The long intro is great. Sounds so good, production wise. 2:20~ of great music.
Then the metal part kicks in, didn't knock me out off my feet, but cool. Afterwards the chorus appears without singing, very good.
The verse feels a bit like WtWWB, but it's still fun and sounds good.
Cool bridge into the chorus, which is very powerful. I like it a lot. Bruce singing in unison with himself sounds great.
The slight slowdown for the solos is a bit jarring, but the solos themselves are fantastic. Powerful melodies follow.
The fast singing part is good, then the "Love in anger" part is very good. I didn't expect a phrygian riff right after that, but I'm glad I got one.
A fun Jacnick solo, then another love in anger, and the intro again, as the outro. Steve really loves doing that huh?
It sounds so good here that I don't care. The fadeout is one of the few times in history I actually liked a fadeout. Well done.
I like it a lot more now than I did on my first listen. It feels much less derivative now. I of course still need to process this entire album over many months, but it feels fitting as Maiden's new "possible last song", following WtWWB and EotC.