The Book Of Souls (song not album)

[Babo 91]

Does anyone know if the wall of sound that hits at 1:17 is helped by just really good keyboards or a full orchestra? Also is that keyboards or a violin that mixes in with the acoustic guitar during the intro?

Just keyboards for both I think

 

[The Mid-Distance Runner]

wall of sound

...a perfect description!

 

[adrian fn rules]

Those are some great fucking keyboards then. I hope they can come close to replicating that because this song will be the centerpiece of the tour.

 

[adrian fn rules]

I cant stop listening to this song. Its just so.....captivating. Everything Maiden has ever done is transmorgified in this song. I think I will cry when they finish this song live.....damn.

 

[adrian fn rules]

Underrated gem. Unfortunatelly empire of the clouds steals its glory

No, it doesnt IMO.

 

[adrian fn rules]

I will weep with joy throughout this song when they play it live.

I posted the same thing and didnt even see this!!

 

[Lampwick 43]

Masterpiece. I can actually say with confidence that this is the best song of the reunion era. (Yes, even better than The Legacy, Dance of Death, Paschendale, and Starblind, my previous top 4) experiencing this song live will be worth the price of admission itself. 10/10. (Only one of the album, I don't give out this score lightly.)

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Don't get the fuss. A fairly average 8/10 for me. Fine enough, but ultimately not very exciting.

 

[LooseCannon]

I posted the same thing and didnt even see this!!

4 posts in a row, seriously?

 

[adrian fn rules]

4 posts in a row, seriously?

I dont know what you meant by that.

 

[Brigantium]

I dont know what you meant by that.

Four separate posts instead of just one. You can do multiple quotes per post.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I...

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

love...

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Dave...

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Murray!

Spoiler

 

[MindlessPieces]

I'm just not fussed with these Janick acoustic intros.
The rest of the song isn't very memorable. It's an OK song, I just for some reason don't tend to remember the tune.
Bruce's voice sounds a little odd at times, especially in the intro to WTRRD and in this song at 6:40-6:46, electronically altered? Is autotune on or something?

 

[tuto]

Have you heard this instrumental cover? Its fucking awesome, and nice touch of sneaking the "Ooh ooh" part of Shadows Of The Valley into the solo section, loved it.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Fucking hell, is this a cover?!

Very nice indeed .

 

[Srogyy]

It was a bold move to add the SotV moment like this, but it worked really well (Shame that it's there instead of Janick/Adrian solos.) If this part was in this song, I would be fine without SotV on the album at all Anyway, cool cover, but the sound is quite fake. And that's a detail, but adding the lead on strings at 5:21 was too much in my opinion (my favourite moment, so I'm kind of sensitive about it, lol).

 

[Cosmiceddie]

Have you heard this instrumental cover? Its fucking awesome, and nice touch of sneaking the "Ooh ooh" part of Shadows Of The Valley into the solo section, loved it.

Very well done cover. I really dig this one.