It’s a track of the kind of epic length the band are famous for and it remains an almost constant part of their lives shows. It seems a great way to finish an album that I think even non-metal fans would enjoy with of course yet another incredible guitar solo. Lyrically it’s actually a beautiful song about someone facing their final day before a death sentence is carried out. Hallowed Be Thy Name is almost delicate in comparison to what has come before. Gangland is another hard rocker but it’s not a screamer. Run to the Hills, about the European colonisation of North America is lead by some brilliant drumming and it’s nice to hear Clive Burr get his chance to shine here. Yet again, the guitar solos are phenomenal though. The Number of the Beast which is not only Iron Maiden’s most famous song but probably one of the most famous metal songs ever is of course not actually about worshipping satan but rather about a nightmare Steve Harris had after watching the second Omen movie, so it’s really quite benign. The address of the title represents a cliched image of middle class suburban obscurity (There are more than 60 streets with this name across the UK) which the lyrics of the song obviously go against. Written by Dave Murray, it talks about his conflicted feelings about her work a prostitute. IRON MAIDEN was one of the first attractions ever announced for Rock In Rio, playing on the opening night of the legendary 1985 edition. 22 Acacia Avenue is the second of four songs (all featured on different albums) about the same woman. All 90,000 tickets to the IRON MAIDEN-headlined 'metal night' of this years Rock In Rio festival sold out within two hours after they went on sale in April. The Prisoner, a song inspired by the cult 1960s sci-fi show of the same name is a great noisy monster of a track with more mind blowing guitar work and a strong bassline.
There is also an amazing guitar solo, it’s insanely good.
It may not be as fast and furious, but the content is just as dark as you would expect. Children of the Damned is here to shock the uninitiated with a gentle start. That’s not a criticism, it just shows that from song one this album is going to be a metal classic. The speed of the guitar intro on Invaders is nuts, I feel like this track about the Viking invasion of Britain is exactly what someone who has never heard an Iron Maiden song would assume they would sing about.
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