A History of Heavy Metal

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I don't think Maiden are dreadful, they're good. Of their time kind of band. Haven't aged as well though. "Number Of The Beast" is great. It's a bit like comparing Hawkwind to Weezer.

I think the thing that identified iron maiden as separate from just another hard rock or heavy metal band is their thematic iconography towards stories in their tracks. they were one of the precursors to faith no more 90s pantomime heavy metal, with mike patton taking over duties.

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A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 5th August 2017, 07:49
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 5th August 2017, 08:10
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by widzhit - 7th August 2017, 11:39
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 7th August 2017, 12:25
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 7th August 2017, 14:22
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RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 7th August 2017, 17:27
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 9th August 2017, 08:49
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 9th August 2017, 10:00
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 9th August 2017, 11:38
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 9th August 2017, 12:24
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 9th August 2017, 12:32
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 11th August 2017, 11:05
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 11th August 2017, 14:00
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 11th August 2017, 14:03
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by noisemonkey - 12th August 2017, 10:21
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 14th August 2017, 12:10
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 14th August 2017, 12:52
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 14th August 2017, 15:10
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 14th August 2017, 14:01
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 14th August 2017, 15:15
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 17th August 2017, 13:32
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 17th August 2017, 14:56
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 17th August 2017, 15:52
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by widzhit - 18th August 2017, 15:23
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 19th August 2017, 19:42
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 30th August 2020, 12:10
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 19th August 2017, 19:47
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 21st August 2017, 00:18
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 21st August 2017, 16:27
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 23rd August 2017, 17:10
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 25th August 2017, 15:27
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RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 25th August 2017, 17:51
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 26th August 2017, 17:13
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 28th August 2017, 09:23
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 28th August 2017, 10:23
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 28th August 2017, 10:35
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 29th August 2017, 08:04
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 29th August 2017, 08:12
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 30th August 2017, 10:53
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 30th August 2017, 04:18
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by firefinga - 30th August 2017, 10:20
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 30th August 2017, 11:42
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 30th August 2017, 12:58
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by NoodeL - 30th August 2017, 14:13
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 30th August 2017, 14:42
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 31st August 2017, 13:21
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 31st August 2017, 16:30
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 2nd September 2017, 10:12
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 8th September 2017, 13:52
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 9th September 2017, 14:32
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by widzhit - 13th October 2017, 07:34
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 19th September 2017, 13:52
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 19th September 2017, 15:37
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by esb - 22nd September 2017, 03:58
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 22nd September 2017, 13:57
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 22nd September 2017, 16:14
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 22nd September 2017, 19:35
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 22nd September 2017, 16:16
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 27th September 2017, 18:13
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 29th September 2017, 08:43
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 11th October 2017, 15:38
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 1st November 2017, 12:22
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 1st November 2017, 12:31
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 25th December 2017, 18:33
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 26th January 2018, 13:33
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by noisemonkey - 27th January 2018, 12:15
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RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 13th February 2018, 09:21
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by NoodeL - 13th February 2018, 15:22
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Spectraz - 16th February 2018, 09:09
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 16th February 2018, 10:48
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 16th February 2018, 10:52
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 16th February 2018, 11:09
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RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 21st March 2018, 11:57
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 21st March 2018, 20:34
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 24th March 2018, 16:00
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 4th April 2018, 08:20
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 4th April 2018, 23:26
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 6th April 2018, 10:21
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 4th April 2018, 23:38
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by girth_maul - 16th April 2018, 09:14
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 23rd June 2018, 08:31
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 26th September 2018, 15:33
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 9th October 2018, 14:16
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 9th October 2018, 14:56
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 11th October 2018, 17:22
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 11th October 2018, 21:36
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 3rd April 2019, 23:27
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 11th April 2019, 10:11
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 13th April 2019, 16:20
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 2nd May 2019, 14:06
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 3rd May 2019, 21:05
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 4th May 2019, 07:16
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 8th July 2019, 19:50
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 8th July 2019, 23:50
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 19th July 2019, 14:44
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 10th November 2019, 16:37
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 10th November 2019, 16:41
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 10th November 2019, 16:53
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 17th January 2020, 17:11
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 18th January 2020, 17:30
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 23rd January 2020, 10:56
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 16th April 2020, 14:39
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 20th May 2020, 02:01
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RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 30th May 2020, 09:20
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RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 23rd June 2020, 13:21
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 16th July 2020, 19:28
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 21st August 2020, 14:22
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 1st September 2020, 22:16
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 21st September 2020, 22:12
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 16th October 2020, 14:24
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 18th October 2020, 09:13
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 19th October 2020, 10:17
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 31st December 2020, 13:32
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 25th February 2021, 05:04
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 28th February 2021, 06:22
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Muttley - 28th February 2021, 06:36
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 5th March 2021, 17:07
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RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 10th May 2021, 16:06
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RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 21st April 2022, 08:56
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 26th September 2022, 21:54
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 13th March 2023, 02:48
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 23rd April 2023, 08:18
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by Statto - 28th December 2023, 11:01
RE: A History of Heavy Metal - by +ToRMeNT+ - 26th January 2024, 06:13

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