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# A Matter of Life and Death 2015

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A Matter of Life and Death (2015 Remaster)

Review: Iron Maidens Second Masterpiece. - When Brave New World was released I was impressed at how well the album was done. Even though I bought the CD when it came out I doubted Maiden had it in them anymore. I thought, "Here is a band past their prime looking for a cash grab". I decided to buy the CD anyhow and Oh how wrong I was! Brave new World was an attention getter. Iron Maiden was serving notice to the world that they were back and meant buisness! On Maidens next CD I heard so many bad things ranging from the CD cover to the music itself that I figured it was a bad CD. (I for one love the CD cover. It remindes me of the Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut) I didnt buy the CD when it came out. I waited almost two years after it was released before I bought it. I saw it at a record store for $4.99. I thought, "What the heck?" Even if its bad I really havent lost much. I put the CD in on the way home and immediatly fell in love! From the opening track Wildest Dreams I was hooked! Rainmaker, Montsegur, Dance of Death, New Frontier, Journeyman, and one of my all time favorite Maiden songs, Pashendale! I had heard about how weak this album was. How there were "weak" tracks on it. I listened to the hype and almost missed out on one of Maidens strongest releases. After this I remember thinking "I wont doubt them again" It wasnt until 2011, just before the release of Final Frontier, that I bought A Matter of Life and Death. Yeah, I know, I doubted them again. I dont know why I did either? AMOLAD had won album of the year in 2006 when it came out. (by Metal Storm and Metal Maniacs) There was alot of good reviews about it. However, there were alot of bad ones also. I guess I thought "Can Maiden really keep it up?" How can these guys keep getting better? There has to be a day they will slack off and make a bad CD. HA! Fat chance! No, instead they made the second best CD to 7th Son. 7th son was their masterpiece. Most bands, no matter how long they are together, usually only get one masterpiece, if they are lucky. How can you expect a band to have two? Well as hard as it may seem to be to believe, Iron Maiden has done it again. I've been listening to Iron maiden since 1983 so I could say I'm a connoisseur of sorts. No expert, but very familiar with them. I grew up listening to such albums like Killers, Number of the Beast, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, and 7th Son. Just those five albums alone are some of the best albums/songs released in the 80s. You cant go wrong with any of them. This is the standard I hold Maiden to, these five albums. (Apparently they hold themselves to that same standard also) So for about five years I was unaware that Maiden had released another masterpiece. That was until desertcart had a sale and I got AMOLAD for $5.99! What a deal!(Thanks desertcart!)From the first listen the whole thing really didnt jive with me. But there was something about it that kept me listening. The biggest thing that jumped out at me at first was the thick bass in this one. Im a huge bass guy so this kept me interested. Steve Harris really laid it down in this one. (He really tears it up in Lord of Light!) A bold move on Maidens part. But It really sets the tone for the whole album. There were people who bashed the production of this CD. I'm not sure if they think the production was "bad" because of the heavy bass on this album, or what? But I really dont know how much better of a production you can get? Everything is at an even keel. Not too much of one thing or not enough of another. Maiden was on their A game here and knew exactly what they wanted. And they got it. I remember reading a review about AMOLAD. In it a man claimed that Mr. Dickinson spent way too much time in the high range. If you say this Sir then you couldnt have listened to the CD. Dickison's voice ranges from some highs too alot of lows. Done perfectly. He does some things I havent heard him do before. His vocals on For the Greater Good of God kept me listening from the beginning. The way he does the chorus for that song really caught my attention. Some have said that Mr. Dickinson's vocals weren't as strong as they once were. I say nonsense! What he does on The Longest Day shows proof that his range is intact. I'm sure most people who have bashed this record arent "true" fans of the band. By true I mean the ones that know Maiden for what they are. A band that makes Epic songs. Some call it progressive. Regardless of what you call it the fact remains that Maiden has the ability to make a 9 minute song seem like four. The songs dont "drag" on as one might think because of their length. This is what the true Maiden fans look for. Not saying we dont like the radio friendly tunes but "epic" ones are the real gems here. And AMOLAD has plenty of them! The other fans are the ones