Iron Maiden

I had a good time

I enjoyed this one. I was able to understand and appreciate it without having as much of a background in this type of music. This album is a high 3 or low 4 for me. I like how they built until the titular song at the end and I think they did that better than a lot of the albums that we’ve listened to. I will give it a 4 for its execution and accessibility.

I don’t think I’ve really ever listened to Iron Maiden because I’d written them off as metal and something I wouldn’t be interested in. It’s still not my favorite genre but I absolutely understand the hype and staying power of this band. The songs blended together really well and some did have a similar sound, but there’s still a lot of variety for being just over half an hour. I’m sure we’ll get more Iron Maiden in the future and I’m looking forward to it.

Definitely not my genre, but I really liked it! It's not metal for the sake of metal. Songs are thought out and are more than just a series of choruses linking guitar solos. I'm not one to listen to lyrics, but I appreciate that fact that they bring melody and depth to the songs rather than just being screamed. A very mature and well put together album especially for a debut. I can see why Iron Maiden is so big.

Absolute class :) still stands the test of time and Paul Dianno is a class frontman!

What is this prog-metal? Not as bad as I feared but I think I liked their other album I've heard better

Beautifully theatrical and creative

Not my favourite Maiden album (I hope Number of the Beast is on this list) but haven't not listened to the whole thing for ages, it's pretty bloody good. This time around, I was slightly surprised to discover that the prog element has been there since day one.

Another Iron Maiden record that exceeded my expectations - they’re 2/2 now, and one of the surprise hits from this generator project. I just find them very listenable - heavy without being a racket, technical without being overly showy, and much more tuneful than many of their peers. Even the ham-fisted lyrics (half blood and hellbeasts, half prostitutes and hedonism) don’t detract from the enjoyment. For all that, I wouldn’t describe any of these 8 tracks as outstanding, so I’ll go for 3.5 stars.

Not a huge metal fan but this was not bad.

Quite good rock. But as a whole album not so interesting.

Interesting to hear them before Bruce.

Skillful but not that distinct or interesting to me.

Prowler feels a bit familiar, maybe the riffs or the fact that it might have been played in a movie or tv show I've watched. It's a good opening song to the album. Remember Tomorrow, while seemingly not as popular as other songs on the album was actually quite nice to listen to. The guitar work on the album is pretty good and probably the reason I'd listen to this again if I were to want to. Not super memorable to me otherwise. Maybe just not quite my style. 3.25

Very good guitar-ing, I love how you can still hear the transients of each guitar pluck despite the high rate and distortion. Very good mixing. Nice classic, tasteful use of stoner-y phasing and flanging. Some really beautiful harmonics. Vocals have good range and are understandable. Drums punch hard when they're supposed to. Just good music. Not really anything offensively bad to the ears on the entire album, instrumental wise. Lyrics are ... mid.

I love iron maiden, so yeah I'm biased. All the same, not my favorite album of theirs.

I thought it was gonna be mid... bro it was fire.

I prefer their later albums

solid heavy metal. period

Early Iron Maiden without any of the hits, but with all of the energy. Condensed into 8 tracks of solid Heavy Metal. Honest and straightforward. 3.5/5

This didn’t do anything for me

Still in the category of not really my taste but there’s some really good guitar work on this that was fun to listen to

Not as good as the other Iron Maiden album that we had but I liked it enough

I don’t like metal but this wasn’t too bad. I’d be kidding myself if I were to ever want to put it on to enjoy.

Not the Iron Maiden sound I know, but I actually liked this lead singer a lot.

Not my thing.

Not as heavy as expected

Good stuff

Strange world

Okay then the first Maiden album! Always liked "Remember Tomorrow" and still do! Never heard a version of Bruce singing i realize now. Two real live classics Running Free and Iron Maiden, the latter one they still play and we love it. And ofc the Phantom is great. "Peeling off this onion" why just not give it 5 stars!

Iron Maiden debut album. Had not expected to see it here but perhaps it should be on the list. Prowler and especially Phantom of the Opera are obviously 5-star songs. The other songs are very good as well. Just short of 5 stars I would say: 8/10.

Not bad. Occasional signs of the greatness that is to come in later albums.

I truly enjoyed this, it sounds fresh and energetic, right from the start to the excellent closer.

Not music I normally listen to but I loved it.

im not a frequent metal listener, i know some things here-and-there that i like, but its also a fairly unexplored area for me now metalheads can get on my nerves a little, oh someone gave a 1/5 to my indietronica dreamcore cosmical lofi whateverwave and all they said was "boring", go to their page and theyve reviewed 700 albums, favorite artists sepultura, metallica, gave ten 5/5s and half of them are to bands that sound like ancient gods well if all those albums are as cool as this one maybe they just have a point

Definitely the best Maiden I've ever heard. Less war/power metal and more just heavy metal. Instrumentation (namely the bass) was fantastic and the subdued and hardly used vocals were awesome.

