I have Iron Maiden, The Number Of The Beast, and A Matter of Life And Death.

AMOLAD is their best imo.

Any other album reccomendations?

I've heard Powerslave was good.

Powerslave is considered one of their best ^^
Finally got a copy yesterday, and it is amazingly good. The only bad part is I haven't heard all the songs yet. Everytime I try to sit down and listen to music something comes up, so I am hoping no one comes wanting something from me right now because i will cut them. The Pilgrim is a little boring at start but it becomes pretty catchy and picks up speed. I love every single song I've heard so far with no exceptions.

Powerslave is highly overrated. Luc, you need to get Seventh Son.

Get Killers And Piece of Mind.

That should help, variety-wise.

And maybe Iron Maiden for culture references.

i agree with you pate i thought powerslave was overatted any who


now that ive listend to amolad its starting to grow on me even thought the length its a little annoying

The thing about Powerslave is that it's a very, very balanced album.

Balanced as in half great, half crappy?

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]Get Killers And Piece of Mind.

That should help, variety-wise.

And maybe Iron Maiden for culture references.[/QUOTE]

I already have Iron Maiden.

I didn't care to much for Piece of Mind though. Except for The Trooper, I LOVE that song.

The Trooper is an awesome song, but my favorite song from Piece Of Mind is Where Eagles Dare. That is such an amazing song.

Still life>>>all.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Still life>>>all.[/QUOTE]

True, but we're talking about Iron Maiden not Opeth.

[QUOTE=Luc2142]True, but we're talking about Iron Maiden not Opeth.[/QUOTE]
What?

It's a track on Piece of Mind. And a great one as well.

[QUOTE=wrathchild88]What?

It's a track on Piece of Mind. And a great one as well.[/QUOTE]

Ohhhh. My bad.

Peice of Mind is probably my least listened to album.
I think Somewhere in Time is really underrated. I love that album.

I haven't gotten the new album yet, can't wait to get it though.

Die With Your Boots on. all you need from Piece of Mind :p I just love that song a lot.

Anyway my actual copy of AMOLAD should be arriving tomorrow, so i'm excited for that :D

Piece of Mind is an insane album. And your right, Somewhere In Time is awesome too. Those are two of my favorite albums probably.

Am I the only one who doesn't care for Piece of Mind that much?

[QUOTE=Luc2142]Am I the only one who doesn't care for Piece of Mind that much?[/QUOTE]
Yes. :p

Yes, I believe so, it's my favourite Maiden album.

Of course, as with alot of music I got when I first got into metal, I wasn't that into Maiden. Now, I love them, so I think I'll check it out again.

The exact same thing happened with Cannibal Corpse, Emperor, Amon Amarth, and some others.

I didn't like them when I was a metal virgin, now that I'm seasoned I love those bands. Well, I don't [i]love[/i] CC, but I don't hate them like I used to and I enjoy them.

It's really wierd for me: as much as Iron Maiden are easily my favourite band (and have been for the past 4 years or so) I'm not really a metal-head. I listen to the occasional bit of SOAD or Metallica but I tend to find that all metal bands since 1990 aren't worth the CD they're recorded on.

I guess the pattern figures: Greenday were my favourite band for a long time (and still are my second favourite) but I'm not really that much into other punk/pop-punk...

Third favourite band is Eminem...not really into any other rap...

You see the pattern?
I don't know anyone else who's like that.

[QUOTE=the_uber_penguin]

You see the pattern?
I don't know anyone else who's like that.[/QUOTE]

Kelly Clarkson and Evanescence are really the non-metal stuff I listen to.
Mostly death lately too.
...KElly <3

anyway, A Matter of Life and Death is the best Maiden album to date. "These Colors Don't Run" is amazzzzzzing.

NP Evanescence - "Whisper"

[quote=Pablo Sanchezz]
anyway, A Matter of Life and Death is the best Maiden album to date. "These Colors Don't Run" is amazzzzzzing.[/quote]

the melodic intro and outro...:)

Great song, even better album. :)

[QUOTE=pate]Powerslave is highly overrated. Luc, you need to get Seventh Son.[/QUOTE]


I wouldnt say that, powerslave is a great album from start to finish. There is absoltely no filler (unless you count los'fer words filler). Its a great album for anyone who hasnt listened to that much maiden. Id reccomend it more the SSoaSS for people who are new to the irons.

I personally find 'These colours don't run' to be one of the worst on the album, though it's still good.


I'm finding myself absolutely loving 'Different World' which is weird as I initially found it pretty mediocre.

I would agree that Powerslave has no filler tracks but i still find it to be highly overrated for some reason.

After nearly 2 weeks of listening to AMOLAD i still can't put it down, it is really the only thing i want to listen to now. I'm very tempted to say it is my favourite album.

I find [I]Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son[/I] to be stronger overall than [I]Powerslave[/I]. Sure, it doesn't have any tracks quite as great as Aces High or Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, but it's far more consistent in my eyes.

i think SSoaSS > Powerslave
i'd say infinate dreams, and the clairvoyant are just as strong as the best songs on PS, and the song quality is consistantly better.

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a very underrated and not widely recognized album of Maiden's. I'd say it's one of their best along with Piece of Mind, as well as The Number of the Beast.

As far as their new stuff goes, Blaze Bayley was a disgrace to the band. Bottom line is, I don't think Maiden will ever be able to put out as powerful an album as they have in the past, they're getting old, and while any new material will most definitely be appealing to us, the Maiden fans, they're not likely to recruit new fans with new releases.