To Tame A Land & Paschendale

[Jer]

Testing a theory. Please vote for whichever answer matches your view most closely.

 

[The Dissident]

Never been a fan of To Tame A Land. Paschendale on the other hand is a masterpiece

 

[Diesel 11]

“To Tame a Land” is good. “Paschendale” is fantastic.

 

[LooseCannon]

Ibid.

 

[MindRuler]

Never been a fan of Paschendale, To Tame A Land on the other hand is a masterpiece.

 

[The_7th_one]

Both of them are f***ing great, because they capture the atmosphere of the place musically and lyrically.
Why to choose? Each one are awesome epic songs with 20 years of difference between them.

 

[Perun]

Both songs are great, neither is flawless.

 

[srfc]

Both classics.

 

[GhostofCain]

Paschendale is outstanding; To Tame a Land is great.

 

[Kalata]

Both songs are great... (classic epics). I like ''Paschendale'' more.

 

[Perun]

To Tame a Land, not AtG is the really underrated Maiden epic. Change my mind.

 

[Deleted member 7164]

I don't have to.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

I also think that TTAL is seriously underrated. Instrumentally it's top tier Maiden.

 

[Lampwick 43]

Paschendale is top-tier Maiden. To Tame A Land is middle-of-the-road.

 

[Jer]

OK, so much for my theory. I was wondering if the vocal line doubling the guitars in these long-form songs was a meaningful factor in perceived quality or not. If so, I would have expected to see votes split mostly between “both great” and “neither great”, but instead they didn’t form much of any pattern other than almost everyone liking at least one of the two.

Thanks for playing.

 

[Night Prowler]

I understand that TTAL's lyrics are silly but everything else is way better than Paschendale.

 

[Magnus]

OK, so much for my theory.

Because your theory forgot that E = mc2 (<- that should be superscript btw)

Spoiler

Excellence equals musicianship times cockiness squared

 

[Jer]

E = mc2

I can relate.

 

[karljant]

IMO Paschendale is really good. To Tame A Land is superb.