Which is better: "old" Maiden or "new" Maiden?

[ilovemaiden]

Come on Per, be nice to ilovemaiden. He's new.   

Thank you very much

Also i'm very sorry invader i'll change my picture right away sorry

 

[Some Hearts]

New stuff. AMOLAD is pure brilliance, BNW is magnificent & who could forget Paschendale or DOD ?

I like the middle stuff too, especially Powerslave & SSOASS.

 

[Rotam]

All of the above.

 

[Natalie]

Well I for one will take this poll semi-seriously. I consider new Maiden to be their latest 3 albums (that is, since the reunion with Bruce). And since this is where I started to get into Maiden, this is the "era" I like best. The last three albums have the greatest amount of favorite songs compared to the other era's. Additionally I generally like the production and sound better on these studio albums, whereas I prefer the older stuff when performed live as opposed to listening to them in their original studio mode.

 

[Deleted member 7164]

I'd define old Maiden before Adrian Smith left, and new Maiden, after He came back.
Other periods are highly irrelevant.