Still on board for all this.

Not as solid as The Writing On The Wall, but still good.

The long songs will be epic as fuck tho.

Just as good as WOTW, if not better, and in totally different fashion. Love the diversity between the 2 releases so far.

I much prefer this to WOTW, honestly. Stoked for the record

What bro Titan said....

Great song, just like WOTW.

Excited for the album!

Love the galloping bass on this one.

Need to check this. Surprised these guys are still apparently going strong, tbh.

Pretty sweet track, closest they've come to classic Maiden in a long time.

Iron Maiden are the kings of traditional heavy metal, just an amazing band and brand. The songs, the personnel, the artwork, the merchandise, the touring schedule, the aura, and the overall....simply the best.

Great track, I think I like this one a bit more than the first one, but both are absolutely amazing.

preferred the first track but this is still real solid.

Good song.

This plus new Exodus makes me happy.

Never gave Maiden much attention in the past but listening to Writing on the Walls changed that. I have quite a discog to dive into over the next couple months!

Are my speakers going haywire, or does Bruce sounds very pushed back in the mixing? Nice riffs and bass tho.

'I have quite a discog to dive into over the next couple months!'

First 7 albums might be the most rewarding 350 minutes imaginable, enjoy

@ChaoticVortex Yes, he does, but I think we have to wait for the album to get decent quality, streaming platforms are quite disappointing in that

Song rules, Up the Irons

Song is sick...

Man if this ends up being my first 4'd Iron maiden album...

would be good if it was instrumental

yup pretty solid track. ever reliable Maiden.

multiple listens and this is still so good. boppiest maiden we've gotten in a while

Garbage! Maiden died in 1988.

Anybody ever played Stratego? It's a pretty fun board game.

I used to always scatter bombs across the second row and leave my flag in a random spot. Used to make finding it so frustrating for my opponent lol.

The song is fun, but the performances sound kind of sloppy. I do like the inclusion of keys though; that was a nice touch.

i just cant get over how amateur and shitty that production is. im not sure exactly what they were aiming for, but they 100% failed whatever it is lmao.

@sowing
Lol same. Never put the bombs around the flag, it's too obvious.

Like the keys a lot. Pretty solid track.

Am I the only one who thinks both songs were bland as fuck?

Yes

+Kevin "The Caveman" Shirley mix
+not bad for dudes in their mid 60's

-those drum trips lol wtf
-poor man's The Trooper
-*another* double album? jesus dudes...

Okay, maybe not bland as fuck let's settle on not very exciting for Maiden standards?

"+Kevin "The Caveman" Shirley mix"

I cannot fathom how this is a positive. It's like he intentionally tries making the band sound fucking awful.

I always liked his mixes

Dream Theater's Awake is prob my favorite of his.

I get they want to capture that "live" sound, but most live albums sound better than their past 4 records. The mixes are just WAAAAY too muddy, and sound genuinely unfinished. A band like Maiden deserves better production.

They've had the same producer since Virtual XI right? Kevin Shirley?

Ol Kev's been with them since Brave New World. The first 2 albums with him sounded pretty decent, but drastically decreased in quality with each concurring release.

I would say they should bring back Martin Birch, but that's definitely not gonna happen.

Oh Brave New World... woops!

I liked some of his stuff with them. Brave New World, Matter of Life and Death, and Book of Souls are all solid 3's. Final Frontier was pretty boring and Dance of Death was a Goddamn shitshow.

Even better than wotw, especially love the keyboards and solo

Yeah. Martin Birch = ded.

"Garbage! Maiden died in 1988"

They died after the first demo

Shame Bruce Dickinson has proved to be such a massive c*nt.

The Martin Birch / Maiden collaboration produced timeless heavy metal music. The band was never the same without him.

@EddieMarais Does this have to do with some of his political views?

another solid track. drums sound a bit off and i’m not sold on that tinny synth, but it’s impressive that Maiden is still putting out material this strong. no way in hell they need to be dropping another double album, though.

Is Bruce a c*nt though. I've always thought he seemed decent

People are just giving this a pass because it's Maiden. The production is weak and the performances sound tired.

Or you know, people just like it

Or people just got a different opinion than you and genuinely like it? Just a thought, idk.

"Still on board for all this."

Ha! Well played.

Songs are both meh imo

Up the Irons!

News wasn't "Iron Maiden plays Stratego"

Missed opportunity

Only like 4 people on this thread got the Stratego reference so it would have been a waste.

Only 4 people had the willpower to comment on the joke.

"Ha! Well played."

upset it took so long for it to be noticed.

Just came across a girl wearing a Chanel t-shirt with the Maiden logo and an adultered version of the piece of mind cover art.

I don't think the new album can get worse than that.

Hahah

Maiden has become super trendy in recent years, go figure 😎

Reminds me of Angry Again (Megadeth)

"Just came across a girl wearing a Chanel t-shirt with the Maiden logo and an adultered version of the piece of mind cover art."

jesus how horrifying

"upset it took so long for it to be noticed."

I would have been too. But I got your back buddy!

Seriously, I have no clue why you would believe Bruce to be a c*nt?

Song remains solid after a couple of days, but I gotta say that I would actually prefer it without keys. I like WOTW better, except the vide

Yeah, production is pretty bad, hard to fathom liking how it sounds...