Audio CD review:
Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death

Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death

Band: Iron Maiden Title: A Matter of Life and Death Rating: Release Date: 05 September, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Different World 2: These Colours Don't Run 3: Brighter Than A Thousand Suns 4: The Pilgrim 5: The Longest Day 6: Out Of The Shadows 7: The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg 8: For The Greater Good Of God 9: Lord Of Light 10: The Legacy

Editoral Review After two decades of recording and releasing albums, the British sextet still has its share of fresh ideas, something it proves once more on A Matter of Life and Death. You've got to hand it to Iron Maiden. The opening tracks "Different World" and "Brighter than a Thousand Suns" show, more clearly than ever, the group's progressive rock roots and its affinity for upsetting expectations about what a heavy record should sound like. But some of the material--"These Colours Don't Run" and the epics "Lord of Light," "The Legacy," and "The Longest Day"--also suggests that the band could stand to expand outside its comfort zone a little more often. By now we know what to expect even from the most unusual Maiden album and that familiarity ultimately sinks A Matter of Life and Death faster than any fad at the forefront of the heavy rock scene. At best the record shows the band is still vital, at worst it shows us that Steve Harris and company are coming up a little bit winded these days. --Jedd Beaudoin .. You can see a complete list of all Iron Maiden discography, or go back to the Iron Maiden tabs