Exactly!! No way someone who's a modern rock/metal fan doesn't at least know of the influence and importance of a band like Maiden and Bruce's singing style, even if they don't know the band's catalogue.
But this isn't 80's metal long hair, they had shit tons of hair spray in the 80's, the great hair without artificial preservatives was mostly the 70's from Zeppelin and Sabbath.
@Rogério Penna I agree with this, but many popular American metal bands of this time did. I am American, so I hope you can understand this is my main qualifier. I mean maybe many European bands didn't wear hairspray, but the hair bands were popular at this time in America.
You love the tempo so much, I think you’d really appreciate their energy live. Hallowed Be Thy Name is widely (not universally) considered to be their best, and the 1982 live performance really shows their live energy. For uptempo, the first two that come to mind are Aces High and The Trooper.
I stand behind this... that 1982 performance, which I believe was in Toronto, is a metal masterpiece. As you watch it you will be sucked in and will forget that it was recorded that long ago. (You will need a laptop or tablet though for the video).
Yes they all sound like that. Try The Trooper next. Bought my first Maiden album in 1983. The number of the Beast and been hooked from then on. Seen them last year for my 20th time. Maiden has sold over 200 million copies total. The biggest influential metal band of all time. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Slipknot, Disturbed, Saboton and many more all praise Iron Maiden you have over 40 years of Iron Maiden to listen to. Hallowed be Thy Name, Run to The Hill, Aces High, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a good start. Your going to love this.
You gotta remember, these kids are young and brought up on Commercial Radio and MTV. The real artists were hidden from them, so their discovery of great artists like Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Anthrax is great to see!
Great reaction!! Welcome to the Iron Maiden family. There are tons of great Maiden songs. 17 studio albums to check out!! Live Iron Maiden is always fun. Enjoy and Up the Irons!!!
The video that was a launching pad for the Bruce Dickinson glory days is Hallowed Be Thy Name from 1983. It is remarkable to see the interaction of the band and their fans, it's a goose bump moment for many and ushers in some amazing music. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
Welcome to one of the absolute best vocalist and front man of all times. The entire band is hugely talented. There is no metal band out there today who was not influenced by maiden.
Was at concert with I.M in 1978/79 with the first singer Paul DÍanno at a fantastic event. Audience was screaming for I.M. 45 minutes after Kiss was started. That was a blast!
I don't doubt it. Kiss was great, but...Iron Maiden was one of the game-changers in metal at that point, much like Van Halen was for hard rock those same years.
@@captaincapitalism264 Only 4 mponths later I.M was main stars in West Phalle Halle in Germany. Those guys have worked hard for thier fame...noone have earned it more 🙂
"Hallowed Be Thy Name" is by far their best song. Other top Maiden songs are "The Trooper", "Run To The Hills", "The Prisoner", "Stranger In A Strange Land", "Wasted Years", "2 Minutes 2 Midnight" n "Aces High". Take it from a Maiden fan who grew up with them as a teenager. They have a lot of great songs on all the albums with Bruce Dickenson as the singer, but the ones I listed are hands down the best!!! Up The Irons!!!
I used to hang out with these guys in East London way back in the late 70's, early 80s.....we used to drink in the Ruskin Arms our local pub and saw them play literally 100s of times.....I even played football (soccer) with Stevie Harris for our local amateur team(Melbourne FC) and he was as good at that as he is on the bass .....and when they started to "make it" they stayed cool humble guy's. The best thing about Iron Maiden is they have stayed true rockers AND stayed really humble cool guys. Up the Irons ⚒️ ⚒️⚒️ If you guys like this isuggedt you check out Saxon...."wheels of Steele "
Eighties metal was more riff driven whereas recent music seems to be more lyric driven. The riff and the instrumentation of the older music really pulls you in. Then you learn the lyrics later but by then you’re hooked.
I so love watching a younger generation experience the music of an older generation. Opening your mind to what was , what is , and what might be will further the journey that music makes for all of us. Great reaction.
