SENJUTSU

I bought my first Iron Maiden album when it was released, back in 1981. Yes, it was the album Killers, and I was 13 years old. Since then, I listened to many different styles of music, but I was always following Maiden's releases.

Their last album, The Book of Souls wasn't good in my opinion, with the exception of the - very good - Empire of the Clouds. So, when I heard about this new album I didn't pay much attention to be honest, because I thought it would be similar (or worse) in comparison with "Souls" But I was wrong, very wrong!

No, it's not the new Powerslave or the new Number of the Beast, but is there a person who was expecting something like that?

So, in my humble opinion, Senjutsu is a very good and well made album, which includes not one, not two, but three epics! All three of them are really great songs; not in the typical style of Iron Maiden though. I listened to the whole album 4-5 times so far, and I believe that it is one of their best releases after Brave New World, which was released a long, long time ago! But have in mind that it needs some time to fully appreciate it, because it is not as easy going as some of their previous works. For me, this was a very pleasant surprise by Iron Maiden! I would like to give 3,5 stars, but since I can't I am going to give 4.0 (3.0 would be an unfair number to give). Enjoy! :)

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