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5 years since the last album, and they still write most of the new album going into the studio, don't rehearse much, and don't bother with the production, just the same old "going for a live sound", put out a generic rock single with a video game where the band even cant be bothered to be shown...

Still, they wouldnt think of themselves as "fathers" of Birch..... they would think of him as THEIR father, while they think of themselves now as the fathers of Kevin.... I think it's quite telling!

I think this quote from Adrian from a recent interview speaks volumes. A band should never feel they "adopted" their producer. To me it seems a lack of respect to think that way. Even if Adrian was intending it as a joke, I'm pretty sure it's only half a joke. It is revealing a certain...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can I have a seat too?

It would have been a B-side in the 80's. Also, it needs to pointed out; another prime example of "It wasn't Maiden, nobody would care"

Well, after hearing Speed Of Light and realising it would have been a B-side in the 80's, I cancelled my pre-order for the album. I'm gonna hear it of course, but Maiden aren't getting any more cash out of me, that's for sure.

Don't worry about me, mates. I told you it sucked from the word go.

Blaze's, easily. That one is powerful metal. Maiden's is just some old dull rock n'roll...like they tried to pretend they're the Rolling Stones or something :(

A truly awful song :( Also, Bruce sounds horrible, you can really hear how old he is now!

Isn't it, then? I seem to see download links of it everywhere.....

I didn't hear it though, so can't really say..

I believe it was the real deal, since it was taken down with a reference to the Warner Music Group complaints...

Uuhm, the entire album was on youtube just recently, but got taken down pretty fast though :(

In all fairness, a lot of the AMOLAD album wasn't well suited to be played live, and they decided to play it all, go figure...

I heard they dropped The Angel And The Gambler after the VXI tour because they found it too hard to remember the chorus...

...and Moonchild...

Uhm, Purgatory is pretty fast, too...

There aren't many modern classics simply because they don't write memorable tracks these days, the way they used to back in the 80's, and to some extent also in the 90's. These days when Maiden records an album is just a few weeks of musicial masturbation with Shirley sleeping at the control...

Brave New World and The Final Frontier in a shared spot for me. AMOLAD is the worst, still haven't fully forgiven them for playing it all live... :(

"Shadows Of The Valley" ? Ninjas could easily be described as "shadow warriors", don't you think? "Death or Glory" might well be about the Samurai, although they weren't exactly ninjas...so, IF any song has a lyrical connection to the Christmas card, "Shadows Of The Valley" would be my...