that as soon as they dont hear Run to the Hills, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Wasted Years, or Can I Play with Madness they dismiss it as a failure. They dont want to take the time to understand what Maiden is doing on this album. And what are they doing? Setting a somber mood. I remember thinking when I first started to listen to this CD was that all the songs sounded alike. It would be easy to quickly write off this album because of this. But this is not an album that your going to "get" the first or second listen. Ive listened to it at least two dozen times and things are still setting in me. It's alot to take in. Theres so much that there is no way possible to absorb everything in a few listens. This is definatly a grower and lengthens the life of the CD. Your more likely to listen to it more often just so you can wrap your head around everything. I started by listening to it every other day then it grew to a couple times a day. Then it was three or four times a day. I'm still picking up on things I haven't picked up before. It will be at the top of my rotation for a long time (like 7th Son did for three years after it came out) If your looking for killer solos then you need to look no further. AMOLAD is chock full of them. Inspiring solos! I'm not quite sure where the inspiration came from on this CD. There are some real eye opening solos here. I havent heard so much inspiration since 7th Son! These solos that can be missed though, due to everything else going on. Especially the whole mood that Maiden had set on this record. It sucks you in and almost puts you in a trance. Your so enthralled with the mood you miss some things like the solos. Another distracter is the songs. You get so involved with what Mr. Dickinson is singing about that you could miss a solo. Not to mention other things like the well placed synths. (Just like they were in Pashendale and Dance of Death) Drums? I seriously thought Niko McBrain had been replaced with someone else. He is stellar! He also is inspired! I never knew how talented this guy was. Bravo! Mr. McBrain. All in all this CD proves Iron Maiden hasent given up on crafting excellent songs. After all these years they still have "it". Since their "reunion" they have progressivly gotten better with every release. Now with everything positive I've heard about Final Frontier I look forward to buying that CD. By that time Iron Maiden will probably have released another CD. If thats how it is, so be it! I know I'll have alot of enjoyment in the time I'm using to catch up! And let it be known from this day forth I will never doubt Iron Maiden again.
Review: The Beast Gallops On and On... - OK, I am obssessed with this album. Pleasantly and surprisingly so. I've stayed faithful to these guys, even through the hated "Blaze" years (a period in which I contend that Harris' production did more damage than Bayley's vocals ever could). I loved Brave New World, although it did beg the question, "Why 3 guitars?" Besides keeping the peace, of course. Also lacking was any sense of the spirit of Dickinson's superb, and I mean SUPERB duo of masterpiece records, "Chemical Wedding" and "Accident of Birth." But those questions aside, Brave New World was a satisfying, epic album. Then came "Dance of Death," an offering that was as resoundingly uninspired as "BNW" was a return to form. With the exception of "Montsegur" and "Pachendale," "DOD" was to my ears the second weakest release in the entire catalog, after "Fear of the Dark." Meantime, Dickinson released "Tyranny of Souls," a very good (if slightly sterile) album that emphasized his different vocal approach vis a vis his solo vs Maiden work. Now we have "A Matter of Life and Death," and my God, its like Maiden set out to answer and resolve all of my questions. The three guitars are finally working together, weaving in and out and complimenting each other in ways are simply stunning. "BNW" and "DOD" always sounded like two guys were doing one thing while the other was somewhere else. Here, they all have their own parts, and in a marvel of moderm music engineering, their own place in the sound field. A big hats off to Kevin Shirley for the production on this one. And Dickinson is finally bringing his ball to the playground. A much more varied phrasing, remisiscent of some of his best solo moments, is evident on this album. A stellar performance from the only great metal voice whose pipes seem to be getting BETTER with age. When it comes to maintaining his range and timbre, Bruce must know a secret Geoff Tate and Chris Cornell never figured out. But all that aside, what really shines on this record are the SONGS. They went all out epic on this one, more so than "BNW," equalling even the grandeur of "Seventh Son" at times. The weakest track is the opener, a curious problem Maiden have had for some time now. It's almost like they want to get the 4-minute radio song out of the way and move on to bigger and better things. Fine by me. From then on out, there's not a weak one in the