Album Rating: 1.0

Days of Future Past is pretty forgettable and The Parchment has good leads but the actual structure of the song is almost comically barebones for being an epic. Calling this "prog" in any way is laughable.



"If anything is going on here is Maiden improving on those writing habits, actually."



There is nothing as good as Lord of Light or The Talisman on this album. It's just bland insipid lethargy all around.

Album Rating: 3.0

weird to hate on this THAT much and then defend the Final Frontier when Maiden has been sounding the same for almost 20 years now



If anything the production is worse than we're used to, but that's it

Album Rating: 1.0

"weird to hate on this THAT much and then defend the Final Frontier when Maiden has been sounding the same for almost 20 years now"



I'm not defending Final Frontier at all. All the albums post Brave New World have large quality control issues. The difference was before there were at least 2-4 songs that were good to excellent. Not so here. Dull vocal melodies (even by reunion-era Bruce standards), uninspired phoned-in riffs across the board, shallow composition.

Album Rating: 3.5

Lol at this dude expecting 65 year old dudes to change the riff game



Of course it’s going to be phoned in. They have nothing left to prove and no one left to impress. Phoned in maiden is still great

Album Rating: 5.0

Exactly. What do you expect from 65 year old metal veterans on their 17th studio album. They've done it all before. To come up with this album quality this late in a career is extraordinary really. No-one else has done it or probably could it. What on earth would be better than this from Harris & co.

Album Rating: 1.0

"Of course it’s going to be phoned in. They have nothing left to prove and no one left to impress. Phoned in maiden is still great"



They had nothing left to prove in 2000, let alone 2020 lol



"Exactly. What do you expect from 65 year old metal veterans on their 17th studio album."



Quitting? Hanging it up?

Album Rating: 3.0

i reiterate my point that you either haven't listened enough, or you're first impressions are causing a lingering bias against it and on some level you don't want to like, like now you're in a position to justify not liking it to yourself, especially when you talk up songs that i consider more boring, the talisman, its alright...its nothing more special than songs on here, i implore you to re calibrate with this one, start again, give it a few spins, with an aim to wanting to like it, i mean why wouldn't you, we all prefer to like things rather than dislike, if you really fully don't like it after that then i really will be surprised.

Album Rating: 1.0

"you're first impressions are causing a lingering bias against it and on some level you don't want to like, like now you're in a position to justify not liking it to yourself, especially when you talk up songs that i consider more boring, the talisman, its alright"



You are literally high if you think any of the songs on this album are better than that one.

Album Rating: 3.0

this is on the exact same level as Final Frontier so I'm right in the middle with you guys

"Quitting? Hanging it up?"

They're Iron fucking Maiden. They'll never quit.

And you and I both know half of the bands in your top shelf wouldn't even exist without them.

Stupid attitude you're having here Cas, honestly.

Album Rating: 3.5

"Quitting? Hanging it up?"



Yeah a band that still fills stadiums and sells so many records will hang it up because some nerd in a forgotten music site says so lmao

hey we are not forgotten

Album Rating: 3.0

"hey we are not forgotten"



you're in denial that's ok

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

"It's a grower" my ass. Album still sucked after my 6th listen. I want you guys to really listen to one of their classic albums, and then this right afterward. You are fucking lying to yourself if you think this is on par with their classic output. Senjutsu is the sound of a band who has absolutely nothing left to say.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Writing On The Wall rules

Album Rating: 3.0

didn't like Writing on the Wall at all

Album Rating: 1.0

"And you and I both know half of the bands in your top shelf wouldn't even exist without them."



They wouldn't have existed without '80s Maiden, not fucking '00s/'10s Maiden. When people remember Maiden, years from now, they'll still remember them for their '80s material. At most, the best received "new" album will always be Brave New World.



"Lol at this dude expecting 65 year old dudes to change the riff game"



Every member of Satan, Russ Tippins and Steve Ramsey especially, have managed to stay fresh and write great material for a long time and they've been in the scene since 1979. Same with Holocaust. There's no excuse.



"Yeah a band that still fills stadiums and sells so many records will hang it up because some nerd in a forgotten music site says so lmao"



I'm not expecting them too. That doesn't mean they're not creatively stagnant.

Album Rating: 3.5

It is growing but I also agree with it obviously not being on par with their classics. Not even wth their 2000s masterpieces AMOLAD and BNW. It is still a very enjoyable album.



Days of Future Past more and more becomes my favorite track on here and one I really can't wait to hear live on their next tour...

Album Rating: 3.5

"Quitting? Hanging it up?"



gtfo

"They wouldn't have existed without '80s Maiden, not fucking '00s/'10s Maiden."

They are the same band lol

And tell.me we are not comparing Maiden to Holocaust now pls.