What are the odds of one of these songs being instrumental? It'd be super sweet for sure... and unexpected 
"The Book of Souls" - Official pre-release thread (CONTAINS ALBUM SPOILERS)
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Ancient Mariner
I hope so. Loved the one that came with AMOLAD.
Bring on the epics. Haters gonna hate. 
Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
Frankly, Iron Maiden has its work cut out for it if it intends to better that one...
THESEVENTHMARINER
Ancient Mariner
I'd be more dissapointed if this album wasn't filled with epics.
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
Me too .. it is who they are now. As much as I like the good shorter "rockers" the fact is the rockers have been declining in quality over time while the lengthier songs have maintained quality (and gotten better actually). At this point a return to the shorter songs would be going against who they are .. and the last time they did that, we got No Prayer and FOtD
THESEVENTHMARINER
Ancient Mariner
For a band to still be writing lengthier songs with such quality like Paschendale, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns, Dance of Death, The Talisman and When The Wild Wind Blows in the latter part of their career just shows that it's what they're the best at.
I bloody love the older, proggier Maiden.
I bloody love the older, proggier Maiden.
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
They are one of the few (very few) bands that have had a second peak equal (quality-wise) to their first peak musically. They are incredible. A major reason for this, IMO, is they are not trying to write Trooper 2 and Run to the Hills 2 ... they write what is in them now, not a shadow of what was in them 30 years ago .. which is a trap most "classic" bands fall into
Travis The Dragon
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I always love their longer, more proggy sounding stuff the very best. And it wouldn't surprise me to see an instrumental on this one.
MrKnickerbocker
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8 pages are you kidding me?!
Bullet points:
- I'm so hyped for this album. 2015 is going to be one of the best years in the history of metal (as far as I'm concerned).
- Long songs! I love long songs!
- Can't wait to hear all the Dickinson and Smith tracks!
- Dave and Janick are writing!
- I like the cover. It's simple, direct, and creepy. It reminds me of the self-titled album and Killers, but with better art and a voodoo vibe.
- I think this might be the last album. If so, what a way to go!
Bullet points:
- I'm so hyped for this album. 2015 is going to be one of the best years in the history of metal (as far as I'm concerned).
- Long songs! I love long songs!
- Can't wait to hear all the Dickinson and Smith tracks!
- Dave and Janick are writing!
- I like the cover. It's simple, direct, and creepy. It reminds me of the self-titled album and Killers, but with better art and a voodoo vibe.
- I think this might be the last album. If so, what a way to go!
I don't think it's the last album, they'd surely market it like that if it was.
MrKnickerbocker
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I don't think they have decided that it will be the last album, I just feel like it might be.
Travis The Dragon
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Damn, talk about torture! No first song to go along with the announcement. It's a little surprising too since I'm sure we got a new song right when the details were mentioned for the last few albums. We'll probably be getting that within the next 2 or 3 weeks though.
Maturin
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They know what they're doing. Just look at this thread... How would it look if we had a song to debate too?
Travis The Dragon
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They know what they're doing. Just look at this thread... How would it look if we had a song to debate too?
It would be pretty amazing actually since we would have heard a new song!
Dr. Demonic
Prowler
Can't wait to get it and listen to it. WOW !!!
I'm sure that the most anticipated song will be Bruce's 18 minute epic.........
I like the new Voodoo Eddie, but a background is simply missing.
I am not a graphic designer and only spent a short amount of time on this one, but how about that:
I'm sure that the most anticipated song will be Bruce's 18 minute epic.........
I like the new Voodoo Eddie, but a background is simply missing.
I am not a graphic designer and only spent a short amount of time on this one, but how about that:
MrKnickerbocker
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Can't wait to get it and listen to it. WOW !!!
I'm sure that the most anticipated song will be Bruce's 18 minute epic.........
I like the new Voodoo Eddie, but a background is simply missing.
I am not a graphic designer and only spent a short amount of time on this one, but how about that:
I think you're on to something. Might be cooler if he was holding the book, even if you only see the edges, and behind him was some sort of pentagram/ritual/candles/fire thing...
Vague, but the first thing that came to mind:
Heavy Dance of Death vibes, but I think it'd fit.
Travis The Dragon
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I really dig the cover as is. It's creepy and dark, yet simple. Almost every Maiden cover has been pretty graphic looking so there's nothing wrong with going this direction.
Dr. Demonic
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Nice idea about 'some sort of pentagram/ritual/candles/fire thing'.
Maybe someone who is far more skilled than me can pick up on it.......
Maybe someone who is far more skilled than me can pick up on it.......
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