Everything You Need To Know About Iron Maiden's Guitar Harmonies 

You will NEVER find 2 musicians that compliment each other on the same instrument so seamlessly/perfectly in TRUE ART/Love as Adrian Smith and Dave Murray on guitar for Iron Maiden. Adrian is 100% about FEEL, Be-coming ONE with the guitar, a total master of emotional intelligence becoming ONE with the divinity of music, as guitar strings Vibrate to attune to the higher dimensions of Spirit/Love/Light and Adrian totally understands the high dimensions of Vibrational energy. His creativity is unmatched. And Dave is the technical genius of the magical guitar instrument, of mastering an instrument. Ask him any song you've heard in your life, and 100% of the people who ask he will play it on guitar on demand for you immediately, right on the spot, and without needing to think. Adrian may not be able to recollect a song immediately to play on guitar for the 20% of people who demand it. But you know what, if you have a great song written and you're missing guitar parts for it, just give Adrian 2 weeks, and he will write guitar parts so beautiful and powerful it will make you weep balls of tears. Pink Floyd's David Gilmour could never be mistaken for a "technical" guitar player, he wasn't the fastest, however we all know he can write guitar parts and songs that can EASILY and effortlessly make you melt and weep. The divine instrument of the guitar simply became the expressions/love/truth of his HEART, that are infinitely beyond mere words.., Simply search for the song "Echoes Live in Gdansk David Gilmour" right here on the Y-TUBE, it's a 25-minute song.....to completely experience and immerse yourself to David Gilmour's guitar break you down to bits and pieces in mesmerizing amazement. Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden is of the same cloth. My goodness all you have to do is listen to the studio album version of Iron Maiden's 1986 song titled "Stranger in a Strange Land"...Listen deeply to that song and ALL guitar parts (the message is fantastic as well - how most humans feel like a stranger on this planet as if they are in a Prison-cell as government and man-made religion brainwashed you to feel that way since birth).. Adrian Smith wrote all guitar parts and melodies of that FANTASTIC song (including Dave Murray's parts)... Simply listen to Adrian's guitar solo in Stranger in a Strange Land, absolutely breathtaking, gorgeous !! As the depths of ART always reveals the truth, as Nature/Spirit/Truth/Love IS 100% Art.. Truth doesn't come from words and the endless lies of beliefs of the thinking ego-mind (the thoughts/beliefs of the mind are what the Prisons/Darkness IS !!....as that song explicitly states).. And Adrian understands this on deeper levels you can't imagine. .. It's all absolute MAGIC !! When you listen to Iron Maiden's song "Stranger in a Strange Land"...Do not think, do not allow thoughts to get in the way of the beauty and magic,, Shut OFF your mind COMPLETELY, and ALLOW yourself to FEEL the magic of guitar trying to speak deep WITHIN you !! Become ONE with the music. To Free you !! Listen LOUDLY in your headphones, the Louder the Better !! Your Ego-mind wants to run away to merely be an "observer" of the music, do not let that happen, as it's just FEAR (illusion).. ALLOW all of yourself to go deep INSIDE the music, allow it to completely OVERWHELM you, as if YOU are the music, hence be-coming ONE with the music. Completely allow yourself to FEEL it's True POWER and LOVE.... :- ) As of course, EVERYTHING in your Ego-Mind of thoughts/beliefs is a total lie, as Iron Maiden's song titled - "Dream of Mirrors" explicitly states.. As the mind can only see in Serpent-view of Black/White (Duality), not the Truth of Oneness (Unity) of Spirit (via total Self-realization) as the lyrics of Dream of Mirrors explicitly states in the lyrics.. Notice the tail end of the song how Bruce Talks about parallel existence, as time is slowing down as he is going deep within him completely facing himself by taking entheogen plants. Neurosis has a fantastic song about this titled "Locust Star" (in fact 80% of Neurosis' songs are all about completely facing the darkness of your Ego-mind within you, showing you through their fantastic discography of songs undeniably all the ways you've completely humiliated yourself all your life by your silly thoughts. Neurosis is only for the bravest of the brave) , and listen to the lyrics of that Neurosis song regarding the "Serpent-view" of the blind ego-mind and how christians seek a fake savior christ that never existed that blinds them from the Light of the REAL Truth of World/Earth/Nature/Universe/Light/Spirit ..The stupidity of christians seeking their Ego to be "saved" when their Ego doesn't exist in the first place, is absolutely hysterical !!! .. The