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Originally Posted by Trollheart
I agree wholeheartedly with this. BNW was the rebirth of Maiden, though some of the later albums went a little ... bloated? But then, I haven't listened to them all that much so I can't really make a judgement on them. But BNW: superb album, from start to finish. Not one bad track on it. And as Batty says, after the wilderness years with Blaze, it was like the sun after the rain.
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I haven't given
Dance of Death or
The Final Frontier as much time as I should, but
A Matter of Life and Death has really grown on me over the years. At first listen it's not all that great, but it gets better with every listen. It doesn't have as many obvious classics as some of their other albums, and it could do with a bit of editing, but it's still pretty great. And "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" is easily one of the best songs they've ever written. I don't know if I can think of a Maiden song that quite used that mid-paced, quasi-doom metal tempo, so it's very unique for them. Just a heavy-as-**** song. Too bad that Bruce's voice is only getting worse though.
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Originally Posted by JustinJJustin
I have recently just discovered the awesomeness of Iron Maiden. Depressing really. I hate myself for not knowing them sooner. I am going through their whole discography and I ****ing love them. Literally just finished "The Number Of The Beast" 5 minutes ago, and that has to be one of the best heavy metal albums I have ever listened to. Somebody needs to give me a list of bands of this popularity, as I don't want it to end after Iron Maiden.
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Judas Priest obviously if you haven't already. It's hard know what to recommend from them, as they've evolved so much over the years, but the obvious recs would be
Sad Wings of Destiny,
Screaming for Vengeance, and
Painkiller.
70s
80s
90s
If you still need more of that kind of traditional metal sound, then Ronnie James Dio's first few solo albums are a must, especially his first two,
Holy Diver and
The Last In Line.
Along with his two albums with Black Sabbath just before,
Heaven and Hell and
Mob Rules.
And before that he was in Rainbow with the guitarist from Deep Purple.
There's Helloween, who were sort of a more poppier, goofier version of Iron Maiden.
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I and its sequel,
Keeper of the Seven Keys Pat II, are required listening for any fan of eighties metal.
Crimson Glory are kind of obscure, but their first two, the self-titled and
Transcendence, are pretty amazing.
And how could I have forgotten Queensryche? The catchiest prog metal band you could ever hear. Operation: Mindcrime is generally considered one of the finest metal albums ever made, and
Empire is pretty amazing too.
That should keep you busy for a while.