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Excuse me? You originally wrote "Once again, whether you like Simon's style or not, his performances on the 2025 are objectively superior to Nicko's 2023/2024 performances. Come on, that's not up for debate." How the fuck does that not count as stating Simon's playing is OBJECTIVELY better than...

I'm not continuing this discussion if you're going to keep insisting that it's an "objective" fact that Simon's performances are better than Nicko's. Artistic. Taste. Is. Not. Objective. His playing with Titanium Tart this year is proof that he's still more than capable of holding his own...

It's hilarious to me that people on this website are shitting on Ghost for having a "gimmick". What do you think Eddie is? Just because a band has a gimmick doesn't mean there's no substance to the music. It just might not be to your personal taste.

Mother Russia's instrumental section and solos always struck me as a discount knock-off of the 7th Son title track.

I'm not making any specific claim about this particular situation, because I'm nothing more than a fan. All I'm saying is that based on my own professional experience, it is naive to take press releases and public statements at face value and assume that all parties involved are satisfied with...

NPFTD is underrated in my opinion. It's far from perfect, and has three particularly bad clunkers on it. I'd summarize my stance on it thusly: Woke: Run Silent Run Deep (one of their biggest setlist omission crimes), Fates Warning, Holy Smoke, NPFTD, Tailgunner, Public Enema No. 1, the album...

I've spent enough time in or adjacent to the industry to know that you simply cannot take public statements like these at full face value. There are nearly always multiple sides to the story when this kind of major change occurs with high-profile artists. I'm not saying it means for certain that...

Can confirm. I saw Ghost recently and was absolutely blown away. Everything - the stage set, the lighting rig, the backdrops, and yes - the SCREENS, was all so engaging and perfectly utilized. The stage set even had semi-distinct "realms" a la LOTB, complete with an epic stained glass reveal...

You don't know any of this, though. You're just drawing your own conclusions based on publicly-available information just like everyone else. These are not "facts".

But calling someone a "bell end" is ok?

Fair enough if their views differ from your own, everyone is entitled to their opinion (full disclosure- I happen to agree with them) ...but I really don't think it's that surprising how they feel, given that they live in the same state as Nicko and have something of a history with him (vlogging...

Really surprised at the strong negative reactions in this thread. We're all posting multi-paragraph opinions about Iron Maiden YouTubers on an Iron Maiden fan forum- I don't really think any of us are in a position to question how much of a focus Iron Maiden is in anyone else's life :lol...

I swear it's like some of you have never heard Nicko speak before. He's practically constantly taking the piss out of someone or something, and has never been shy about his opinions.

Maybe if you made your living as an artist like she does you would feel the same way. I think it is a completely understandable reaction. Graphic designers, painters, copywriters, authors... all are having their livelihoods replaced by shitty algorithmically generated crap made by machine...

Nicko played Moonchild at 2008 speeds with Titanium Tart this month, and played Mariner almost a minute FASTER than the album version. Meanwhile Maiden's current version of Mariner is a minute SLOWER than the album version. Nicko can absolutely still play the faster songs. It is clear that...

Man, it really feels weird to be stuck in between the "Maiden sucks now" camp and the "Just shut up and enjoy the show" camp.

He routinely leaves the 6", 8", 15", and 16" toms off when playing with Titanium Tart. He did this with the Icarus kit for the 2022 shows, and the LOTB Senjutsu kit for the 2024 shows. He has brought the full setup to the last couple Rock n Roll Ribs parties, though.

There's video of him stating it on stage at a Titanium Tart gig:

Nice, I forgot this was on YouTube! The whole setlist is great. They even cover War Pigs!

He flew to London earlier this year to do the Legacy of the Royals snare drum release + signing at Drum One, though