Iron Maiden - Powerslave review
| Band: | Iron Maiden |
| Album: | Powerslave |
| Style: | New wave of British heavy metal |
| Release date: | September 1984 |
Disc I
01. Aces High
02. 2 Minutes To Midnight
03. Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
04. Flash Of The Blade
05. The Duellists
06. Back In The Village
07. Powerslave
08. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
+ Aces High [video] [1998 re-release bonus]
+ 2 Minutes To Midnight [video] [1998 re-release bonus]
Disc II [1995 reissue bonus disc]
01. Rainbow's Gold [Beckett cover]
02. Mission From 'Arry
03. King Of The Twilight [Nektar cover]
04. The Number Of The Beast [live]
This has to be one of Iron Maiden's best albums of all. It has everything from a fast and furious metal assault such as "Aces High", to an instrumental song such as "Losfer Words".
It all starts off with "Aces High", a song about WWII dogfights. A good heavy metal song with a good amount of guitar solo's and superb lyrics. It has a memorable tune that you keep rocking to in your head for hours. Next comes another classic song "2 Minutes to Midnight". Slower than the previous song, the guitars are very tight while the rhythm is powerbul as Dickinson sings away. The many guitar solos in this kick some metal ass. Next comes "Losfer Words" one of the four instrumental's that Iron Maiden has done. Not as great as the other's but definitely worth the time to listen to. The drums keep a constant sound with some nice guitar and bass in there also. The next song is a definite killer; "Flash of the Blade" starts off with a nice guitar solo then picks up into a nice beat. A great song about being a swordsman and it rocks to the very end. The next is "Duellists" a kind of cross bread between "Flash of the Blade" and "Powerslave" a bit, definitely worth listing to but not as great as the others. Another metal assault is "Back in the Village"; this song is good all around a nice blend of drums and guitar. "Powerslave", well what can I say, its killer, lyrics about an evil Egyptian god and great music to fallow it up, an instant classic. The last song on the list is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", this song pounds with base, the drums flowing and the guitar sounds ever so killer.
Iron Maiden has a real masterpiece here, if you don't have it, go buy it, you won't be disappointed...
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This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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lol No need to feel sorry for us, peasant. We are perfectly capable of thinking outside our own box unlike people like you who have to waste time by making worthless, biased comments that only show your too ignorant and stupid to appreciate heavy metal much less this great album. I feel sorry for maggots like you who can't figure out what good music is. Oh well, more metal for me  .Detractors are hopeless.
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| Fat & Sassy! Posts: 3857 From: USA  |
The album that really got me into metal. Every song is ROCK SOLID, never letting up on the good ol' AWESOMENESS. I'm not sure what everyone's deal is with Back In the Village... It's a killer track that pumps me up every time I hear it.
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| Powerslavex Alexskywalker Posts: 777 From: UK  |
This is why Maiden are my favourite band great album 9.5
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| AngelOfDisease Posts: 71 From: Ecuador |
Written by Dangerboner on 06.11.2006 at 23:32 And that's actually the same riff as Welcome to Hell by Venom haha I always bitch about that but I love the song
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| AngelOfDisease Posts: 71 From: Ecuador |
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| Dark Cornatus Powerslave Posts: 4330 From: New Zealand  |
This is a weak review, and the album should never be rated over 9 if half of it is filler. Three off the songs are in my all time Maiden favourites, (tracks 1, 7 and 8), but its really not consistant. Id give it an 8.5 considering its got some of their best material. My favourite album is still Somewhere In Time though, there are no 'masterpiece' songs, except i regard Somewhere In Time as close to one, but they are all great to listen to.
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955 From: Brazil  |
What a great variation in the lyrics and thematic. Really improoves the quality of the album. Egyptians and sea-mans turns the atmosphere in a historic epic. Awesome.
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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| Nosurper Stinky Lips Posts: 442 From: USA  |
I have had a recent change of mind on this album. Used to have it as an 8/10 and thought it was a bit overrated. It seemed like the production was somewhat hollow. Maybe "tinny" I guess with little kick on the low end. I also put a lot of stock into the fact that I loved many aspects of NOTB more than on this album (such as the opener Invaders, which I believe is better than Aces High and is IMO that songs template) But I had never really appreciated "Mariner" until recently when I watched "Somewhere Back In Time" and saw them play it live. It sounded great! Enough so to make me re-visit this album. "Aces High" was still a solid opener, the epic chorus and solo on "2 Minutes" was still present. "Powerslave" is one of their strongest songs for sure. But, this time I took in "Mariner" and realized how influential it was on the closer for their following album SIT. It was the first, and much more original epic than "Alexander the Great" was. And not only that but it is a good song. 9/10, great album.
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| Angel Of Mercy Posts: 276 From: UK  |
Good album, not as good as Brave New World. But still awesome!
---- Your time will come.
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Posts: 5245 From: USA  |
The interesting thing for me about this album is I think the songs sound better on "Live After Death"...especially Rime...
---- rekt
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 From: Czech Republic  |
This, SSOASS and Dance of Death are best Maiden albums
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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| Brogkul Posts: 20 From: Bolivia  |
My favorite Maiden album, with my 2 favorite Maiden songs, "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" and "Duellists". I don´t get why this album gets all the bashing. It´s a classic for me, with no fillers at all.
---- "The Sly One"
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| thewall30 Posts: 338 From: USA  |
This album is everything an album should have! Its one of those timeless albums! I would say this is their best, although there others are amazing as well... 
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| Mad Mike Posts: 163 From: Canada  |
Pretty poor review, I don't know about everyone else but I personally think that song-by-song reviews are just dumb and boring. But what irritates me most about your review is the 10 rating, that's just way too low.  
---- Did you ever notice that the people who tell you to get a life are normally people who should be dead in the first place?
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| maidenrules Posts: 1 From: Belgium |
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| Guib Thrash Talker Posts: 3056 From: Canada  |
@At the people bashing eachother sine 2006 about this album: Laughable really... Great album, one of my favorite by the band along with piece of mind and killers. Great job maiden im just sad that their more recent stuff is not as good as it could be.  anyways Powerslave's a great release.
---- - Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff - Guib's List Of Essential Albums - Also Thrash Paradise Thrash Here
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BeastOfMetal456
Account deleted Written by Arian Totalis on 07.11.2006 at 00:15 I agree bout the review not being that good. An epic album like this one deserves a better review. Perhaps you can do us one? :p
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada  |
Written by Guest on 12.10.2011 at 23:52 We're working on that. Wikipedia isn't supposed to have links to unofficial reviews...especially ones written so long ago.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada |
Written by Guest on 13.10.2011 at 02:25 Exactly. Only Staff reviews are official (and some Elite reviews - anything without the guest review disclaimer) and they shouldn't be linking to reviews on our site that pre-date 2009.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| LICH Posts: 94 From: Ireland  |
Dude no offence but you need to check your grammar for this review.
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