Ah, I remember the 80's, driving with friends to the Iron Maiden concert, good times. Iron Maiden are legends for a reason, this was Iron Maiden, with small variations, all their songs rock. "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" is pretty cool. There are other older metal bands that will rock your world too, even today. Keep exploring, the pool is endless. 🤘
Greetings and Love from Köln/Cologne, Germany. Great reaction video. I'm a MaidenManiac since 1985. I've subcribed with the hope of You diving deeper into Maiden. It's worth it. You have to check the live videos. They are live even better and very fun to watch. So, stay safe PEACE & UP THE IRONS ✌
One of the greatest rock/metal bands of all time with one of the greatest vocalists bruce dickinson up in the top 3 vocalists ever in rock/metal as other people have said cant understand how you have never heard of them they fill stadiums and arenas all over the world and dont become multi millionaires For nothing
Great reaction and thanks for sharing. Welcome to Iron Maiden. Must listen to next is 'Hallowed be thy name' from the same album. Then if you like driving music 'The Trooper' and so many others. Literally 40 years of music catalog. Chris
Great catch, Iron Maiden is an old school band, in that they record the entire song on the album live in the studio. So it has a very raw sound, no auto tune or cut and record each section or part of the song. Chris
Maiden is a staple of the 80’s and they have dozens of hits. The twin attack of Murray and Smith on lead, with Harris on bass and McBrain’s drumming, compliments Dickinson’s voice perfectly. Modern ‘metal’ can’t compete with what we had back then. Try Judas Priest, also. Up the Irons!
I’ve been listening to Iron Maiden for nearly 40 years now, and I consider them great storytellers and one of the greatest metal bands of all time, personally my favorite band, but only with Bruce Dickinson voice, the first time I heard his voice was on Hallowed Be Thy Name, I was an instant fan, you guys should listen to their album Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, my favorite album.
Y'all are adorable, truly...Iron Maiden will be coming soon to the U.S., yes, they are old dudes now and not as vital as they once were, but they are still curb-stomping live heavy metal audiences up and down the block
Greetings from Finland!!! You should definitely check out Fear of the dark live in Helsinki from the album A real live one!!! Best live version I've ever heard ❤️ "i'll be back" 😎
I just got subscribed due to the fact that you guys just reacted to Iron Maiden. I'd like to recommend a few songs: Two Minutes to Midnight, Deja Vu, Alexander the Great, Run to the Hills, The Trooper, Hallowed Be Thy Name, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I really liked your reaction..Greetings from Argentina.
Metallica has been making music for over 40 years and even they were influenced by maiden. Classic bands to check out are maiden, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath. Bruce Dickinson (maiden) and rob halford (priest) are two of the best singers to have ever graced a stage.
The Trooper......Hallowed be thy name....Fear of the dark....Run to the hills.....Aces High. BTW... that scream at the beginning of Number of the beast is in the Guinness book of world records . Another band who's rabbit hole ya might wanna dive down..... RUSH. (my fav band of all time) just found yer channel and anyone who's doing old school rock and metal is worth a subscribe. I look forward to the next one. Jim Rupe , Seattle Washington.
I wonder if you guys might like "Deep Purple", Iron Maiden was influenced by them quite heavily if I remember correctly. Maybe have a listen to "Highway Star" or "Space Truckin' " from their 1972 "Machine Head" album. Cheers.
Iron Maiden has about 50 songs on my 'playlist' and that's just from their first album 'Iron Maiden' to Brave New World, which i think is their best stuff era.
Check: PIECE OF MIND ALBUM Revelations Where Eagles Dare Flight of Icarus To Tame a Land POWERSLAVE ALBUM Aces High Powerslave Two Minutes to Midnight Back to the Village The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (alternatively, just check the whole LIVE AFTER DEATH album, recorded in 1984 or 1985, which has almost all of the songs above. Then you must check some songs of my favorite Maiden album... SOMEWHERE IN TIME, which you will notice sounds different to the previous albums CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIME WASTED YEARS STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER HEAVEN CAN WAIT ALEXANDER THE GREAT And your journey is only beginning.
