I treat Mandrake as the last 2ish decades of Bruce ideas that never got to come to fruition due to Maiden, cancer, or otherwise.
Is it an ultra serious or neccessarilly high fidelity album? Not in my opinion; But it is a fun listen with some solid content. Neat to see old and new Bruce ideas...
TBOS was fantastic from start to finish.
Eternity is a fucking insane opener and Bruce killed it.
It was wonderful hearing Powerslave, CoTD, and blood brothers live, definitely cherish getting to hear those tracks live as TBOS was my first Maiden gig.
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Agreed.
with what seems to be Bruce's plans for 2025, I dont see him going from a bigger solo tour right into something for Maiden over the summer.
I expect some big changes to Maiden's touring ideology. I dont neccesarily see them going a Stones/Metallica/Rammstien route entirely (At least...
Yeah, I think this is an interesting choice.
Always thought they were a pretty damn cool band in concept, but never got into them.
They will certainly draw in from a different but similar fan base, much like Ghost did for BoS. I think with other classic acts touring this year like Priest...
I'd wager it was more-so to get a reference and litmus test for where Bruce's vocals and overall technique was at ahead of producing a renunion album.
As well as likely a chance for him, Steve, and Kevin to sit down and regear AoB/TCW Bruce back into Maiden Bruce.
Theres a good bit of humor...
Yeah
If we had more than say a couple years left in the band Id see em making it a staple
But realistically we are at the end of Maiden, and Id rather them continue to highlight unplayed or rarely played tunes of the classic & 2000s era
Perhaps I have, perhaps I haven't. Such is the mystery of deja vu!
Time is but a human construct... and sometimes we may get caught somewhere in it :edmetal:
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