Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
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Whoops sorry, I completely missed your post. I actually ended up not going because a bunch of shit conspired against me :rant:
Seeing the set list I wasn't terribly sorry to miss is though :lol:
Haven't picked up the new album yet, but probably will soon.
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The whole album just feels totally disjointed musically.
Production is also just crap really too.
Wont be buying this, nor will I be going to the live show (which has sold out anyway).
It just seems like they just throw records together for the fuck of it now:noway:
Don't think the band has quite topped themselves since Powerslave. At least back then, they were putting together songs that seemed well structured.
Production is also just crap really too.
Wont be buying this, nor will I be going to the live show (which has sold out anyway).
It just seems like they just throw records together for the fuck of it now:noway:
Don't think the band has quite topped themselves since Powerslave. At least back then, they were putting together songs that seemed well structured.
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My friends told me that all the songs sound like power ballads and told me not to buy it...
Brave New World was good, and Dance of Death had it's moments. Otherwise I somewhat agree.
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So in effect it's more of the same from the last couple of albums :rofl:
I dont think that anyone in his 50s is able to write the same songs (or songs in the same vein) as he did with 25. Someone recently said - "Multimillionaires in their fifties growing up with 70s Prog and Deep Purple" - and that NAILS it.
I'm pretty much what you'd call a "fanboy" when its up to Iron Maiden, but putting the pink glasses down for a moment - dont think that Powerslave or SSOASS would sound like they if someone else than Martin Birch would have produced this records. He was called a "band member" back then for a damn good reason.
Kevin Shirley is...well...i'm in a loss for words, i somehow apprecciate how "passive" he is as a producer, and i kinda dig the whole live-sounding/recorded in live-situation thing - still he fucked it up too much on some parts, where it gets to muddy, and some really great harmonies get totally lost in the mix if you dont listen to the record on total high-end equipment (already the difference between my car-stereo and the more expensive equipment in my living room make a HELL of a difference....for example this is why - when we record - always listen to the mixes and masterings in my car only, because it needs to sound good on THAT one...its easy for a record to sound good on high end stereos).
Anyway, what i wanted to say is: from what i've read, Birch seemed to be a kinda radical producer, like "do that again, play it different, sing higher/lower, cut 2 minutes down, repeat only 2 times, not 4 times" - Shirley seems to be the "do what you want, i'll push the "rec" button...". and you hear that.
That said - i dont think there is a song on the new record that is not well structured....but i can see why someone may get that opinion. FWIW: People and mags said that about Powerslave, S.I.T., and Seventh Son also back then. They also called Piece Of Mind a big letdown, preaching about how Maidens carreer obviously ended with Number Of The Beast. Years later, we knwo that they just were way ahead of their time.
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It's the excessive repetition that bothers me about recent Maiden albums, even Brave New World to a degree. It feels like most of their eight-minute songs could be easily cut down to four minutes without losing anything. I agree that the producer and his "extra set of ears" should be the one giving advice along those lines.
I would rather listen to a 40-minute Maiden album that kills rather than an 80-minute album with too much padding.
I would rather listen to a 40-minute Maiden album that kills rather than an 80-minute album with too much padding.
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:agreed: This is also my largest (of several) complaints about new Metallica material. Honestly, I'm ok with it, but instead of 8 and 9 minute songs they could really be clocking in at 5.
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Also the production is lacking IMO. Not to say Maiden ever really had the greatest sounding albums, but it just doesn't sound like a lot of time was put into getting guitar tones on this one. I thought Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was one of their better sounding albums they ever did from a production standpoint. I blame Yanick.
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I think that both Number of the Beast and (particularly) Piece of Mind sound fantastic. In fact, Piece of Mind is still a reference point for me as to how a metal album should sound. Seems like their studio sound got a little thinner after that.
For me - especcially the guitar sound of the first lead harmony in "Flight Of Icarus" was always a reference of my "dream"-guitar sound!
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