It is rather difficult to 'review' an album by a band that you have worshiped throughout your teenage life.

Adrian Smith's last album with Maiden, 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son' is my favorite Maiden album, with songs like 'Can I play with madness' and 'The evil that men do.' The style and aesthetics of music in this album perhaps marks the 'classic' Iron maiden.

Adrian came back with Brave New World. I didn't quite like the album and gave it away to someone after a couple of months, Haven't heard it since.



This album is different, It's kind of return to the 'classic' period if only by taking 'longer' routes, compare the crisp and slick 4 to 5 minute songs in 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son' to 8 minute parables of 'A Matter of Life and Death.' The album is 71 minutes long with songs from 8 to 9 minutes. Even then It is the band's best album in years. An aging man that I am I blissfully accept the crumbs the old greats throw at me.

What was missing in the last two albums was of-course the pace and the excellent, and heavy riffs but, also the time changes. All the songs have several time changes and the song which starts off with an aggressive riff keeps on getting stronger as the rest of the band picks up the song. There are some really nice solos too.

For the Greater Good of God, most appropriately reflects the dark progressive nature of the album. There are a few turn off as well, while listening to The legacy I double checked if I had by-mistake played a Dream theater lullaby.

The only flaw I can see so far is that the album is very lengthy. An Iron Maiden of the 80s would perhaps have kept out the junk and produced a more crisp album. The album is long and I almost fell asleep.