New Single - The Writing on the Wall

[bornless1]

It gets better listen over listen. But that western lick/vibe is just kind of a disappointment. That’s for other bands. Confident that the rest of the album will be more maiden. Can’t wait to hear the rest.

 

[PhantomOfTheOpera]

I think they (whoever edited the credits) made error on the streaming services, the lyrics must be written by Bruce because the video credits said that the "story" was by Bruce.

 

[LooseCannon]

Bruce put together the story for the video, Adrian wrote the lyrics for the song.

 

[PhantomOfTheOpera]

Sign of good song is how grabs you totally. I've now heard this one 7 times already and it's so good.
Can hardly wait for the album to be released and there must some real gems and masterpieces waiting for us.

 

[PhantomOfTheOpera]

Bruce put together the story for the video, Adrian wrote the lyrics for the song.

Ok, so it was that way actually.

 

[The_7th_one]

Damn. 10 pages. I have listened the new song right now.
My first impression is that the main riff sounded me to American country style, Bruce voice is not clear and watching the video I have the impression that I'm watching something not related with the music. It's like when you mute your tv and listening another thing.
The chorus is fine, the drums and bass are not adventurous at all. When Adrian writes the music of one song you can't hear Janick or Dave it's like Adrian recorded all the guitars of his song. … The video is fine but the comic graphics are a bit lame.
It's a new song but not a single isn't it?

 

[Jadukor]

Yeah this song is going to be on repeat until my wife throws me out of the house. Nothing is better than fresh music from Maiden

 

[rideon77]

I don't like the melodies of the vocals, Maiden can do a lot Better Imho.

 

[The_7th_one]

First impression is good. Thought it was a Janick song at first. Can't wait to get home and listen to it with good headphones.

I heard with the headphones and bruce sounds like shit

 

[Smither]

I heard with the headphones and bruce sounds like shit

Listen to it on streaming services, YouTube version sounds like shit, probably due to compression. Bruce's voice sounds completely different.

 

[Iron Lurker]

Loving the song more with each listen. Love the video, too. Sort of a Heavy Metal/Ralph Bakshi's Wizards kind of vibe. I'm over excited for the new album now.

 

[Iron Lurker]

Listen to it on streaming services, YouTube version sounds like shit, probably due to compression. Bruce's voice sounds completely different.

Spotify sounds really good

 

[Oregano]

I love the "meeeep" of the crow at the beginning

 

[Smither]

Loving the song more with each listen. Love the video, too. Sort of a Heavy Metal/Ralph Bakshi's Wizards kind of vibe. I'm over excited for the new album now.

Yeah, I honestly wasn't impressed at first listen and was more interested on the clip, but been loving it now that I've listened tons of times on Spotify. It's a grower for me.

 

[johnglen]

I was expecting some dark biblical stuff about Babylone and magic, not a western song about riding a motorcycle and hollywood.

Best post in this thread, thank you.

 

[Flaming Blimp Crash]

I love the "meeeep" of the crow at the beginning

Should've been Nicko yelling.

 

[Josh]

Yeah a lot of the pushback against the sound quality is due from how it sounds on YouTube. Spotify is much, much better.

 

[The_7th_one]

When do they fire Shirley?

When Steve let him to produce an album like he wants?

 

[jcv]

I love the "meeeep" of the crow at the beginning

Reminds me of that similar effect used in Paschendale.

 

[Arrakis]

After multiple listens, it's definitely a Bruce song as if Steve again "stole" it from a future Bruce solo album. It might have fitted the Tyranny of Souls album too, some vibes similar to Devil on a Hog even I do think it's the better of the singles of recent times, and I am happy about the sound overall.