Your Maiden blasphemy

[Number 6]

All of those three albums sound great. Maiden doesn't even have an album that doesn't sound good other than the debut.

Virtual XI says hi.

 

[Formula409]

Virtual XI says hi.

Yeah, VXI is pretty lame sounding. Raspy guitars, bass too low, etc...

I would also say that Dance of Death really isn’t that great sound-wise.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Virtual XI says hi.

My favorite guitar sound after SIT, Seventh Son and POM.

 

[Number 6]

My favorite guitar sound after SIT, Seventh Son and POM.

You're literally the only person I've ever known who likes the guitar sound on that album.

 

[phantomoftheicarus]

I'd say that TXF has pretty poor production but I listened to it through some new earphones yesterday and I didn't sound half as bad as usual nor that bad in general, so I think it all depends what youre listening through for that album

 

[KidInTheDark666]

You're literally the only person I've ever known who likes the guitar sound on that album.

I think that @Kalata likes it too.

 

[Formula409]

My favorite guitar sound after SIT, Seventh Son and POM.

There’s nothing wrong with the lead sounds, but the rhythm guitars just have an overemphasis on some midrange frequencies that make it less than great to my ears.

 

[Number 6]

The only guitar part I like on that album is the intro from "Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger".

 

[Kalata]

I think that @Kalata likes it too.

VXI has an amazing warm guitar sound. The most melodic album of the band - which is something that I really love.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

VXI has an amazing warm guitar sound. The most melodic album of the band - which is something that I really love.

100% agreed

 

[Number 6]

The most melodic album of the band

Not. Even. Close.

 

[Kalata]

Not. Even. Close.

Oh. Yes. It. Is.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Maiden have had one well-produced, amazing-sounding album since Martin Birch left and that is Brave New World. Everything else runs the gamut from muddy, to dull, to lacking any sonic dynamics at all. It's honestly more impressive when they record a brilliant song now because we can all still hear that song as being brilliant even through the muck.

 

[Number 6]

I prefer the sound of A Matter of Life and Death to that of Brave New World. Plus the snare is the best I've heard on any album ever.

 

[Deleted member 7164]

Another one:

The X Factor is not a bad sounding or badly produced album. In fact it sounds a lot better than No Prayer or Fear Of the Dark.

The drums sound better. Rest is about the same.

 

[Deleted member 7164]

DoD is brickwalled but would sound ok if it wasn't. Maiden albums haven't had a production in 30 years, with one big important exception, Brave New World.

 

[Formula409]

DoD is brickwalled but would sound ok if it wasn't. Maiden albums haven't had a production in 30 years, with one big important exception, Brave New World.

Yep, DoD is brickwalled to the point of clipping at some points.

 

[Diesel 11]

My favorite drum sound on a Maiden album is down to Powerslave and The Book of Souls. The first is Nicko taking his tremendous style from POM and taking it up a notch, and the second is his modern sound in its most perfect form. TBOS is still a bit muddy, but I really like its production nonetheless. All of the instruments feel separate parts of one entity.

 

[Kalata]

The drum sound on Powerslave is amazing - so is on AMOLAD. But I really like the snare drums on Fear of the Dark.

 

[Ruflux]

DoD is brickwalled but would sound ok if it wasn't. Maiden albums haven't had a production in 30 years, with one big important exception, Brave New World.

The new remaster isn't brickwalled anymore and, eh. It sounds okay, but not exactly mindblowing. Certainly a step down from BNW. Not really any better than TFF besides having more definition to the guitars.