Synes de lyder meget mere generiske uden Bruce Dickinson, stadig udmærket men goofy musik. Meget overrasket over at Phantom of the Opera sangen blev lavet 10+ år før musicalen, vidste slet ikke den var i den populære bevidsthed at the time

God rockplade, lidt mindre fjollet end den anden Iron Maiden plade vi hørte

Den her plade må have eksploderet nogle hoveder i 1980. Virker lidt tam når man sammenligner med pladerne med Bruce Dickinson.

first listen meh

What is there to say about this album? I honestly don't know. It was good, not great, but also not mediocre. A solid 3. That's what's to say about this album.

Not my cup of tea in general but some face melters in there where you have to say, fair enough

Teenage me would be proud of this rating. Adult me has mixed feelings. It hasn't aged especially well, and it sounds like a group of young men trying to sound edgy, because it is exactly that. However, in their defence, this was edgy at the time and part of why it had aged is because they laid the foundation

Once would questions why the eponymous Maiden album is one of the 1001 albums when arguably Killers would be the better of the Mk 1 albums and Number of the Beast being probably the most notable. I can only assume its participation is on the bases of Maiden being one of the founders of New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Which pisses all over Judas Priests chips as they were holding down the fort between the likes of Deep Purple & Black Sabbath and the upstarts of Maiden, Saxon, Leppard et al. However seminal tracks such as Running Free and Phantom of the Opera remain mainstays of Maiden shows and provided the template for all Maiden offerings. Never really my bag after the get rid of Dianno.

Its more punk than the new wave of british heavy metal it became. There was little to differentiate it from the likes of Diamond Head but the artwork. Yet it was different and it was rough, low fi with some undeniably catchy tunes. Ok, its folow up was dfisappointing and real success only came when Bruce Dickinson joined on the 3rd album but, at the end of the say, this is where it started and its all here somewhere.

Pleasantly surprised here. I fully expected some unlistenable cacophony of heavy metal noise. Instead it was quite good. I enjoyed the musicianship and could actually understand the vocals.

It is clear on first listen how and why the album was influential, especially in its era. While the band does not significantly change its sound going forward apart from vocalist, you can see the roots of the ideas for their songwriting and musical progression. It's no 'Number of the Beast', but I'll be coming back to this one.

Okay, prefer newer stuff

3.5 rounded up!

I love some of the sounds on this album, but ultimately it felt like a lot of the same aside from the ballads, which didn’t feel like anything special to me. I’m sure part of this is unfamiliarity with the genre, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the ranking goes up in the future.

Great album Standout songs: Prowler Running Free Phantom of the Opera

some dope early thrash

"Remember Tomorrow", "Phantom of the Opera" and "Charlotte the Harlot" are the standout tracks. 3.5 stars rounded.

A solid album from a legendary band.

Loved it when it came out. Like a lot of metal it seems a bit childish lyrically.

Found it really hard to decide between a 3 and a 4 on this one. It was much less hard and heavy than I expected and I really enjoyed it overall. Some terrific guitar work and great changes of pace and rhythm. Definitely glad to have discovered it and will be a lot more excited and open minded when Iron Maiden (surely) reappear in the challenge.

This one surprised me. I haven't really liked other Iron Maiden I've heard, but this album was great. Maybe a bit more punk?

Rough and ready raw debut Maiden.

Pre Bruce era Maiden…

I admit I always found Iron Maiden’s wailing singing a bit off putting but overall enjoying this today… maybe the vocals got weird in later years? Instrumentation-wise I think this rocks. Metallica but more sabbath-y, and by times a bit KISS-y (Running Free) The guitar soloing on this one is SOOOO 80’s metal is almost hilarious- like a gen Z parody metal band would probably sound just like this. It’s also very awesome and apart from the production being a bit weird it sounds great. Some of the slow guitar soloing (Strange Wolrd) feels like it would have been a big influence for Ritchie Sambora/Bon Jovi Overall I really enjoyed this

Awesome rock album

Good album

Enjoyed it in parts. I think they got better after Bruce D came along, though. I liked that you could hear elements of prog rock in there but also that they were moving things along in an 80s metal direction. Didn't like the last two tracks though, which meant it finished on a bum note for me.

Expected to hate it. Didn’t.

Surprisingly good!

I don’t know. Ok

Great debut - 2 or 3 songs probably still in every setlist till this day. Apparently Steve Harris was always that good.

Surprisingly enjoyed this album a lot. I find much of Maiden’s work a little too screamy. This was actually the perfect heavy metal album. Still not something I’ll continue to listen too over and over again but I’ll listen again here and there

I can see why it’s in the list but it’s not for me

Not a bad album, but far from the best of iron maidens albums and in comparison it must be almost embarrassing for them how amateurish and poor the production and art is when put up against their later albums. 3/5

Neither this style of music in general nor this specific album's abusive and violent themes entertain me.

I hear a lot of Led Zeppelin in this album, but I can't tell if that's because I listen to only Led Zeppelin in this genre, or if they are that influential. Either way, I like Led Zeppelin and therefore I like this album.

why are they yelling :( ⚠️☠️⚠️ highlights: strange world. see also: goosebumps book series.

