POWERSLAVE is one of THE BEST Heavy Metal recordings of all time. They somehow improved on the songwriting and melodic , majestic power they produced on "Piece of Mind" and just went to a level of perfection that is still beautiful and unmatched in metal. Even 26 years later the musicianship and vocal quality of POWERSLAVE, honestly, can't be topped. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is possibly the best Iron Maiden song every written , IMO. POWERSLAVE is a true work of art in the heavy metal world. You ain't metal if you've never owned this album , seriously.

What can I say? This is my fave Maiden album. (and it has very strong competition from Maiden's other awesome 80's albums!) Pure heavy metal perfection. xD

I hate to beat a dead horse here, but i do think that the album kinda loses pace in the middle, specifically tracks 5 and 6. anyway other than that pure classic heavy metal, unmistakable riffs, mindblowing bass work(imo by far Steve's best work is on this album), genius vocals(even though Bruce can't pull off Aces High live to save his life) everything is 90% perfect, so i give this album a 9

Best maiden album

I agree, my favorite from them as well.

Excellent Album.

This album Rocks!

This is by far... well of course I'm gonna say this album is my most desired favorite from iron Maiden (Along with Number of the Beast) Iron Maiden is by far the name of Metal!

Ladies and Gents... Satan's work is done!

Excellent album...

Unbelievably good. Every song has reasons for me to keep coming back.

EPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIC!!!

I listen to it every day

Written by Valentin B on 10.07.2010 at 09:28

I hate to beat a dead horse here, but i do think that the album kinda loses pace in the middle, specifically tracks 5 and 6. anyway other than that pure classic heavy metal, unmistakable riffs, mindblowing bass work(imo by far Steve's best work is on this album), genius vocals(even though Bruce can't pull off Aces High live to save his life) everything is 90% perfect, so i give this album a 9

I agree about track 5 and 6. Good songs, but not as good as others like Aces High, 2 Minutes and the epic title track. ;d

The Duellists is amazing in my opinion, so is Flash of the Blade.

I like it but i probably am just not into heavy metal any more. i absolutely love the first 2 songs which i lfirst listened in my childhood unlike the other that after many spins didnt manage to make me say "awesome". i enjoy them but nothing more...

Every song sends my soul to a different dimension.

One of the greatest albums ever..

Good record. Though, it's not my favourite Maiden album.
The title track and Rime of the Ancient Mariner are the songs I enjoy the most, but The Duellists is also a nice song with lyrics matching the music.
Well, Aces High is a great song too, but I guess I'm too tired of hearing countless covers of it through the years so it doesn't make me bang my head anymore.
Also... Am I the only who, while listening to the main riff from 2 Minutes to Midnight, can't help but think of the riff from Venom's Welcome to Hell?

The album starts greatly, and then lose it's pace too fast. The first two tracks and the title track are masterpieces, the rest is boring. And seriously, Losfer Words and Back in the Village are in my group of the most boring maiden songs ever.

Hm... to tell the truth, every maiden album has at least one annoying filler amongst the great songs, every! (except for Seventh son [... ).

This album holds a treasure...
" Rime Of The Ancient Mariner"

By no means is this release under rated, but It just rubs me the wrong way seeing number of the beast rated higher

The Duellists is boring. If at least it was shorter...

And another masterpiece from Harris &. co. Rime of the ancient Mariner is the best track Maiden ever released, in my opinion.

I wouldn't rank this among my favorite Maiden releases, but god damn, the band REALLY out did themselves with Rime of the Ancient Mariner! One of their best songs for sure!

Still classic but I dont think best .... omnly 2 songs are huge killers, Aces Hight and 2 Minutes To Midnight, real is lonmg song, seems after it IM likes working on longer songs
but its good album, I dunno if they wanted to go into studio, or record companies push,m if they did, then it came out good, good album ayway , but not best than some of you say

Maiden is my favourite band, but this isn't one of their best ones. Only love 2 minutes and the title track.

Love this album. A classic. I even love the songs in middle of the album...

The quintessential Heavy Metal album.

Written by Angelic Storm on 10.07.2010 at 09:26

What can I say? This is my fave Maiden album. (and it has very strong competition from Maiden's other awesome 80's albums!) Pure heavy metal perfection. xD

This. Exactly the same for me.

Written by deadone on 21.03.2014 at 01:37

And when it comes down to it, this is where Heavy Fuckin Metal starts and finishes in my book. The epitome of the genre. Nothing has ever topped this in my book.

Starts AND finishes. Big call, mate. Damn good album though.