IRON MAIDEN — Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (review)

IRON MAIDEN — Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son album cover Album · 1988 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
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Infinity is hard to comprehend

I am not really a fan of Iron Maiden in general, but Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son is a simply brilliant album that blows me away completely! This is by far Iron Maiden's best album, in my opinion. Indeed, I consider this to be one of the very best Metal albums of all time. One reason for this is that while all previous Iron Maiden albums were more of their time, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son sounds 'timeless'. The album is loosely based on a concept that really enhances the music without taking control of it. The lyrics are captivating and intriguing and never cheesy (as is sometimes the case with this band). Both the band themselves and the majority of their fans would probably deny it, but this album is 'art'! It is evident that the band here take their inspiration equally from Yes, Genesis, Queen and Jethro Tull as they do from Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Judas Priest. Whatever Punk influence there was present on earlier albums is wholly absent here.

The riffs, solos and vocal melodies are instantly and infinitely appealing to me and perfectly executed throughout. The drums are loaded and rather complex. Many interesting time and mood changes occur throughout the whole album. The excellent guitars are often augmented by symphonic keyboards that give the music a fuller, more symphonic sound than on earlier (and later) Iron Maiden albums. And it is not the cheesy 80's keyboard sounds.

On a couple of songs acoustic guitar is used which gives the music a slight folky touch and brings more diversity to the whole. One thing that I really like about this album (and that helps to make the album a unified whole) is that is starts out with a short acoustic/vocal part that is repeated at the very end on the album. This is of course not an original idea but it works perfectly here.

Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son was the peak of Iron Maiden's career and every fan of great music should have this album. This album is truly essential; a classic of Metal music!
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