(Rated this album with 6 out of 10) Reviewed by
Lars
from Rock land
After Iron Maiden's overall best release "Piece of mind", things started to go downhill. On the one hand, "Powerslave" includes some really great songs like the opener "Aces high" - a fast rocker about pilots during World War II; The slower but very captivating title track "Powerslave", and the ending 13 minutes (?) long "Rime of the ancient mariner" which is built the same way as "Hallowed be thy name" (from "The number of the beast") with it's interesting changes in tempo. Steve Harris have revisited this formula several times later but in my opinion he have never been able to come up with something that's not a (pale) copy. These 3 songs are the albums highlight. Then there's two average songs: "2 minutes to midnight" and "Back in the village", but the rest is not good at all.
