I like this album very much. This is a more refined iron maiden. It's definately more to the prog side of metal, with the long songs and all the tempo changes. It can be hard to get into since it's not that accessable and catchy. It's very good though, an iron maiden with less nonsense and more seriousness and heavyness. The lyrics especially are a bit more thoughtful it seems. My favorite songs so far are These Colours Don't Run(has an awesome "solo-section" in the middle of it), Lord of Light and Benjamin Breeg, although I should mention that I think all the songs are quite evenly good. I definately recommend this album, although I do think that Dance of Death was a tad better, but know that I consider that album to be their best.