As others have said, Two Minutes to Midnight is fire. My personal favorites are Run To The Hills which showcases some of Bruce's vocal range abilities, Aces High, and my #1 is Wasted Years. It's got a great message to it.
You gotta love this band Eveybody does its just amazing to see the reaction from the guy , it feels like hes been a fan from the them since he was an teenager its just so good to see how somebody can love this band at first time because theyre iconic and influences for all the metal bands after. You should react to: hallowed by thy name live 1982 Powerslave Fear of the dark live rio Wasted years Those are one of my favs from them
And speaking of 2015, the band meticulously remastered their entire catalog that year. First they had to find and restore the master tapes from the British Archives, and then go through and remaster them. They released them all in 4 album spurts on Vinyl first from 2015 to 2017, and then on CD from 2018 to 2020. They sound the best they ever have because they maintain the dynamic range of the original recordings that got destroyed in 1998 loudness war remasters. The loudness war was when record companies would remaster albums by boosting the volume of the softer parts of the music which eliminated the punch of louder parts of the music. So like when you were expecting that sudden punch in the music from the original recording, it was no longer there. Well, these 2015 remasters fixed that and so the recording are back to their original sound, but cleaned up and enhanced to more modern standards. In the early albums, Steve Harris' bass comes through better and gives the music that extra punch it did when they first recorded it.
One of their very best, along with "Hallowed Be Thy Name" which is simply epic, starts off slow but speeds up considerably (my favorite of theirs; on this same album), "Aces High" (a metal homage to the heroes of the Battle of Britain), "Wasted Years", and yes "2 Minutes to Midnight". They are all highly talented musicians, and Bruce Dickinson the singer is simply amazing. The lyrics were written after one of the band members, bassist/founder Steve Harris I think, had a dream the night after watching that horror flick "The Omen"...that final verse could be the rallying cry of any good Lich from Dungeons & Dragons, lol. Not every I.M. song is 'fire' like this (the ones I pointed out are for certain), many are simply interesting musically with lyrics about a myriad of subjects...but that's a perfect word to use for this one. The dueling solos are a mainstay of their songs, and on this one I love the 2nd one, it just blisters. 🤘
Hallowed be thy Name is simply the best Maiden song, IMO, but yes I love Wasted Years and 2 Minutes to Midnight, along with the entire Powerslave album.
their first album Killers never seems to get much attention but is my fave. before Bruce (singer) joined the band Paul the original singer was killing it.
Iron Maiden is fucking great. Whatever anyone suggests watch a live version of it. Heavy metal is all about bringing it live. Being the baddest on stage, check them out playing in south America, they are gods there.
Welcome to the Maiden rabbit hole, may I suggest the following, Hallowed Be Thy Name, The Duelist, Brave New World or Rime of The Ancient MAriner. I would recommend the live versions because as good as the songs are, they are so much better live.
I wouldn't say they're better live, a few definitely, but most for first time listeners the best sound is the album versions for most. And kudos for mentioning the Duelists, such an overlooked great song
Check out The Clansman from their Rock in Rio album. So good! I saw Iron Maiden last year in Anaheim and they were awesome. High energy from beginning to end. UFO was a big influence for Iron Maiden according to Steve Harris who is their bass player and founding member. This band just straight up kicks ass. Irons up 🤘🤘🤘
"They definitely have that 80s influence..." Iron Maiden is the 80s influence... Iron Maiden & Judas Priest! If you like good outros... "Hallowed Be Thy Name" has one of the best ever! You guys are awesome... Great reaction!
