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Death of the Celts - 9.5/10 - I know everyone is comparing this to The Clansman, and I kind of get why. I also wonder if it was called anything else if it would still get those comparisons as much? This one to me sounds more Scottish somehow, those melodies remind me of bagpipes and the...

Darkest Hour - 7.5/10 - I don't mind Maiden ballads and this one may be the best of the lot for now for me. I think it's better than Out of the Shadows and Coming Home at least. 1 point deducted for nearly a solid minute of sound effects that add absolutely nothing whatsoever. This one kind of...

The Time Machine - 10/10 - I don't care how many bits from other Janick songs are in rolled into this one. This is by far the most fun track on the album. It really reminds of a combo between The Talisman and Dance of Death and doesn't feel at all like a 7+ minute song. I kind of wish there was...

Days of Future Past - 6.5/10 - I want to like this more than I do but it's just kind of alright. Reminds me of something off of Accident of Birth. I actually feel like this could have used a section in the middle somewhere, it kind of just shifts to the chorus and then ends. Chorus is great...

Lost in a Lost World - 7/10 - This song is amazing until the chorus comes in. Had they built a song around the intros and outro this would have been a 9. The midsection feels a bit stiff and regurgitated from X Factor era material. The intro though is amazing (love the ahhhs) and the melodies...

The Writing on the Wall - 8/10 - I liked this when it was released back in July and somehow like it even more within the context of the album. Adrian's solo is great and I love the harmonies. I can't disassociate this from the video (and how excited we all were on July 15) so that plays in my...

Stratego - 9/10 - Easily my favorite short rocker since Rainmaker. The worst part about this one is the solo - add in a better one and maybe a harmonized section somewhere near the back part and it would have been perfect. Maiden doesn't seem to be much about short songs anymore, and that is...

Senjutsu- 8.5/10 - Really cool idea for a song but kind of puzzling as an album opener. This would have been a 10 if it sped up at all. I love love love the chorus melody - this again kind of reminds me of a slightly more rounded out version of The Longest Day but with a less jarring chorus. I...

I think it maybe stands out a bit more on this album because unlike a lot of the other choruses, it's not particularly melodic and is the only one that seems overly repetitive. I get more Dance of Death out of the main "jiggy" riff in The Time Machine than Edge of Darkness (although I do hear...

Almost a week in, here's how I'd rate this - Artwork - I still like the album cover a lot. It's similar to Book of Souls in it's stark nature with the standalone Eddie but this one definitely has a lot more going for it for sure. That being said, I don't think I like the Eddies on the inside...

If we are comparing to Priest songs, Senjutsu reminds me most of Judas Rising. Then again, I haven't listened to that song (or Priest) in years, just no interest.

Regardless of how you feel about them, can we at least agree that both of these animated videos are going to age way better than the animated videos for Wildest Dreams and Different World? Yikes those are awful and very very of their time. In fact, did those even look good when they were new...

Curious - did anyone buy the iTunes version? If you did, is Stratego noticeably quieter than the other songs? I noticed this on my first few listens as standing out to me. The song should hit and it’s really tamed down. I ripped a CD version to the same 256 kbps that the iTunes store sells and...

Finally figured out what the title track (vaguely) reminds me of - The Longest Day. Both have ominous intros with a cool build up. The difference here is that Senjutsu's chorus fits a bit better - it's more melancholy and reflective versus being overly joyful like TLD. I have melodies from...

I've had this album on constant repeat since Friday and I am really happy with how good it turned out. Favorite tracks are Hell on Earth (Steve's best melodies in ages), Darkest Hour, Senjutsu (love how different this is) and The Parchment (nice mash of To Tame a Land/Powerslave/Book of Souls)...

The artwork makes total sense to me. If you buy a physical product like the CD or vinyl, you get additional artwork as a bonus. If you don't the album cover is cool enough as it is.

Best I could find was this one (I'm shamelessly just reposting these from a thread on the IMFC board).

New version of the Senjutsu Eddie.

AirPods Max do offer a wired version though, it's an extra cable that plugs into the Lightning port. No Bluetooth headset can transfer Lossless audio, this is not unique to Apple.

Ya'll- we are now single digit days away from the release of Senjutsu. This is an amazing feeling!