final 80 seconds of Locust Star from Neurosis is one of the most Beautiful/Powerful heavy guitar riff instrumentals of All-Time !!! ..Designed and written to completely Eviscerate your silly blind-mind of beliefs. Magical !!! . And of course, Iron Maiden has loads of songs that state the same thing how your mind is your number one enemy, and all the way back to their 1983 album titled "Piece of Mind", and notice Eddy chained and locked in a Prison on that 1983 album cover......And literally thousands of Rock songs from loads of Rock bands told you EXPLICITLY that your mind (devil) is what your prisons and hells are. As enemies do not exist in true spiritual reality, you are always and forever your own worst enemy... You could never hear the deeper meanings of Rock and Heavy Metal music as you were under the Veil of the darkness of your thinking blind ego-mind. It is all very simple.. Devil is the mind, which is your thoughts (ego), who you "think" you are and all the nonsense you believe (as ALL beliefs of the mind are lies). And God is Soul/Spirit (all that is, Everything). Hence why 98% of humans are completely separated from Soul, they have no clue what it is, they are terrified of direct spiritual experiences. Hence why they seek for a god via the stupidity of religion/churches, which only separates them from Soul even more. Hence why the word Satan comes from Saturn which was the outermost planet in ancient cosmology (separation) and always represented the thinking mind. And the word Devil comes from Diablo in Latin which means to separate...Which of course means the thinking Mind itself (the endless lies of the EGO). 90% of humans have no clue how to process their emotions (just clueless Robots operating in their blind ego-mind), they are nothing more than a bunch of "walking reactions" reacting to this or that by silly media government propaganda..They are enslaved by emotions (since they have no clue how to process them in the first place) and the lack of ability of processing emotions is what tells their Ego what to think/believe BLINDLY....leading them into a sewer of endless despair and self-hatred... However the Divine Light of Rock music will teach you how to process ALL emotions deeply within you in ways you had no clue existed, as only when you've completely mastered emotions can you ever have the chance of Spiritual Ascension. Your useless schools/churches/bibles/universities teach you absolutely nothing about True psychology and the true meanings of depth/emotions..... The evidence is, tell me all you've learned of true value in your 12 years of schooling via ridiculous school textbooks written by government...Exactly, you learned absolutely nothing...You never have and you never will following gov't books of nonsense.. However, Rock N Roll (true Art) can teach you endlessly The evidence is, the Divine Light of Rock music told you through a plethora of fantastic songs (including Iron Maiden) that time is total illusion in ultimate reality, as time cannot exist in the higher 5th and 7th dimension heavenly realms and infinite truths of Spirit. At the speed of Light (divine love/truth) time cannot exist, as eternity is the infinite NOW in reality. Show me one school or church in your life that told you that simple truth ? Again, you can never find it, as all schools/churches are 100% useless/meaningless...As Rock music always told the truth in infinite ways of love and Magic/Light. Again, it's not a coincidence Iron Maiden's Book of Souls album began with the word "Shaman" in the opening track- "If Eternity Should Fail", right in the introduction of the song. As Shamanism is the Truth by activating all that is WITHIN you. Hence why every rel-igion on the p-lanet states the kingdom of Nature/Universe/Heavens is all Within you.. On that same album, Iron Maiden's song titled "The Red and the Black" is one of thousands of Rock songs that reveals the cowardice of Narcissists beautifully. Listen to the lyrics deeply. Narcs are Fear-based and completely Egocentric (as fear is the opposite of love/truth/spirit). Red symbolizes emotions and Black is the ego mind of thoughts that are blind to everything (as all thoughts/beliefs are at surface level in either past/future in duality in the illusion of time, not unity/oneness - love of the infinite NOW of eternity of SOUL). The only way of light/truth/spirit is to not think and not give into fear (emotions) and go deep within to activate all that is Within you (White = Light) by taking Entheogen plants (Shamanism) that do just that. Dave Murray of Iron Maiden is the mastermind of guitar, and Adrian Smith is the Heart of guitar...together it's UNITY !!! Hence why Iron Maiden is the Magical band of Spirit/Light/Consciousness/Truth it is !! The perfect compliment. As all is ONE !! Endless Magic and beauty !! :- )

