Iron Maiden's Reviews
Powerslave (Average Rating: 9.32 out of 10)
...And The World Was Theirs (Rated this album with 10 out of 10)
Reviewed by
Maurício Peccin
from Brazil
As some people say, this is the last killer album. As other people say, this is the first Golden-Era album. As a lot of people say, this the best album. In what do you believe? Is this all true? Maybe.Personally, I love this album. I still don't think in it as the best, but is certainly one of the best. Amazing, the most incredible tour of the band. Steve is playing not just amazingly, but doing more than great bass lines. Adrian is exploding in creativity and speed in the solos. Dave is making guitar duels with Adrian, supporting the musics and making great solos too. Nicko is more confident, the music is conduted by him, he plays heavily and with huge technique. And Bruce is amazing as always, singing with technique and emotion. Aces High is one of the best Maiden's musics. Great introduction, amazing speed guitars, superb bass (very difficult), perfect drumwork and perfect vocals are here. Fast and wild. Wonderful. 101/100 2 Minutes to Midnight is another "greatest hit". Adrian could create an immortal introduction and amazing guitar riffs. The bass is amazing here, Steve does more than sustain the music. Nicko supports everything and Bruce completes everything with mad and cynic vocals. The lyrics are top note. There is a part in the music, from 3 minutes till 4 minutes and 10 seconds, that I repeat a lot of times. Is the solo. A great moment in life. 101/100 Flash Of The Blade has an amazing guitar introduction. But the music structure is, somehow, poor. It's a great music, but no special. The vocals are not so good. Well, I didn't like so much. The voice is good, but musically, didn't sound so good. 80/100 The Duelist is an dramatic epic with a furious guitar and bass line. The drums are good too. The lyrics are good, even repeating itself so much. The nice thing is the description of a fight with swords. At First, I fought that was Bruce who wrote it. He is a "swordsman", so... The vocals are very good, semi despair style. 90/100 Back In The Village is a good track, no more. I don't like it so much. There's no reason. The bass is good, as the drums. But not captivates me. 70/100 Powerslave is amazing. It has a sinister atmosphere, mystic. One of the best musics played by Steve, in my opinion. The guitar is also great. But the real show is Bruce. He interprets this music. HIS music. He sings with anger, with arrogance, amazing. The solo is also very good. It's slow, the guitar is perfect and then it grows, the power of the music is back again. 100/100 Rime Of The Ancient Mariner is... huge. In everyway. Huge lyrics, huge musicianship, huge vocals, huge emotions evocated. In the introduction you feel that the music will be a show. There's always a independent guitar and one making the music go on. The bass is very impressive here, playing independently. It's possible because it's Nicko that makes the music continues. And Bruce is there. One more time, he interprets the music. He puts emotion in it. Long notes, quick sentences, anger, an amazing actuation. When the music turns slow, you hear the wood door, the tunders, the music becomes sinister and Bruce say some verses... AMAZING. 101/100 Losfer Words... is instrumental and I don't like so much. Looks like they used the riffs from Losfer... in The Duelist. So, I prefer to hear The Duelist. This album is amazing. Great classic metal. The music is not dated. Sounds like it was recorded last week. If you know the "new Maiden" and is thinking in catch something from the older stuff, this is the best album. Is not so different from "new Maiden" and has some things from the previous albums. I did this way and today I love this band. With this album, an evolution of Piece Of Mind, they could be the rulers of heavy metal, the best all around the world. UP THE IRONS!!!
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