If you got the chance to produce it what would you be focusing on? That you feel have been lacking on the latest albums?
Well without saying anything I think the songs are too long. The arrangements needs to be looked at. They try to have too many epics on one album, every song has to be like a grandiose movie. I think its more effective if you have maybe two on the album instead of maybe six. I did like parts of the last album but I like early Maiden. I like two or three albums with Bruce and the first two are incredible. I like more of the punkier stuff. Its heavy but it has got speed, it's fast and the songs are short.
When I grew up I always liked the long songs like Rime of the Ancient Mariner, To tame a land or Hallowed be thy name. But when they started to make albums that were more or less all in that vein I felt that something was not right. Songs were not epics but just too long, too repetitive.
If I got to work with Maiden I wouldn't change anything, except I would just look at the arrangements and try out different sounds for the guitars. I wouldn't change the drum sound or the bass sound I wouldn't change Bruce but I would update the guitar sound. I would have used those three guitars. I would have turned them into an orchestra.
Maiden's albums since the reunion are like classic Maiden meets 70s Prog, ignoring what's going on around them.
I think every album they did since the reunion is great on it's own, but too close to the others.