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7th Son by a wide margin

Fear of the dark easily

Powerslave closely followed by Hallowed be thy name.

No contest for me. 1980-93 by far (but based on the material up to 7th Son specifically, NPFD was a huge letdown after SSoaSS and FOTD was not much better).

That's the only exception.

On BNW you have "Blood Brothers", it's so soft and melodic that I wouldn't call it a heavy metal song at all (I love this song btw). Also the title track is quite un-heavy for metal standards (and it's great btw).

To be honest, the last 3 Iron Maiden albums are the epitome of "Maiden by numbers" for me. TFF and Senjutsu are generally meh and TBOS is easily better but it's still "Maiden by numbers".

Maybe because it's mostly uninspired borefest?

I forgot: Back in Black by AC/DC Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin (LZ is among my favorite bands but I'd rank PG as #5 LZ album, it's not super consistent)

But when it comes to musical style both of these albums can be considered "soft heavy metal". I love them both and don't mean anything bad by calling them "soft", but they're definitely less heavy and aggressive compared to Maiden's previous (in regard to 7th son) and latter albums (in regard to...

BNW hands down. It's the only post-80's Maiden album that I'd call GREAT.

What would you say? Does "Brave New World" seem like a musical and stylistic continuation of "7th son" and its spiritual successor or not? Do you find these two albums pretty similar?

Stevie Ray Vaughan Ritchie Blackmore Eddie Van Halen Michael Schenker Alex Lifeson Gary Moore Brian May Mark Knopfler

70's material plus Painkiller is my favorite Priest. Not a big fan of 80's Priest apart from SFV. Firepower is surprisingly very good and it really rocks, I'd take it over i.e. (classic) British Steel anytime.

Between these two epic post-reunion Maiden songs what do you prefer and why?

Some examples: Nirvana - Nevermind (its impact is hard to deny but the material is not outstanding) Metallica - Master of puppets (it's a great classic but it doesn't deserve to be the most popular pick for "the greatest metal album") Linkin Park - Hybrid theory Radiohead - In rainbows (the...

I have to correct you: Hemispheres - Permanent waves - Moving pictures Signals came out after MP. And PeW is much better than Signals, in my book.

It's surprising that Deep Purple as the whole band or some band member wasn't invited either since they're still an active band. Zeppelin, Sabbath and Purple are often lumped as "the (un)holy trinity of the 70's British heavy rock". Zeppelin is not active but Page or Plant could have been...

Which trio is the strongest in your book and why?

SIT is my second favorite Maiden album after Powerslave. Powerslave, SIT and SSoaSS is the best run of 3 Maiden albums in my view. I think SIT is a killer album. Only Heaven can wait is meh and kinda dull and I wouldn't even consider it bad. But we have CSIT, Wasted years, LOLDR, SISL and...