Iron Maiden’s new album is out - read the reviews!
Iron Maiden return with their fourteenth studio album, ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’. Produced by regular collaborator Kevin Shirley (Aerosmith, The Black Crowes) in London, the album was recorded in a completely live state. At over 70 minutes long, ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ truly is an album of epic proportions and shows the work of a rock outfit who aremasters of evolution and innovation.
The best Iron Maiden album in almost 20 years!
When ‘Brave New world’ was released, the majority of people claimed it to be Maiden’s best work since ‘Seventh Son’..same again with ‘Dance Of Death’ in 2003. Now here we are in 2006 with their latest opus - A Matter Of Life And Death…and do you know what, this really is their best work since ‘Seventh Son’. In fact, i’d go further and say that it is every bit the equal of the 1988 concept album. Whilst the two records are very different musically, they do share a common trait that very few other Iron Maiden albums have enjoyed - absolutely no filler tracks. AMOLAD is jam packed with 10 songs that are so brilliant, you’ll be struggling to pick out clear favourites after the first couple of spins.
The album kicks of perfectly with the one-two punch of the ‘Different Worlds’ (infectiously melodic) and ‘These Colours Don’t Run’ (semi-epic yet pure grandiose Maiden) - both of which are certain to be a part of their live set when they tour later this year. Following that is another tune that’s a good contender for a live appearance - the utterly sensational ‘Brighter Than A Thousand Suns’. This is one of several multi-layered epics on the album that will have you discovering new things with each subsequent listen - brilliant Maiden, simply brilliant. Other standout songs worthy of note (to be fair they are all ’standout’ tracks) - ‘The Longest Day’ (Harris excels on bass here), ‘Out Of The Shadows’(beautifully melancholic)..and ‘The Pilgrim’ & ‘The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg’ that have Maiden getting all riffy on us.
A Matter Of Life And Death isn’t just a step-up from BNW & DOD, it’s in a completely different league. It’s almost as if the band were just teasing us on the previous two records, hinting a truly great things but not quite delivering. Well here they are with one of the greatest records they’ve ever made. This is what we’ve all been waiting for - Iron Maiden firing on all cylinders…and isn’t it just a spectale to behold.
London Rocker “thelimey2003″
August 30th, 2006
Categories: Music . Author: Renie Ravin . Comments: 4 Comments
Hmm…. Wish I could take photographs like this one once I get my D50 (Thanks Gerald!). Check out the entire Gallery, some brilliant stuff. Some of the images like the one of Gilchrist, I have no idea why its there…
August 30th, 2006
Categories: Inspiration . Author: Renie Ravin . Comments: No Comments
Listen to this. A soundtrack made entirely in Windows Sound Recorder.
August 24th, 2006
Categories: Web . Author: Renie Ravin . Comments: 1 Comment
Great posters for this movie (as you can see), decent cast as well… Read up on the true story here.
August 20th, 2006
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Lovely use of flash on this site for the City of Jerusalam. Opening scene is atmospheric and does a great job of setting up the entrance without looking too much like a “loading, please wait.. skip intro” page. Have a look at the transition of ancient Jerusalam to the modern day one. Usability could’ve been better though - still have no clue on the smudgy navbar on the top left of the inner pages. Think I’ll try and do something like this for the City of Nagercoil.
August 19th, 2006
Categories: Inspiration, Web . Author: Renie Ravin . Comments: 3 Comments
Trust Google not to let good information go to waste. Google Music Trends lists what the world is listening to, or atleast what users of Google Talk are listening to. You can sort by Genre as well as country, but only the US is available as of now. They do have a “Hindi” genre though. Interesting - Iron Maiden completely rules the heavy metal genre, with Hallowed Be Thy Name topping the list. Lovely.
August 18th, 2006
Categories: Music, Web . Author: Renie Ravin . Comments: 3 Comments
Official movie site >
August 17th, 2006
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Real time information on major airports freely accessible by all and sundry ? Head onto Java.com’s airportmonitor. Check out what’s happening at Los Angeles International Airport. You’ll need to wait a few moments for the applet to load. Soon you’ll see planes flying around - clicking on an airplane will tell you intimate details such as it’s type, airline, origin, destination, flight path and present altitude. All this page needs is a link to information on finding shoulder launched rocket launchers, then they’ll be all set. Seriously, WTF?
August 17th, 2006
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“Innocence has a power that evil cannot imagine”
I just loved that line. Makes sense in my life anyway. Official movie site>
August 7th, 2006
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“Random blog title generator” from dingchak.net - this is a must-click. Can’t wait for the widget.
Since every third desi blog title is either a “confused writings of.. “, a “random scribblings from..”, a “mad thoughts of.. ” or a permutation of other such similar apologist disclaimers, aimed towards pre-empting readers from commenting on how shallow and lame the posts really are, to save time, Dingchak.net has a cool new utility that will generate these titles for you [wordpress/blogger plugin to follow soon], automatically, freeing writers to think up those pearls of wisdom, those nuggets of truth, for which us netizens eagerly await, with baited breath.
August 6th, 2006
Categories: Web . Author: Renie Ravin . Comments: No Comments
