Malcolm Dome on Maiden and Metal
Earache.com has posted an interview with the famous metal journalist Malcolm Dome, who speaks about metal, his own expriences and a bit about Maiden too.Here are some excerpts from the interview:
Malcolm Dome has been reporting on the Metal scene since the very start. Whilst you were still in diapers Dome was providing the inside scoop on the emerging NWOBHM scene, witnessing Iron Maiden, Tygers of Pan Tang and Angelwitch in their infancy. Scoring a place on the early Kerrang! magazine staff, he witnessed the UK debuts of the likes of Metallica and Celtic Frost. Through Thrash, Black Metal, Doom and beyond, Dome has survived in Metal journalism and become one of the leading authorities on the subject of all things Metal, working now for Total Rock Radio. The guy is a walking history lesson! In this interview he takes on a journey through the years and shows how the scene has developed through the years...
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I'd like your personal views on your first first reactions upon discovering the following bands, and then their subsequent developments and careers; talking about how and why bands make it, can you try and pick out why these bands achieved the success they did in each case?
1. Iron Maiden
2. Slayer
3. Metallica
4. Emperor
5. Morbid Angel
MAIDEN- from the first time I saw them, I knew they would make an impact. Why? There was an energy, a focus and a force that put them apart from the norm. Their first two albums, 'Iron Maiden' and 'KIllers' caught the zeitgeist. I understand why they had to replace Paul Dianno with Bruce Dickinson, but they somehow became a different animal, more successful, perhaps more adventurous, but they lost that indefinable zest. However, the Maiden of the mid-to-late '80s were still magnificent, on a plane all their own. But they did lose their way a little in the latter days with Bruce, and then completely lost the plot when they brought in Blaze. However, Bruce's return has inspired a resurgenceof interest, activity and respect for them. Today, Maiden are possible the most loved of all the British metal bands.
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The complete interview can be found here
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Moved to Maiden news and slightly edited. Thanks!
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