Well I read it and I think the typos in there were a little too much. There were some sentences I couldn't understand at all.
This is what I got out of it. He seems to be a big fan and obviously loved Bruce's solo work. He even defends Fear of the Dark and No Prayer. He honestly explains why he doesn't like the Blaze albums and explains why without being a troll. And you can't really do much besides respect his opinion. He gave those albums multiple chances, room to grow and had an open mind going in every time. You can't force people to like the same things as you.
I don't think the point of the article was the era's effects on future maiden, I think it was a retrospect of an era for maiden that was quite some time ago and is commonly overlooked. It was a critical look at Bruce's albums and the 2 Blaze albums. I think the main question was 14-15 years later, how do those albums stand today?
For example,I love Virtual XI, I think it is better than X Factor and was a leading point to Brave New World. I didn't buy the album until about 2-3 weeks before The Final Frontier came out. It did a good job pacifying me before TFF. I loved Virtual from the first listen, there wasn't a song that I didn't like. I even liked AATG. Did listening to it for the first time in 2010 have anything to do with me liking it so much? I couldn't answer that, maybe someone else can. There was just something about that album that grabbed me instantly and for those few weeks that was all I was listening to. (Including Accident of Birth which I also had just bought.)
I'm not gonna "call bullshit" on this one because for the most part, I agree with this guy. He raised valid points but just because he got some facts wrong doesn't affect what his main point was. The Blaze albums seem to be a love or hate thing and this guy happens to be on the other side of the fence. Is there really anything wrong with that?