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There is a natural evolution from Turbo -> Ram it Down -> Painkiller. Ram it Down has some of the commercial sounds and sillier lyrics of Turbo (makes sense given they were intended to be a double-album) but is much heavier, and Painkiller is just expanding on that evolution. The intensity is...

A couple of cool moments in a mostly pretty forgettable song: Dave using the Devil's Interval in The Man of Sorrows, going from C down to F# in the verses. Then the mellow outro, though I don't know what key it's in or if it uses any interesting chords. I also really like the "ascending" riff...

Two things have struck me in the past couple of days, one good, one slightly less good: 1) Lots of people from all different backgrounds and areas (podcasters, actors, etc) have been affected by Ozzy's death, a fair few of them have very little interest in metal or Ozzy's music (more on that in...

My favourite of all Ozzy's work. As if "Mama I'm Coming Home" didn't already hit hard enough, I remembered it was co-written by another legend who is no longer with us - Lemmy.

The dude from Ghost is Swedish, he's the only other non-Yank I can think of. Though I fully expect Priest would've been there if they weren't touring.

You can't blame people for being tetchy and irritable about this subject. It rears its ugly head every now and then just to recycle the same talking points, there's nothing new to say about it from either side and, as you will know, the discussion can become needlessly disrespectful and...

The three-part harmony after the solo sounds just fine to me without a rhythm track under it.

Great, we're having the "why is Janick still in Maiden" discussion for the billionth time in thirty-plus years. :yawn: A band known for their harmony lines chooses to add a third harmony line live. Wild.

Interesting way of looking at it, how so? I'd say it fits the "short rocker" description better than most other post-reunion short rockers, and has a very typical structure for a shorter song, especially compared to some other short rockers which have one verse then go off on a bit of a...

10 minutes is definitely excessive, but I wouldn't go as short as the single version, I'd like it if it were 6, 7 or even 8 minutes.

The wave of votes for The Angel and The Gambler is bonkers, there are far worse songs on this list than one that simply goes on a bit too long. I would choose to listen to Angel over a fair few of these songs, like Drifters, Invaders, Quest for Fire, Another Life or DLTEOAS.

It also says (in French) "mixed by Andy Sneap" at the start ;)

Relistened to this killer album today and thought this is more what I'd like Maiden to sound like, rather than an Invincible Shield/Firepower-esque sound. It's punchy, powerful and clear but lacks Sneap's pristine cleanliness, it's still got a bit of grit and rawness. (Also a good opportunity...

I think it was @Jer that originally pointed this out, but it's the same melody as the guitar intro of Welcome to the Jungle. Once I made that connection I couldn't unhear it <_< Other than that I do quite like the song, copy-and-pasting and all.

Mother of Mercy! Angel of Death's desirMother of Mercy, taking my last breath of firMother of Mercy! Angel of paaaain! Mine too, but not so much for the chorus. I don't like the last line of the intro when he sings "I'm a soldier of wAaAaAaR!!", sounds like he's playing a ghost going...

Bring Your Daughter I think is only bad in comparison to Bruce's version. Bruce's is slower, moodier, dirtier, slinkier, and I love Janick's bright, twangy guitar tone. Maiden's take loses a lot of the attitude and the guitar tones suck.

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Mission From 'arry is a unique number in Maiden's discography. It has great energy, some really introspective lyrics and powerful performances from Nicko and Steve. It's also the best song Nicko received a writing credit for. Age of Innocence (How Old?) is still better than the album version...

And From Here to Eternity and Wasting Love, two I'd place above Childhood's End. So it's at least seven :ok:

PoM has a run of six top-tier songs in a row (Where Eagles Dare through Still Life), which is unrivalled in any other Maiden album, but tanks pretty hard in its final three songs and ends with Steve's weakest epic of the eighties. BNW has a number of top tier songs too, although not in a...