Am I the only one who thinks Venom is severely overrated?
You're missing their best, At War With Satan.
Hmmm... Not really, as I said , I'm obsessed. Their first album is amazing, I love Paul's voice on that one. Number of the Beast is great but maybe a bit overrated... I'd still say it's my favourite as it has Bruce on vocals and Clive on drums, who was simply amazing. I prefer his style to Nicko's personally, although Nicko is probably the better drummer technically. Piece of Mind and Powerslave are great too, I'm not so familiar with Somewhere in Time or Seventh Son yet (need to listen to them) and after that I don't enjoy their work so much... However The Book of Souls is great. But NotB is my favourite, right now at least. Do you have a favourite?
I've been making my way through Seventh Son recently, I haven't really had time to sit down and listen to it in full since I've been busy lately (as can be seen from my lack of activity here), and holy shit it's amazing... Moonchild kicks ass, it's got to be one of Maiden's best opening songs!! When I find the time I'll give Somewhere in Time a try, I was interested in Seventh Son first because of the concept behind it.Dude! Get on listening to 'Somewhere In Time' and 'Seventh Son' asap! They use synths and effects and keyboards on both albums but I prefer SsoaSS over SiT but only slightly, but if you call yourself a Maiden fan do check these albums out.
The Book Of Souls is amazing, it is the best Bruce Dickinson reunion album since he came back after the two Blaze Bayley fiascos (yuck, both X Factor and Virtual XI were the two crappiest albums they ever made, with only 4 good songs in total from both. What was Steve Harris thinking!?!?!?) and it may very well be Maiden's best sonic escape yet. It showcases the bands songwriting talents to it's fullest with this one, I didn't think it was going to be as good as it was until I listened to it.
BUT...... Somewhere In Time features in my opinion the greatest ever Iron Maiden song.......Alexander The Great. Perfection, to say the least.