bunch. "Brighter Than 1000 Suns" is an incredible, multi-faceted epic that manages to be melodic and heavy as hell at the same time. (For the music geeks out there, it also sees Maiden venturing into odd time land, something they don't do often; the main body of the song is in 7/4. More striking is the use of downtuned guitars, a first to my knowledge. Sure, its only a 1/2 step, but that's drastic for these guys.) Then there's "The Pilgrim," a shorter, more rollicking tune than veers from Celtic to Eastern modalities and back, "The Longest Day," a midtempo epic with a great chorus, followed by "Out of the Shadows," a kind-of ballad that merits mentioning if only because it sounds like it could easily have shown up on Dickinson's last solo album. Very cool to hear one of Dickinson's ideas given the full Maiden treatment. Then comes "Benjamin Breeg," the much lauded lead single. Read the other reviews to hear about it; there seems to be a consensus on this one. Then we hit the only song on the album penned by Harris alone. "For The Greater Good of God." Over 9 minutes. About a million ideas, riffs, and melodies. Awesome. Things get a bit darker on "Lord of Light," which seems to balance the previous track, lyrically. The last, and possibly best, song, "The Legacy," is incredible. Great intro, very cool, slowly building midtempo gallop verse and chorus, and then the whole thing goes for broke with a rollicking 6/8 riff that bears a more than passing resemblance to the middle riff from "Black Sabbath." Fitting that it was probably written by Gers, who's got his lead roots in late-era Iommi splatter solos. There is a passion, almost a rasp, to Dickinsons's voice on this one that isn't present on the rest of the album. Works to great effect on this song. So there you have it. A great album from a band that should've landed in the has-been bin over 10 years ago. Can't keep a good Iron down, I guess.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B07X7TTQR1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #23,504 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #11,963 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,201) |
| Date First Available  | September 19, 2019 |
| Label  | PLG UK Frontline |
| Language  | English |
| Manufacturer  | PLG UK Frontline |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Product Dimensions  | 0.31 x 4.88 x 5.47 inches; 2.68 ounces |
| Run time  | 1 hour and 12 minutes |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Iron Maidens Second Masterpiece.
*by M***6 on June 21, 2011*

When Brave New World was released I was impressed at how well the album was done. Even though I bought the CD when it came out I doubted Maiden had it in them anymore. I thought, "Here is a band past their prime looking for a cash grab". I decided to buy the CD anyhow and Oh how wrong I was! Brave new World was an attention getter. Iron Maiden was serving notice to the world that they were back and meant buisness! On Maidens next CD I heard so many bad things ranging from the CD cover to the music itself that I figured it was a bad CD. (I for one love the CD cover. It remindes me of the Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut) I didnt buy the CD when it came out. I waited almost two years after it was released before I bought it. I saw it at a record store for $4.99. I thought, "What the heck?" Even if its bad I really havent lost much. I put the CD in on the way home and immediatly fell in love! From the opening track Wildest Dreams I was hooked! Rainmaker, Montsegur, Dance of Death, New Frontier, Journeyman, and one of my all time favorite Maiden songs, Pashendale! I had heard about how weak this album was. How there were "weak" tracks on it. I listened to the hype and almost missed out on one of Maidens strongest releases. After this I remember thinking "I wont doubt them again" It wasnt until 2011, just before the release of Final Frontier, that I bought A Matter of Life and Death. Yeah, I know, I doubted them again. I dont know why I did either? AMOLAD had won album of the year in 2006 when it came out. (by Metal Storm and Metal Maniacs) There was alot of good reviews about it. However, there were alot of bad ones also. I guess I thought "Can Maiden really keep it up?" How can these guys keep getting better? There has to be a day they will slack off and make a bad CD. HA! Fat chance! No, instead they made the second best CD to 7th Son. 7th son was their masterpiece. Most bands, no matter how long they are together, usually only get one masterpiece, if they are lucky. How can you expect a band to have two? Well as hard as it may seem to be to believe, Iron Maiden has done it again. I've been listening to Iron maiden since 1983 so I could say I'm a connoisseur of sorts. No expert, but very familiar with them. I grew up listening to such albums like Killers, Number of the Beast, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, and 7th Son. Just those five albums alone are some of the best albums/songs released in the 80s. You cant go wrong with any of them. This is the standard I hold Maiden to, these five albums. (Apparently they hold themselves to that same standard also) So for about five years I was unaware that Maiden had released another masterpiece. That was until Amazon had a sale and I got AMOLAD for $5.99! What a deal!