Iron Maiden studio album 17 rumours and speculations

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Helmuth Von Moltke said:
Important point, and Metallica have suffered far worse with this problem. Hardwired CD2, minus the closing track, was a disaster.

It is a testament to Maiden as to just how strong their longer recent albums are despite their artistic indulgences and (as you write) the absence of a strong and trusted critic. Agreed Shirley can't and won't do this, he is just there to facilitate Maiden being themselves, not to be that strong editor figure you describe. Birch could do this when Maiden were young and in awe of him, but that could never be replicated now.

By the way, I still think it will be x2 albums one after the other this time round... 55 minutes each... :)

Get ready for albums 17 and 18!!! Rlonger knows this too :)
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I think there seems to be a misunderstanding about Martin Birch's role. Martin never got involved in arranging the songs, but was a fantastic producer who was able to capture the band's sound. Adrian mentioned something along those lines shortly after Martin passed away:

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EXCLUSIVE: Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith has commented on the passing of producer Martin Birch, expressing his shock and calling it; "very sad". The guitarist who worked with Birch for almost a decade during his initial tenure in Iron Maiden, made the commen
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Kevin Shirley is a very good producer. He is no Martin Birch (who is?), but should not be blamed for Maiden's artistic indulgences.
 
Brigantium said:
For what is probably at least the twentieth time, I'll say I don't think Rod controls this band. I don't think they're brilliantly managed, I don't think Rod constantly has eyes everywhere* or is a genius entrepreneur. I do think the band are happy with what they get from their management.

*waves at Shacky sidekick or whoever it is that peers at fan pages once every six months/year
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Rod is Mino Raiola of music management, just less asshole-ish.
 
RLonger said:
Who cares. Kiss and Ozzy is commercial rock/hard rock - a different approach. It doesn't matter...
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It seems you do!

Iron Maiden studio album 17 rumours and speculations

Man, first everyone complains that Maiden isn’t talking about the new album, now you’re getting hyped again about a final product that lives entirely within your fantasies. You’re going to be disappointed when they finally do come forward with that record and the cycle will go on. How could I...
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RLonger said:
I can bet in Maiden could work with a way bigger management (such as Q Prime) they'd be even bigger commercially. Period.
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Probably, but why would they do that? Maiden has been, and still is, huge commercially for the very reason they've been able to appeal to masses and more of a niche market. In a way, they've successfully got commercially big by not being very commercial, if you catch my drift. Of course, the overreaching "Maiden brand" in beers and whatnot is another step into more commercial territory, but one of the reasons why the Maiden as a brand still feels a bit more authentic than, say, Kiss or whatever, to a lot of people is their long tenure as "world's biggest cult band" - as they put it into words in 1998.

I'm not doing this very well, but I'm just trying to imply that as much as they've stepped into the commercial "cabaret" world or whatever, Bruce's talks about Maiden's unique integrity isn't totally bullshit, but actually one of the main reasons for their commercial success and - if you want to put it this way - "cabaret" too.

Yes, they could be bigger and more out there if their management bothered to please us with lots of exciting stuff to fill in the COVID-19 void, but it's not like this silence has wiped them out from the general awareness at the slightest. Especially in Europe, Maiden has been huge for ages and while not quite at the 2008 heights, they're still one of the biggest rock acts out there.
 
There's an interesting theory going on at the official Fan Club forum based on the T-shirt Bruce was wearing today. According to a fan club member, the writing on the T-shirt is probably Belshazzar's Feast, which apparently is the biblical story of the writing on the wall!

Belshazzar's dad was Nebuchadnezzar, an old friend of Bruce via William Blake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)

Don't shoot the messenger! :lol:

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Randalf said:
Probably, but why would they do that? Maiden has been, and still is, huge commercially for the very reason they've been able to appeal to masses and more of a niche market. In a way, they've successfully got commercially big by not being very commercial, if you catch my drift. Of course, the overreaching "Maiden brand" in beers and whatnot is another step into more commercial territory, but one of the reasons why the Maiden as a brand still feels a bit more authentic than, say, Kiss or whatever, to a lot of people is their long tenure as "world's biggest cult band" - as they put it into words in 1998.

