![]() This groove is relentless, there’s multiple vocal tracks and some shrill bits of keyboard orchestration. Here’s Bruce! He sounds like a wise, experienced wizard, which helps explain that silvery mane he’s got now. ![]() Wherever we are, it’s unlike anywhere else we’ve been - and we’re only 45 seconds in. Up the irons! IRON MAIDEN'S SENJUTSU - A SUPERFAN'S TRACK-BY-TRACK GUIDE + REVIEWĪ solitary drum - THUD! - two more - THUD! THUD! - some noises that sound like that chattling of the silver screen’s alien villain Predator creep in… where are we?Ī muscular chord now fills out the speakers, some descending chords come in and Nicko McBrain is still behind it all, an architect of disorienting, pounding, tumbling tom-kick patterns. Four songs over nine minutes long, each composed solely by Steve Harris is enough to flood the imagination of every Maiden fan with limitless possibilities.Īlthough the release of Senjutsu is still weeks away (pre-order your copy here), I have some food for thought - some Piece of Mind, if you will - to prepare you for the journey that lies ahead. The track listing and its respective writing credits alone have fueled countless conversations and debates, all of which have been purely wild speculation. ![]() ![]() Weeks, months even, are spent in a gleeful agony, waiting for anything new to come through the Maiden funnel. Then came the 'Belshazzar's Feast' teaser campaign that sent fans racing to every corner of the internet to piece together clues and their ultimate significance in advance of the release of the animated music video for the lead single, "The Writing on the Wall."Īs an obsessive Iron Maiden fan for over half my life, I've been where many of you are - scouring message boards and forums, eager to participate in and and all discussions and unfounded projections with the rest of the band's unparalleled global fanbase. ![]()
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