Cover art of the new Iron Maiden single

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[MetalCrypt]

Just found this on the Metal-Rules board:



 Sabaton - Fist for Fight

[EddietheEad]

Here's the link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNttRSMqOe0
It is overall a pretty good song, but I'm not sure if it's the right one for the first single.

[AntePavelic]

It takes them a full two minutes to get into the song?    This is precisely the reason why Virtual XI sank.  And the song isn't that great, I mean, it sounds exactly as if it was written in the Blaze Bayley era, in fact I can hear him singing it right now 

[AntePavelic]

You know what?  That solo in the song is incredible, and the song gets better as it progresses, although I do agree that it is not a wise choice for a single.  I mean, do you remember the "Wicker Man" single?  It destroyed the radio everywhere and people were HUNGRY for BNW.

[Sirliftsalot48]

That is some killer artwork.  It reminds me of how awesome the Trooper single cover art was.  I can see shirts, posters, and other Iron Maiden things featuring that art to come in the future.

[Em the Mad]

hmmm, the cover art is amazing, but that song is pretty boring I think.   I can't say i'm the biggest fan of the recent Maiden stuff, its a lot of hit and miss, I think.   This song being a good example....nothings really all that catchy about it.   Hope things go up from here at least.

But, I agree, that cover art is awesome....as is most of Maiden's stuff. 

[Penguin]

That cover artwork is a thousand times better than Dance of Death - what were they thinking?

And usually - Maiden release a fast paced song as the first single of an album at least in the 90's and early 2000's:
No Prayer : Tailgunner
Fear of the Dark : Be QUick
X Factor: Man on the Edge
Virtual Crap I mean XI - Futureal
Brave New World - Wickerman
Dance of Death - Wildestdreams

Is definitely a departure from the norm - good song though even if it does take a while to build and is quite X-Factor-ish.

[ConanTL]

That song took about 3 listens to grow on me. When I went to listen to it the second time, I didn't remember how it went at all. I hope there are some better songs than that on the album.

[EddietheEad]

You know what?  That solo in the song is incredible, and the song gets better as it progresses, although I do agree that it is not a wise choice for a single.  I mean, do you remember the "Wicker Man" single?  It destroyed the radio everywhere and people were HUNGRY for BNW.

Yeah that's what I mean. I don't understand why they picked this as the single.

[Mike Patton]

Yep.  A Blaze stamp all over it as pointed out.  I can't get with it.


I was just thinking .."Hooks in you" should have been a single...16 years ago.     Good tune.

[MetalCrypt]

Yep.  A Blaze stamp all over it as pointed out.  I can't get with it.


I was just thinking .."Hooks in you" should have been a single...16 years ago.     Good tune.

Son of a bitch.. Now that song is stuck in my head.

 Slayer - Christ Illusion

[Mike Patton]

Son of a bitch.. Now that song is stuck in my head.

 

[Thrash_Attack]

That's some really cool cover art. I like it.

[Agis]

Great art, and a very good song.
   

[Morbid Winter]

Better than the artwork they've used in the past few years, especially that horrible Dance of Death cover.