Yeah, you could say I'm a fan... (See attached image).
I've played 'Adrian' in two different Maiden tributes now.
@DanTravis62 disagree about Brave New World; there's a few more cool songs on there, like Dream of Mirrors, Ghost o/t Navigator and Nomad...
Fear o/t Dark and BNW were the latest 2 that I bought, although I've heard Book of Souls and somewhat enjoyed it too; it seems to pick up where they left off with No Prayer, style- and sound-wise.
I got into Maiden pretty 'late', at age 16 or 17, even though 14 yr old me was already thrashing madly with Kreator, Sodom, Anthrax, Slayer, Agent Steel, etc.
A buddy of mine suggested 3 albums that would cover their output and stylistic changes and I think he made good choices:
-Killers
-Powerslave
-Fear of the Dark
I passed HARD on the 2 Blaze albums and when I saw them at GMM 2007, when they played "A Matter of Life and Death" completely with just 3 old tracks...
Man, that album blows. Luckily they returned the year after with the "Somewhere Back in Time" tour, which kicked a$$ so hard.