Best iron maiden guitar channel on you tube. Maybe one day I'll be able to play as well...

This just made me realize that Iron Maiden are the kings of guitar harmonies.

I have been listening to iron maiden since I was 13 years old I’m 51 now and all the parts that you explain are my favorite parts in all of my favorite songs. I always thought that they were playing them exactly together and I wondered how they did it it always amazes me how good Dave was, and it always amazes me how they played Together in their songs, and like they never ever got it wrong it seemed like they never ever slipped up your truly master of their craft, and to me some of the most underrated guitarist of their time. The way you put this video together was just amazing and to finally understand a little more about my favorite songs was just open I played or tried playing guitar for many years. I’m left-handed and I was given right handed guitars all my life, so I learned or started learning right handed, and now I am playing left-handed so I just do it for enjoyment but I have always in the back of my head and just curiosity for iron maiden so long and how they kept those parts or harmonizing parts together. Thank you for this amazing video.

I really liked that after Adrian's return he started playing some of his parts in fourths, as thirds were essentially been playing by Janick. It gave even more layers to the songs.

Phantom of the opera has such beautiful harmonies as well. Such a great song

One of my favourite parts to any Maiden song is the riff after Dave's blistering solo on Rainmaker, all three playing that part is awesome, the main riff is good but there's something so satisfying about the riff/harmony part after the solo.

IM's guitar harmonies is one of the main reasons this band got me hooked up in my teenage years (I'm from '71) . a HUGE influence to my own playing. Timeless!!

Melodic Maiden is my favorite Maiden. Every time they unleash harmonious melodies I feel we are blessed. It's a bit of a shame they don't prioritize them as much anymore.

Outstanding, Technical but so well explained, even someone who has never played harmonies can understand the theory. This is the way guitar should be taught. A++++++

I cannot wait for upcoming IM shows in Western Canada!!! 🤟🤟🤟

That was brilliant. Of all the things that make Maiden distinctive guitar harmonising is one of my favourites.

Interesting I've been playing 32 years and know 90% of maidens catalogue by heart so I probably subconsciously knew this stuff as I know enough theory to get by but never took the time to sit and analyse it so was quite revealing to hear it laid out great job. Especially revealing to me was up a third an octave lower is a sixth makes sense just never thought of it.

To me this is THE reason of Maiden success..the melodies

I really appreciate that you're not afraid to dig deeper. I really enjoyed it.

the dance of death harmony 15:17 in octaves then the lower pitch changes, to me, is the most beautiful one, great video

Awesome video!! After 30 years of listening to the Irons, with this video you brought to surface and explained something I never realised... The reason why I fell in love for Iron Maiden were Dave Murray and the dual guiars Harmony!

They were a huge influence on bands like Queensryche and Fates warning!

Thanks for putting this into words and tutorials. Until now I only know I have goose bumps every single time I listen to those harmonies in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Alexander the Great" and many others.

The biggest metal band ever , UP THE IRON

Maiden's guitar harmonies is what got me into them also. Absolutely love them to listen to and also to play. Great stuff Nico.

Nico, now I got hooked and need more of these harmony breakdowns, please! 🙏🙏🙏😁 Maybe a 12-part series called "Harmonies of the Beast" 😉 Great stuff!

I’m a really casual guitar player myself but absolutely love these kind of video’s. Makes me realize there’s so much more going on in terms of scales, notes etc when I look up some tabs for a Maiden song. Keep up the good work!

Omg there is SO MUCH I don't know about music!!!! I honestly didn't know Iron Maiden put so much elaborate composition and methodic construction into their music. (I always thought they went with simple, enjoyable riffs that pull you in in an almost trance like manner, and are joyous to air guitar and sing along to; sort of like a more complex version of how Black Sabbath makes songs. I have loved Maiden since I was a kid, but only as an adult can you appreciate how unique and special they really are. Your channel is a big part of that REVELATION. 😏 UP THE IRONS FROM SOMEWHERE IN TIME

Really interesting episode. Maybe you can make an episode about the Harmonies in “ the flash of the blade” and “ commo estas amigo”. It sounds to me like an aranged chaos. LOVE them

Fantastic. I'm a closet guitarist with a rudimentary understanding of music... but I really appreciate how you break this down. Very cool.

