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Kazuhiro

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Posted: June 11 2010 at 01:53

Killers

"Prodigal Son" is my favorite.

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Posted: June 11 2010 at 01:21

Iron Maiden, Killers also very good

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Posted: June 11 2010 at 00:59

I go with these mentioned already, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Somwhere in Time, Powerslave, Piece of Mind, Number of The Beast, all of those records features Bruce Dickinson on vocals, who is the best maiden vocalist for me! But still, I also love two first albums: Iron Maiden and Killers, (vocals: Paul Di'Anno). Here's one song of my choice from each of the albums I mentioned in chronological order starting from the first record:

Phantom of the Opera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqLAdbtfJbs&feature=related

Killers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwY3Ftfdy6M

Children of the Damned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91rSw4xuYY

Where Eagles Dare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8p9JpDuQ-o

Rime of the Ancient Mariner ("the long one")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4C2TDUPejc

Caught Somwhere in Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_K6sl4jp3A

Infinite Dreams (My all time favorite!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZHGcketuMY

I hope you find these links helpful in some way!

Up the Irons! Sonisphere Finland here I come!

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Catcher10

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 15:06

J-Man wrote:

I would recommend starting with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Somewhere In Time, Powerslave, and A Matter of Life and Death if you're looking from a progressive standpoint. All of these albums I can confidently call progressive heavy metal, even though no one ever agrees with me.

I agree with you 100%.....prog metal in my book.

J-Man

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 14:38

Iron Maiden is one of my favorite heavy metal bands, and are miles and miles ahead of these "pseudo California 80's hair band wanna bes" you speak of.

I would recommend starting with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Somewhere In Time, Powerslave, and A Matter of Life and Death if you're looking from a progressive standpoint. All of these albums I can confidently call progressive heavy metal, even though no one ever agrees with me. If you're looking for pure heavy metal, Killers and The Number of The Beast are essential as well. Thumbs Up

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JJLehto

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 13:36

Their first 5 albums are great.
Seventh Son isn't too bad either.

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 12:08

If you want to hear what really got them their name, The Number Of The Beast. Powerslave is a good PA album :D

... Yes, that was Random.

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 11:59

Definitely Powerslave! Really good album!

Catcher10

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 11:47

khammer99 wrote:

instead of just completely brushing them off with a dismissive "Oh, just another pseudo California 80's hair band wanna be..." wave of my hand, and then a quick change of the dial.

Wholly smokes!!!! NEVER....

As usual depends on where you wanna start old or new? With IM there is a "reunion" time frame when Bruce returned to the band, Fear of the Dark, last album with Bruce before he left. Brave New World marked the return album for Bruce.

Old: Powerslave, Piece Of Mind and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

New: Brave New World, A Matter of Life and Death

There will be many more suggestions from the good folks here on the PA.....soak it all in and enjoy!!

Up the Friggin Irons!!!!

khammer99

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 11:32

Recently, I've come across some Iron Maiden stuff on satellite radio and through clips here, and I must say I find them interesting, <ripppppp> (The sound a needle makes when it's dragged across a vinyl record>
OK, what really has been happening, is I've become more patient and decided to actually LISTEN to their music, instead of just completely brushing them off with a dismissive "Oh, just another pseudo California 80's hair band wanna be..." wave of my hand, and then a quick change of the dial.
So, I've pretty much liked what I've heard, so I could have been wrong about these guys Wink

. Anyway, I'd like to start foraging around in their catalog, but I'm not sure where to start. I'm looking for some suggestions on where to start my Iron Maiden journey.

Thanks

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has

been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

- Terry Pratchett