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Released as a special thank you to their fans, No More Lies sees a rejuvenated Maiden - if not back at their best, then definately heading in the right direction. The direction of course being overblown, wondefully pompous metal. Pop pretenders like The Darkness can pout and sneer all they like, but when set against the monoliths of rock that are the Maiden they truly are shown up for the pantomime clowns they are.
Decade long songs, check. Screaming triple guitar attack, check. Wailing falsetto vocals, check. Orchestral versions of tracks with portentous titles, check. It's all here - hell, you even get a branded sweat band, in case the committed Maiden fan gets a little too worked up whilst watching the enclosed videos. And to top it all in the perfect two-fingered salute to the pop industry the whole thing is chart ineligible. In the band's own words "We have nothing to prove."
Twenty years on and the official band of the beast are still going strong, due in no small way to knowing how to treat their fans right. Here's hoping that in another twenty years some zombie-filled stage will still be rocking to the sound of the Maiden. Up the Irons!
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