The Parchment

How good is The Parchment on a scale of 1-10?

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One of Maiden's best epics/songs, especially in terms of the feel. Love all the Egyptian melodies, vibe and storytelling of it. Epic intro, epic main melody! Really heavy riff. Great verses with the guitar following the vocals. The long instrumental section is so captivating with the melodies and drumming. Just perfect. Janick is always very good with those kind of solos - his 3rd solo is one of his all time best! Dave's solo is also one of his best, while Adrian's 1st solo is so cool, fitting and needed, while his 2nd solo is also good. You just can't go wrong with Maiden solos that fit the vibe of the song. Never! The different melody along with the 2nd verses is the backbone of the song. More epic melodies. ''Meet me there'' part is one of the most epic moments in Maiden's discography. The another different and great melody after that for the outro is perfect and it sounds majestic. The fast part is what the song just needed. It doesn't need a chorus, but I wish Steve wrote one, although it probably would have been repeated only once in this long song with different parts. I mean, this song is a picture-esque joureny. It continues to amaze me. 10/10
 
Kalata said:
One of Maiden's best epics/songs, especially in terms of the feel. Love all the Egyptian melodies, vibe and storytelling of it. Epic intro, epic main melody! Really heavy riff. Great verses with the guitar following the vocals. The long instrumental section is so captivating with the melodies and drumming. Just perfect. Janick is always very good with those kind of solos - his 3rd solo is one of his all time best! Dave's solo is also one of his best, while Adrian's 1st solo is so cool, fitting and needed, while his 2nd solo is also good. You just can't go wrong with Maiden solos that fit the vibe of the song. Never! The different melody along with the 2nd verses is the backbone of the song. More epic melodies. ''Meet me there'' part is one of the most epic moments in Maiden's discography. The another different and great melody after that for the outro is perfect and it sounds majestic. The fast part is what the song just needed. It doesn't need a chorus, but I wish Steve wrote one, although it probably would have been repeated only once in this long song with different parts. I mean, this song is a picture-esque joureny. It continues to amaze me. 10/10
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I just dont get it. 3/10 for me
 
For me still my fav song off my fav Reunion Era album. It's the new "AtG", a song they haven't played live that I want to hear the most. But the song I would love to hear live again above all else would still be Infinite Dreams
 
Iron Lurker said:
For me still my fav song off my fav Reunion Era album. It's the new "AtG", a song they haven't played live that I want to hear the most. But the song I would love to hear live again above all else would still be Infinite Dreams
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It's good but yeah Infinite Dreams is the one
 
Iron Lurker said:
For me still my fav song off my fav Reunion Era album. It's the new "AtG", a song they haven't played live that I want to hear the most. But the song I would love to hear live again above all else would still be Infinite Dreams
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If they did play it live it would be my 'time to go to the toilet' song
 
I'm not opposed to long songs but this one feels artificially long because of the intro and repetitions.

Close to perfection otherwise. I don't know how many times I rewound that last sung line when the album came out. Amazing.
 
This fucking song has one of the heaviest riffs in standard tuning to ever grace this earth and it almost breaks through, but because the egotistic half-deaf bassist functionally produced the album it never really shines the way it ought to. God damn it all.
 
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