IRON MAIDEN

This album can be thought as one of the vanguards that merge punk, hardcore, (so-called) progressive, and especially pop, into heavy metal basis. Yes we should consider the reason they would have got to be a popular combo all over the world. Like to say that pop / melodious hard rock might be one of their early strategies for splashing their creation out into the worldwide rock scene in 1980s. Their methodological heavy riffs should addict us so slowly, gradually as if we might continue getting little poisonous liquid again and again or get a bunch of body blows.

Their artistic methods can be summarized and condensed into one of their masterpieces here "Phantom Of The Opera", we can get notified. Not only massive drumming expansion or violently explosive guitar sound bullets along with uptempo verse-chorus-interlude- verse-chorus repetitions but also intentional irregular rhythmical alterations via theatrical variations can be heard ... we must get surprised and amazed in such a musical development over 3 decades ago! Nope they were too innovative to avoid such an approach for metal freaks.

Anyway it's so cool to know their ballad number "Strange World" be beautiful and flowery, psychedelic, enough blended with hard, metallic sound delight. Wondering what essence should drive heavy metal combos to do such a gracious work, not only as for Iron Maiden but almost all HM artists. They might know how to control their melody-scape well, I imagine. Another metal outfit aside, they COULD navigate and manage their inner melody line upon stage and in a recording studio, unless they could directly got the revelation of Metal Guru.

As a result, the word "epochmaking" is pretty suitable for this eponymous debut, and why can we avoid the horrible and impressive sleeve? ;)

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