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I'll give them Powerslave and Somewhere In Time, but the rest is shit with a decent song here and there.
I thought Di'Anno was better. Dickinson can be really grating sometimes. Yeah, he's a better performer, he's a pilot, he's a bullfighter or whatever, but he often sounds like he's just plain trying too hard. It doesn't sound organic in the way that guys like Halford and Brian Johnson do. To me, he's like a heavy metal Sammy Hagar, sort of.
The fact that Maiden surpassed Priest in popularity is ridiculous and sums up heavy metal fandom pretty well.
"To Tame A Land" is a tune that describes Dickinson era Maiden perfectly. A cool intro that leads into a scorching riff, with Dickinson ridiculously babbling about the plot of "Dune" over it. Then, for no reason, there's a lengthy, repetitive break (that they apparently stole from another band but that's a whole different story), and it kills the whole vibe. It often seems like they try really hard to let everyone know how intelligent they are, but no one cares. Unlike Priest, who keep it simple.
Even Slayer is an Iron Maiden baby, but they don't sound anything like them past their first album. They're more Priest anyway.
It really is tedious faggotry.
