Brave New World by Iron Maiden
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Iron Maiden are back. There is no better way to put things. Finally the band is reunited with Bruce Dickinson, and as if that were not enough, Adrian Smith is back in the band, too.
And now the music. Although I was quite disappointed with the single "The Wicker Man", especially with its chorus, I really like the new album as a whole.
There are a few really great songs on it, let me just mention "Blood Brothers", "The Mercenary" and "The Thin Line Between Love And Hate". You could complain that Iron Maiden haven't changed their style a bit, but I think that is not true. Maiden are still Maiden, okay, but you can hear the influences that Bruce Dickinsons solo works have on the Maiden sound. In my opinion, it's the right way to keep the old style and just add bits of new stuff to it, so theres a balance between having-heard-all-that-before and whoa-something-new...
And even if the songs are not the best Iron Maiden ever recorded, it's still a pleasure to hear Bruce Dickinson again. There were a few good songs on albums between "Fear Of The Dark" and "Brave New World", but Blaze Bailey just didn't have the voice to compete with Bruce.
So I repeat: Iron Maiden are back...
And now the music. Although I was quite disappointed with the single "The Wicker Man", especially with its chorus, I really like the new album as a whole.
There are a few really great songs on it, let me just mention "Blood Brothers", "The Mercenary" and "The Thin Line Between Love And Hate". You could complain that Iron Maiden haven't changed their style a bit, but I think that is not true. Maiden are still Maiden, okay, but you can hear the influences that Bruce Dickinsons solo works have on the Maiden sound. In my opinion, it's the right way to keep the old style and just add bits of new stuff to it, so theres a balance between having-heard-all-that-before and whoa-something-new...
And even if the songs are not the best Iron Maiden ever recorded, it's still a pleasure to hear Bruce Dickinson again. There were a few good songs on albums between "Fear Of The Dark" and "Brave New World", but Blaze Bailey just didn't have the voice to compete with Bruce.
So I repeat: Iron Maiden are back...
