Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
We already have discussions going on about the heaviest and least heavy song. But what do people thing are the darkest songs Maiden have done? I think both lyrically and musically.
Obviously, many would jump to The X Factor, or to some of the newer war-related songs like Paschendale.
However, there is some quite dark stuff in older albums as well. For example, Children of the Damned is just a musical re-telling of a horror movie, quite dark if you ask me. "... screaming in pain, peeling the skin from his eyes ..." - or what about the "anthem", Hallowed Be Thy Name? A man on his way to the gallows ...
Both No Prayer and [Fear of the Dark have some songs that are nearly dystopian, like Childhood's End. Of course Brave New World, based on a dystopian novel, is quite dark (lyrically)-
Still, I think we must go to the first album I mentioned here. On The X Factor, we don't just have dark lyrics (and plenty of them), the music is very fitting to that mood. The song that strikes me as the darkest one here would be Blood on the World's Hands, which I listened to today, for the first time in a while. The lyrics are very dark - and unlike a few other songs, you don't get the feeling that the music is too happy to fit the lyrics (Montsegur is often mentioned as an example of the latter).
So, let the discussion commence.
Obviously, many would jump to The X Factor, or to some of the newer war-related songs like Paschendale.
However, there is some quite dark stuff in older albums as well. For example, Children of the Damned is just a musical re-telling of a horror movie, quite dark if you ask me. "... screaming in pain, peeling the skin from his eyes ..." - or what about the "anthem", Hallowed Be Thy Name? A man on his way to the gallows ...
Both No Prayer and [Fear of the Dark have some songs that are nearly dystopian, like Childhood's End. Of course Brave New World, based on a dystopian novel, is quite dark (lyrically)-
Still, I think we must go to the first album I mentioned here. On The X Factor, we don't just have dark lyrics (and plenty of them), the music is very fitting to that mood. The song that strikes me as the darkest one here would be Blood on the World's Hands, which I listened to today, for the first time in a while. The lyrics are very dark - and unlike a few other songs, you don't get the feeling that the music is too happy to fit the lyrics (Montsegur is often mentioned as an example of the latter).
So, let the discussion commence.