Iron Maiden - Brave New World

Surely one of the band's better albums. This could be better yet if wasn't so long; the 2nd half could lose a couple of songs (#7 and #8).

This album gets really close to perfection imo. The whole album is full of beautiful songs. Personally, it's my 2nd favourite IM album. It's the true essence of what makes heavy metal so great.

9.6/10

Written by tominator on 28.10.2016 at 10:49

This album gets really close to perfection imo. The whole album is full of beautiful songs. Personally, it's my 2nd favourite IM album. It's the true essence of what makes heavy metal so great.

9.6/10

I have to agree, but Nomad wasto long IMO

Written by Bad English on 02.01.2017 at 01:06

I have to agree, but Nomad wasto long IMO

Yeah I can understand that, you are definitely not the only one who finds The Nomad to be too long. Personally, I love that song but then again I kinda like the longer Iron Maiden songs.

If it wasn't for the last two tracks, I'd easily give this a 10. One of the band's best works.

It feels almost on the verge of being a concept album, blazing out a new sound that built on the old Iron Maiden whilst doing something much more solid and artistic. Some of the weaker tracks here are merelt 'good' - not a single one is a waste of your time

A very strong album from Maiden with a crystal clear production and progressive song structure, that never feels unwelcome. It contains some of Maiden's best songs like Ghost of the Navigator, Brave New World, Dream of Mirrors and The Thin Li Between Lova and Hate. Unfortunately it also have some songs that are a little repetitive and somewhat overrated like Blood Brothers, The Wicker and Out of the Silent Planet. But even they are pretty solid. The only ones that really feel like fillers are The Mercenary and The Fallen Angel, but they are also still passable. So overall a very strong album, with few flaws, which highs are as high as Maiden gets.

Has some good moments but a huge let down in comparison with their glory days.

Could have dropped the last three tracks but overall this is a great album.

Written by DeathMetal on 28.02.2020 at 06:11

Could have dropped the last three tracks but overall this is a great album.

Imo silent planet is killer song

Written by DeathMetal on 28.02.2020 at 06:11

Could have dropped the last three tracks but overall this is a great album.

the last three songs are the best ones for me.

I don't see any drop off in quality with the last 3 songs.

The second half of "The Thin Line Between Love & Hate" is one of my favourite parts in the catalogue.

Written by Loudfinjk on 08.04.2020 at 23:06

Álbum horroroso

use English, learn how rating works and get back to us, or not...

Written by Yong_y on 08.04.2020 at 23:57

Pior album da carreira , deve ser 🇧🇷 só 🇧🇷 gosta desse álbum 👎

WTF is this?

Written by John_Doe on 09.04.2020 at 00:00

WTF is this?

It's been dealt with.

Written by nikarg on 09.04.2020 at 00:39

Written by John_Doe on 09.04.2020 at 00:00

WTF is this?

It's been dealt with.

thanks

Better than Piece of Mind and Somewhere In Time, but not as strong as Number of the Beast, Powerslave or Seventh Son of a Seventh Son IMO.

For me this is something of a summer music. I remember stumbling upon this album on a summer vacation and constantly listening to it while going to work and vice versa. One could say it's too lengthy, but then again there just cannot be too much Iron Maiden in this world.

Going back through all of Iron Maiden's releases, the band was just sort of drifting aimlessly along through the 90s but it gave Bruce and Adrian some time to recover and feel rejuvenated for when they eventually decided to return to the band, giving it a new lease on life and heralding the return to form that fans had been waiting for. If the 80s albums were like the classical Greco-Roman period, and the 90s albums were like the Dark Ages, then this is Iron Maiden's Renaissance.

This has some of their most inspired songwriting since the 1980s and has tracks that have become beloved classics in their own right like the title track, Ghost of the Navigator, Blood Brothers and The Wicker Man. There also several underrated gems like The Mercenary, The Nomad, Dream of Mirrors, and The Thin Line Between Love and Hate. It's the first album since Seventh Son that I feel has no weak songs on it and the 67 minute runtime does not feel long at all, the pacing is obviously very strong throughout and I'm invested from beginning to end. However like Seventh Son with Can I Play With Madness, there is The Wicker Man on here which I don't think is quite as strong as everything else even though it's still a good song and a great opener.

