I still remember that cold afternoon of mid 1999. It was Saturday. At that time I had English classes at the morning time. That day, a classmate took some "rock" Cds from her husband to show to the class. In the middle of they was Fear of The Dark, Japanese version.
It must be said that at this time I was entering the rock/metal world. All the music I knew was Metallica's Black album and Guns and Roses's Appetite for Destruction. Funny thing was that when my parents would go to the supermarket, my and my sister would go the cd store. And I always looked to the Maiden Cds and wondered "what kind of music was in those albums ?" (I clearly remember thinking of that holding a No Prayer copy in hands...)
Well, I borrowed Fear of The Dark for a week. Man, I was afraid of hearing that. I was expecting to hear some Cradle of Filth, mixed with Sepultura and some King Diamond I guess. Also I was expecting for some evil and wicked creature to jump from the cd booklet at my face at any moment ! I held the cd with much caution, like it was dripping blood or something ! [!--emo&

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I put it in the Cd player and hit play.
<Killer drum intro>
<Killer guitar-riff intro>
I was amazed...
<Killer and fucking scream at the beggining of the song>
I STOPPED IT !
I could not believe that any human being could "sing" like that !
I played it again.....
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