dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
Hell on earth with stratego are the Best songs in the album
Senjutsu - 3rd September 2021
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dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
Sorry ! The reencarnation of benjamín breeg
Gk1
Here I sit in a serenade of glory!
I was duscussing the same thing this morning!
Maturin
Sköldpadda
I have Tyranny of Souls as a clear favourite. Great record with some cool songs. Extremely well produced vocals and some stellar guitarwork. Making that mix work with a guitar sound like that... Coooooool!
TheTalisman
Ancient Mariner
People will tell you how great they think that many of the songs of Accident of Birth and Chemical Wedding are because of Adrian, but if you check the album booklet, most of them are only co-written by Roy Z. 
Hey, if Bruce had just pretended that Adrian played on Tyranny of Souls and credited him in the booklet, people would rank that album considerably higher.
Lots of people can't even distinguish if a solo is played by Smith instead of Roy Z!
Hey, if Bruce had just pretended that Adrian played on Tyranny of Souls and credited him in the booklet, people would rank that album considerably higher.
Lots of people can't even distinguish if a solo is played by Smith instead of Roy Z!
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matic22
Ancient Mariner
Nah. But it has been proven that having Adrian around is great, even if he's not the primary writer, for second opinion. With Maiden and outside.People will tell you how great they think that many of the songs of Accident of Birth and Chemical Wedding are because of Adrian, but if you check the album booklet, most of them are only co-written by Roy Z.
Hey, if Bruce had just pretended that Adrian played on Tyranny of Souls and credited him in the booklet, people would rank that album considerably higher.
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TheTalisman
Ancient Mariner
Well, I believe that we have just seen the strongest Maiden album since the start of the millenium, and that's primary because some particular members didn't bring in anything like Wildest Dreams/El Dorado/Speed of Light this time.
Someone else was allowed to bring his own material instead to a full degree, and that isn't a bad thing.
Someone else was allowed to bring his own material instead to a full degree, and that isn't a bad thing.
There are a lot of X Factor comparisons and I am also noticing that fans of the band’s 90s output who haven’t been quite as enthusiastic about recent work are really digging the new album, so there’s probably something to that. One thing X Factor was missing was something to balance out the dark Harris-y material. I think Bruce and Adrian’s contributions, while limited, give Senjutsu a dimension that X Factor didn’t have. At the same time, I also actually like that they only brought in a few songs. A less is more thing is happening. Look forward to more Bruce and Adrian on album 18 tho
Amen! Or, heaven forbid, some Dickinson and Harris collaborations. I don't like them going in such different directions
TheTalisman
Ancient Mariner
One more Dickinson/Murray collab (which produced Judas Be My Guide) would be something though, or even a Dickinson/Harris/Murray one (resulted in Brave New World and Rainmaker).
I think a good track with some melodic input from Murray is what's missing on Senjutsu.
I think a good track with some melodic input from Murray is what's missing on Senjutsu.
I would t mind another one of those. Out of the Shadows was cool, Only the Good Die Young is awesome. It feels like the albums have gotten less collaborative over the course of the reunion era, I wouldn’t mind a tad more of that.
Maturin
Sköldpadda
So far, I've got four 10/10 songs on Senjutsu. "Stratego", "Lost in a Lost World", "The Time Machine" and "Hell on Earth".
"Death of the Celts" could join that league, I am not sure at this time.
Even though I eventually came around to The Book of Souls pretty recently I already feel it has been eclipsed.
"Death of the Celts" could join that league, I am not sure at this time.
Even though I eventually came around to The Book of Souls pretty recently I already feel it has been eclipsed.
Having taken a while to warm to it, I'm teetering on the edge of a 10 for Stratego too. Inspired bit of writing that sounds like it came out fully formed.
stjerky
Educated Fool
For me just the opposite.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
So what?
Don’t get me wrong, but I find this trend of YouTube reviews from musicians from other bands quite amusing. Are they just trying to get free publicity or what?
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
I’d say that Jan and Steve have a tendency to self-plagiarise themselves, that’s all. The Legacy of the Talisman Machine of Souls, whilst a great song, is a very good example of that.
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
People will tell you how great they think that many of the songs of Accident of Birth and Chemical Wedding are because of Adrian, but if you check the album booklet, most of them are only co-written by Roy Z.
Hey, if Bruce had just pretended that Adrian played on Tyranny of Souls and credited him in the booklet, people would rank that album considerably higher.
Lots of people can't even distinguish if a solo is played by Smith instead of Roy Z!
Their styles are so different than I cannot think how someone could not be able to tell them apart.
Anyway, Adrian brought something special to Bruce’s solo albums that wasn’t there on Tyranny of Souls. Being a band by the time the went to record The Chemical Wedding probably helped too.
Absolutely! No criticism of them for that from me, but I'm pretty sure that's the intention.
Dave's contribution to those songs lifted them a great deal, would be nice he did have some more input in songwriting.