Iron Maiden have neither before nor delivered a better album after 7th Son. Fans threw this album prior to poplastig commercially and to be "softened", which perhaps may be true when the trimmed on airplay and charts Can I Play With Madness play considered. The songs are no longer so raw and heavy as before, but uncommonly high quality, sophisticated, nuanced and progressive. The atmosphere is very deep and mysterious, the Solis guitar artillery Smith / Murray so horny and virtuosity as a maximum advance on Somewhere in Time, the sound (produced by luminary Martin Birch) is absolutely perfect and the cover artwork (by Derek Riggs) the best in the Maiden history. The Drums of Nicko McBrain sound here is very discreet and jazz-heavy, which is not typical for a metal band. His drum kit seems most to consist only of a bass drum, a tom, a snare drum and some pools. This album marks the creative zenith of the band, as they have a qualitative decline experienced in the years that followed, from which they were able to free themselves again only with Brave New World. Absolute highlights are the ingenious and extremely varied, epic-monumental and dramatic theme song, the nebulous and mysterious Infinite Dreams with his virtuoso guitar duels and distinctive melodies and the dramatic well-structured, brutal opener Moonchild. Panned by fans of the old school and metalfreaks completely wrong, because they have no idea, just like later on The X Factor. Convinced you of the quality of this sophisticated album Hammer and ignored the negative reviews. So well established and perfectly matched hardly sounds another metal band. Against this album there is nothing, absolutely nothing wrong! BUY, Listen and DIVE!