Kind of did my head in in one listen, but I guess that's partly the point. I didn't hate this as much as I expected to, and enjoyed the time signature changes. The Iron Maiden t-shirt was standard issue for half the males in my high school.

Pre-Dickinson Maiden - this singer isn't as good, I don't think. Some fun bits here though, overall reasonably enjoyable

Soundtrack of my youth

# 265 : I'm not into the real heavy stuff, but this wasn't too bad. Favourite track : Running Free

Wanted to hate it, but it’s not bad. Vocals are lacking, but guitar makes up for it. I actually like some of the pop-iness of it, but what do I know, I’m no metalhead.

Better than I was expecting. Was braced for screeching guitars and little else, found that these are actually well crafted songs...with screeching guitars. Kinda get it now.

6/10 So 80s metal does indeed seem to be the sweet spot of the genre for me. Liked this Very listenable, some of the key aspects of metal but infused with hard, classic, prog rock Liked the tempo changes Prepared to be a bit silly and over the top, which is good, rather than self-serious Best: Phantom of the Opera

Classic rock that is impossible not to bang your head to. It’s raw, thick and technical as a guitar album you’ll every hear. Perfect pacing that never has you feeling like you’re longer for the end.

Awesome Bass playing, inspirational... Good songs, would listen again...

Their style was incredibly developed for a debut, awesome sounding record

You sure don’t expect to get slut-shamed by Iron Maiden?!

Fantastic album. The beginning of the British metal invasion of the 80's.

Not as enjoyable as the other IM album I got. Nothing really stood out to me.

Ahh still not really, thanks though!

A really good debut album that showed the world what to future would bring from this band.

Bon mais sans plus.

Old Iron Maiden is hard to top. Unless you're Judas Priest. 4/5

This really grew on me. Never bothered listening to Iron Maiden before but I really enjoyed this.

Didn’t care for the first two tracks as much as the remainder of the album. But in all it was ok

Banger

Aldrig lyssnat på Iron Maiden. Så det här ska bli kul. Tänker på dokumentären jag såg på TV om två killar som åt, sov och levde i symbios med Maiden. Tror inte de fick ligga så mycket. Hur som.. Gillar första och andra låten. Dock är sången förskräcklig. Någon slags gnäll-skrik-bröl sång så jag förstår varför jag ej lyssnat. På Transylvania slipper man sången. Otroligt skönt. Strange World överraskar med bra sång. En 4a för musiken och en 2a för sången blir en 3a totalt.

Thrash metal har jag alltid haft svårt att klicka med. Det känns mekanisk skickligt men utan känsla. Inte dåligt alltså. Men inte heller så bra i mina öron.

Jag har alltid varit svag för 80-tals metal och det här är inget undantag. Riktigt solid skiva utan en dålig låt, även om den inte innehåller några av det stora hitsen. Njutbart rakt igenom.

Iron Maiden’s gonna get you, no matter how far.

Iron Maiden

My first record. Awesome experience hearing the opening riff to Prowler right away on one side, then the rest of the band coming in. Grew up on and favored the Bruce Dickinson stuff up to Powerslave back in the day, but that now seems like Spinal Tap opera looking back. Very much love the rawness of this first album, more straightforward, has aged much better than their later stuff.

Bueno, no está mal. Un 3. Transylvania y Phantom of the Opera.

Not my favorite Iron Maiden album, but still great and better than most albums on this list so far. Not quite a 5, but 4 isn't high enough. You can definitely feel the shift in metal albums after this though. Rhythm section is incredible, guitars are great, Harris being the songwriter the songs are well crafted, but Dickinson was definitely an upgrade from the vocals on this album.

I like the sound, good band and good guitars

straight bangers

Phantom of the Opera is a good prog rock song. Added to liked.

Never listened to this the whole way through before, but gosh it’s a banger.

It's pretty much like Deep Purple in that it fucking sucks

ja echt neit mijn ding

Hahahah weer Iron Maiden Lets go Vind m minder dan Number Of The Beast, maar toch wel lekker

Not bad music but it also didn't hold my attention. Faded into the background and melded into the next artist that I didn't even realize the album was over. I won't fault anyone for liking this album or wanting to listen to it, but there are better albums out there.

There are other albums by them that I would much rather listen to. Not bad by any means, but there was maybe one song (strange world) that I would listen to again.

classic. rock. not my favorite.

iconic metal greatness

Meh.

Liked it somehow 7/10

good old classic metal. all mostly new to me but I will be coming back to this album

Okay Phantom of the Opera and Transylvania kind of slap in a corny way. Strange World total wtf why did you put this here moment on the album.

I'm sure it's good but just don't love metal

I was intrigued by how poppy Charlotte the Harlot was. Enjoyable enough to listen to throughout but nothing I would revisit.

Man the recording quality on this is as rough as Eddie looks on the cover. But the guitar rips and the melodies are fantastic. Transylvania and Phantom of the Opera strike me as highlights here and you can see an extremely clear line of inspiration from this to Metallica and many other genres of metal. I'll be excited to continue listening to Iron Maiden in the future.

