Craig
21st January 2006, 01:04 AM
This is a thread to discuss the awesomeness that is Iron Maiden. If you hate Iron Maiden, you are free to air your opinion about their greatness but you are likely to be ignored at worst, you'll have lost your yiddish cup at our hands.
Iron Maiden sure is great. One of my favourite songs by them is Paschendale. My favourite part of the song is right around the 1 minute and 15 seconds mark, where it so proudly/ awesomely recites these lyrics
[i]Laying low in a blood filled trench
killing time 'til my very own death
on my face I can feel the falling rain
never see my friends again
in the smoke, in the mud and lead
smell of fear and feeling of dread
soon be time to go over the wall
rapid fire and the end of us all
*EXCELLENT GUITARNESS INTERLUDE*
Whistles, shouts and more gun fire
lifeless bodies hang on barbed wire
battlefield nothing but a bloody tomb
be reunited with my dead friends soon
many soldiers eighteen years
drown in mud, no more tears
surely a war no one can win
killing time about to begin
This is of course talking about the battle of Passchendaele in the first world war. It is also known as the Third Battle of Ypres. It was fought between the British, Canadians, Australians & New Zealand against the German army. It was fought for the town of the same name in Belgium. The plan was to drive a hole in the German lines and advance to the Belgian coast and capture the German submarine bases there.
After three months of fierce fighting, the Canadian army took control. It is one of the battles studied by Canadian history students. World War 1 is an immense source of pride for Canada, as it had some pretty freakin awesome war victories there like Vimy Ridge, thought to be impregnable was totally raped by us maple leafs.
Iron Maiden is just too cool for words. It takes stuff and makes it cool. The first time I heard an Iron Maiden song that was noted was on a fan-made video for the game Planetside which featured how a lone infantry man could sucessfully, solo defeat a giant mech suit named as a Battleframe Robotic, or just BFR. It was "ACES HIGH".
I thought I was in love. I even made a livejournal post proclaiming my love of all things Iron Maiden. I have since bought a T-shirt. An expensive T-shirt.
I am listening to Iron Maiden RIGHT NOW. One of my favourite songs, Hallowed Be Thy Name.
All Iron Maiden fans, heed your call.
Iron Maiden is defined by urbandictionary.com as
The greatest metal band of all time. A NWOBHM band that has defined all metal we know today (excluding Nu-Metal). Iron Maiden (along with the also immortal Judas Priest , Thin Lizzy, and Motorhead) influenced every 80s and 90s thrash band (including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, and most noticeably Iced Earth) and invented the Power Metal genre (even though technically IM is neither thrash metal nor power metal). Their best albums are the golden trio: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave. Their two new albums, Brave New World and Dance of Death, also kick fucking ass. Their best song, fuck it, THE BEST METAL SONG EVER MADE is Hallowed be Thy Name.
The greatest metal band of all time, indeed.
Iron Maiden is the beginning. Iron Maiden is the reason.
Jesus Christ speaks the truth.
The iron maiden was a cabinet shaped object that was filled with spikes. It was designed to torture and eventually kill the unfortunate victim. When the door would close, the spikes were strategically placed to skewer the body at non-vital points to cause the maximum amount of pain while keeping them alive for the longest amount of time.
Iron Maiden fans, what say you?
Iron Maiden sure is great. One of my favourite songs by them is Paschendale. My favourite part of the song is right around the 1 minute and 15 seconds mark, where it so proudly/ awesomely recites these lyrics
[i]Laying low in a blood filled trench
killing time 'til my very own death
on my face I can feel the falling rain
never see my friends again
in the smoke, in the mud and lead
smell of fear and feeling of dread
soon be time to go over the wall
rapid fire and the end of us all
*EXCELLENT GUITARNESS INTERLUDE*
Whistles, shouts and more gun fire
lifeless bodies hang on barbed wire
battlefield nothing but a bloody tomb
be reunited with my dead friends soon
many soldiers eighteen years
drown in mud, no more tears
surely a war no one can win
killing time about to begin
This is of course talking about the battle of Passchendaele in the first world war. It is also known as the Third Battle of Ypres. It was fought between the British, Canadians, Australians & New Zealand against the German army. It was fought for the town of the same name in Belgium. The plan was to drive a hole in the German lines and advance to the Belgian coast and capture the German submarine bases there.
After three months of fierce fighting, the Canadian army took control. It is one of the battles studied by Canadian history students. World War 1 is an immense source of pride for Canada, as it had some pretty freakin awesome war victories there like Vimy Ridge, thought to be impregnable was totally raped by us maple leafs.
Iron Maiden is just too cool for words. It takes stuff and makes it cool. The first time I heard an Iron Maiden song that was noted was on a fan-made video for the game Planetside which featured how a lone infantry man could sucessfully, solo defeat a giant mech suit named as a Battleframe Robotic, or just BFR. It was "ACES HIGH".
I thought I was in love. I even made a livejournal post proclaiming my love of all things Iron Maiden. I have since bought a T-shirt. An expensive T-shirt.
I am listening to Iron Maiden RIGHT NOW. One of my favourite songs, Hallowed Be Thy Name.
All Iron Maiden fans, heed your call.
Iron Maiden is defined by urbandictionary.com as
The greatest metal band of all time. A NWOBHM band that has defined all metal we know today (excluding Nu-Metal). Iron Maiden (along with the also immortal Judas Priest , Thin Lizzy, and Motorhead) influenced every 80s and 90s thrash band (including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, and most noticeably Iced Earth) and invented the Power Metal genre (even though technically IM is neither thrash metal nor power metal). Their best albums are the golden trio: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave. Their two new albums, Brave New World and Dance of Death, also kick fucking ass. Their best song, fuck it, THE BEST METAL SONG EVER MADE is Hallowed be Thy Name.
The greatest metal band of all time, indeed.
Iron Maiden is the beginning. Iron Maiden is the reason.
Jesus Christ speaks the truth.
The iron maiden was a cabinet shaped object that was filled with spikes. It was designed to torture and eventually kill the unfortunate victim. When the door would close, the spikes were strategically placed to skewer the body at non-vital points to cause the maximum amount of pain while keeping them alive for the longest amount of time.
Iron Maiden fans, what say you?