PowerSlave

Day Ten. Let's retreat back into metal. Iron Maiden is one of the greatest bands ever. The only two singers better than Bruce Dickinson are Ronny James Dio and Rob Halford. Adrian Smith and Dave Murray are also a tag team for the ages. No one can forget Steve Harris' galloping bass lines that determine the back bone of the music.
It's extraordinarily difficult to choose a favorite Iron Maiden album. The entire 1980s output is solid. For me, it's a close call between Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Powerslave. I might be prejudiced in favor of Powerslave because I was in a band back in high school that tried to cover Aces High. I mean, I did my part on the guitar and even played both of the guitar solos, but nobody can sing like Dickinson. Our singer tried mightily.

Iron Maiden doesn't really change things up all that much in between albums. They all got your galloping riffs, soaring melodies, and epic lyrics. Usually, they got some theme going on for each album that separates them. The title track and the cover art give the impression that the topic on this album is centered around ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. Not quite. Each song has a specific subject: "Aces High" is about the Royal Air Force during WW2, "Flash of the Blade" and "Duelists" is about sword wielding, "Back in the Village" is about bombing a village it seems, and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is about the epic literary work. There's no obvious theme to tie these songs together, but I feel that the lyrics' protagonists are chasing their ambitions in some form. This generates a grand sense of adventure throughout and makes it easy to get swept away by the music.
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