(Thanks Amazon!)From the first listen the whole thing really didnt jive with me. But there was something about it that kept me listening. The biggest thing that jumped out at me at first was the thick bass in this one. Im a huge bass guy so this kept me interested. Steve Harris really laid it down in this one. (He really tears it up in Lord of Light!) A bold move on Maidens part. But It really sets the tone for the whole album. There were people who bashed the production of this CD. I'm not sure if they think the production was "bad" because of the heavy bass on this album, or what? But I really dont know how much better of a production you can get? Everything is at an even keel. Not too much of one thing or not enough of another. Maiden was on their A game here and knew exactly what they wanted. And they got it. I remember reading a review about AMOLAD. In it a man claimed that Mr. Dickinson spent way too much time in the high range. If you say this Sir then you couldnt have listened to the CD. Dickison's voice ranges from some highs too alot of lows. Done perfectly. He does some things I havent heard him do before. His vocals on For the Greater Good of God kept me listening from the beginning. The way he does the chorus for that song really caught my attention. Some have said that Mr. Dickinson's vocals weren't as strong as they once were. I say nonsense! What he does on The Longest Day shows proof that his range is intact. I'm sure most people who have bashed this record arent "true" fans of the band. By true I mean the ones that know Maiden for what they are. A band that makes Epic songs. Some call it progressive. Regardless of what you call it the fact remains that Maiden has the ability to make a 9 minute song seem like four. The songs dont "drag" on as one might think because of their length. This is what the true Maiden fans look for. Not saying we dont like the radio friendly tunes but "epic" ones are the real gems here. And AMOLAD has plenty of them! The other fans are the ones that as soon as they dont hear Run to the Hills, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Wasted Years, or Can I Play with Madness they dismiss it as a failure. They dont want to take the time to understand what Maiden is doing on this album. And what are they doing? Setting a somber mood. I remember thinking when I first started to listen to this CD was that all the songs sounded alike. It would be easy to quickly write off this album because of this. But this is not an album that your going to "get" the first or second listen. Ive listened to it at least two dozen times and things are still setting in me. It's alot to take in. Theres so much that there is no way possible to absorb everything in a few listens. This is definatly a grower and lengthens the life of the CD. Your more likely to listen to it more often just so you can wrap your head around everything. I started by listening to it every other day then it grew to a couple times a day. Then it was three or four times a day. I'm still picking up on things I haven't picked up before. It will be at the top of my rotation for a long time (like 7th Son did for three years after it came out) If your looking for killer solos then you need to look no further. AMOLAD is chock full of them. Inspiring solos! I'm not quite sure where the inspiration came from on this CD. There are some real eye opening solos here. I havent heard so much inspiration since 7th Son! These solos that can be missed though, due to everything else going on. Especially the whole mood that Maiden had set on this record. It sucks you in and almost puts you in a trance. Your so enthralled with the mood you miss some things like the solos. Another distracter is the songs. You get so involved with what Mr. Dickinson is singing about that you could miss a solo. Not to mention other things like the well placed synths. (Just like they were in Pashendale and Dance of Death) Drums? I seriously thought Niko McBrain had been replaced with someone else. He is stellar! He also is inspired! I never knew how talented this guy was. Bravo! Mr. McBrain. All in all this CD proves Iron Maiden hasent given up on crafting excellent songs. After all these years they still have "it". Since their "reunion" they have progressivly gotten better with every release. Now with everything positive I've heard about Final Frontier I look forward to buying that CD. By that time Iron Maiden will probably have released another CD. If thats how it is, so be it! I know I'll have alot of enjoyment in the time I'm using to catch up! And let it be known from this day forth I will never doubt Iron Maiden again.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Beast Gallops On and On...
