IRON MAIDEN — Brave New World (review)

IRON MAIDEN — Brave New World album cover Album · 2000 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
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The nineties were not a good time for Iron Maiden. None of the four albums produced in that time were up to par with their eighties work. But the nineties were over by the time of their twelfth album Brave New World. The band had both Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith back in the fold, with Janick Gers also staying on, bringing their line-up up to six. The result is very much Iron Maiden reborn, making Brave New World not only their best album in over a decade, but one of the very best overall.

The sound here marks the return of Iron Maiden's progressive side that they've used on occasions as far back as Somewhere in Time. Starting with Brave New World that's pretty much where they've been since. There are plenty of longer tracks, more than had been normal up until this point, that show off this side of the band, while the opening The Wicker Man was the perfect lead single. You just know it's a good album though when it's hard to separate favourites and that's exactly the problem I have with this one. It doesn't surpass either Seventh Son of a Seventh Son or Powerslave for me, but although I know some will argue that nothing can surpass any eighties Iron Maiden, this one is most definitely my third favourite release from them.

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