NMC #229 (IRON MAIDEN, HELLOWEEN)

[Jon]

by "everyone owns one of these, so what's the point?" Jon

Iron Maiden--The Book Of Souls (September 2015)

You can read TageRyche's review HERE.

1. The Red And The Black

2. The Book Of Souls

3. Shadows Of The Valley

4. The Man Of Sorrows

Helloween--My God Given Right (June 2015)

You can read TageRyche's review HERE.

1. Heroes

2. Lost In America

3. The Swing Of A Fallen World

4. Creatures In Heaven

5. Living On The Edge

[TageRyche]

Jeez, you could've provided my review links for both of the albums...slacker!

[Jon]

Updated.

[TageRyche]

You are a gentleman and a scholar...and a poor judge of good whiskey! :D

[Scott]

IRON MAIDEN ... Two Thumbs Way the ...  well you know, UP!!!

So youre right that nobody needs to listen because they almost all already own it!  This album is fantastic!  Metal, Hard Rock, 80's riffs', Prog, and more prog.  This one should have a very prominent place in my top ten this year!

[RJhog (Admin)]

Helloween - Thumbs on a downward slope

This just really isn't my style.  Musically it's pretty good.  But I'm not at all a fan of the vocals.  They just don't work at all for me.  Maybe it's the lyrics, maybe the vocal delivery.  Or maybe it's just the accent.  Sometimes it doesn't bother me at all, and sometimes it does.  Not sure why.  I guess it's just one of those things.  The Swing Of A Fallen World was probably the best track overall.  And Living On The Edge is not bad, but nowhere near enough of what I would listen to for me to pick it up.