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My penultimate selection from this weeks album is a song that could rate as one of my all time favourite Maiden songs.
From the Dance Of Death album, No More Lies is a song about death and rebirth captured in 7 minutes of epic Maiden.

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My latest selection from this weeks album is one of the shorter songs from this Iron Maiden compilation. Initially taken from No Prayer For The Dying, Holy Smoke is a punchy swipe at TV evangelists and their insincere faith and greed.

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Today's selection from this week's album is the song The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Bree.
At over 7 minutes, the song was initially released as the lead single from the 2006 album A Matter Of Life And Death.

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My second selection taken From Fear To Eternity is the track El Dorado.
A very direct song initially taken from The Final Frontier album from 2010 and a song that takes a swipe and those responsible for the financial crash of 2008.

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This weeks album takes us back to Iron Maiden with their 2011 compilation, From Fear To Eternity.

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My first selection is a live recording of the Sign Of The Cross, originally from The X Factor album.

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My final selection from Last Of The Wild is the closing song on the album, Headstrong.
A song that builds from a pensive opening to a footstomping folk rock anthem to close this outstanding album the Noble Jacks.

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My penultimate selection from Last Of The Wild is the track Late Night Train.

With its catchy melody and plaintive harmonica this song has elements of the Levellers for me.

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Todays selection from Last Of The Wild is one of the slower, more emotive songs on the album. How Long is a lovely folk rock song where Noble Jacks allow the fiddle to come to the fore and lead this excellent track.
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My second selection from this week's album is the title track, Last Of The Wild.
A signature Noble Jacks folk rock fiddle driven song with a lyric based around our uncertain enviromental future.

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This weeks album takes into the direction of Americana influenced folk rock from Noble Jacks and their most recent release, Call Of The Wild.
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My first selection is the album opener Never Been Here Before.
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My final selection from Brave New World is the closing song, Thin Line Between Love And Hate.
An epic 8 minute song that concludes this superb album perfectly with a song that looks at the human capacity for good and evil.

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My penultimate selection from Brave New World is the song Blood Brothers. For me, one of the strongest songs on an album packed with classics.
I love the variety on this one with its tempo and tone changes along with its powerful lyric.

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My latest selection from Brave New World is the longest song on the album. At just over 9 minutes The Nomad see's Iron Maiden moving into a more progressive direction with this Eastern influenced epic.

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Todays selection from Brave New World is the title track and like many of the best Maiden songs its based on a work of literature.

I love the way this song builds from its quiet opening, its easily one of my favourite Maiden songs.
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This week's album takes us back to 2000 with the 12th studio album from Iron Maiden, Brave New World that saw the return of Dickenson and Smith.

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My first selection is the lead single, The Wicker Man.

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My final selection from Leaves Of Yesteryear is the third of the original tracks on the album. At just over 10 minutes Hounds is classic prog metal from Green Carnation, a real showcase for this excellent band.

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Today's selection from Leaves Of Yesteryear is slightly out of order as its the closing track on the album. The song, Solitude, is a cover of the Black Sabbath recording taken from their Master Of Reality album.

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Todays selection from Leaves Of Yesteryear is the 15 minute epic, My Dark Reflections Of Life And Death.
This is a reworking of the song that first appeared on their debut album given new life with the classic Green Carnation line up.

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The second selection from this weeks album is one of the shorter songs on Leaves Of Yesteryear.
Sentinals, at just under 6 minutes features a central theme of chaos and deception, a more standard metal song.

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This weeks album keeps us rooted in the Nordic/Scandinavian metal with the 2020 release Leaves Of Yesteryear from Green Carnation.

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My first selection is the opening and title track.

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Completing this week's album is a classical work entitled All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World.
This is a beautiful companion to the rock and metal of the first disc of this classic Nightwish release.

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The final selection from the "metal" side of Human: II Nature is the closing track, Endlessness.
An excellent, epic Nightwish song and the last to feature former bassist and vocalist Marco Hietala.

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My penultimate selection from Human: II Nature is the track Shoemaker and although I am not familiar with the subject matter its the choral and orchestral sequence at the end that grabbed my attention.

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Today's selection from Human: II Nature is the short and punchy song Tribal.
With vocals from Marco Hietala this song about mankinds tribal nature is the most "metal" song on the album.

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My second selection from Human: II Nature is the only single released from the album.
Noise, accompanied by a tongue in cheek video, is a scathing look at the domination and addiction to technology and social media.

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For this week's album we have the fourth of my 18 Nightwish albums to be selected with their 2020 release Human: II Nature.

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My first selection is the album opener, Music, a song that looks at the history of music.

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Bringing this week's album to a close is the final track from Second Still, the uptempo post-punk offering, Judgment.
A strong song with a spoken vocal the concludes this debut release from Second Still.

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My penultimate selection from Second Still is the song You Two So Alike, a short and punchy offering and the shortest track on the album.

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Today's selection from Second Still is the track Try Not To Hide, a song defined by its driving bass alongsige guitars in the style of early Killing Joke.

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My second selection from this weeks album is the track Sleep. At just under 5 minutes this is pure post-punk from Second Still with this bass driven offering.

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