After a stale, mediocre decade in the 90s, Brave New World started the new millennium off with a bang and it still holds up two decades later as one of their best albums today.

To me this is the last truly strong Iron Maiden album to date. While not as creative as in their prime (or even in the Blaze era), the album is very tasteful and consistent. The production is top notch, the band sounds good, the band sounds the most energetic they have been since SSOASS. None of the songs are bad, though The Nomad and Out of the Silent Planet are weaker. Several of the songs would probably benefit from being shorter, but they all have a lot of good stuff in them.
Highlights are The Wicker Man, Ghost of the Navigator, The Mercenary, Fallen Angel and The Thin Line Between Love and Hate.

Adding "Nomad" to the list of my favorite songs

I'm just started to listen Metal when this album came out, so maybe it's just nostalgic feelings, but I love this one more than classics like Piece Of Mind and Powerslave, still not my favorite though. "Blood Brothers", "The Wicker Man", the title track and especially "Out Of The Silent Planet" is so, SO GOOD!

Written by Majesty1911 on 03.06.2024 at 22:51

I'm just started to listen Metal when this album came out, so maybe it's just nostalgic feelings, but I love this one more than classics like Piece Of Mind and Powerslave, still not my favorite though. "Blood Brothers", "The Wicker Man", the title track and especially "Out Of The Silent Planet" is so, SO GOOD!

It's probably nostalgia haha. As much as I think this is a great album, it has nothing on Piece Of Mind and Powerslave. Also I agree with your picks, those are also my favourite tracks, a little nudge to "Ghost Of The Navigator" and "Brave New World" too!

Written by Guib on 04.06.2024 at 01:34

Written by Majesty1911 on 03.06.2024 at 22:51

I'm just started to listen Metal when this album came out, so maybe it's just nostalgic feelings, but I love this one more than classics like Piece Of Mind and Powerslave, still not my favorite though. "Blood Brothers", "The Wicker Man", the title track and especially "Out Of The Silent Planet" is so, SO GOOD!

It's probably nostalgia haha. As much as I think this is a great album, it has nothing on Piece Of Mind and Powerslave. Also I agree with your picks, those are also my favourite tracks, a little nudge to "Ghost Of The Navigator" and "Brave New World" too!

Yeah, I got "Brave New World" as a "the title track" in my top 4 and "Ghost Of The Navigator" is a fine song, sure, just outside the top 4 together with "The Fallen Angel". As far as classic albums - need to re-listen them, my favorite always was Somewhere In Time, but it was a long time since I've listened to 80s Maiden.

For me, The Brave New World came like a welcome showers after 2 horrific releases since acclaimed release of Fear of the Dark. I never got the charm of BNW, except few tracks sounds "good" enough. But since then, Iron Maiden have released moderately adequate albums up to now.

I can imagine how excited I would have been about Bruce coming back if I had followed the band in my childhood. I heard a lot of Maiden because my dad listen it but I wasn't into metal then.

The Wicker Man is perfect song to start the album and Ghost Of The Navigator is also very good. Brave New World and Blood Brothers on the other hand have too much repetition of the song name but otherwise not bad songs. The Mercenary is a good but Dream Of Mirrors is probably my favorite. So catchy!

The rest is also good but there is nothing too special after Mirrors. A bit of a let down closing song when Maiden usually have such a great ones in the end of their albums.

This was such an amazing surprise coming out of the ick period of the 1990s. Still an incredible album. I can't believe that the "comeback" record is 25 years old this month.

Dickinsons return and the new (old) line-up in total was a big step foreward. I like Blaze and IMHO it wasn´t his fault that XF and VX ware not that good but the old gang together, three guitars, ... wow.

I count this one to my favorite IM albums and together with DoD to the best IM of the past BB era.

Faves: The Wicker Man, Ghost Of The Navigator (best on record), Brave New World, Out Of The Silent Planet
and The Thin Line Between Love & Hate

My personal Top 3 songs from the album:

Out Of The Silent Planet
Blood Brothers
The Wicker Man