Bruce Dickinson Solovivor 2024: FINALS - Round 3
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Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Voting for “Kill Devil Hill” is a crime.
I think this listen is proving to me that TOS is absolutely the third best Bruce album. Mandrake will likely rank under Skunkworks but above BTP and TM.
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Eh, the vocal melodies feel cramped and improvised.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Wow. You don't like the overall simpler approach to the songs and the instrumental parts? 1 guitar after all. Which can be said for all of Bruce's albums, maybe without TCW.
Kudos about River.
The vocal melodies on the whole album are brilliant imo. And the ones on Kill Devil Hill are so impactful.
''Not-good-enough-for-a-Maiden-album''? Abduction, Kill Devil Hill, Power Of The Sun, Devil On A Hog (DOD vibe), even River and the title track. Ofc more complex. I like varied albums (like TMP), but I think TOS is very creative and very metal, which I like a lot.
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
Huh, they follow the guitars carefully. Every single note makes sense and has a purpose. The only line that I could see being called "cramped and improvised" is "The wreckage of heaven".
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
I just don't think the songs are as good. I like the music well enough.
I don't hear that. Some songs are good. Some feel half-assed vocally.
Yeah, that whole section is the culprit. From "wreckage of heaven" until the second chorus is just a mess.
I will say, though. Ya'll are right. It's a pretty good and I was being too harsh. Not sure what I heard before, but it's definitely not deserving of a vote (and I'm sure will stick around a bit more).
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
MindRuler
Patient Mariner
Sounds like the title of a remixed Blaze album.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Let's see...
Power Of The Sun (a Maiden-level short rocker and one of his best solo songs imo, shame!), River Of No Return (underrated, one of Bruce's best verses ever imo), Devil On A Hog (deserves more praise for its vocal melodies)... yeah.
Votes:
Chemical Wedding
Jerusalem (quality ideas)
The Alchemist - I'm really sorry, but given the others songs. If I have to say something I wish this song had (or could have had): a 2nd (and longer) solo by Adrian definitely and maybe a more interesting instrumental part with weird sounds.
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
I chose 5 of them this time :
- Chemical Wedding (very weird song, doesn't fit to my conception of heavy metal)
- The Alchemist (very boring track)
- Soul Intruders (once again, very bizarre song and boring as well)
- Kill Devil Hill (this is a pop song, not a heavy metal one)
- Eternal (eternal boredom)
Azas
Twilight of the Gods
Those are MASTERPIECE tracks to my taste. It's the very essence of The Chemical Wedding album and the will to achieve something above mortal realm and metaphysical. Kill Devil Hill outro is on par. Eternal is 100 better than hard rock filler Devil on A Hog.
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
To your taste only, not to mine.
Azas
Twilight of the Gods
But... Those songs are diamonds OBJECTIVELY... You, as metal journalist/reviewer should have know this. Because I said so, ya know.To your taste only, not to mine.
