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Shmoolikipod
Stranger to the Light
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
What an album! Not a single bad song!
What an album! Not a single bad song!
PhantomOfTheOpera
Ancient Mariner
PhantomOfTheOpera
Ancient Mariner
PhantomOfTheOpera
Ancient Mariner
These are just few examples and I like to observe and listen to these many times through the years.
Shmoolikipod
Stranger to the Light
Soen - Jinn
Beautiful song, especially the part at 2:59!
TheTalisman
Ancient Mariner
Some tracks sound absolutely great, and some other really doesn't, but a nice album to have either way.
KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Iron Maiden - Isle Of Avalon
Probably Maiden's most underrated epic. One of the band's most atmospheric songs. The first jewel of the song is the intro with its haunting melodies, bass ride and drumming. The second one is the chorus, one of Maiden's best choruses imo (pre-chorus too). Great riff under Adrian's solo, but I think the proggy solos fits better in ''Starblind'' (they are shorter, but the song also has constant soloing) - the solo is unique though and maybe it kinda fits. Dave's solo is good. The melody near the end of the song is one of my favorites. Strangely, the song has no triple-lead guitar harmony. I like how they reprised the intro later in the song (like in ''Starblind''). Great end to the song.
This would have been a perfect live song, I wish they had played it. Definitely a unique song in the band's discography.
Probably Maiden's most underrated epic. One of the band's most atmospheric songs. The first jewel of the song is the intro with its haunting melodies, bass ride and drumming. The second one is the chorus, one of Maiden's best choruses imo (pre-chorus too). Great riff under Adrian's solo, but I think the proggy solos fits better in ''Starblind'' (they are shorter, but the song also has constant soloing) - the solo is unique though and maybe it kinda fits. Dave's solo is good. The melody near the end of the song is one of my favorites. Strangely, the song has no triple-lead guitar harmony. I like how they reprised the intro later in the song (like in ''Starblind''). Great end to the song.
This would have been a perfect live song, I wish they had played it. Definitely a unique song in the band's discography.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
^ I should listen to The Final Frontier more often. The album has some amazing ideas and melodies. I probably will rank it in the bottom half of all albums, but still it's a very good album. I guess it's because the overall material is so strong.
''Isle Of Avalon''/''Starblind''/''The Talisman'' is an amazing sequence of songs. ''Coming Home'' is one of the band's best slow songs. ''When The Wild Wind Blows'' is one of the band's most interesting epics (although I would have repeated the first verses later in the song). ''El Dorado'' has one of the band's best galloping (and heavy) riffs. Classic Maiden! The title track is simple (like in their early days), but it's catchy. A guitar harmony is really missing though. About ''Satellite 15'', it's too long but it sets the mood of the album just perfect and not many bands would dare to include such a piece in their albums. ''The Alchemist'' is a very melodic fast short rocker, classic Maiden again. Pretty good song too. The remaining two songs (''Mother Of Mercy'' and ''The Man Who Would Be King'') are the only songs which I don't like that much, but the latter has some great ideas and parts.
-> it's interesting that the first half of the album are the short and straightforward songs, while the second half are all the epics (which was not a good choice imo, ''The Man Who Would Be King'' should have been a short rocker).
Janick should have written a 3rd song for this album, imho.
''Isle Of Avalon''/''Starblind''/''The Talisman'' is an amazing sequence of songs. ''Coming Home'' is one of the band's best slow songs. ''When The Wild Wind Blows'' is one of the band's most interesting epics (although I would have repeated the first verses later in the song). ''El Dorado'' has one of the band's best galloping (and heavy) riffs. Classic Maiden! The title track is simple (like in their early days), but it's catchy. A guitar harmony is really missing though. About ''Satellite 15'', it's too long but it sets the mood of the album just perfect and not many bands would dare to include such a piece in their albums. ''The Alchemist'' is a very melodic fast short rocker, classic Maiden again. Pretty good song too. The remaining two songs (''Mother Of Mercy'' and ''The Man Who Would Be King'') are the only songs which I don't like that much, but the latter has some great ideas and parts.
-> it's interesting that the first half of the album are the short and straightforward songs, while the second half are all the epics (which was not a good choice imo, ''The Man Who Would Be King'' should have been a short rocker).
Janick should have written a 3rd song for this album, imho.
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