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Trollheart · 11-16-2017, 05:39 PM

Track title: “When the River Runs Deep”
Album: The Book of Souls
Year: 2015
Written by: Adrian Smith/Steve Harris
Subject: Not a clue; one of those esoteric, metaphorical lyrics maybe?
Type: Mostly fast rocker
Length: 5:52
Familiar? No
Rating: 6/10
Though I did an extensive review of it, Maiden's last album (to date) is not one I'm at all familiar with, but this is one of the shorter tracks on it. Good powerful intro, very short before Bruce comes in with the vocal. Kind of a groove taking the tune then as it rocks along, then it slows down before picking up again. Bit of an odd little track really. The solo really pulls it together though and it certainly does rock when the writers aren't trying to pull it back into a slower groove, as they seemed to be doing more towards the earlier part of the song. Good powerful finish.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Track title: “When the River Runs Deep” Album: The Book of Souls Year: 2015 Written by: Adrian Smith/Steve Harris Subject: Not a clue; one of those esoteric, metaphorical lyrics maybe? Type: Mostly fast rocker Length: 5:52 Familiar? No Rating: 6/10 Though I did an extensive review of it, Maiden's last album (to date) is not one I'm at all familiar with, but this is one of the shorter tracks on it. Good powerful intro, very short before Bruce comes in with the vocal. Kind of a groove taking the tune then as it rocks along, then it slows down before picking up again. Bit of an odd little track really. The solo really pulls it together though and it certainly does rock when the writers aren't trying to pull it back into a slower groove, as they seemed to be doing more towards the earlier part of the song. Good powerful finish. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018