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mystic fred Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator
"A Matter of Life and Death" for Iron Maiden???
Having not heard a new Maiden album for how many years i don't know, maybe
since "Seventh Son", i was curious to hear "A Matter of Life and Death" after all the hype
and expectation and i must say i'm not in the least disappointed, it is an epic album!
Proggish? wellllll........sort of i suppose, forgive me i'm still coming to terms with the
term "Prog metal", and i DO like DT/Opeth, so yeah.... Proggish!
Maybe too early to judge yet but i'd say many of the tracks on this album show the
Lundun boys with a new lease of life and would stand up very strongly to anything
on "Number of the Beast" - how's that?
There is an almost "Celtic" flavour here and there, such as "Pilgrim" and did i detect a
Zeppelinesque eastern feel on "The Pilgrim" ?? The opening tracks "Different Worlds"
and "These Colours Don't Run" are CLASSIC Maiden, all their signatures are there, heavy
crunching riffs, great hooks and time changes, with amazing vitality. There are very
catchy riffs on all the tracks, hard to pick a favourite though "Brighter....." (epic!), "Pilgrim"
and "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" stand out, the pace hardly lets up throughout
the album apart from a few "breathers", young Bruce sounds so different when loud and
quiet don't 'e?, hardly believe it's the same geezer! Third spin and the album is growing on
me as fast as a nettle rash, highly recommended, an essential addition to any collection of
Prog Related...or...er....Prog Metal??? who knows....."only time will tell!"
MUSIC RATING 4/5 PROG RATING 3/5
mystic fred |3/5 |
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