Fantastic debut, one of the key albums of the new wave of British heavy metal. Combines raw power, with twin guitars and neat time changes. You can see where Iron Maiden were heading and that the replacement of the limited Paul Dianno with Bruce Dickinson would be a game changer for them. Great stuff!

I'm not saying I didn't enjoy this but it was a little underwhelming. I forget that metal is ballady hard rock sometimes which just isn't my thing.

This is not really my kind of metal, but I appreciate the proggier bits. Overall not my cup of tea but not offensive.

Essential heavy metal album. Not as much of a focus on the vocals as other Iron Maiden albums, which I like.

I didn't love nor hate it. The artwork is horrendous and that definitely put me off, looking like a teenager's idea of cool and edgy. I was expecting something less approachable but it still didn't grab me in a positive way. 31/05/24

Very good, I like this kind of metal with intelligible vocals that isn’t just someone killing their vocal chords. Prominent bass throughout stood out abit for me.

100th album woop woop. Wasn’t my jam, but this was first Iron Maiden album I’ve ever heard

Don't hate it, don't really like it either. Another album I don't really care about. So this gets the dreaded 3 stars.

Mam the vocals are weak in this. It shreads it's loud it's very old school metal let down by weak vocals

An o.k. metal album from back in the day. Few standout tracks but not bad. 3/5.

Cock rock. No

Was okay. Thought the drums were great, but some of the guitar parts were boring. 3/5 Might listen again

Better than I was expecting. I preferred the instrumental songs but this was fun and energetic all around.

Terrified of the cover art but it’s kind of giving Aphex Twin. Already the guitar solo in Prowler has glued me to my seat. How is this the first track?? What is in store for me?? Okay a mellow start to Remember Tomorrow…they have RANGE. Maybe some of the songs are a bit too long. Or maybe I just don’t get it and this is how songs are supposed to be. Transylvania was an interesting choice that I think really paid off. Love the final track. Really impressive debut album in all. 8.4/10.

Very fun guitar in Prowler. This is honestly just good, no nonsense fun. Guitar and drums shine through above all else. Phantom of the Opera is great. I don't typically listen to metal, but this is great. I think "Strange World" is my favourite.

it's pretty good! guitar goes woo

Running Free is absolutely the highlight here. The rhythm and drum fills tickle my brain. I wonder how much variance there will be in Iron Maiden albums, considering this was their first, and their output was pretty prolific

Love this genre of music , however, never really got the whole Iron Maiden thing and still don’t get it

Surprised to see Iron Maidens first on here. Wonder if that's because the next subsequent 3 or 4 albums after this are also present? If not, very bizarre. Pretty typical sounding 80s almost-hair-metal on here mixed with some cool riffs and progressive metal sections the band would later be synonymous with. Not my favourite Maiden by a long stretch but still good compared to some of the music on this list.

Ok

Just sounds like metal lite to me. Which appeals to me personally more than heavy metal, but also makes it feel somehow less authentic. There is some nice guitar work.

Eddie comes crawling out of the metal goo to introduce the world to the NWOBHM. Fast, multiple parts and never forgetting fun, this debut album has flashes of excellence that would appear later. I bloody love it. Best Tracks: Prowler; Phantom of the Opera; Iron Maiden

My first time listening to Iron Maiden. Didn't blow me away but I also didn't beg for it to be over.

This was a fantastic album, I loved it Top tracks: Running Free, Transylvania

Not a big Iron Maiden fan but this is pure 🔥

Not for me

Not nearly as bad as I expected. It's still not my thing, but I'm enjoying this in the same way that I enjoy the occasional listen to Holy Diver. The album art is shit though.

This is clearly Iron Maiden, but vocally they were finding their way. I have not listened to the first two albums much because I am a Dickinson fan. Musically I love this. Once I get past the vocals I love this album.

fun album

Mids

Not the classic lineup, but the seed of a rock monster was planted.

Missing Bruce on this one…big time

Made me think Tenacious D lol

Not normally a band for me. I hate heavy metal and this is a fantastic example of heavy metal. Track 1 Prowler really suprised me. I loved it. Favourite song: Prowler Least favourite: They are all ok Album artwork: I love the cover

This is the crazy thing about music. I didn’t like the first Iron Maiden album I got, couldn’t get thru this one at first, but now that I’m coming back to it weeks after I was supposed to listen, I actually really enjoyed this. Whoda thunk?

RRRRRRAHHHHHHHGHHHHH

Holds up. Didn’t understand a word.

meh

Heavy metal from this era is the only type of metal I can get into. It sounds like beefed-up classic rock, a little more aggressive but still very melodic and listenable. This is a fantastic debut, bursting out the gates with energy and speed, and some fantastic catchy hooks. While they were still developing their identity, this is a great indicator of what's to come.

Do I like Iron Maiden????????

I love Motorhead and Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple but this leaves me cold. I think they got better as a band once they found their feet but this is a little too samey........

Better than I was expecting

Have always liked this album but once I saw them live, I loved this album. One of the best live shows you will ever see. Great lyrics, such good drumming, all around entertaining

A classic. Gets a bit lost with some excessive guitar noodling at times, but in general a lot of great metal songs

I love Iron Maiden, and there's a lot to be said for this first album, even though it isn't one of my favorites. It really defined much of their sound before Bruce Dickenson joined the band. I love "Running Free"!

