I'd prefer more Matinee concerts. I hate trying to get home from London late in the evening
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
Blaze did a few years ago for kids and those who can’t do late evenings. I think it’s a great idea.I'd prefer more Matinee concerts. I hate trying to get home from London late in the evening
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
I’ve been re-listening to the trilogy albums over the last few days. I would go out on a limb to say that Endure and Survive is the most important album he has ever released. I remember when I first heard Infinite Entanglement I thought it was an excellent album and I was glad that Blaze was back writing great music. He could have followed it with a dud but Endure and Survive proved to be an even stronger album. Since then Blaze has gone from strength to strength with his music.
CA Bryers
Ancient Mariner
Endure and Survive is head and shoulders above the other two in the trilogy. It's not a flawless album, as some songs are just okay, but it has a bunch of songs that fit snugly in the "great" category, foremost of which being "Remember," "The World is Turning the Wrong Way," and "Together We Can Move the Sun." Some of the best songs of his solo career, IMO.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Fully agree. So much melodic stuff and almost no fillers.
Circle
Endure
War
Redemption
Infinite
And all are really close. That speaks about the quality.
''The World Is Turning The Wrong Way'' is so impactful.
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
07-SMS:A1L
Educated Fool
TheTalisman
Ancient Mariner
Blaze's christmas song is getting some plays from the Spotify algorithm.
This should be good! Blaze has been announced as a new DJ on Planet Rock.
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Blaze Bayley joins Planet Rock to host Friday Night Rocks
We’re thrilled to announce that Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane legend Blaze Bayley...
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TheTalisman
Ancient Mariner
Blaze's top 10 most streamed tracks on Spotify:
1. Virus (As Live As It Gets) - 801 000
2. War Within Me - 455 000
3. Crazy Christmas - 307 000
4. Ghost in the Machine - 261 000
5. Born as a Stranger - 200 000
6. Futureal (As Live As It Gets) - 195 000
7. Silicon Messiah - 191 000
8. The Man Who Would Not Die - 166 000
9. Eating Lies - 153 000
10. 18 Flights - 152 000
On a sidenote, Blaze hasn't been signed to a record label since 2004.
1. Virus (As Live As It Gets) - 801 000
2. War Within Me - 455 000
3. Crazy Christmas - 307 000
4. Ghost in the Machine - 261 000
5. Born as a Stranger - 200 000
6. Futureal (As Live As It Gets) - 195 000
7. Silicon Messiah - 191 000
8. The Man Who Would Not Die - 166 000
9. Eating Lies - 153 000
10. 18 Flights - 152 000
On a sidenote, Blaze hasn't been signed to a record label since 2004.
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
No from the other early albums...
''The Man Who Would Not Die'', wow. Pleasantly surprised by the newer songs too. ''Eating Lies'' is such a good ballad. From the new album deserve too. ''Virus'' is really popular, it would have been a great addition to VXI.
Randalf
Ancient Mariner
It's probably due to his older albums not having years and years of a head start on the platform and Blaze releasing new material quite frequently, which naturally gets at least a short interest & stream number spike.
I don't remember the exact details, but if I'm not terribly mistaken, Blaze acquired rights to his BLAZE era releases and other older stuff to his own label (Blaze Bayley recordings) somewhere after the King of Metal and his acoustic ventures with Thomas Zwijsen, leading to The Soundtracks of My Life period and Silicon Messiah vinyl releases, anniversary tour and all that and he naturally put those albums on Spotify etc. around the same time.
Feel free to correct me if I'm speaking total bullshit on this, haha!
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CA Bryers
Ancient Mariner
Anybody know what happened here? It was collabs-a-go-go and acoustic tours aplenty, and then boom--done. I think Blaze was already under Mark Appleton managing and the Absolva partnership before the apparent dissolution of the partnership with Zwijsen, so not sure if that was a factor at all.
I happened to comment on one of Thomas's posts sometime after December Wind came out, and he said he and Blaze had recently talked about finishing out the acoustic covers for The X Factor, which would have been eight more songs to record (not counting the three unreleased XF tracks). That was a good few years ago. If I recall, Thomas came out with one more mostly Maiden-centric acoustic album after that, but with no Blaze appearance, so I didn't buy it. Radio silence on the matter from both sides, and I think I commented on another post of Thomas's asking about future collabs with Blaze, and didn't get a reply.
I get the impression that whether you liked the music better of the first three BLAZE albums in the early 2000s, that Blaze is doing better off financially these days and his life is less turbulent. Like he's doing okay thanks to social media awareness of him and plenty of people come to see him in his gigs. Like any lingering hatred of his name from his time in Maiden has gone as it was so long ago
He did say at the Sofia gig last year that he can finally sing in a heavy metal band for a living now.
TheTalisman
Ancient Mariner
The Doctor Doctor cover is pushed by the Spotify algorithm, and it was added in 2022. Soon, the only other Blaze-era tracks with more streams will be The Clansman, Sign of the Cross, Futureal and Man on The Edge.
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
I was just thinking, it would have even fit well with the “Silicon Messiah - 25th Anniversary" shows he's playing in 2025, and then the gig would move on to the 50th anniversary of Maiden.
But “The Raven Age” are back instead, how nice!
Do they have an anniversary too?
The nth birthday of Steve’s son?
Your guess is as good as mine.