I'm not doing this very well, but I'm just trying to imply that as much as they've stepped into the commercial "cabaret" world or whatever, Bruce's talks about Maiden's unique integrity isn't totally bullshit, but actually one of the main reasons for their commercial success and - if you want to put it this way - "cabaret" too.

Yes, they could be bigger and more out there if their management bothered to please us with lots of exciting stuff to fill in the COVID-19 void, but it's not like this silence has wiped them out from the general awareness at the slightest. Especially in Europe, Maiden has been huge for ages and while not quite at the 2008 heights, they're still one of the biggest rock acts out there.
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Yeah being honest you're pretty right.
 
Randalf said:
Probably, but why would they do that? Maiden has been, and still is, huge commercially for the very reason they've been able to appeal to masses and more of a niche market. In a way, they've successfully got commercially big by not being very commercial, if you catch my drift. Of course, the overreaching "Maiden brand" in beers and whatnot is another step into more commercial territory, but one of the reasons why the Maiden as a brand still feels a bit more authentic than, say, Kiss or whatever, to a lot of people is their long tenure as "world's biggest cult band" - as they put it into words in 1998.

I'm not doing this very well, but I'm just trying to imply that as much as they've stepped into the commercial "cabaret" world or whatever, Bruce's talks about Maiden's unique integrity isn't totally bullshit, but actually one of the main reasons for their commercial success and - if you want to put it this way - "cabaret" too.
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^ Spot on.
GhostofCain said:
There's an interesting theory going on at the official Fan Club forum based on the T-shirt Bruce was wearing today. According to a fan club member, the writing on the T-shirt is probably Belshazzar's Feast, which apparently is the biblical story of the writing on the wall!

Belshazzar's dad was Nebuchadnezzar, an old friend of Bruce via William Blake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)
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:applause:| Sounds more like a theme for a solo album of Bruce, but the question was about Maiden's future plans.

Maybe Bruce is hinting that we will get the new Maiden album (or at least a new single on this theme) sooner than we expected (''It's right in front of you''). Let's hope so. It seems WOTW was not put in the poster for LOTB 2022 as a joke.

- If they release the new single this year, they can play it next year during LOTB Part 3 (like it was the scenario with ''Wildest Dreams'' and ''El Dorado'').
 
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Album's ready to go.
Bruce's t-shirt is the first official/subliminal message about Maiden's new era. WRITING ON THE WALL will turn out to be new single or new album title, I'm now 99% sure about that.
I wasn't, with the acronym WOTW on the tour poster, cause it could be easily something else, just a painter's joke or whatever.
But I am, now. We're going to remember this day...
 
Interesting to follow as this goes on..Of course, detectives and hints were cautious to witness some action in Paris (when the album was recorded).
Anyways, looking forward to the new album and songs, and the day when I can see Maiden live next time.
 
RLonger said:
Maybe the brand new album will be released this year...
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I doubt about the whole album, but a new single is very possible.
Fabio Maiden said:
Album's ready to go.
Bruce's t-shirt is the first official/subliminal message about Maiden's new era. WRITING ON THE WALL will turn out to be new single or new album title, I'm now 99% sure about that. I wasnn't, with the acronym on the tour poster. I am now. We're going to remember this day...
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Yes, the album is ready to go since 2019. I think WOTW will be a new single title.
 
After 6 years, shit is FINALLY getting real.

I'm so pumped.

I'm sure they're tired of waiting.

Knowing that 2022 concerts aren't so certain anymore... I think they're ready to release at least the single.

It could be anytime, now.

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I am convinced Bruce is taking the piss. He knows about the WOTW on the poster, and the band and management knows about all the speculation. He is just messing with us by now.
 
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