Controversial opinions on metal

[HamburgerBoy]

Somewhere in Time is full of shitty choruses. Don't single out Heaven Can Wait; the title track and The Loneliness... are just as awful.

Killers is the best, btw.

 

[The Ozzman]

I agree. Nomad is out of place.

The one thing you can' deny about Maiden is that they have solid openers for the most part

 

[Belligerent]

I see yours and i'll raise you one sir

 

[Dak]

I really like Ghost of the Navigator and Out of the Silent Planet.

 

[The Ozzman]

I honestly think Killers has way too much filler. I'll give it another listen, but I'm sure my opinion will stay the same. There are some good songs on the album though

 

[Dak]

I agree. Nomad is out of place.

The one thing you can' deny about Maiden is that they have solid openers for the most part

Nomad is a great song if for no other reason it is a total change of pace. Listening to it rolling around the Iraqi desert in the middle of the night with the moon overhead was awesome.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The one thing you can' deny about Maiden is that they have solid openers for the most part

Eh, the synth twins and the last two were pretty week in the opener department. They're usually much more consistent in the closer department.

Nomad is a great song if for no other reason it is a total change of pace. Listening to it rolling around the Iraqi desert in the middle of the night with the moon overhead was awesome.

Yeah, but the whole middle section is a ripoff, which automatically makes it lose points.

 

[Orion Crystal Ice]

It would have been much better if it weren't so damn repetitive.

In fact, that whole album could have been one of their greatest ever if it weren't so damn repetitive. They fucking ruined it.

It doesn't bother me on that album. Just a couple of really horrible songs do. I don't think it cripples the album like it does 'Virtual XI'. uke:

 

[Orion Crystal Ice]

Nomad is a great song if for no other reason it is a total change of pace. Listening to it rolling around the Iraqi desert in the middle of the night with the moon overhead was awesome.

I would have probably chosen this:



if we're going to talk classic metal cheesy Eastern melody epic song things.

 

[Dak]

It doesn't bother me on that album. Just a couple of really horrible songs do. I don't think it cripples the album like it does 'Virtual XI'. uke:

IMO Blaze ruins pretty much any decent song on either album except for The Clansman. I really can't even imagine Bruce doing that song as well.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I honestly think Killers has way too much filler. I'll give it another listen, but I'm sure my opinion will stay the same. There are some good songs on the album though

Well there's filler on every single Maiden album, but Killers is full of great songs - especially Wrathchild, Killers, and Purgatory. It's just full of catchy rockers in general.

The biggest problem with the album is that it sounds way overproduced.

 

[The Ozzman]

That is the first Running Wild song I have heard. I now need to investigate the band more.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The last few minutes of Fates Warning's Epitaph > all things Middle Eastern and traditional metal

 

[zabu of nΩd]

It doesn't bother me on that album. Just a couple of really horrible songs do. I don't think it cripples the album like it does 'Virtual XI'. uke:

Well it's still listenable of course, but when you put it alongside the masterful songwriting they were doing in the early days, it just sounds really half-assed in comparison.

 

[Dak]

That is the first Running Wild song I have heard. I now need to investigate the band more.

Same here, and that is a badass song. Too bad all the metal I knew about then was like IM, Metallica, In Flames, BLS, COB, Pantera, and Nu-Metal.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

That is the first Running Wild song I have heard. I now need to investigate the band more.

Holy fuck, are you serious?



LISTEN NOW

(fyi, the rest of that album's pretty lame imo)

 

[Satanstoenail]

Well there's filler on every single Maiden album

That's why Piece of Mind takes the top spot for me. The only fillers on the album are Quest for Fire and Sun and Steel. Where Eagles Dare, Revelations, Flight of Icarus, Die With Your Boots On, and The Trooper are all Maiden at their best.

 

[The Ozzman]

The last 4 songs on PoM are crap, but The Trooper is the best Iron Maiden song by far

 

[Dak]

Where Eagles Dare is also an awesome movie.

Edit: possibly my favorite of all time.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

That's why Piece of Mind takes the top spot for me. The only fillers on the album are Quest for Fire and Sun and Steel. Where Eagles Dare, Revelations, Flight of Icarus, Die With Your Boots On, and The Trooper are all Maiden at their best.

There are some good songs on it, but I don't find them as moving as the highlights of their other '80-'84 albums.

I think if Maiden hadn't strayed so far from their initial sound, there wouldn't be much argument that the s/t is the band at its best. The punkish aspects of it are just immaculately well done.