Iron Maiden - Paschendale REACTION! THIS SONG IS TO REAL 2 BE REAL 

The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the third battle of Ypres, was fought between July and November of 1917. The Battle of Passchendaele is one of the deadliest battles in history. The British Expeditionary Force lost 310,000 soldiers. General Haig was criticized for his persistence in spite of the fatigue of his men. The Germans lost about 260,000 soldiers for a total of more than 570,000 lives in one battle. The new sabaton album, Great war is due out in the next month or so, all 13 tracks are to be new music about WW1, I recommend the price of a mile and Galipoli from Sabaton in the mean time.

The cymbals are meant to portray morse code and the drums were written like bombs falling

One of my most favorite Iron Maiden songs, and just one of the most brilliantly written songs of all time.

Fun fact: That awful cover art went into production by mistake. - It was just a mock-up that the artist did in 3D, he sent it to the company asking "this the sort of thing you're going for?" but they slapped it on the album immediately!! - The artist fully intended to FINISH THE DAMN ARTWORK but never got a chance. That's why he withdrew being credited for it!

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Iron Maiden always "brings it home" by ending the songs the way they start. You're right, it is one of their main signatures.

The cover art is atrocious, but the album itself is brilliant. 'Rainmaker' is a great song to check out.

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Tickle the wikipedia on Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer. He's the kind of guy that makes you sit back and think "What am I doing with my life?" "Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, airline pilot, entrepreneur, author, and broadcaster. He is the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and is renowned for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence." Airline. Pilot. Dude's certified for the 747-400, at minimum...

There's a great recent documentary dealing with this subject (WWI) and the British involvement in it. It's called They Shall Not Grow Old, directed by Peter Jackson, and told by the men who fought it, as well as using film footage from over 100 years ago. Worth a look.

I had a relative who died in WWI at age 21. Paschendale was horiific. Many Brits and Canadians died there. My relative was a sapper. They dug trenches and dug under enemy trenches to lay explosives. They didn't last long. He died in a different battle than this, but it was all the same. It was muddy and bloody and horrible.

I like what sounds like an Eagles cry when Bruce sing go.... at 6:47 to 6:51. Epic song!!!

"cruelty has a human heart", followed by "..and jealousy a human face" are the 2 first lines of William Blake's "A Divine Image"

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Finally! I have been waiting for this reaction for a LONG time...

Only one word for this song. MASTERPIECE Up the Irons!!! 🤘

To British people of a certain generation, the Great war was learnt at school or from old family members, so the Somme and Paschendale are raw. Throwing soldiers into the jaws of death, but don't worry.. there are always more soldiers.. fighting 20 century warfare with 18th century tactics... The old general's (the original war pigs) who counted their careers in the blood of the dead soldier's

Wait a minute, let my back this up, yep you called him a bard. And you are absolutely correct.

My favorite part of this song is the chorus “home far away from the war a chance to live agin Home far away BUT THE WAR NO CHANCE TO LIVE AGIN” perfectly encapsulates the trauma of those who came back

Haven't heard this song for a while. Great reaction as always. When are you going to do the Nightwish - The Greatest Show On Earth?

The last part of the song really makes you think of both sides in war.Each are fighting for what they believe is a just cause,and,they both believe they will be redeemed in the afterlife. There they will meet not as enemies but as believers.

You've said before during Maiden. Well, you know what to do. Stay in school or keep listening to Iron Maiden for good education esp with lyrics :) Yer on the right track

I love this song man im 48 been lovn maiden since i 15 ... the guitar solo after the lyric words of "nervous wait for the whistle to blow rush of blood over we go" is just amazing its as if ... you can hear the screech of a "falling" shell as the young soldiers would of scrambled out of there trenchs ... then the guitar hits in as if "its the run for your lives towards the enemy trenches"

Great assessment my friend...great to see those lyrics and show how spiritually powerful they are

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Billy, I didn't see anyone mentioned about Passchendaele, actual spelling - Battle Of Passchendaele occurred during WWI on the Western Front in Belgium from July to November 1917. Allies battling Germans. Both sides of the battle lost over 400,000 soldiers. I read that Steve Harris, bassist & founder is a history fanatic. Most of Iron Maiden's songs are about history in some form.