You've but scratched the surface, when you listen iron Maiden history lessons Will be learned, May I suggest rhyme of the ancient Mariner... Revelations.. aces high.. The trooper.. and so many more I'll even throw in Alexander the Great now that's a long one.. You're just barely going into the rabbit hole You've got a long ways to go. And they are still touring to this very day.. flight 666 documentary maybe a bit overwhelming for you guys being that your new to the show.. but that documentary it's very educational in regards to the band
Oh I see you stumbled on a little band called Iron Maiden. They used to have a bit of the following back in the day. In fact they are probably the second or third greatest heavy-metal band ever to exist.
The have so many good and awsome songs. To many to wright it down here. I should say look them up and listen to them and you will find out. Up the Irons 🤘
Nice reaction! I recommend a few other highly-reacted-to songs to help propel your channel: Unleash The Archers - "Awakening" (full band playthrough) and Nightwish - "Ghost Love Score" (official live). For more Iron Maiden, I'd suggest "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (live 1982) and "Fear Of The Dark" (live - Rock In Rio). \m/ \m/
Primary lyricist Steve Harris was inspired to write Number after watching Damien/Omen 3. When this song first came out, the band was accused of being "devil worshippers"...mainly from Christian leaders/pastors. Ironic, that by the end of 1990s, said leaders were embroiled in scandals/controversies that led to their publicized downfall!-smh. Another irony is that 1990s, drummer Nicko McBrain is devout Christian. Have been HUGE fan of Maiden since 1981....Up the Irons!\m/
LMFAO 😂 ahh young ones, what a rabbit hole you've found yourselves at the edge of...are you both adventurous? Because this is going to be one hell of a ride, guaranteed. So many different genres to choose from, you can spend the next 5 years looking up the top 10 of each one, and not even scratch the depth of the universe that is heavy metal. Welcome to this vast community, we are very welcoming, and we will be recommending stuff from every aspect of metal. I'll leave you with one rule that everyone will bring up, we understand you need to pause for copyright, but never...NEVER pause during a guitar solo, it's sacrilegious. 👍😁🤘 Enjoy the journey.
if you want to launch your channel into the thousands of subscribers....just keep playing iron maiden songs....(thats why, i am here on your channel now)..,..i would recommend for starters.."hallowed be thy name"....."wasted years"....."powerslave"..."the trooper"...just to get you started...i promise you...if you want to attract followers to your channel...play iron maiden songs....they have millions of fans, across the planet....THEY WILL COME!!!...ps...good tip.....get out of your car....set up at home...with a couple of decent headphones.....it will enhance your experience by a magnitude!
For a more recent epic song, try "The Red and the Black" from their 2015 Book of Souls album. It's around 14 or 15 minutes long and has some epic guitar solo harminizations. And do the live version from the Book of Souls Tour.
You guys have the looks of 70s teens, you really should get into the 70s and 80s metal and hard rock, I think you'll both love it, check out Saxon, Moterhead, Metallica, AC/DC (of course) and many others.
Bruce Dickinson is their current & best singer, in my humble opinion, but the previous guy, Paul Di'Anno was pretty good, too. Check out Murders In The Rue Morgue or Wrathchild, even Charlotte The Harlot... all really good songs!!&!
Here are four songs for you, you just have to react to: Helloween - Keeper of the seven keys, and from these you actually should also see the videos: Blind Guardian - Bard's Song / Valhalla live @ Wacken, Unleash the archers - Awakening, Jinjer - Pisces!!
Love to hear how you talk about everything being overproduced and autotuned, about songs needing more soul... Go and check out Rick Beato's channel, about what makes certain songs great and about how overproducing is killing good music. It's called "feel", the little impurities that used to make songs feel genuine, made them feel authentic - and all that's gone with modern digital music production... Well, you guys are in for a world of great music once you get into listening to more stuff from the 70s and 80s!!!
The entire controversy about this song was, that it came out in the early '80's, during a time called the "Satanic Panic." The Christian right was desperately trying to link artists to being Satanists or at least Satanic.
