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progrules 
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 Topic: Best Iron Maiden epic in terms of composition
Posted: January 20 2010 at 08:57 |
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Can't believe Rime is winning by such enormous margin over Alexander the Great which is really their best song ever. C'mon guys !!!
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poslednijat_colobar
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 16:02 |
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MFP
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 08:34 |
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Catcher10
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Posted: January 18 2010 at 16:25 |
Rime of the Ancient Mariner........by a long shot. I mean come on, even the title is awesome. This song has a begining, middle and end, gives you a message at the end...a complete story. No need for any follow up songs to explain this classic poem/fable.
Up the Irons!!!!
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Guzzman
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Posted: January 18 2010 at 06:41 |
Here's another vote for Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. 
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"We've got to get in to get out"
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Gillywibble
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Posted: January 17 2010 at 14:58 |
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Hallowed Be Thy Name.
Edited by Gillywibble - January 17 2010 at 14:58
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There is in fact more earth than sea.
http://www.last.fm/user/Gillywibble
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Stooge
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Posted: January 15 2010 at 16:50 |
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I'm not overly familiar with half of the list (mainly the stuff after Brave New World), but I recall Dream Of Mirrors being a pretty cool song from their Rio performance. I won't vote though.
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Morningrise
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Posted: January 15 2010 at 16:16 |
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Rushlover13
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Posted: January 15 2010 at 14:49 |
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner is extremely awesome. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is very close, but both have excellent lyrics and musicianship.
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I Love Rush.
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inrainbows
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Posted: November 13 2009 at 17:09 |
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Dream of Mirrors. The live version is great (Rock In Rio)
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decypher
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Posted: November 13 2009 at 05:16 |
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Alexander the Great, just because Caught Somewhere in Time is too short.
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meatal
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Posted: November 12 2009 at 15:21 |
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Tough call, Rime of the Ancient Mariner or 7th Son. Both great, I'll go with 7th Son.
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The bitter harvest of a barren land, I'm painting pictures you don't understand.
(Fates Warning)
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Mladen_Serbia
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Posted: November 12 2009 at 13:47 |
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Sign of the cross. Best song ever.
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TheLastBaron
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 01:46 |
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I know someone said this before, and since I completely agree I will restate that post.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner. A great composition and great piece of prog related metal using no synth, no keyboards, no moogs( don't have anything against those instruments though), just good old duel guitar, bass, drums and the amazing vocal style of Bruce.
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" Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds." - FDR
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Kashmir75
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Posted: September 15 2009 at 00:14 |
I love Seventh Son the most. So epic...and the final two minutes being some of the heaviest stuff they've ever done.
Honourable mentions to Rime... and The Legacy. Both very good indeed.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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Jozef
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 12:06 |
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"Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
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borussia
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 09:29 |
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and phantom of the opera ??????????????????????
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Eraserhead
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 12:47 |
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Sign of the Cross
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In heaven, everything is fine
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Luis de Sousa
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Posted: February 25 2009 at 10:36 |
SSOASS - just because of the Mellotron.
DOD, Ancient Mariner, Sign of the Cross are at least as good.
In terms of pure composition, some tiny tracks are pretty stunning like Futureal. I'm also very fond of Caught Somewhere in Time - an happy blend of symph and space.
Time thresholds are really not that much of classification framework...
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jimidom
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Posted: February 17 2009 at 15:58 |
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I cast my vote for "Hallowed Be Thy Name". Oh wait.... that's not long enough. Then I guess it's "Rime Of the Ancient Mariner".
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Best Iron Maiden epic in terms of composition