I love Love LOVE this album. This is Iron Maiden for me.

Classic dad rock, perfect for cooking to XD

Really surprised about it, but I it's a great one! Super fun, energetic, the band has the best sound. Steve Harris is a great bass player, which is always fun, and a very good song and riff writer. And awesome guitar work as well!

relisten. probably unpopular opinion but its one of my favorite Iron Maiden albums and one that i return to the most often i think. Remember Tomorrow is such a great song.

So good. But not as amazing as their other album.

I briefly listened to maiden back in the day and had forgotten how good this album is.

Thought I would not like it but I really enjoyed some of the songs

Came in with very low expectations after the last IM album, and it was either that, or maybe this isn't the worst heavy metal in the list by a long way. Reaching the relatively dizzying heights of 2 🌟

good

I was expecting more dissonance and noise. Pleasantly surprised it was just a solid rock album.

Since I've never ever really chosen to listen to Iron Maiden, this was a valuable part of my musical education. It seems to be right on the edge between 70s and 80s heavy metal. I liked it more than I feared, but I never really connected to it either.

This is not my thing, never has been. It just does not appeal. On the other hand, about half way through I thought that at least I can tolerate it. Within about 5 minutes of that thought, my mind started screaming “when will this boredom end?!?”

I don't doubt that this album is notable and influential. I acknowledge that the vocals are powerful and technically impressive and that the band shreds. But I honestly don't feel like this album is actually good. I almost enjoyed Prowler and Running Free but found Strange World completely cornball and Charlotte the Harlot more offensive in its lack of originality than in its harlot-shaming. My feeling is that I enjoyed Number of the Beast more than this but, checking my records, I see I gave that album a 2. This isn't a 1 but maybe a 1.5.

This leans towards my kind of heavy metal… there looks to be enough spandex but it’s a little more serious than my very favorite. Still, some good tunes. I really liked Phantom of the Opera and Iron Maiden.

I had friends in middle school who loved them and I never even tried to listen to a single song. I just thought it wasn’t made for me which to be fair it probably isn’t. It’s actually not quite what I pictured the sound to be. I get why it’s liked and I actually was pleasantly surprised that it’s not worse than I imagined. It’s a lot more musical. I like the first and second track best. 2.5

metal

Great

Really enjoyed this. Haven’t listened to it since I was a teenager and forgot how much fun it is.

"I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby Come with me Friday, don't say maybe I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby, like you"

3.5 I had no idea there was an Iron Maiden before Bruce Dickinson, so imagine my surprise when I turned this on and heard a voice that was definitely not his!! I kinda dig this version of IM! Grimier, punkier! I especially really love the first three songs on this album! But overall I really enjoyed listening to this!

It‘s ok

A bit loud but not bad 6/10

Crazy to have 2 in one week. I liked this one too though… much more melodic than I expect from metal. 7.5/10

6/10 - lifting while listening to this album was a great idea. The more upbeat songs worked really well for the grind. I think the faster the song is the more I like it when it comes to Iron Maiden. Like the slow songs are kinda mid to bad. Phantom of the opera is the best song

Lowkey got used to the vocals after a bit and started to enjoy it. The guitar is so good

Fuck off album generator <- wrote that before I listened. Leaving it because why am I being made to listen to 2 Iron Maiden albums in less than a week. That being said, this album was actually fine; thought I'd hate it like I do most other metal stuff, but I guess it was a bit more melodic or laid back or something because I really didn't mind most of it 6/10

Liked some of the songs, some have pretty cringey lyrics

I always thought Eddie was holding a syringe on this album cover.

Classic old metal.

Ick

Not the most remarkable album although it hints at what was to come in a good way. Would love to have loved this album - but I don’t. It’s kind of small sparks of genius, but most of it is pretty forgettable album - in sharp contrast to some of their later records.

Very good musically, definitely not my preferred stuff but enjoyable none the less.

1980? 1980???? Not my fav but still fun

oh yea baby. Its weird listening to them pre-Bruce, but its amazing just how many of the nuts and bolts on their sound were locked in this early. But this is S O L I D.

Loved it!!! The vocals and guitar are amazing!! I prefer this one than the other one I got (number of the beast(???))

