Rolling Stone Reviews Maiden

Posted by number. not a free man from Rolling Stone on September 22, 2006 @ 13:43

"A matter of life and death", Iron Maiden's fourteenth studio album, has all the traits of classic Maiden: multipart epics, time changes galore and the thick clank of Steve Harris' bass. There are some signs of wear -- the songs now march where they once galloped, and Bruce Dickinson's banshee wail can be slightly nasal, but there's still plenty of heft. The eight-and-a-half-minute "Brighter Then a Thousand Suns" could have gone on 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. The only real departure from the past is "For the Greater Good of God," a somber meditation on Christ that sounds like an answer to the band's old anti-religion stance. Overall, it's a solid, unembarrassing latter-day record from one of metal's elite. Iron Maiden appear to be -- we dare say -- aging gracefully.

CHRIS STEFFEN

(Posted: Sep 7, 2006)

4 Comments

Anonymous said:

An american magazine reviewing Maiden's album after 2 decades??? I don't give a shit...
It's too easy for them to remember Maiden nowadays since the American music scene is full of shit.

#12925, September 23, 2006 @ 12:34

Anonymous said:

Yeah, well said ! I was just thinking of it while reading this review. Fuck rolling Stones !

#12926, September 23, 2006 @ 15:43

number. not a free man said:

<It's too easy for them to remember Maiden nowadays since the American music scene is full of shit> -I find a bit naive this explaination...the status quo of US fought maiden's music during the golden years (see rod's comment about the first top ten ever) there were 2 reasons : a) it was a british group & b) it was the group that sung 666 the number of the beast.........yes is a very strong record, maybe the metal record of the year, but I am not sure if this is the explaination really...I agree that we don't have to give a fuck about them though, it s so strange, you go to RIAA database, and the last maiden update is of '92 !!!...it's hard to believe that powerslave for example certified platinum in '91, when all people know that it was a million plus selling album since '84____no5

#12927, September 23, 2006 @ 22:01

Anonymous said:

wow. its like they've never stopped writin reviews for em. i cant verify this, but i think this is the first time maiden has been in Rolling Stone (officially) since beast, asides the review thing. they didnt say a damn thing about the Ozzfest crap.

#12928, September 24, 2006 @ 04:30