IRON MAIDEN — Virtual XI (review)

IRON MAIDEN — Virtual XI album cover Album · 1998 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
666sharon666
Iron Maiden's last album released in the 90's see their creative downtime hit rock bottom, but fortunately also marks the end of this disappointing era. While I do enjoy The X Factor to a point on Virtual XI, which is the last album before, thankfully, the band reunited with both Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith, it seems to me that they took all the more negative aspects of The X Factor are amplified them up to 11. Pun very much intended.

There are only two songs I enjoy here: Futureal and The Clansman and the second I prefer the later live version with Bruce Dickinson from Rock in Rio. The rest feel drawn out and uninspired. Especially surprising single choice The Angel and the Gambler which is almost ten minutes long. Actually why the album track wasn't given heavy editing like the video version is beyond me, as it's probably the most repetitive thing Iron Maiden has ever done and this album is certainly their weakest and the only really below standard thing they've ever done.

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