Dickinson has some incredible performances under his belt but he's never been able to hit notes the way Halford can
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Album Rating: 4.3
"what's the verdict tho"
Yeah as much as I've always loved Maiden over Priest, Halford is in way better shape than Bruce, or at least he sounds better.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
"Senjutsu is technically shorter than Book of Souls, I think it's still the most egregious example of that issue. Seriously, three 10+ minute songs placed at the very end? They couldn't space those songs out at all?"
Senjutsu was insultingly bad. They sound even older than they actually are.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yawn. Senjutsu was a perfect Maiden album for now, as this is for Priest
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Album Rating: 4.0
Andy Sneap did a great job on this. Sounds huge
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Album Rating: 4.0
I didn't love Senjutsu but I think reunion-era Maiden has been remarkably consistent and even a stinker like Dance of Death had a handful of highlights. I don't think the problem with Maiden is editing per se, the problem is them apparently not knowing when they're stretching out uninspired bits. When they're on their A-game I eat up every second of those long songs. I think Book of Souls was 95% of them on their A-game, and I've always preferred them leaning into their proggy side. It's the one thing they've always had over Priest for me.
That said, JP has really captured lightning in a bottle on these last two, sounding every bit as good as they did during their heyday. Perhaps my only criticism is that it all sounds rather iterative of stuff they've already done (not to mention the countless power metal bands inspired by them), but they're still doing it at a higher level than everyone else. And, yes, Halford is in much better vocal shape than Bruce. Both bands still slay live.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
"Yawn. Senjutsu was a perfect Maiden album for now, as this is for Priest"
I remember being at odds with you on Senjutsu, so I'm glad we both dig this one.
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Album Rating: 4.0
re: Tipton, MetalInjection's review states that he plays the solos on at least "Sons of Thunder" and "Vicious Cycle". listening back, the second solo in "Thunder" is basically straight picked eighth-notes (though it's cool harmony stuff so it didn't stick out as overly simple) and "Cycle" is also pretty slow and straightforward, so that sounds entirely plausible to me.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Halford has no business sounding this good. He's like two billion years old
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Album Rating: 4.0
that's no way to talk about Metal Santa
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yea I wouldn't be surprised if majority of the guitar is just Richie and Andy
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Well Glenn has Parkinsons
He can only play for short periods of time
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Album Rating: 4.3
Pretty sure it's Richie and Andy plus some symbolic contribution by Glenn.
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I think so too
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Album Rating: 4.5
I actually like this a hair bit more than Firepower. Incredible. And incredibly consistent. So tight and powerful, the collective fusion of everything good in Priest. Thank you boys.
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Wow, a 4 on average rating still. Really looking forward to this one, somehow I doubt it will be the same league as Firepower for me though.
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Umm how is this so fuckin good??
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
its better than firepower
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Album Rating: 4.0
Rob Halford with the vocal performance of the year probably
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Def better than Firepower, and that album is already excellent
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