Iron Maiden studio album 17 rumours and speculations

[The_7th_one]

Hugh Syme would be awesome

 

[Collin]

I heard from a buddy who has another buddy that knows the company that makes Nicko's drumsticks. He said that the cover art will be CGI. Kind of like DoD.

Spoiler

 

[The_7th_one]

I heard from a buddy who has another buddy that knows the company that makes Nicko's drumsticks. He said that the cover art will be CGI. Kind of like DoD.

Spoiler

This is the end!

 

[Collin]

This is the end!

End of?

 

[KidInTheDark666]

The pain and suffering?

 

[Collin]

End of the war to end all wars ending all wars?

 

[The_7th_one]

It's just I heard from a buddy who has another buddy that knows this is the end…

 

[Kalata]

Hugh Syme would be awesome

He has done a good job with TXF artwork, but I think the three aforementioned artists are better than him.

 

[The_7th_one]

so…Derek or Mark Wilkinson

 

[LooseCannon]

Thank you for bringing it back on topic.

I mean, the band has to be happy with Mark Wilkinson's work on The Book of Souls, it was pretty much universally lauded as the best Eddie since...uh. Well, IMO since SSOASS, but still. The only other likely candidate is Melvyn Grant.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

I like Grant's artworks.

 

[FTB]

Looks like one of the few people who didn't like the cover at all. Eddie looked alright but for me it was too simple

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Looks like one of the few people who didn't like the cover at all. Eddie looked alright but for me it was too simple

Agreed.

 

[LooseCannon]

Looks like one of the few people who didn't like the cover at all. Eddie looked alright but for me it was too simple

Now I didn't finish the thread, but TBOS came in 11th when I ran the Best Eddie poll a couple years ago. It had an average of 7.62, just below Aces High and above Brave New World.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Now I didn't finish the thread, but TBOS came in 11th when I ran the Best Eddie poll a couple years ago. It had an average of 7.62, just below Aces High and above Brave New World.

There's no way it's better than Brave New World Eddie. That one was awesome imo.

 

[FTB]

Now I didn't finish the thread, but TBOS came in 11th when I ran the Best Eddie poll a couple years ago. It had an average of 7.62, just below Aces High and above Brave New World.

Kinda high, I'd actually put Virtual XI above it. (Full albums only)

 

[Mosh]

I like TBOS, it’s the most classic looking Eddie since the 80s. Wilkinson has a great track record too with albums like Painkiller.

Melvyn Grant’s work is really good too. They capture the spirit of classic Maiden covers, although there is always a somewhat modern twist or the design of Eddie deviates from how he’s looked in the past.

I don’t think Maiden would go wrong with either artist, although personally I’d like to see more of what Wilkinson has to offer.

 

[FTB]

The Album Cover will just feature Rod sitting in his office preparing lawsuits

 

[Kalata]

Looks like one of the few people who didn't like the cover at all. Eddie looked alright but for me it was too simple

Yeah it was simple, but Eddie is brutal. A lot of hard work has done for him.

 

[LooseCannon]

There's no way it's better than Brave New World Eddie. That one was awesome imo.

Well, there is a way it is better, in a poll taken in 2017 it turned out to have a higher average. So yes, it is factually true.

Kinda high, I'd actually put Virtual XI above it. (Full albums only)

I like that cover too, but it didn't do well in the poll.