Paschendale was a very bloody battle during World War I. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele Iron Maiden make awesome music with lots of history and literature within the lyrics

Sabaton got some great songs you ought to react to. Price of a Mile (also about Passchendaele), Bismarck (music video, just came out), Fields of Verdun (also just came out), and just for the hell of it, Ghost Division, Wolfpack and Carolus Rex. Take your pick, they're ALL good.

Within Temptation - Iron (any lyric video). It's symphonic metal like Nightwish. Also, great reaction! I'm happy you did a more modern song. Try For the Greater Good of God by Iron Maiden. It's another great song about war and religion.

Sabaton - The Price of A Mile (another song about the Battle of Paschendale)

Maiden can get pretty intense

Billy... you really need to see the live video of this song from the Death on the Road DVD.... the theatrics and live energy bring a whole new level to this song

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their best new era song

Hey Billy! For a complete change of tone, check out Holy Smoke (watching the clip is mandatory ... you'll see why :D). It is such a different vibe to the usual Maiden songs! Glad you found this awesome band and you like them! Welcome to the family! \m/ UP THE IRONS!

For a tiny bit of context, the battle of Paschendale was one of the bloodiest battles of WWI. At minimum 400,000 lives were lost. At most, over 850,000. The number lost is still not fully confirmed

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W.A.S.P song The Idol. Amazing track.

The rhyme of the ancient mariner.

For the greater good of God..- Iron Maiden

Thanks for doing this song. Please check out Iron Maiden - The Clansman, but it has to be the live version from Rock in Rio. You won’t regret it. Perfect combination of folk song and heavy metal.

Another band where they are better live than studio.... Two Battles at Paschendale. aka Third Battle of Ypres. Over 850,000 thousand dead on both sides. July-November 1917. My Great Uncle survived all of them. Gas injuries finally got him 90 years after.... React to Iron Maiden's Hallowed Be Thy Name?

You've gotta check out Alexander the Great by them. Another true history lesson! #UpTheIrons

yes that's the album cover

A true masterpiece

Talk about going back in time! Haven't heard Maiden in years.

My 2nd favourite after The Rime of The Ancient Mariner.

Iron maiden is the grandfather I loved to sit and listen to. You are the stick of wood he threw on the fire.

Got back into Iron Maiden this year. Haven't heard them since No Prayer For The Dying. Paschendale is a thoughtful and considerate song! The cover art is conceptually perfect but I wish they'd update it as a painting so it looks less Sims Chippendale. They still have time, I haven't gotten around to buying it yet. I dig your new intro B!! If you haven't already, please consider reacting to my favorite Iron Maiden song: 'Caught Somewhere In Time' {album version]. Peace out!

Canadian troops played the major role in this battle

A couple of recommendations I have are. "Hope on the Rocks" by Toby Kieth, "Coming Down" by 5 Finger Death Punch, "A Reason to Fight" by Disturbed, and "My Nemesis" by 5 Finger Death Punch

Thanx for doing this one!

10/10 song. One of Maiden's best. It's about the stalemate trench warfare at the Somme in World War 1.

Many troops (and horses) drowned in the mud. How bad is that on top of the other horrors of war?

This is what the song is about: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele

A lot of thoughts on this one. I think this is certainly the best maiden song post bruce dickinsons rejoining the band. I think if one believes that history is our collective soul, we must embrace the tragedy of what we are capable of, process it. And then of course, move forward with said knowledge. I think this is exemplary maiden. More poetic than anything from their older stuff. And at the end of the day, i think it begs for human reflection upon which of what we are capable. Its a nietszchean call to confront the abyss and knowing that it stares back at us.

