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IRON MAIDEN’S TIME WILL COME

 Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at 9:45am by

Can we all agree that Iron Maiden 2000 comeback album Brave New World was a fucking phenomenal return to form? The return of Bruce-Bruce and the triple guitar attack of Dave Murray, Janick Gers and the recently rejoined Adrian Smith meant an end to the god-awful Blaze Bayley era and spawned an album full of a decade’s worth of pent-up vintage Maiden gems. The presence of Dickinson and Smith in the writing process made that much of a difference for Steve Harris, as the band cranked out now-classics such as “Ghost of the Navigator,” “Out of the Silent Planet,” the album’s title-track, and this, “The Wicker Man,” the album’s opening cut and first single. Maiden hasn’t matched this level of excellence in their two efforts since Brave New World, but at least we’ve got this one record that restored dignity to the once great band and no doubt allowed Maiden to return to their superstar, stadium World tour status of today.

-VN

[Sorry about the choppy video/audio midway through -- best I could find]

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  • Damotello

    Out of the silent planet is one of my favourite maiden songs, fucking brilliant album. Wicker Man’s quite good too, bit repetitive though.

    • \m/Eluveitie\m/

      I agree, this is a great song but it does get repetitive after awhile

  • myke

    great album and hell of a comeback for them. i was a lil disappointed with dance of death though. hopefully we’ll see an album for them this year or next.

  • Carter

    borrrring. i cant stand this old school shit. so gay.

    • Vlad

      I can’t stand that new school shit. So gay.

      • gnarlk

        i can’t stand carter, so gay….

        • metalguy

          i cant stand commentors. so gay

      • Biff Tanner

        You are a complete faggot. How old are you? Without Maiden, there wouldn’t be 2/3rds of the great bands that are around now.

        Go hang yourself in the garage so your parents can get on with their lives.

  • Cougar Party

    Brave New World was definately the best “new” Maiden album. Although, I would argue Dance of Death is a good album too. No More Lies?! That song is totally epic.

    Btw, did anyone notice when the Wicker Man was released as a single on the radio it had a totally different chorus than the one on the album? It was weird.

    • Biff Tanner

      YES !!!!! Finally someone that heard the other version of this song!!!! the chorus had another line in it on the radio version ..”Your time will come….Thy will be done”…. It sounds MUCH better than “your time will come” repeated ad infinitum.

      Actually, I find Branve New Wold to be the weakest of the post millenium Maiden albums. I think AMOLAD is the best one. Its a real grower, and quite dark with some fantastic songs and solos…..
      Brave New World is MUCH,MUCH too repetative in the chorus department (title track, blood brothers…anyone?)

      UP THE IRONS

      • http://DarkTwinCities.com devil

        The alternate chorus was featured on the CD single. It was replaced on the album version with another layer of guitar.

  • MOOSE_KNUCKLE

    Brave new world is probably one of my favourite maiden albums. I just think its hard to beat out of the silent planet and the thin line between love and hate. Was a really sweet return to form

  • Spaceman_Jones

    I liked The X Factor, but it just didnt seem like maiden, I was thrilled when bruce got back for brave new world. I think that album has some of the best songwriting maiden has evedone. Ghost of the navigator and dream of mirrors were two of the most epic songs I have ever herd.

    • metalguy

      the live vid of “Ghost of navigator ” sounds like ghost of an alligator. i crack up every time

  • ferocious_fetus

    Don’t know about you guys but I loved A Matter of Life and Death. Dance of Death was alright but yeah, I agree that Brave New World was tits.

    • Metal Fuckin’ Dave

      I also dig A Matter of Life and Death. I know this because I play it at LEAST once a month. But yeah…BNW is still unmatched for 21st century Maiden.

  • http://lordsofmetal.nl/index.php?lang=en Cavorka

    Brave New World is their best from the last three, every song is just killer!! I like Dance Of Death and AMOLAD also(although the latter one was a bid too long and midtempo at times), and Virtual 11/XFactor were okay, but there weakest albums….they definitely remain my favourite band of all time! UP THE IRONS!!

  • Sammy

    Yeah, when Adrian Smith first left the band, the albums (No Prayer, Fear of the Dark) suffered from a lack of soul. Not bad albums, but kind of “mail-it-in” recordings. The Blaze stuff was beyond terrible. Nice come-back since, but Gers is so totally superfluous. But I guess loyalty to a soccer (sorry, futball) buddy counts for something.

    • The Ghost of D. Boon

      Agreed. It seems weird that a band like Maiden, one of the trail-blazers of the twin-lead guitar sound, wouldn’t use three guitars to their full potential, but they really don’t.

  • http://www.moshblog.me.uk Mosh

    Nope, I’d argue. I was pretty disappointed with it and I think a lot of other people felt the same way. Certainly, when I saw them live touring on it the crowd went *very* quiet when they played the newer material.

    Compare that a couple of years later on the Dance of Death tour when the new songs were *very* well received. It’s a much better album, IMHO.

  • metalguy

    why are we talking about this

  • Bill

    “Wildest Dreams” off of Dance of Death is fucking killer.

    • Bill

      and i’ll say that calling brave new world the best of the new 3 albums is like calling diamonds better than gold and platinum. all 3 still kick ass.

  • Joe Sacco

    Loved that album, still do. It has a good variety of stuff on it and made good use of old tricks as well as recently-learned tricks from stuff like the “X-Factor” and Bruce and Adrian’s work together on “Accident of Birth” and “Chemical Wedding”. The main knock I have on the two albums following “Brave New World” is that too many of the songs seem to use “Blood Brothers” as a template…. not that it’s a bad template but there isn’t quite as much variety on each album. BNW has enough ups and downs and different flavours that it stands up well as a beginning-to-end listen, a little moreso than DoD and AMOLAD.

  • Nexxus9

    Dance of Death had some great tracks on it. It’s probably my favorite of the new albums. But to echo what Bill just said, all of ‘em are good stuff.

  • Dorian

    “You watch the world exploding every single night”

    That, my friends, is called “epic”.

  • http://www.myspace.com/hateband666 Wanga

    Agreed – I love Maiden but the debate about the blaze years leaves me baffled – I think they really were shameful days for the band. Blaze was just awful, but listening to his solo stuff I concluded that it wasn’t at all his fault….
    Blaze’s solo albums are actually rather brutal, traditional metal and well worth a listen – this from someone who hated his stint with Maiden.. The Dickinson solo albums are simply fucking phenomenal. I love all of them, apart from tattooed millionaire which is more of a rock album really. Any self respecting metal fan can’t deny the pure heavyness of Chemical Wedding and Tyranny of Souls.

    For the uninitiated Bruce curios out there check this out:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dal1tzOS_b4

    And for anyone wanting to hear Blaze actually doing something worth listening to, this is an awesome song:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qANEeOpITYc
    and:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te1c_YkI3a8&feature=related

    Give it a chance, you’ll probably be be a bit surprised.

    • The Ghost of D. Boon

      well, at least it’s not Paul Di’Anno.