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I’ve tried to get into Iron Maiden in the past, and have always been put off by the faux-operatic vocals, partly because nobody ever did it as well as Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple. Maybe I should have started with this album because Paul Di’anno’s voice is really doing it for me. Outside of the vocals, the music is enjoyable. I especially like the noteless riff in Runnin’ Free and the mid section of Charlotte The Harlot

I’m just a teenage dirtbag, baby Listen to Iron Maiden, baby, with me, ooh

Thought it was rubbish

Gewoon niet 1/10

Mijn muziekwereld stopt altijd nabij de oerlelijke poorten naar de hel, waarboven het woord 'Heavy Metal' gespeld staat, in van die kinderachtige lettering die we vandaag de dag vooral terug zien op t-shirts van tienermeisjes. Een uitzondering hierop is Black Sabbath, wat toch bijzonder is gezien zij de pioniers zijn. Maar alles wat zo lekker is aan die band mist hier, van de duizelingwekkende drumritmes (zie 'Symptom of the Universe'), tot de heavy gitaartoon die veel bands die volgden liet klinken als 'feather light metal' (zie 'Into the Void'). En natuurlijk het charisma wat er afdruipt bij the prince of darkness himself, wat in de verste verte niet te bespeuren valt bij de droeftoeter die de vocalen verzorgd op dit album. Misschien niet helemaal eerlijk om alles met Black Sabbath te vergelijken, maar dat is nou eenmaal m'n referentiekader in dit genre waar ik eigenlijk altijd m'n handen van afhoud. Dit is één lange aaneenschakeling aan passieloze geluiden, die op geen enkele manier matchen met wat ik zoek in muziek. Het eerste nummer heeft nog wel punk-energie, maar daarna kelderde het niveau het miserabele ravijn genaamd 'hair metal' in. Black Sabbath gespeeld op Guitar Hero door een kind van 10 (ik stel me een jonge Floris voor). 4/10 Highlights: Nada

Heavy metal is voor mij het minst interessante genre om me eens in te verdiepen. Ik vind het een pretentieus genre wat streeft naar onderdelen in de muziek waar ik niet warm voor loop: strakke riffs, complexe solo's en hoge uithalen. De combinatie van lange haren, zwarte tanktops en ruige platenhoezen zorgt bij mij altijd voor een zweetlucht in mijn neus zoals je die kent uit de moshpits. Iron Maiden is daarop geen uitzondering. Blijkbaar hebben we hier het debuut te pakken waarop een oude zanger te horen is. Ook als is deze plaat wat gelaagder dan een gemiddelde plaat van AC/DC, het boeit me echt geen moment. Ik ga verder met mn leven 2/10 - geen highlights

Great album, I find it a good entry point for metal/hard rock

No

Messy and lacking harmony. Excited to listen to the greats, but aside from a build up section in the final song of the Album, "Iron Maiden", nothing struck a chord. Background music from the generation before mine, and I can see why I have not heard any of these songs passively in the years since.

Classic stuff.

Iron Maiden always sounds like the gold standard of metal from my youth. It's outstanding how good this sounds even without the core members form the 80's heyday (like Dickinson, Smith, McBrain). They would get better, but this is top notch.

The quality of the production is abysmal, but despite that, one recognizes immediately the Iron Maiden sound, even without Bruce Dickinson. But you can see the origins of "Run to the Hills".

When the album popped up my first thought was “ugh.” Can’t say I’d want to listen again, but it was actually better than I expected.

I’m just not a huge fan of the 80s/90s metal, this album surprised me in the fact I didn’t hate it. Nothing on it demanded a repeat listen but as I was listening I enjoyed it and was rocking out a few times. Some really good riffs and guitar work.

Love Iron Maiden. Love the Bruce Dickinson version more. This sounded like rough cutsl

Wow!! This still rocks decently hard, but not like blowing my mind man

Meh. Nothing stuck out to me.

First few tracks only

One might have a lot of preconceptions about Iron Maiden based on their album art. I guess I did. I'm not sure what kept me from listening to them but I'm mad it tookme this long. This is good stuff. I have been judging Iron Maiden by their cover for years and I'm mad I never gave them a chance.

Very good! Love the double lead guitar.

Excellent.

Eh, not too much into metal. I know their significance and appreciate that.

Having had several hard rock / heavy metal albums in a row now...I'm over it. Hopefully this is the last one for a while!

Wasn't able to listen to this in the right environment. All I had was one earbud in a coffee shop. But set this behind a hesh skate video part and it'd get an extra star.

Shocker: I like Iron Maiden! Surprised by the catchy melodies and complex arrangements with changing tempos.

ngl, this just isn’t for me. I got like 4-5 songs into the album and decided I had enough. There were a few cool guitar solos ig

Anything Maiden I am here for 10/10. So many good songs on this album, Running Free, Iron Maiden an absolute classic always played at theirs shows, Charlotte the Harlot is something of folklore at this point.

I’ve actually never listened to Iron Maiden but know the name. Was expecting a much harder sound. So there was stuff to like even if it wasn’t completely jam. 3/5

Meh. Not my jam. With that said. Classic

Kinda meh all around but okay

Decent album. I did not have a standout song but all worth a listen for sure. Wish we could do half stars I would be a 3.5.

Yeahhhh! Let's have a headbanging session

This is a great metal album that really helped kickstart the whole genre, and it still holds up today. It's also one of the great debut metal albums. It's not perfect, and I think they really came into their own with their subsequent albums but it's still an awesome set of songs.

