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Seems to be most of, if not everything, that Nemesis Now sells. They do cool things, wish they were a bit cheaper though!

We have Ross Halfin's Maiden book and the Fligh 666 book, both official. Aside from official pics from where the Flight 666 book left off, I'm wondering what will be uniquely different about this one the others didn't already cover?

I ended up getting GA tickets for Silver Spring. I wanted to get actual seats but fuck right off with these being $189 or $240 each. I'm old but I can stand if it means saving like $400 on two tickets.

Honestly, the best part about this is that the album comes out less than 90 days from this announcement. No releasing the initial details and then a 3+ month wait for the whole thing while 2-3 more singles drop so you've heard half the record before it's out. I wish more bands would (and could...

I've never liked Blood Brothers. Not in 2000, not in 2010 not now. I can respect the sentiment behind the lyrics and it does feature probably my all-time favorite Janick solo but that's about all the positives for me. Overall I find it to be an overlong and overly repetitive song with...

Great album. I particularly appreciate how they actually seemingly took a bit more care with the vocal production. The addition of reverb and some different vocal coloring was sorely lacking on The Final Frontier in particular. Makes this record feel more produced than the last few. I can't...

I saw two unbelievable shows this tour - Newark and Baltimore. These were Maiden shows #30 and 31 for me since 1996 and honestly, they may have been my favorites of the entire lot. I've known they were playing Caught Somewhere in Time, Stranger in a Strange Land and Alexander the Great now for...

Not a big fan of the tour artwork, especially when compared to the Future Past (2023 and 2024) ones which I thought were outstanding. But I'm glad folks will have a chance to see Maiden again on a new tour again next year. I'm sure the 2026 portion of the tour will consist of North America...

I've been spinning a lot of Priest since the release of Invincible Shield. It's still a bit too early for me to properly rank it among their back catalog, but I find it a really strong album. I've been on such a Priest kick that I splurged for aftermarket tickets to see them next month here in...

Put on The Mandrake Project this morning for the first time in awhile (the outstanding new Priest album that came out the week after this has dominated my time since) and I still like it. I don't love it but I do like it. Shadow of the Gods is still far and away my favorite tune. I kind of...

It's weird, I do like this album but I realized that it feels very surface level. Like after 4-5 listens I feel like I know it as well as I'm going to and there's not much to uncover or discover beyond that. Contrast with the Bruce album or Maiden in general where I'm still finding cool...

After 2 listens I'm kinda whelmed by the new Priest. The first 3 songs are bangers and then it gets really samey for most of the rest of it. I need time to gel with this a bit more. I am still drawn to the singles and am so familiar with those the other tracks kind of get lost. That's more...

After nearly a week of solid listening, this album has grown on me quite a lot. I do really like parts of it but struggle with others. I'm just glad to have more songs with my favorite singer to enjoy. I know it's probably crazy, but I like this album way more than I ever did Tyranny of Souls...

Ian Hills biography - How I stood in the Same Spot for 50 years (except that one time I moved). :p Looking forward to Invincible Shield on Friday

Can anyone with any firm understanding of drumming confirm if there is in fact a real human playing drums on this album? Of all the sonic choices made for the base musical part of this album I think the drums have it the worst. Why do they sound super boomy like an electric kit or something...

A question perhaps without an answer, but I remember when Book of Souls came out and Bruce was mentioning that Steve actually liked two songs from the demo tape he had given him, Eternity and something else that couldn't be used since it was a Roy Z co-write. Did we ever find out what that...

Even though I'm not completely sold on The Mandrake Project, the one thing I do like about it is how none of the songs (except for Eternity for obvious reasons) sound anything like something Maiden would do. I'm glad this is truly a solo project in that sense, warts and all. Keeping it...

After a full weekend of listening, I like this more than I did after the first run through but I'm still struggling to give it anything higher than a 6 or 6.5 or so. I just can't believe how painful some of the vocals on this are. Many Doors To Hell's chorus just grates on me to no end...

I am also honestly really surprised at how much straining there is all over this album. I kinda figured that was a symptom of Harris "good enough" approach, but this is an album where 100% of the vocal lines were in the hands of the singer and it's still happening which is bizarre. Bruce's...

First listen through was not terribly positive. Second listen is a little better but the different vocals are really jarring and I'm just not vibing with this at all yet. Hope more listens will change my mind.