Heavyweight Black Vinyl (2024 Repress)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is the last great Iron Maiden album, reconnecting with the band’s prog rock roots and reversing the signs of decline that had been evident on their previous record. By this point, Maiden had earned the respect of metalheads the world over with their steadfast adherence to unadulterated metal and their grandiose aesthetic. They’d made concessions neither to pop-metal nor to thrash, and their passionate fan base would never have tolerated a radical reinvention. But what do you do when your epic ambition itself has become a formula? You go even bigger and make a concept album, of course, and that’s what Maiden does here, breaking out of the creative rut they’d fallen into on Somewhere in Time.

Side A
A1. Moonchild
A2. Infinite Dreams
A3. Can I Play With Madness
A4. The Evil That Men Do

Side B
B1. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
B2. The Prophecy
B3. The Clairvoyant
B4. Only The Good Die Young