What's /mu/'s consensus on Iron Maiden?
love their first album, love them in general really
God tier in the 80s, shit in the 90s, decent since then.
Pic related is their best.
>>61099660
Pretty good up through Seventh Son. Then they became a joke.
Fucking amazing band. Murray, Smith and Gers are among my favourite guitarists
Good for the time although too campy and blues-oriented to fit today's world. Modern metal really began with Pantera.
If anyone shits on Maiden, they are probably just doing it on purpose.
Nothing but love.
>>61100607
I was just listening to VDAP and over 20 years later it still sounds fresh. The only thing that's maybe kind of dated is Dimebag's 80s-style shredder solos (due to his hair metal past) since newer metal deemphasizes soloing. Most of the 80s metal classics are hella dated and sound very different from today's metal.
>>61099771
>inb4 Earth, Wind, and Fire jokes
We know.
has any band failed harder at replacing a great singer than Maiden did with Blaze Bayley?
>>61101220
Halford being replaced with Ripper Owens?
>>61101350
Ripper was an amazing vocalist, too bad he was absolutely boring as a live performer.
>>61101770
Well, that and Glenn/KK had exhausted all their good riff ideas by that point.
