┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Oct-05-2006 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2006 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.ironmaiden.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Iron Maiden Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : A Matter Of Life And Death Label : Emi ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Iron Maiden is old. This is the English band's ║ │ │║ 14th studio album; its self-titled debut came ║ │ │║ out in 1980. Six live albums, innumerable ║ │ │║ compilations, and 26 years later, the band could ║ │ │║ have succumbed to the nostalgia circuit like so ║ │ │║ many of its contemporaries. However, the mighty ║ │ │║ Maiden is not only still productive, but also ║ │ │║ influential. No Maiden, no Swedish melodic death ║ │ │║ metalùand thus no modern metalcore. No Maiden, ║ │ │║ no power metal (e.g., Dragonforce, Hammerfall, ║ │ │║ and so on). Any heavy band with twin harmony ║ │ │║ guitar leads owes a debt to Iron Maiden. Black ║ │ │║ Sabbath may have patented the tritone, but Iron ║ │ │║ Maiden made melody a permanent part of metal. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ At one point, the band's legacy seemed in doubt. ║ │ │║ After a run of seven undisputed classic albums, ║ │ │║ including Killers, The Number of the Beast, and ║ │ │║ Somewhere in Time, guitarist Adrian Smith left. ║ │ │║ Thus began the band's decline; singer Bruce ║ │ │║ Dickinson left two albums later for a solo ║ │ │║ career and occasional stints as an airline pilot ║ │ │║ ("Aces High," indeed). Blaze Bayley replaced him ║ │ │║ for two miserable albums, The X Factor and ║ │ │║ Virtual XI, and the band seemed out of gas. ║ │ │║ However, Dickinson and Smith rejoined the fold ║ │ │║ in 1999. Smith's replacement, Janick Gers, ║ │ │║ stayed on, and the band found new life with a ║ │ │║ three-guitarist lineup. Brave New World and ║ │ │║ Dance of Death followed, both solid, if ║ │ │║ long-winded, efforts. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In 2005, the band co-headlined Ozzfest with ║ │ │║ Black Sabbath. The tour's last date, August 20 ║ │ │║ in San Bernardino, CA, was one of the most ║ │ │║ disgraceful moments in metal history. Evidently, ║ │ │║ tensions had been simmering between the ║ │ │║ headliners' camps. Iron Maiden was pelted by ║ │ │║ eggs and debris during its set, and suffered ║ │ │║ multiple power outages. A tape-recorded chant of ║ │ │║ "Ozzy, Ozzy!" played over the PA; angry Iron ║ │ │║ Maiden fans drowned it out with their own ║ │ │║ "Maiden!" chant. Despite all this, the band ║ │ │║ played harder than ever. At one point, a man ║ │ │║ with "Don't f**k with Ozzy" scrawled on his body ║ │ │║ stormed the stage with an American flag ║ │ │║ (irony!), but was promptly dealt with by Iron ║ │ │║ Maiden's crew. An angry Dickinson waved the ║ │ │║ Union Jack and said, "These colors do not ║ │ │║ fucking run!" Afterwards, Sharon Osbourne freely ║ │ │║ admitted to causing the power outages and buying ║ │ │║ eggs and recruiting others to throw them. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Of course, this galvanized the band. A Matter of ║ │ │║ Life and Death is easily Iron Maiden's best ║ │ │║ album since 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. ║ │ │║ It's no storming of the ramparts, thoughùitÆs ║ │ │║ more of a post-battle body count. The album ║ │ │║ begins with "Different World" and "These Colours ║ │ │║ Don't Run," two strong, memorable anthems. Then ║ │ │║ the album settles into a darker, more ║ │ │║ contemplative groove. The specter of war hangs ║ │ │║ heavy here. "The Longest Day" vividly describes ║ │ │║ D-Day; "Lord of Light" bemoans "the slaughter of ║ │ │║ the brotherhood of man"; "Brighter than a ║ │ │║ Thousand Suns" calls nuclear armament "a race to ║ │ │║ suicide." Even a rocker like "The Pilgrim" has ║ │ │║ moody flatted seconds. Atmospheric clean tones ║ │ │║ abound, like on the heavy, mid-paced "The ║ │ │║ Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg." At over seven ║ │ │║ minutes long, the song is an odd choice for a ║ │ │║ single, but it's an epic in the grand Iron ║ │ │║ Maiden tradition. The songwriting throughout is ║ │ │║ assured, with confident transitions between ║ │ │║ often disparate riffs. Dickinson's operatic ║ │ │║ voice is in fine form, and Steve Harris' bass ║ │ │║ lines are as fluid as ever. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Much has been made of the fact the album wasn't ║ │ │║ mastered. However, the result isn't worlds ║ │ │║ apart. Sure, it's a shade quieter than most ║ │ │║ current albums, and looking at waveforms ║ │ │║ confirms that one is hearing all the music's ║ │ │║ peaks instead of artificially maxed-out levels. ║ │ │║ But this is hardly a Steve Albini production. ║ │ │║ Nicko McBrain's drums are compressed to begin ║ │ │║ with, and synths and backwards vocals betray ║ │ │║ big-budget production. This album is slightly ║ │ │║ warmer and more natural-sounding than before, ║ │ │║ and that's about it. The gesture is meaningful, ║ │ │║ though; the band is still concerned with ║ │ │║ quality. It's a testament to metal's health that ║ │ │║ not only are some of its hoariest geezers ║ │ │║ (Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Mot÷rhead, and Iron ║ │ │║ Maiden) not on pacemakers - they're still ║ │ │║ pace-making. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Different World [04:19] │ │ 02 - These Colours Dont Run [06:52] │ │ 03 - Brighter Than A Thousand Suns [08:46] │ │ 04 - The Pilgrim [05:08] │ │ 05 - The Longest Day [07:48] │ │ 06 - Out Of The Shadows [05:37] │ │ 07 - The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg [07:22] │ │ 08 - For The Greater Good Of God [09:25] │ │ 09 - Lord Of Light [07:25] │ │ 10 - The Legacy [09:23] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [72:05 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