Iron Maiden, Malahide Castle, June 25th 2025

[Pagan Saviour]

I appreciate there's a bit of nostalgia in the mix for some of you but bottom line - no maiden album after 1988 should  feature in a top five maiden list.

[Trev]

Anyone heading to the Eddfest show? Was just having a look at tickets and only had the option of buying two together

[Don Gately]

I appreciate there's a bit of nostalgia in the mix for some of you but bottom line - no maiden album after 1988 should  feature in a top five maiden list.

Absolutely,  especially their 1990s output is mildly entertaining at best. Brave New world is a very good album and for me might be in top 7 or 8 . Final frontier isn't great either is Dance of death,  book  of souls and matter of life and death have some great songs. Senjutsu is poor bar Hell on Earth .
FWIW my top 5 are Iron Maiden, Somewhere in Time,  Number of the beast, Seventh Son, Piece of Mind.

[Kunt 4 Life]

Regarding the "old stuff is so much better, new stuff is shit", I remember Harris saying something to the effect of of course they're not as good. Whenever you're hearing the old albums you're thinking back to when you were younger, the adventures you had, the mates you had, the girl you were seeing at the time, and he can't compete with memories.

Sometimes I think younger fans who consume the albums at once and are not blinded by nostalgia, have perhaps a more trusted view than the proper old school fans.

Regarding Edfest, I'd love to go and would have made it if it weren't for being older with family and other grown up commitments. The last time I saw them was at Belfast 2022 for the 13th time. And unless there's a Belfast gig again, it may be the last unfortunately

[Don Gately]

Well i don't know, my kid got into them and likes No prayer and Brave new world. Not much else and first 7 albums

[Kunt 4 Life]

Must be the only person who likes No Prayer for the Dying. An album full of B material.

[jobrok1]

Ehmmmm!
I like NPFTD...   

[Thorn]

Yup, first two tracks are bangers when the rest is grand

[blessed1]

Mother Russia is a great song from that album.

[Eoin McLove]

I had a ludicrous idea the other day. Iron Maiden have been known to pen songs based directly on books and films- The Fugitive being a particularly silly one. I thought, imagine if they wrote a song about The Bourne Identity. I actually went on to Chatgpt and had it pen me lyrics in the style of Iron Maiden about Jason Bourne. The first draft was too good, too poetic, so I prompted it to make them more literal. The results were very funny. That's my story, and this is the bit where it finishes. The end.

[Kunt 4 Life]

How about an iron maiden song based on Bambi or Police Academy?

[Kunt 4 Life]

Couldn't resist, here is the next opener for iron maidens next album

Verse 1
Sirens wail in the dead of night,
Misfits march under neon light,
Badges shining, but they don't obey,
Chaos rising in blue and grey.

Guns misfire and the captain screams,
Nothing here is as it seems,
From the streets to the academy halls,
Anarchy echoes through the walls.

Verse 2
Engines roar but they lose control,
Laughter burns through every role,
Rules are broken, lines erased,
Justice runs in a frantic chase.

From prank to riot, the madness grows,
Who's the hero? No one knows,
Yet in the storm, they stand somehow,
The worst of the worst... defending now!

Chorus
Ride out! Ride out! The sirens cry tonight!
Lawless legion, but they still fight!
Wild hearts in uniform they stand—
Police Academy, out of command!

[jpm4]

Asked chatgpt to write me a Maiden song about poptarts:


"Pastry of the Damned"
(Galloping rhythm, soaring vocals, twin guitar energy)
[Intro]
Rising from the toaster's fire...
Sugared ghosts that never tire...
[Verse 1]
Midnight hunger calls my name,
From the kitchen, flames aflame,
Silver coffin, glowing red,
Feeds the living, wakes the dead.
Plastic wrapper torn away,
Ancient curse in frosting lay,
Strawberry blood, a sacred treat,
Temptation tastes so darkly sweet...
[Pre-Chorus]
Can you feel it burn inside?
Saccharine you cannot hide...
[Chorus]
Pop-Tarts of the damned arise!
From the flames before your eyes!
Toasted fate you can't outrun,
Breakfast battle's just begun!
Bite the crust, embrace the sin,
Feel the sugar crawl within!
Pop-Tarts scream eternally—
Sweetened immortality!
[Verse 2]
Cinnamon whispers through the air,
Frosted secrets laid out bare,
Brown sugar shadows twist and creep,
In every bite, no restful sleep.
Chocolate lava, molten core,
Calling you forevermore,
Two by two they march in line,
Soldiers of the grand design...
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the crackle, hear the cry,
Golden edges testify...
[Chorus]
Pop-Tarts of the damned arise!
From the flames before your eyes!
Toasted fate you can't outrun,
Breakfast battle's just begun!
Bite the crust, embrace the sin,
Feel the sugar crawl within!
Pop-Tarts scream eternally—
Sweetened immortality!
[Bridge / Solo Section]
(Instrumental: harmonized guitars, blazing solo)
From the pantry to your soul,
They consume, they take control,
No escape from sugary doom,
Sealed within a foil tomb!
[Breakdown]
Do you dare... take a bite?
In the glow... of toaster light...
[Final Chorus]
Pop-Tarts of the damned arise!
Burning bright beneath dark skies!
Morning comes but you won't wake,
Caught within the pastry's wake!
Crumbs of fate fall endlessly,
Chains of glazed insanity!
Pop-Tarts rule eternally—
Masters of your destiny!
[Outro]
Ashes fall... the toaster fades...
Still their hunger never decays...

[Uinsion]

While we on the silly, have ye seen these, the lyrics are funny 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxZ8tow2A5M