Clairvoyant might be my favorite Maiden harmony. Beautiful, yet somewhat ominous when the key goes lower. Also, I love how on Seventh son, the distortion sounds sonewhat pulled back and softer than a lot of the other albums. Great video, Nico!❤🤘🔥🍻

A very clear and instructive analysis which, once again, allows us to better understand and appreciate our favorite band. Thanks so much for that, Nico! 🙂

like robertico says: LOADS of great rock bands wrote songs about completely facing yourself, all your darkness. Bands that have admitted to taking entheogen plants that do just that, shattering the bl-ind Ego thinking mind. Here are many examples-, Neurosis' song titled 'Origin" , Queensryche's song ' Roads to Madness" , Epica's song titled 'Beyond the Matrix ', Testament's song "The Ritual ', Blind Guardian's "Journey through the Dark' as well as their song " Lost in the Twilight Hall ', Death's song titled - ' Perennial Quest ', Isis' song "1000 Shards", Tool songs "Flood" and "Reflection", Metallica's " Frayed Ends of Sanity ' , Ozzy Osbourne's song titled - "Shot in the dark " , and loads of songs from Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Dio, Pink Floyd etc , and eye can go on and on and name hundreds of fantastic bands and thousands of songs... as Rock N' Roll was birthed via psychedelics in the 1960's , therefore the music comes from truth and love. Total Authenticity. And that is the infinite magic and beauty of Real Rock and Heavy Metal music, as it doesn't tell you what to believe (as ALL beliefs of the ego-mind are lies as all beliefs are OUTWARDLY, not inwardly). Instead of telling what to believe to control you, the music totally frees you as the music just completely De-stroys the Ego thinking mind altogether !! As your ego (who you think you are, and all your beliefs are total delusions) is just a made up fantasy that doesn't exist. Black Sabbath is the first heavy metal band and take a look at the lyrics for their song - "Behind the walls of sleep " ...It is all Shamanism (ie - Psychedelic plants). It is all so blatantly obvious. You cannot ascend to the 5th dimension of consciousness of Soul unless you face all your 4th dimension darkness of your Ego first. It's very simple, as four comes before five. As true Spirituality is 100% about facing all your dar.-kness, as that is where all the teachings are to prepare you for your ascension process. The magic of Rock music is it asks the deepest questions the Ego is terrified of. Hence why the music is truth, as one cannot find the deepest answers unless facing the deepest questions. When taking psychedelics the deepest questions of the Universe and spirit are asked deep within you that the mind cannot fathom as the mind is blind to everything as it can only function at surface level. Rock and Heavy Metal music is By FAR the most powerful, deepest, the most spiritual, the most loving music ever created. "

The guitar harmonies is what got me into maiden and playing guitar. Its a shame they barely do any harmonies these days especially since they are three guitarists post reunion

This is a real MASTERCLASS. Thank you very much Nico

Awesome channel…you are truly a Maiden music expert!!!…next best thing other than Adrian/Dave giving the tutorial themselves

Great video, got my sub. Harmonised lines are such an important aspect of metal and a great technique in any style of music, with Iron Maiden being one of the all-time great examples of how it's done.

More videos on Iron Maiden's excellent harmonies please. This was extremely informative and entertaining.

Hey Nicko have you taken an in depth look at Maiden's Somewhere in Time album cover ? Notice under the moonlight atop the building is the Pineal Gland third eye chakra in striking detail. As Maiden's song "Seventh Son" states - Only the Shaman has the gift of the second sight of Spirit, only the Shaman has the power to heal on all levels. And as Terence Mckenna so wisely stated - "Only the Shaman knows that culture is a game, everyone else takes it seriously, that's how the Shaman can do his Magic." ;- )

Great video. Your explanation of the theory was spot on and very insightful and not dull at all. I don't think I've seen anyone make theory so entertaining. Great work.

I know fuck all about music terminology, but I still love watching your videos Nico!! You're very insightful and it really makes me appreciate Maiden's music a lot more (and the other music you've done on Nico's Guitar World so far)

Great video Nico, as always!! You can easily tell a lot of work was put behind this one! 'Arry himself has said that, if one wants to know what Maiden's early work and especially the guitar harmonies are all about, one has but to listen to 'Argus' by Wishbone Ash. Such an influential band to hard rock music.

Thanks man! I've been a fan of the beast for 38 of my 44 years playing bass and I was just about to pick apart the guitar harmonies but you already did it. Thank you very much. Very good presentation and demonstration. Thank you!

Great video and presentation, as always. Simple, concise, and very educational. Always makes me want to pick up my guitar and play along to some Maiden! Your videos on the harmonies are some of my favorites.

You're great... The t-shirt of 'feudalesimo e libertà' is the top! I'm Italian and I know them very well... So great!