6/10 I had fun with this. I don't know why I keep getting the edges of the catalogs. Iron Maiden is a fine album, but that's it...fine. 4-8-2024

I've been enjoying the metal recs from this list, and I've learned to judge the albums not by the fast-paced, heavy stuff which is uniformly great but the slower ballads. There is a necessity to them -- no album can keep up a fast pace and not feel flat -- but there is a risk, too. For one thing, the ballads can be very boring, or expose the kinda dumb lyrics. Probably the worst situation is where it's also just so theatrical that you feel like you're not at all on the same page. Basically, I came away from Iron Maiden thinking I might prefer a live album.

Mjög þétt og gott fyrir það sem það er en höfðar ekki til mín sterklega. Rennur saman í eitt.

Hell of a debut. Richly melodic and harmonic while sounding like an exploding planet.

This album surprised me - a little more melodic than I am accustomed to. Vocals were strong and the drum fills and lead guitar were obviously incredibly strong. Feel like I might revisit this one again.

Fun intro to thrash

I'm digging it. Was a bit of a weird vibe at 9am over coffee but fun. Similar to Jamie it felt closer to my early loves of Use Your Illusion / Spaghetti Incident but with more guitar and drums and less ballads

A real rocker.

Solid album but not really my genre. 3.5

Not my kind of thing but I can definitely appreciate it for what it is— does make me want to dance and… dare I say… head-bang?

I'll admit this has some nostalgic value for me, even if I can't say I enjoy a full album of metal. I do prefer the early Di'Anno sound at least.

Not a metalhead but this wasn't bad!

Umm, I don’t hate this and actually voluntarily listened a second time through. I like Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, and Iron Maiden.

Worse that Number of the Beast in pretty much every way, and the singer is not very compelling. Makes sense they replaced him shortly after this. I did enjoy Transylvania into Strange World, and the album is still fun, but not the highlight of Iron Maiden.

Unexpectedly good.

It's ok, not great. Probably 4/10

It's easy to see why this is on the list; it was ground breaking at the time with it's dual guitar assault and spooky artwork. It's definitely aged better than the Judas Priest album I got earlier on the list. The prog influences help to set it apart too. But the only truly memorable song on here is Running Free, and the overall production is terrible. I feel sorry for the bassist in particular - he can barely be heard for most of the album. The lyrics let it down a good bit too, they are the most teenage boy to ever teenage boy. Doesn't really hold a candle to Number of the Beast!

The self-titled debut album from Iron Maiden presents stellar musical compositions, yet the vocals of Paul Di'Anno often pale in comparison to the soaring range and dynamic delivery later exhibited by Bruce Dickinson. Nevertheless, the album remains a foundational piece of heavy metal history, showcasing the band's early talent and laying the groundwork for their legendary career. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 0 STAND OUT TRACK - None

Not my cup of tea. I suppose it is ok for what it is, but there is so much more I would prefer to listen to. 1.5/5

not a fan

I'm not a fan of this genre, but still interested in hearing some of the early hard rock albums to understand how the metal/harder rock bands were influenced. There's some interesting things here, including more moments that I really enjoyed than I was anticipating, but not really my favorite or something I'm likely to revisit. 2/5

Very enjoyable record. The guitar riffs and the vocals are very addictive. Favorite tracks are "Prowler" and "Running free"

Fast paced, with soaring guitar riffs like most Iron Maiden albums. Not having Bruce Dickinson voice matching pitch and rhythm rise feels like something is missing to me but that's because the few times I have listened to an Iron Maiden album Bruce had become the lead singer. Side note: No FX has a hilarious song about this. Solid Album.

Great heavy metal

A good 80s rock album, but there’s nothing exceptionally unique about this.

I mean, I think I like more of their later stuff more. Phantom of the Opera was a whole journey so I don't know how I feel about this.

Ik bereidde me voor op het ergste, al met al is het nog redelijk braaf, achteraf gezien. Het varieert tussen melodieus vingervlug gitaarspel en ouderwets beuken en raggen. Waar al dat gedoe met zombies, doodshoofden etc. nou voor nodig heb is me ook niet helemaal duidelijk, het is het soort ding waar ik op afknap. Maar muzikaal is dit best uit te houden.

Als debut is dit wel een klapper. Iron Maiden zette hiermee de trend lees ik overal. Heb het idee dat dat anderen tekort doet. Maar het is maar hoe je de hokjes om stromingen heentekent. Gelukkig zitten hier hele stukken instrumentaal werk tussen, want de zang raak ik al heel snel zat. Ik ben wellicht de verkeerde doelgroep, want ik veer op bij het meer rustige gitaarwerk bij Strange World, wat meer als een break bedoeld lijkt te zijn.

Ik kende geen enkel nummer van dit album. En toch was dit onverwacht keihard genieten. Het is niet alleen maar heavy metal, al komt dat met de dubbele gillende gitaren die lekker samen solo's spelen duidelijk aan bod. Er zitten zowaar ook prachtige progrock stukken tussen. Ik moest af en toe aan Led Zeppelin denken ook. En juist die combinatie maakt dit echt een geniaal album. Dat had ik vooraf niet verwacht. Ik had eerder een ruwe, grauwe heavy metal verwacht, die verschrikkelijk gedateerd zou zijn. Een voorloper van het echte werk zeg maar. En af en toe voelt het wel gedateerd, maar alle muzikanten zijn gewoon top, de muziek zit goed in elkaar. Dit is simpelweg genieten.

