Angry Metal Guy reviews Senjutsu...4 years later

I still really enjoy Senjutsu. I also completely understand folks who say it's overlong and could use trimming because it definitely can. I still enjoy it even despite those issues.

The title track itself is indeed plodding and repeats sections a bit too much, but Maiden has never really done anything like this before and when in the right mood it can be super captivating.

I have no issues at all with Stratego or Writing on the Wall - those tracks rule.

Lost in a Lost World is maybe the least fully compelling of the Harris tracks, but I love love love the intro and outro to this tune. This one could have used some trimming for sure.

Days of Future Past is alright. Time Machine is a lot of fun but does not need to reprise the intro as the outro. Standard Harris-ism right there.

Darkest Hour has those silly soundscape intro and outros which should have never made the final album. Chop those right off.

Of the final 3 Harris tracks, I still question why Death of the Celts needs so many different acoustic intros. I wish Parchment was sped up a bit. Hell on Earth is nearly perfect.

I like this one a lot more than Book of Souls which I find nosedives after disc 1 and hasn't aged well at all to me, but we all have a different way to view the world.
 
Funny how our opinions change with time, in my case I think I need at least 2 years to judge a new album without passions and biases.
Yeah I like it less than when it came out for sure.
 
Yax said:
The title track? It does not need to be 8 minutes and 20 seconds long. It would be a really cool 5:30 track though
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Funny, reading this I remembered someone sent me a fan edit of the album shortly after its release, and the title track is whittled down to 5:38. Just listened to it, and I feel like I didn't miss anything that was in the (nearly 3-minute longer) original. Still can't say I like the song other than it sets a mood and even at 5:38, it's an overlong buildup to Stratego truly launching the album.
 
Donner said:
Of the final 3 Harris tracks, I still question why Death of the Celts needs so many different acoustic intros. I wish Parchment was sped up a bit. Hell on Earth is nearly perfect.
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Funnily enough, I more or less feel exactly the same way about these three.

Lost in a Lost World has grown on me somewhat, I should add.
 
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