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The solo is pretty good, not question, but solos are not what define songs for me (with VERY few exceptions, like Megadeth's Tornado of Souls). The greatest solo can not turn a bad song into a good one, and the shittiest solo can not completely ruin a brilliant song.

I thought I did read like 100 times on this forum how awesome this track is.

9/10? Whats The Trooper then? 200/10? I don't care much for solos. They can be cool, but they don't define the quality of a song for me. If you refer to the guitar melodies in the intro: I admitted those were awesome. But the vocal lines of this track are generic and bland. Yes, they are 8/10...

I mainly listen to Doom Metal, old school Death Metal, 80s Thrash and Crustpunk. Compared to those genres, DOD is pretty clean. I don't mean it in a bad way, I just say I wouldn't mind if it had a little more live sound. People complaining the album to be too muddy probably listen to...

This one seems to be held in relatively high regard by younger fans. When it was released back in 2004, I did not expect too much and STILL was massively disappointed. At that time, it was the worst Maiden album so far for me, until they released The Final Frontier, which to this day is the far...

Ranks #2 in my personal Maiden album ranking, only topped by SSOASS. An absolute masterpiece. The overall production is top notch, the solos are outstanding (and much better than their current ones), most of the songwriting is far, FAR above the usual standards of classical Heavy Metal. The...

My least fave song of that album. I usually skip it, when I listen to SIT. It is the only song from that album that does nothing for me. I sometimes also skip Long Distance Runner, which is the other not so good song on SIT, but it is at least decent. Stranger is the only song here I would call...

Most of this track justifies a 10/10 rating. Riffs, melodies, vocals, lyrics. Awesome! Unfortunately I ended up with "only" a 7/10. What happened? Three reasons: 1) It is too long, especially as the opening spot. The 5:35 - 8:00 sections do not add much to the song and could have been left out...

To me, this is the worst song on the X-Factor by far. What are they trying to achieve here? Funky NWOBHM without rhythm guitars? A truly unfitting closer for an otherwise awesome album. You may praise the bravery to experiment, but the experiment as such is a failure.

Indeed There are no twin leads in this song. You probably mean the lead melody that appears before and after the solo. It's single lead melody though. With twin leads I would probably rate this song an 8/10 instead of 7/10. Another minus is the overly simplistic rhythm guitar. Would it have...

I have Seen them live in the 90s. 1994 was short, but very well done. 1997 they played over 2 hours and were pretty good. I don't know what you are referring to.

Do you feel very foolish now? I don't know what the facts are here, but I know this: I never trust in anything Mick Wall ever writes unless at least 3 other sources confirm it.

A Real Live One. Closely followed by A Real Dead One. Don't see where all the unlove comes from. It's the rawest and most authentic Maiden live album. They even left several mistakes on it, clearly audible. No fucking overdubs. Many songs are played faster than on record. Bruce sounds a bit...

Exactly, they tried. Didnt work at all in my ears. For the very same reasons you also mention below. Perosnal taste is of course always legit and if you enjoy it, who am I to debate. But I also have to say: if those exact albums were recorded by a newcomer act instead of Metallica, nobody...

I personally don't give a fuck anyway. Maiden is the ONLY band of that size / level I still enjoy. I would prefer them to be smaller, because they reached that level where they attract too huge crowds for me, mostly consisting of people who are way out of Metal, but so what. Metallica have not...

Scorpions probably did the most, but not all of them are good. Pretty much most of them are very cheesy piles of... well... cheese. Metal ballads and Power Ballads are NOT the same, by the way. My fave picks: Cinderella - Nobody's Fool Scorpions - When the Smoke Is Going Down Accept - Amamos La...

Commercial success has a lot to do with management, but is not solely based on it. The best manager in the world can not make a band bigger than their musical / image appeal. So the fact that Metallica is bigger than Maiden can not be used to determine the quality of management. At least not in...

To be fair, this release was put out by the ex record company WITHOUT permission or approval from the band, and they publicly distanced themselves from it. But yes, the artwork as such is fucking awful! Believe it or not - I actually know that guy on the cover. Have talked to him many times...

You are of course correct. As I said, the list is not overly serious, it is mainly the Tool fanbase that can be very annoying. That being said, I DO think that Maynard comes across very arrogant at times....

Please don't take this list too serious, I know it is not really fair to compare Lars with hyper-assholes like Schaffer and Nödtveidt... Maybe "Pedo" is not EXACTLY matching Nugent, as it were not children, and it MAY have been consensual, but it is still lowlife / disgusting as hell.