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its a 9/10 for me (I tend to give 2-3 point bonuses to songs with good lyrics)

Powerful imagery in Look For The Truth - maybe too direct/blunt for some. lyrically, the closest that Iron Maiden ever got to Pantera

Gers is a fantastic songwriter - The Legacy is my fave track on AMOLAD, and I've always enjoyed The Pilgrim more than the majority of the fanbase does. as a guitarist, he's never approached Adrian's BEAST of a tone, nor Dave's fluidity, but he has a great ear for melody and a knack for catchy...

Fortunes of War is one of Maiden's better live performances IMHO - the entire song is constructed for and fits Blaze's voice perfectly.

Live versions of Fortunes of War are interesting from a Steve Harris bass-playing standpoint. I don't remember many other instances where he holds two bass guitars at once. 1:54

"Clean" by Depeche Mode is a hell of a good song. Always thought a metallized cover of it would be interesting

can't get enough of the title track from Obsequiae's full-length debut. Some of the stop-start phrasings recall "Where Eagles Dare", and the guitar tone recalls the Murray/Smith guitar tone on the Somewhere In Time album

New song "Scars" is growing on me a bit. Matheos' riffs and Vera's bass (which manages to be audible in several places) are a highlight. Alder's voie is solid as always, though he sings the chorus similarly throughout (wish he'd mix it up a bit) - after four listens this stands as a 3.5/5 for me.

always loved H's tone - was listening to Live At The Rainbow today, and his tone was glorious even then.

unsure if history proves this or not - would seem that some of the right-wing revolutions in the late 20th century (in South America) resulted in many on the left being killed/imprisoned after the fact.

Maiden rarely goes for the "chugga chugga chugga" chords (which is a huge plus to my ears) - and when they do (main Powerslave riff), they change up the chuggas enough to where they really don't sound like thousands of metal bands who came after them (who rely far too much on samey and...

power ballads and power chords this thread has taken a powerful turn

Birch was the only thing missing from Defenders of The Faith from being an all-time great album

I'll let you describe why you deem that to not make sense before I respond.

^^ this describes my view of 7th Son as a good (but not great) album. Power chords are few and far between -- perhaps Iron Maiden's least riffing album ever

X-Factor is one of the albums in my 4-way tie for best Maiden album: Killers - Somewhere In Time - The X Factor- Brave New World

Killers is in a 4-way tie for greatest Iron Maiden album ever. Twilight Zone is the 3rd best track on Killers (after Purgatory and Murders in the Rue Morgue) -barely edging out the Title Track and Another Life

Obsequiae "Autumnal Pyre" -- incredible lead guitar and drums/percussion

biggest gripe with Jan is that his tone is nowhere near as all-encompassing as H's and nowhere near as fluid as Davey's.

I literally cringed when Eddie Truck was bashing Janick in one of his podcasts earlier this year. And I say this as someone who has a more favorable view of Trunk than many others seem to.