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Having been disappointed in the previous two albums, I was wary about this album before it's release. Having followed Iron Maiden for 41 years, I didn't want my favourite band to end with a whimper. My first encounter with this album was 'The Writing on the Wall' and my primary hope was that...

AMOLAD always leaves me a little confused about my feelings towards it, even after all these years. There is nothing at all to dislike here, not even the album cover, which is far from their best but a big improvement on the previous album. All of the songs are strong, there's plenty variety...

BNW was a fantastic return to form for Iron Maiden, and Dance of Death is arguably even better. Other than the disappointing album cover, it's hard to find fault with this offering from 2003. Unusually, every member of the band was involved with the song writing, and I think that helps to give...

After some time away from the band, Bruce was refreshed and ready to return. Maiden had experienced some lean years, so Bruce's returned also seemed like the best way to rekindle the magic. All of this is understandable, but it wouldn't necessarily bring success as all they would be doing was...

I find this to be a very frustrating Maiden album. Blaze had made an extremely promising start as their vocalist on X-Factor and on this album, it seemed like the band were more successfully writing for Blaze's voice. Most of the songs were really good, and overall the album benefited from a...

After the crushing disappointment of NPFTD and FOTD, I confess I couldn't face X-Factor initially and it was the first time since 1981 that I didn't see Maiden live. I eventually listened to it a couple of months before Virtual XI was released and I was immediately intrigued. The most obvious...

While Fear of the Dark was an improvement on NPFTD, that isn't much praise when NPFTD set the bar so incredibly low. Nevertheless, this album was a step in the right direction with one or two highlights. Be Quick or Be Dead was a really good track and I was pleased to see Janick contributing...

As a HUGE Adrian Smith fan, I remember being absolutely crushed to hear that Adrian had left the band. To my mind, he was at least the equal of Steve Harris as a songwriter and the best guitarist in the band. He'd written the best songs on Somewhere in Time, his influence was all over SSOASS and...

I'm giving away my age with this one, but here goes! I started secondary school in 1976, just when the Punk explosion really took off in the UK. It captured the mood of the time and it captured my imagination , so for the first time in my life, I really became involved in music. The music was...