*by S***E on September 19, 2006*

OK, I am obssessed with this album. Pleasantly and surprisingly so. I've stayed faithful to these guys, even through the hated "Blaze" years (a period in which I contend that Harris' production did more damage than Bayley's vocals ever could). I loved Brave New World, although it did beg the question, "Why 3 guitars?" Besides keeping the peace, of course. Also lacking was any sense of the spirit of Dickinson's superb, and I mean SUPERB duo of masterpiece records, "Chemical Wedding" and "Accident of Birth." But those questions aside, Brave New World was a satisfying, epic album. Then came "Dance of Death," an offering that was as resoundingly uninspired as "BNW" was a return to form. With the exception of "Montsegur" and "Pachendale," "DOD" was to my ears the second weakest release in the entire catalog, after "Fear of the Dark." Meantime, Dickinson released "Tyranny of Souls," a very good (if slightly sterile) album that emphasized his different vocal approach vis a vis his solo vs Maiden work. Now we have "A Matter of Life and Death," and my God, its like Maiden set out to answer and resolve all of my questions. The three guitars are finally working together, weaving in and out and complimenting each other in ways are simply stunning. "BNW" and "DOD" always sounded like two guys were doing one thing while the other was somewhere else. Here, they all have their own parts, and in a marvel of moderm music engineering, their own place in the sound field. A big hats off to Kevin Shirley for the production on this one. And Dickinson is finally bringing his ball to the playground. A much more varied phrasing, remisiscent of some of his best solo moments, is evident on this album. A stellar performance from the only great metal voice whose pipes seem to be getting BETTER with age. When it comes to maintaining his range and timbre, Bruce must know a secret Geoff Tate and Chris Cornell never figured out. But all that aside, what really shines on this record are the SONGS. They went all out epic on this one, more so than "BNW," equalling even the grandeur of "Seventh Son" at times. The weakest track is the opener, a curious problem Maiden have had for some time now. It's almost like they want to get the 4-minute radio song out of the way and move on to bigger and better things. Fine by me. From then on out, there's not a weak one in the bunch. "Brighter Than 1000 Suns" is an incredible, multi-faceted epic that manages to be melodic and heavy as hell at the same time. (For the music geeks out there, it also sees Maiden venturing into odd time land, something they don't do often; the main body of the song is in 7/4. More striking is the use of downtuned guitars, a first to my knowledge. Sure, its only a 1/2 step, but that's drastic for these guys.) Then there's "The Pilgrim," a shorter, more rollicking tune than veers from Celtic to Eastern modalities and back, "The Longest Day," a midtempo epic with a great chorus, followed by "Out of the Shadows," a kind-of ballad that merits mentioning if only because it sounds like it could easily have shown up on Dickinson's last solo album. Very cool to hear one of Dickinson's ideas given the full Maiden treatment. Then comes "Benjamin Breeg," the much lauded lead single. Read the other reviews to hear about it; there seems to be a consensus on this one. Then we hit the only song on the album penned by Harris alone. "For The Greater Good of God." Over 9 minutes. About a million ideas, riffs, and melodies. Awesome. Things get a bit darker on "Lord of Light," which seems to balance the previous track, lyrically. The last, and possibly best, song, "The Legacy," is incredible. Great intro, very cool, slowly building midtempo gallop verse and chorus, and then the whole thing goes for broke with a rollicking 6/8 riff that bears a more than passing resemblance to the middle riff from "Black Sabbath." Fitting that it was probably written by Gers, who's got his lead roots in late-era Iommi splatter solos. There is a passion, almost a rasp, to Dickinsons's voice on this one that isn't present on the rest of the album. Works to great effect on this song. So there you have it. A great album from a band that should've landed in the has-been bin over 10 years ago. Can't keep a good Iron down, I guess.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by J***A on July 21, 2025*

Ótimo item e custo benefício.

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