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Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death



7.9 | 1633 votes |
Release date: 8 September 2003
Style: Heavy metal

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01. Wildest Dreams
02. Rainmaker
03. No More Lies
04. Montségur
05. Dance Of Death
06. Gates Of Tomorrow
07. New Frontier
08. Paschendale
09. Face In The Sand
10. Age Of Innocence
11. Journeyman

Featured in "Getting Into: Iron Maiden"

Line-up
Bruce Dickinson - vocals
Adrian Smith - guitars
Dave Murray - guitars
Janick Gers - guitars
Nicko McBrain - drums
Steve Harris - bass, keyboards

Session musicians
Michael Kenney - keyboards

Additional info
Produced by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley & Steve Harris.
Mixing & recording by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley.
Engineering by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley, Drew Griffiths & Brad "The Brew" Spence.
Mastering by Tim Young.
Cover art & photography by Dave Patchett & Simon Fowler.

"Journeyman" is Iron Maiden's first ever fully acoustic track. "Face In The Sand" is their first song to feature double bass drumming.

The computer-generated cover art for the album was provided by David Patchett, but he asked to be removed from the credits because he was not satisfied with the result. The version used was actually a prototype provided by Patchett, but the band decided to use it in its incomplete form.

Staff review by
Pierre Tombale
Rating:
9.0
Iron Maiden's 2003 release was something that by the first listen didn't convince me much. I even went this far thinking to myself Bruce Dickinson should have rather continued with his solo career, but luckily I've waited long enough to change my mind.

Concluding there must be something entirely different to previous releases (which was also true for the Brave New World album) to make a die hard Iron Maiden (incl. Bruce Dickinson) fan shake his had (and I don't mean bang of course). The first thing that disturbed me was the first single ... It sounded rather poor and still does in comparison to the rest of the album. I mean it evokes the right feeling, continuing on paths of Brave New World, but on a much lower level and yes it took me some time to get into B. N. W., too... Anyway the second song' Rainmaker', that is still my favourite on the album, takes the opposite direction, entirely satisfying from the start, somehow something that I expected to be and it came out just right (thinking of nothing in particular though) the result is Rainmaker, an awesome song. Then at first I found other tracks to be rather lame and unsatisfying (for sure, I wouldn't have to state that I changed my mind, would I?). This category was filled by 'Dance Of Death' and the tracks from 'Paschendale' to the last song 'Journeyman'. I simply couldn't find the relation to older what I've heard before, indeed I rather thought, this is not really Maiden, this is some band of old dudes that will retire in the very near future.

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published 14.09.2004 | Comments (5)

Guest review by
Hyvaarin
Rating:
6.0
Singer Bruce Dickinson's return to Iron Maiden in 1999 was unsurprisingly met with a great deal of anticipation. Could his return bring the Irons out of the arguable rut into which they had fallen during the Blaze Bailey years? The energy and conviction of 2000's 'Brave New World' suggested that Iron Maiden were very much headed for the top once again. Unfortunately, this momentum was not to be sustained by the 2003 follow-up 'Dance Of Death'.

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published 19.02.2007 | Comments (16)

Guest review by
The Silent Man
Rating:
8.5
Dance Of Death. What a bad title. What a bad cover. What strange titles. Push play: what a banal opening! The single Wildest Dreams is one of the worst songs of this album. Why such a bad choice? Skip track and listen to the others. This album is great. I loved Brave New World but this one seems to be innovative and even better than his predecessor.

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published 18.09.2003 | Comments (8)

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13.05.2024 - 21:42
Rating: 8
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Written by Boxcar Willy on 13.05.2024 at 21:21

This has gotta be up there for worst album cover of all time.

Oh yeah, the cover is shitty. Fuck, especially for a maiden cover, they're usually quite nice.
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