Great video!

This was fantastic!!! Very well done!!!

Top content - as always!

Yet another banging video, legend ❤

Thank you for another educational video Nico!

Right on! Fun and great break down!👍🏻

Amazing video. Love hearing this in their music.

This was just outstanding! It was definitely worth watching to the end 🤘

Keep up the good work I love your videos

AWSOME!!!! Thank you so much

I would like to add that in the live versions of Aces High in 2008, Adrian Smith plays a 3rd layer of harmony to the intro riff at the end. I cannot remember if he started playing it before 2008 nor do I recall him playing it after 2008. Adrian Smith also plays a third layer of harmony the second time they play the intro riff in The Trooper (live, of course). Fun details!

Fantastic video Nico! Up the Iron 🔥👏🏻

Congrats for the video (and the T-Shirt)

Last thing I would love to know is, how did they manage to play these long songs, live and so clean I don’t think I have ever heard them mess it up and no offense to you but Dave and Adrian sounds so clean playing live is it just the fact that they are that good? You are obviously a professional player and you sound just like they do amazing the way you break down they’re playing I really like your videos

As always, I love the way you explain everything. I also love that you are even creating this kind of content. Thanks for your work . Nick, from Greece

Awesome video, thank you!!! In the same day, G66 released a video with Leon explained how to do this in Fractal!! Really awesome!! Cheers from Portugal!

Great stuff Nico! The "divided" screen was so cool to see/hear..very professional 🤘🏻🎸 Cheers

Bravo Maestro, Excelente

Something tells me you're going to do a video about "non-canonical" Iron Maiden harmonies. And I'll be here waiting for it. :P Un abbraccio Nico, splendida maglietta di Feudalesimo e Libertà ;)

Amazing!

Thank you Very insightful as usual. Always learning a great deal from you. Keep on rocking! 👌🤘👏🎶

Wow thanks for the great detailed analysis Nico. To me the harmonies and the gallop are the reason Maiden is my all-time fave band, I have really learnt a lot from your anaylisis, you have put into theoretical words (I didn´t know how to express it) what my self-taught ear has learned up to this point. Warmest regards and horns up 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

I had to give you your 1000th like 👍 Excellent content man👊👊

Subscribed. Thank you for these explanation videos...it adds more value to the songs

Damn, you've got such a good sound! Very well explained especially as there is a lot to Maiden's harmonies. I always used to think they did 3rds and that was it. Even on top of the intricacies you highlighted, there's the Steve factor. He sticks them is too, in particular on the Powerslave album.

The motif...I like that

Absolutely phenomenal video and definitely made it to the end...it seemed to be over so fast...lol. I could listen to you talk about Maiden guitar parts all day Nico. Great playing as always! UP THE IRONS 🤘

Very good analysis ! Your insights are truly commendable. I've noticed that there's a consistent curiosity among people about whether Harris & Co possess a background in musical theory or are even capable of reading music. If they don't, it would be a reason for a deeper appreciation for their musical prowess. Their music goes beyond guitar harmonies; it delves into intricate structures. For instance, their adept use of the "Aeolian pendulum," a repetitive chord progression exclusively comprised of Aeolian scale degrees, is of particular significance. This technique is evident in tracks like "Aces High" ... there's still so much more to explore in their music. It's regrettable that published scores for their compositions often contain (a lot of) errors.

There's also the part of Adrian these days, playing lower, very good video thanx!!

I am requesting changing branding Iron Maiden as heavy metal band into epic metal band as with those harmonies sounding huge and like movie scores it's the only word that comes to my mind - epic

Oh Nicko, great t-shirt

Perfect 🔥🎸❤️

Cool!

@2:25 - Niko “Now that we got you up to speed...” - Me “😳”. It’s that old feeling I had in organic chemistry

Very nice. You deserve

Bel video davvero! Semplice, chiaro e molto utile… te lo scrivo in italiano, visto la maglietta 😉🤘

It took me all of 7 seconds till I was lost. All I know is Maiden are the best at what they do.

I’ve got the same T-Shirt that I use as stage shirt when playing with my Maiden Tribute!

La maglia di Feudalesimo e Libertà😂🔝❤️

Thanks! Could you do a video on "The Ides of March" and its harmonies?

Thanks!

Ferrea Virgo... Cool.

