I persionally think Brave New World is their best. I love the sound on that album with the new long songs that dominate it, and as for the thin line.... wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With all due respect, Brave New World may be the worst album Iron Maiden ever produced.

Many say that Iron Maiden established the metal genre. If so why the fu/< are their predecessors any good at all? I dislike Iron Maiden, l think they are a joke, that should be easily forgotten along with yes, the 80's when 'so called' good metal was without a doubt an epidemic!
Iron Maiden exemplify all those bands, who aren't worth the time of day!

Iron Maiden did not establish the metal genre, and if they had how would that have an effect on their PREdecessors. You've shown with every post youv'e made that you don't know what you're talking about, and your last post is far from being an exception.

I gotta agree with SATCHMO - maybe I have a different view of metal from the rest of you but at least I recognise the importance of Maiden within that genre - and to an exyent the importance of other bands within the genre!

Hard to choose this one.

Judas Priest could have been the biggest metal band of the 80s but they blew it spectacually. Firstly by having a feud with Maiden that stems from a 1980 gig where Maiden were supporting them & Secondly deserting their UK fan base to concentrate on America (They didn`t play a single gig in the UK between 1981 & 1988). Also releasing 3 terrible albums while Maiden were on a roll didn`t help either. By the time they did get it together in the early 90s & released their best album in almost a decade (Painkiller) while Iron Maiden were looking tired & jaded (Losing Smith & Dickinson & putting out some patchy albums) ,when they did finally get some success Halford decided to jump ship & do his own thing.

On the other hand Iron Maiden built their career on being a fan friendly band built on constant touring & not having to rely on mainstream success as Priest tried to do , therefore when they did hit a wall in the early - mid 90s they had a much bigger loyal fanbase than Judas Priest had to bail them out so to speak.

Musically if I had to choose between them i`d say Judas Priest just edge it. I don`t listen to much metal these days but if I do i`ll be likely to listen to albums such as Sin After Sin , Stained Class , Killing Machine & Screaming For Vengence than any Iron Maiden album. I`ve always thought it a shame that Maiden never kept the direction of their first album & I think Killers is a hugely underrated album. I liked the first couple of albums with Dickinson but I lost total interest after Somewhere In Time.

Which is exactly point where the band stopped producing decent albums

Oh thank God for that

I was beginning to think I was the only person on earth who thought Seventh Son was an overlong over produced boring peice of festering crap.

You mean you didn't like "Can I Play With Madness"?

Oh that was OK

How could I not like something that featured Graham Chapman in his last ever role before he died.

Rest of the album was awful