Yes! Excited to get this on my list. Prowler!!! This is a great album from front to back and not too long and drawn out. Each song is a good one and I can’t believe it’s from 1980. 4.5/5

The album is a bit trite. Surely excellent guitars and vocals but didn’t really move the needle. Ernie is one of the best rock mascots, though.

I really wanted to like this one more, and hopefully in time I'll gain a greater appreciation for it. It's still a solid album with some awesome performances but overall it doesn't do enough for me to give it a higher rating. Fav songs: -Prowler - Phantom of the Opera

I've never listened to Iron Maiden because I always assumed I would hate wat I thought it was: heavy metal. To my surprise, not only did I not hate it, I like it.

excellent 80s metal

Nicht so meins

Not my kind of rock.

Its Fine

not my bag - but sounded alright. At least I have a better understanding(?) of heavy metal

Ew

Very solid. I am a metal fan but never really listened to Iron Maiden. I don't think I had heard any of the songs on this album but thought it was very good all around.

Some good moments, but too much self indulgent guitar wanking going on. Also they were right to bring in Bruce Dickinson as lead signer at a later date.

Classic. 4

Humble beginnings- great album

I thought I would absolutely hate this and I didn’t. Still not my favorite, but much more listenable than I was anticipating. I particularly liked Charlotte the Harlot.

This was more prog-rock to me instead of heavy metal, so I actually liked a fair chunk of this. Decent guitar and drumming throughout. Didn’t love the singer. If it had been released in 1970 it might have made it to our basement card games in high school but can’t be sure about that.

It’s a no for me.

fantastic album though not my favorite from them.

Excellent album. This one, Killers, and Number of the Beast are all perfect.

Not the typical Iron Maiden you think of when you think of their well known songs. Longer songs. More of a project almost than an album. Good

Just epic, one of the best debuts ever. This has everything Maiden's career has been built one maybe aside from Dickinson's air raid siren voice. DiAnno is completely different, but maybe even better. This mixture of a rough, punky sound and proggy epics is unlike anything else and the fact that many of the songs are bona fide classics speaks for itself.

Better days to come once Dickinson took over the lead mic.

I've heard better early metal records, but this is a great entry in the music canon, and definitely has that feeling of "these guys have potential to be big".

Schnell, laut, anstrengend

Good running album - consistent

Heavy metal is not my thing usually, but I liked the raw production and punk influence in parts. Even some of the more Proggy sounds weren’t too sickening. Enjoyed it on the whole, especially all the singing about running, nice to hear of such a healthy bunch of lads.

Modestly entertaining but largely forgettable metal.

Urban punk Eddie was so much scarier to a junior metal kid than later fantasy Eddie.

Throwback to 16 year old me spinning this on and on and on and on. I can't give this anything else than a 5

A solid classic. Even though Bruce was not in this album, the songs and energy that have shaped Iron Maiden's spirit can be found here - still at an early stage, but they're here. Emblematic songs like Transylvania, Phantom of the Opera, and Iron Maiden are in this album also. Short and direct, Iron Maiden is a good album.

A solid self-titled debut by Iron Maiden. Bursting onto the stage as the new guys to watch on the heavy metal scene. With it's blinding speed and rampant ferocity it makes the most plastic heavy rock tracks from the '60s and '70s sound sloth-like and funeral-dirgey by comparison, . Best: Phantom of the Opera Worst: Strange World

me gusto lo heavy, fast paced y punkish

Mmmmm. No es para mí, no soy una señora rockera pero está bien

I suppose Iron Maiden is metal for metalheads. There is some technical ability here but not a lot of creativity

A riesgo de ser repetitivo, comienzo esta reseña como muchas otras: he escuchado esta banda cientos de veces pero nunca un disco completo. Este primer trabajo de Iron Maiden (con Paul Di'Anno en las voces) inicia con características épicas: sus solfeos y solos de guitarra que parecen duelos, sus atmósferas que conectan con nuestras partes más oscuras y violentas. Innegable es el componente bélico de este estilo, ideal para ir al frente, sea cual sea la batalla.

Let’s rock baby!!!

I can't review this album objectively because Iron Maiden is one of my foundational bands. I've listened to this album thousands of times. I was alive when this was fresh, and listening to albums like this felt like plugging into something more important than anything else.

It's different than I thought it would be, and I don't really know what I mean by that. There are a couple slow songs, which I didn't expect. It also kind of sounds like an exact meld of 70s rock and the hair rock that was big in the early 80s. The singer is not great. Very limited. The instruments are good, hard rock fun, if a bit rudimentary - especially the drumming. I guess the best way to describe the music is that they won't be on anyone's top ten lists for their individual instruments, but they sure know how to have a good time. This is a solid album. I've known of Iron Maiden, but they were a bit before my time so I never listened to them. Much better than I expected, I'd even say I enjoyed most of it, but I can't see ever listening to it on purpose. If that's not the quintessential 3 star rating, I don't know what is.