"The Book of Souls" - Official pre-release thread (CONTAINS ALBUM SPOILERS)
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SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
"It’s almost like music hall in a way [LAUGHS]. It’s like broadway; there is a story in there"
"the 18 minute vaudeville odyssey of ‘Empire Of The Clouds’"
"Empire Of The Clouds is essentially an 18-minute heavy metal opera, replete with Dickinson on piano for the first time and sumptuous orchestral flourishes that add hugely to the song’s cinematic feel."
Well with these recent statements about Empire of The Clouds I'm beginning to wonder if it's this sort of piano we will get in the song:
"the 18 minute vaudeville odyssey of ‘Empire Of The Clouds’"
"Empire Of The Clouds is essentially an 18-minute heavy metal opera, replete with Dickinson on piano for the first time and sumptuous orchestral flourishes that add hugely to the song’s cinematic feel."
Well with these recent statements about Empire of The Clouds I'm beginning to wonder if it's this sort of piano we will get in the song:
ABandOn
.:The Final Frontier:.
Why bother with title "contains spoilers" if we must use spoiler tags while posting?
Sorry, I've just read the updated policy about spoilers. Forget what I said before.
Ranko
I'll shoot the gunner first!
Here's a bit of stuff that can be understood from the review:
If Eternity Should Fail has some elements of Toltec 7 Arrival from AoB, a minute-and-a-half quiet synth intro with spoken words (something like Satellite 15), but it's not as boring, and then the band kicks off. At the end there are vocals superimposed one over another;
Speed of Light is something like El Dorado, Adrian's lead guitar seems dominant in this song;
The Great Unknown is reminiscent of Isle of Avalon;
The Red and the Black has elements of Blood on the World's Hands and ROTAM;
When the River Runs Deep is a mid-tempo song with lead guitar resembling Sanctuary and Bruce is dramatic like in Paschendale;
Death or Glory has elements of Transylvania and New Frontier;
Shadows of the Valley has an intro like OOTSP or Wasted Years and is as emotional as Blood Brothers;
Tears of the Clown is the potential second single;
Empire of the Clouds has melodies like HBTN or The Legacy.
The album has the feel of BNW, the progressivenes of TFF and the dramaticness (is this a word?) of AMOLAD.
If Eternity Should Fail has some elements of Toltec 7 Arrival from AoB, a minute-and-a-half quiet synth intro with spoken words (something like Satellite 15), but it's not as boring, and then the band kicks off. At the end there are vocals superimposed one over another;
Speed of Light is something like El Dorado, Adrian's lead guitar seems dominant in this song;
The Great Unknown is reminiscent of Isle of Avalon;
The Red and the Black has elements of Blood on the World's Hands and ROTAM;
When the River Runs Deep is a mid-tempo song with lead guitar resembling Sanctuary and Bruce is dramatic like in Paschendale;
Death or Glory has elements of Transylvania and New Frontier;
Shadows of the Valley has an intro like OOTSP or Wasted Years and is as emotional as Blood Brothers;
Tears of the Clown is the potential second single;
Empire of the Clouds has melodies like HBTN or The Legacy.
The album has the feel of BNW, the progressivenes of TFF and the dramaticness (is this a word?) of AMOLAD.
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Meliegree
Evening The Odds.
THESEVENTHMARINER
Ancient Mariner
Something from The Quietus interview made me feel at ease:
That's all I want to hear.
That's all I want to hear.
frus
Barbed Wire Hen
but also: "Dickinson provides vocals, although the refrain of abundance repeatedly raises some small eyebrow frowns"
Chained Prometheus
The Spiral King
SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
but also: "Dickinson provides vocals, although the refrain of abundance repeatedly raises some small eyebrow frowns"
Parlez-vous Francais?
sjsaur
Trooper
The flood gates really have opened up. A Portuguese interview with Bruce.
https://translate.google.co.nz/tran...ram_nos_fas?,_diz_bruce_dickinson&prev=search
https://translate.google.co.nz/tran...ram_nos_fas?,_diz_bruce_dickinson&prev=search
Ariana
Black-and-white leopard
Great interview! This is going to be an amazing album, repetitive choruses and all.
I hope they play the whole record live!
frus
Barbed Wire Hen
No, that's Google translator. But I guess the abundance of repeated choruses does raise one's eyebrows a bit
Chained Prometheus
The Spiral King
From the looks of that interview, the opening line of IESF is "Here's the soul of a man" or something to that effect. I'm excited to hear that the song was indeed originally planned for Bruce's next solo album!
sjsaur
Trooper
Actually, according to the commentary in the French review, 'Eternity' was a song originally composed during the Tyranny of Souls sessions. Sounds like he kept it aside due to it having the right vibe for a Maiden track.
Chained Prometheus
The Spiral King
Really? Now that's interesting. I wonder what kept him from putting it on either of the previous two Maiden albums.
SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
The French Radio Metal site follows the review up with an interview with Bruce:
http://www.radiometal.com/article/b...en-la-generosite-dans-lame,188477#more-188477
http://www.radiometal.com/article/b...en-la-generosite-dans-lame,188477#more-188477
Chained Prometheus
The Spiral King
Hmm. From the sound of that interview, I don't think Bruce wrote IESF back during the days of ToS. I'm guessing it was written during that mysterious session he had with Roy a couple years ago.
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