, but for me this aspect of Metallica is admirable and respectable. Because of how big they are, they run a charity and help others. Does Maiden do that on the same scale? No. So there’s no point in shitting on Metallica—they’re legends. And yes, they don’t create legendary albums anymore, but they’re trying and doing what they love (playing live), just like the Maiden boys. Metallica is not the enemy. They’re the advertisers of heavy music to the general audience, some of whom might later discover bands like Maiden, Slayer, or whoever you name.

I don't think there is another Metal band that comes close to making Metallica money, not even Maiden.

Edit: GnR and AC/DC perhaps, I dunno. I don't consider those two Metal regardless

 

[Iron Lurker]

Can't find it now but somewhere there was a post with a quote from Steve about reservations of doing another album. Something along the lines of it putting too much stress and pressure on him while being locked away composing?

Someone needs to tell Steve he doesn't need to write most of the songs as well as 4 solo epics this time. Do what he did on AMOLAD, write one epic and help out on songs from the other members. AMOLAD is one of the better reunion albums anyway. Plus it would be nice to have something from Dave again.

 

[srfc]

Can't find it now but somewhere there was a post with a quote from Steve about reservations of doing another album. Something along the lines of it putting too much stress and pressure on him while being locked away composing?

Someone needs to tell Steve he doesn't need to write most of the songs as well as 4 solo epics this time. Do what he did on AMOLAD, write one epic and help out on songs from the other members. AMOLAD is one of the better reunion albums anyway. Plus it would be nice to have something from Dave again.

I don't interpret that response as Steve being truthful. I believe they will be doing an album, and Steve just doesn't want to let the cat out of the bag now for something that will be unlikely to see release until nearly two years from now at the earliest.

I don't think you can sit on the fence about doing another album, it's a yes or no decision given that all their future plans require planning in advance. And I believe if they had already decided on no, Steve would outright say it, and Bruce certainly wouldn't be giving comments about wanting to do an album (comments which I interpret as Bruce knowing there will be one)