Phylactery
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Abigor also went to shit after Supreme Immortal Art.
I agree with most of these, except Immortal who only have like two worthwhile albums and only one that's legitimately great
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Abigor also went to shit after Supreme Immortal Art.
I agree with most of these, except Immortal who only have like two worthwhile albums and only one that's legitimately great
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Phylactery
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I need to revisit that one. Wasn't sure if they went to shit before or after that one. Don't remember much about it!
If anything, their work afterwards was far less satisfying. On Channeling..., Thurisaz's vocals are just kind of...well...there but the instrumentation is fantastic. '90s Abigor is absolute black metal gold, in my opinion.
Phylactery
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They definitely are and deserve to be mentioned alongside the greats, but often they aren't unfortunately. Their early albums also have a rather unique sound to them. Sometimes they get lost in their own elaborate compositions, but they have such ambition and youthful energy that I can forgive that.
Listening to Channeling the Quintessence of Satan now. Will let you know what I think of it on the revisit.
CiG
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Satanstoenail
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Because people got bored with it and then Baroque nuked it with his pretentiousness bomb.
My favourite favourites thread is the one with all the favourites.
I actually enjoy the Best of the Year threads also. Mixtape game was better though imo
Phylactery
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Same! I miss the themed mixtape game! We should revive it with a new theme. Perhaps from someone who never won or we take a vote on who gets to do it.
Surprised you enjoy it, though. Since every game you participate in you say it makes you question if you even like metal. You need to broaden your horizons! Come to the dark side where black metal reigns supreme.
Surprised you enjoy it, though. Since every game you participate in you say it makes you question if you even like metal. You need to broaden your horizons! Come to the dark side where black metal reigns supreme.
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i say leave it for a bit and then we'll be energised for another run. it'd help if some new blood joined the board, if that ever happens again
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Satanstoenail
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Hah, it wasn't every game, I think it was only a few times that I said that. I'll happily come to the dark side when I hear some BM that blows my mind.
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@RadicalThrasher He gives Di'Anno-era Maiden the respect it deserves.
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It's the first of their post-classic albums, worse than everything before it by a good margin. I can imagine people having two sets of standards, one for the early era and one for the late era, and considering No Prayer weak by both measures.
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Basically bands that have ~10+ albums to rank. Probably no less than 7 to make it worth doing.
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I've re-listened to all the albums from 1995-present now (including second listens for Final Frontier and Book of Souls). Here's my full list, for the hell of it:
I'm amazed at how differently I feel about the two Blaze albums. There's not a lot of difference in style and structure between them, but Virtual XI just sounds extremely tedious, and somehow Blaze's "dark spiritual journey of the struggling everyman" contribution to the Maiden sound is only really convincing on the first album. On the second, he just sounds like a washed-up, talentless version of the struggling everyman. I think there are also more fantasy themes lyrically on Virtual XI, and when Blaze sings lyrics like that instead of the more realistic/personal ones, it only serves to highlight how much less "Maiden" he sounds than Bruce.
Other than Virtual XI, I don't really dislike any of their albums. I still hear epic 80s-quality material in most of the 21st century ones, it's just few and far between. For that period, Dance of Death has the greatest number of songs that really impress me, and of course there's "Paschendale", the only song of that period which I think stands up to the best 80s songs. The Final Frontier and Brave New World have about an equal number of highs, but there are more lows on BNW.
I had to relisten to Somewhere in Time too. It's always weirded me out a little - much more prog than the previous albums, and unlike those albums there's nothing that really won me over immediately. Hard to criticize it, though - it's tight, packed with riffs, and there's something magical in the guitar tone which you can't hear anywhere else in the discography.
The first four on my list are undoubtedly their catchiest albums, and that's the primary standard by which I choose to judge Maiden. Their ability to write such unforgettable songs is what sets them apart from 99% of metal bands, and they arguably spent most of their career making cheap, formulaic imitations of the 1982-1984 period.
- Iron Maiden
- Powerslave
- Killers
- The Number of the Beast
- Piece of Mind
- Somewhere in Time
- Fear of the Dark
- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
- The X Factor
- No Prayer for the Dying
- Dance of Death
- The Final Frontier
- Brave New World
- The Book of Souls
- A Matter of Life and Death
- Virtual XI
I'm amazed at how differently I feel about the two Blaze albums. There's not a lot of difference in style and structure between them, but Virtual XI just sounds extremely tedious, and somehow Blaze's "dark spiritual journey of the struggling everyman" contribution to the Maiden sound is only really convincing on the first album. On the second, he just sounds like a washed-up, talentless version of the struggling everyman. I think there are also more fantasy themes lyrically on Virtual XI, and when Blaze sings lyrics like that instead of the more realistic/personal ones, it only serves to highlight how much less "Maiden" he sounds than Bruce.
Other than Virtual XI, I don't really dislike any of their albums. I still hear epic 80s-quality material in most of the 21st century ones, it's just few and far between. For that period, Dance of Death has the greatest number of songs that really impress me, and of course there's "Paschendale", the only song of that period which I think stands up to the best 80s songs. The Final Frontier and Brave New World have about an equal number of highs, but there are more lows on BNW.
I had to relisten to Somewhere in Time too. It's always weirded me out a little - much more prog than the previous albums, and unlike those albums there's nothing that really won me over immediately. Hard to criticize it, though - it's tight, packed with riffs, and there's something magical in the guitar tone which you can't hear anywhere else in the discography.
The first four on my list are undoubtedly their catchiest albums, and that's the primary standard by which I choose to judge Maiden. Their ability to write such unforgettable songs is what sets them apart from 99% of metal bands, and they arguably spent most of their career making cheap, formulaic imitations of the 1982-1984 period.
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