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Iron Maiden - "Brave New World" Best Maiden in twelve years.
Pros
Iron Maiden back together. Yay. "The Nomad".
Cons
Most songs are good, but not extraordinary. What took so long?
Recommended it?
Yes
After Bruce Dickinson picked up Adrian Smith in his solo project, and he started noticing that while his music started to sound more like Iron Maiden stuff, and Iron Maiden with Blaze Bailey was sounding NOTHING like Iron Maiden, he must have realized that they might as well be back together again. So in May of 2000 - The impossible happened. Bruce Dickinson and Adiran Smith rejoined the rest of Iron Maiden (Smith, Harris, McBrian, and original replacement for Adrian Smith - Janick Gers) to reform one of the most potent groups in metal history - Iron Maiden. This new project was called "Brave New World" - and was accompanied by an enourmously successful world tour.
The years have been kind to the members of the group. For people familiar with Iron Maiden, this will most closely resemble the album Somewhere in Time (1986), and is clearly their best work since 1988's smash Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Along with Blaze Bailey went his influence - and Maiden was sounding like the Maiden of old.
That's not to say this album matches up with Maiden's best from their prime, because it doesn't quite. But is still very refreshing.
One of the signs of the times, or perhaps the layoff, was a tendency for Bruce Dickinson to repeat the chorus over and over during songs that earlier and Maiden's career - They would have just let the strength of their music show. I don't know exactly WHY they do it - I assume it's a lack of confidence in what audience's today expect - But it gets slightly tiresome. Especially on the album opener (And very radio friendly tune - "The Wicker Man" - Where Dickinson repeatedly sings "Ohhhh" - Something you'd here in a modern alterarock/post punk track.
However, besides the too oft-repeated chorus', the music is very similar to prime 80's Maiden.
Here's the track listing: 10 Songs.
1. The Wicker Man 2. Ghost of the Navigator 3. Brave New World 4. Blood Brothers 5. The Mercenary 6. Dream of Mirrors 7. The Fallen Angel 8. The Nomad 9. Out of The Silent Planet 10. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate.
Maiden fans will appreciate no song clocks in under 4:30, and only 3 of them are less than 5 minutes in length.
Some of the best songs on the album are "The Nomad" - Which sounds most like Old Maiden, "The Mercenary" (though it has an annoying chorus, as does "The Wicker Man"), and "The Fallen Angel".
"Dream of Mirrors" has a definite old Maiden sound, as does "Out of the Silent Planet"... Both are decent tracks.
Nothing on this album is bad at all really, but few tracks stick out in an already crowded Greatest Hits catalog of Maiden tunes. The best two are probably "The Nomad" and "The Wicker Man", though I appreciate "The Mercenary" and "Out of the Silent Planet".
Really, I appreciate the entire album - if for nothing else that Iron Maiden is back together and sounding like Iron Maiden. Proving once again that Metal is not dead!
Maiden fans will want to check it out, casual metal fans will still want to acquaint themselves with the better older Maiden stuff.
Mr_D
The years have been kind to the members of the group. For people familiar with Iron Maiden, this will most closely resemble the album Somewhere in Time (1986), and is clearly their best work since 1988's smash Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Along with Blaze Bailey went his influence - and Maiden was sounding like the Maiden of old.
That's not to say this album matches up with Maiden's best from their prime, because it doesn't quite. But is still very refreshing.
One of the signs of the times, or perhaps the layoff, was a tendency for Bruce Dickinson to repeat the chorus over and over during songs that earlier and Maiden's career - They would have just let the strength of their music show. I don't know exactly WHY they do it - I assume it's a lack of confidence in what audience's today expect - But it gets slightly tiresome. Especially on the album opener (And very radio friendly tune - "The Wicker Man" - Where Dickinson repeatedly sings "Ohhhh" - Something you'd here in a modern alterarock/post punk track.
However, besides the too oft-repeated chorus', the music is very similar to prime 80's Maiden.
Here's the track listing: 10 Songs.
1. The Wicker Man 2. Ghost of the Navigator 3. Brave New World 4. Blood Brothers 5. The Mercenary 6. Dream of Mirrors 7. The Fallen Angel 8. The Nomad 9. Out of The Silent Planet 10. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate.
Maiden fans will appreciate no song clocks in under 4:30, and only 3 of them are less than 5 minutes in length.
Some of the best songs on the album are "The Nomad" - Which sounds most like Old Maiden, "The Mercenary" (though it has an annoying chorus, as does "The Wicker Man"), and "The Fallen Angel".
"Dream of Mirrors" has a definite old Maiden sound, as does "Out of the Silent Planet"... Both are decent tracks.
Nothing on this album is bad at all really, but few tracks stick out in an already crowded Greatest Hits catalog of Maiden tunes. The best two are probably "The Nomad" and "The Wicker Man", though I appreciate "The Mercenary" and "Out of the Silent Planet".
Really, I appreciate the entire album - if for nothing else that Iron Maiden is back together and sounding like Iron Maiden. Proving once again that Metal is not dead!
Maiden fans will want to check it out, casual metal fans will still want to acquaint themselves with the better older Maiden stuff.
Mr_D