Nice one Billy! If you want to do more war songs, then Magnum did a good WW1 song called Les Morts Dansant, and a less specific war song called Soldier Of The Line. Also, check out Under The Gun by Deep Purple. I wish I could say Iron Maiden were going a bit OTT in this song, but sadly, no. Passchendaele was an absolute horror show, with getting on for half a million casualties and made worse by rain that turned the battlefield into a sea of mud and water: there were cases of wounded men literally drowning where they fell.

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It is inspired by a true story. Also, sadly, yes, that album art is correct. It was mistakenly approved before the artist did the final render.

Have read many comments of the cymbal being set up as morse code... I do wonder what they spell out though?

For context - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele

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Billy, this is the time to check out Sabaton. Start with their new single Bismarck. It has 4.5 million views on RU-vid in less than 3 weeks.

ROFL.. this is my favorite album of theirs.. but yeah, that cover is abysmal. I wish they'd re-work the cover art.

In my opinion the best modern Maiden song

For the Greater Good of God, listen to this one. Cheers!

Billy do a Google search and read about the Battle of Paschendale. In fact just do some general searches and read about WW1, it was such a brutal war.

Yaeh the dance of death album cover art is what you can call...abstract...unique...macabre. A lot of different things.

Seeing your close friends being shot into pieces, with limbs flying all over the place.. Ugh. War is hell, and it's not even a cliche to be anti-war. No peace signs and hippie outfits or whatevs. Being anti-war should be the default position of all citizens, of all countries. Because it is brutal, evil, ugh. I am alive today because my grandparents somehow survived WW2, on two fronts even. And whenever anyone of us kids, or grandchildren and grand-grand as it is now brought up war-themed videogames and my gran heard that... Yeah, the immediate response was "you know nothing of the horrors of actual war, so just shush" yeh...

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Your mind was just blown by these Genius Deep lyrics huh?? Now u know whenever some ignorant idiot that says metal is dumb and doesn't make sense or is Only Evil and Satanic.. now you'll know how wrong they are and how much they actually know of this beautiful and misjudged genre that is Metal and or Rock. Hey man you want another song about the Atrocity of War Try Voices from the War by Another LEGENDARY Band in the metal genre that basically was the key to the creation of Thrash and Speed metal MOTÖRHEAD them along with Maiden, Priest and Sabbath are the top most influential bands from the 70s during the new Wave of British heavy Metal towards the early 80s that influenced the next big 4 in the next metal subgenre to be born Thrash metal like Metallica Slayer Anthrax Megadeth Exodus Testament Overkill Sodom Venom Destruction Kreator Tankard etc. Plus Motörhead is my favorite band of all time I'm sure you'll dig the lyrics but I also hope you'll like the style If you're ready for a more Speed Raw n Dirty sound then Motörhead is your band to start with. Voices from the War try it ;)

But if you love these story songs I'd heavily reccomend Sabaton. Their songs are all historic war stories or about unsung war heroes.

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Sabaton - Fields of Verdun Sabaton - Bismarck

Harped are weapons not intruments.

Do a poison reaction of fallen Angel or nothing but a good time

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From what I've heard/read.... The album was supposed to be designed by someone really good. (Idk the name) but at the very last minute he said he wasn't gonna finish it unless they paid him extra... so they had someone put some weird 3d things. And that's why theres a toddler in a mask riding a dog....

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Billy, you know you fucked up with The greatest show on Earth. Great reaction though

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Yeah unfortunately that is the cover "art". Why they didn't get the master Derek Riggs to paint them a great album cover for this album I'll never know. He was the artist behind all of the other albums, and many people got into Maiden through just looking at the album cover. This cover is an atrocity. It makes Iron Maiden seem like a nickel band. Hell even I can create a more substantial album cover, give me a day or two.

Don't worry about not getting the name it's not even an English word.

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also their worst album cover

The worst Maiden album cover ever.

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