New Iron Maiden album...

[Fastra]

Not a massive Maiden fan, but this is bit of an epic really....

http://www.ironmaiden.com/new-iron-maiden-studio-a...


September 4th release date.
92 minutes long.
18 minutes longest song.
Average song length over 7 minutes.
2CD deluxe hardbound book limited edition.
2CD standard edition.
Triple heavyweight black vinyl.
High res audio (24-bit Mastered for ITunes and non-Mastered for iTunes).
Standard res audio (16 bit/ 44.1 kHz).

[IanUAE]

Will this be their last album? Steve Harris has talked about making 15 albums and then stopping.

Iron Maiden are epic live so I hope they come over to the middle east.

[AJB88]

IanUAE said:

Iron Maiden are epic live so I hope they come over to the middle east.

Rocking in Rio was epic, Seen them live in Manchester a few years ago and wasn't impressed.

Shame as I'm a big fan.

[6th Gear]

IanUAE said:

Will this be their last album? Steve Harris has talked about making 15 albums and then stopping.

Iron Maiden are epic live so I hope they come over to the middle east.

+1

Would love to see them live.

They played Dubai back in 2009 on their Somewhere Back in Time world tour.

Gutted I missed it.

[slyelessar]

I need to get this! I'll stick it on whilst on a driving trip coming up soon.

[Hrimfaxi]

6th Gear said:

IanUAE said:

Will this be their last album? Steve Harris has talked about making 15 albums and then stopping.

Iron Maiden are epic live so I hope they come over to the middle east.

+1

Would love to see them live.

They played Dubai back in 2009 on their Somewhere Back in Time world tour.

Gutted I missed it.

If you ever get the opportunity to see them live, jump on it immediately. Easily the best bands to see live, bar none.
I've seen them at Download fest and on a Matter of Life and Death tour at Earls court, when the amps caught light!

[IanUAE]

Saw them at the Dubai Desert Rock festival which was just after they had released Matter of Life and Death. The son and I really enjoyed them, not so sure about the wife though......

[worsy]

I was due to see them on the Powerslave tour back in 84/85 aged 13. Had my ticket and bus booked but then my parents decided to go visit my grandparents the wekend of the concert so I ended up having to swap it. I think I saw Magnum on their Storyteller tour.

Never got the opportunity until Matter of Life and Death but wasn't a great fan of that album and they ended up playing the whole album each night. Sadly not as good as I hoped.

The big stadium gigs are not my cup of tea, saw ACDC a few years back and may as well been sat on the moon.

[Zedboy1200]

Not holding much expectation for the album....I think aside from 50% of Final Frontier they've been in decline on vinyl since the beginning of the Blaze Bailey years.

Live-wise, I've not missed many tours since 1982.... Never, ever, ever disappoint. Legendary musicians and showmen.

[Negative Creep]

I love Maiden but I've not a fan of the more prog rock direction they've taken in the last few albums. Matter had some good tunes but Final Frontier just plodded on forever, so I can't say I'm that excited about the prospect of an 18 minute song

[hornet]

Negative Creep said:

I love Maiden but I've not a fan of the more prog rock direction they've taken in the last few albums. Matter had some good tunes but Final Frontier just plodded on forever, so I can't say I'm that excited about the prospect of an 18 minute song

Gripe I've had with the last few albums is they've felt very lopsided, in that the latter portions are dominated by the 8-10 minute stuff, with the rockier "obvious single" track(s) at the start. Still enjoy the bulk of the songs, but like you say, things can tend to plod, and quite a few could have several minutes lopped out of them without suffering - only so many two minute bass intros you can cram into one disc. Tracks lengths on this new one look a little bit more varied, notwithstanding the 18 minute closer, so will be interesting to see what sort of mood the shorter songs have.