@ 1:26 Diatonic Harmony; Non Diatonic Harmony & Tonal Harmony; Even though the work is being done within a scale, and not every note within a key; its still called a; Diatonic Harmony? Never heard that terminology before,; I've always just called it 2nd part harmony 🤔 @ 6:11 that sounds nice 😊 this theory in which you are speaking of, people pay tens of thousands of dollars at Universities to learn and here you are explaining it free on utube; 😂😀😂🤣😆 Unbelievable; this is really good theory 👍 every guitar player should have an understanding of this theory; David knew this theory when he went for his first audition with Steve in the trailer home out in thr pasture; David said in an interview: " he had to walk around the piles of Cow dung to get the trailer " end of quote 😉 @ 9:46 that's a 6th below? Oh 🤔 I didn't know that; I always thought that Adrian would play a 3rd above the melody but in an octave below 🤔 very good theory 👍

It would be interesting to compare with Brian May, who did multi-layers harmonies way before Maiden. Cool video 😎🤟👍

Hey awesome video as always, can you suggest any apps so I can mix two guitar parts? You know like layer them on top of each other

I’ve always wondered how they did those wailing flutey, ghostly, theremin like harmonies common in NWOBHM, found in the two minutes to midnight solo

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Another wonderful video from Licks of the Beast! Question: and not sure how to technically categorize it, but what do you call that riff part that starts around 3:35 on Phantom of the Opera? When that part starts, it seems like both Dave and Adrian are in harmony, with Steve hitting the background note on bass before they begin to repeat. But then around 3:54, it clearly sounds like one of the guitars breaks off from harmony and joins Steve to harmonize with the bass, although it sounds like nothing departed from the original guitar harmonies. I could be wrong, but is it possible that at that 3:35 starting point, it’s only one guitar that whole time? Thanks in advance! \m/

awesome video, thanks! It makes me think about 3 guitar harmonies on the oldest songs when there was only 2 of them. how does it works?

Fates warning harmonics are something else

In Rime of the Ancient Mariner, they have predicted the future and created a part to play for Janick. That's because playing The Clairvoyant made them Clairvoyant 😆🤪

Nice shirt man, feudalesimo?

"Let's say we are in the key of E minor", he said with an innocence that suggests ignorance, hahahahahah. What a trickster.

it's weird....when they're playing parallel thirds, i always hear the top harmony as the melody, and the lower main line as the harmony....example being aces high. smith's part always felt like the top line, where murray's always sounded like the complimentary harmony.

Another student of the youtube school of 'Move your hands when you move your lips'.

As Iron Maiden's song titled "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" states- "The Good, the Evil, which path will he take, because BOTH of them trying to manipulate", is 100% True. For example, By christians fighting good vs evil it is automatic judgment. However in the infinite heavens that are everywhere (but you can't connect with as you have much to learn), there is no such thing as good vs evil as that is automatic judgment, and judgment can't exist in the heavens. The evidence is, you christians have always thought you were good however you have caused By far the most violent and atrocious acts and you caused the most pain/suffering in human history. As that is what's within you, as christianity is 100% violence and the darkest ideologies. Period. Truth is always paradoxical. Your ego believing it's good (and saved) is what causes all your inner pain and gives you a freepass to look down upon and judge all life/humanity with impunity. When in reality you are constantly judging yourself, as there is no such thing as "other" ( as all is one). Enemies do not exist in true spiritual reality, you are always and forever your own worst enemy. Hence why bible-toters are completely incapable of going deep within them.,.. In their extreme narcissism. PS- not speaking to you directly in a personal manner Nicko, as nothing is truly personal in life as only the blind ego mind takes things personally, eye always speak in general to the general population .. Much love !!! Your channel is absolutely fantastic !! Thank - you Iron Maiden, and Thank - you Mother Ayahuasca !! Endless Infinite Gratitude !! :- )

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You used the phrase "polyphonic melody" which is the secret here. I come from a place in Greece, Epirus, where the traditional music contains folk songs that are mostly pentatonic and polyphonic. We are next to Albania who is also well none for their polyphonic vocal styles. If you listen individually each one guitar player of Maiden does n't sound that special. But when you put all together, it's a kind of Magic, it's like an orchestra not a mere band. No Virgin birth, I love Thin Lizzy, but harmonies became their trademark and looks like they brought their own height to it. I was quite happy to hear The Halo Effect using harmonies so nicely, too.

To all those who think Steve Harris just repeats things 8 times with no thought, please watch and then hang your heads in shame 😁