This guest review hit my inbox courtesy of Zach “I Like Iron Maiden” Britton. He is possibly (and quite probably) the only Iron Maiden fan in the world who has had a song written and recorded about his love for the band. Last night he went to see them again.
Opening act The Raven Age features Steve Harris’ son George on guitar.
THE RAVEN AGE – ACC Toronto, April 3 2016 (opening for Iron Maiden)
by Zach Britton “the Lamb Lord”
Five guys dressed like Criss Angel bring you the Twilight soundtrack.
I was not impressed. I’m not kidding about the Twilight soundtrack bit. Though certainly more metal, it spoke to me of the angst of a teen vampire boy courting a human girl. And all their stuff sounded the same to me. I’m no musicologianist*…but I know what I like.** And it wasn’t eight metally tunes about pubescent vampires.
?/5 stars
*Zach knows this is not a word.
**He likes Iron Maiden.
“The Maiden Song” – dedicated to Zach Britton
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Haha ouch. They were ok, not great. Better than I could do!
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Well I dunno dude, you’re my composer AND instrumentalist AND producer for our “Mike and Aaron” video series!
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haha yeah those, yeah sure. I do three or four riffs and one-take record them in less than 20 minutes. Totally on par! haha not even close. Raven Age was alright, you know. They are a bit emo, it’s true, not really my bag. But some people down front seemed to enjoy them!
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Wow. I thought I was mean.
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Compared to other comments I’ve read about the Raven Age, this was NICE.
“Steaming pile of shit… with the odd heavy moment… Can’t have a metal band with no member with long hair…” – Tom
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I asked Aaron to get me their new cd. I said spend up to $20.
Luckliy they asked him for id and said he was over 14, and he was a dude so they wouldn’t sell him one.
;)
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Oh SNAP!
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Haha nice try at a cover, dude. You totally wanted one! :)
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Yeah. I have bought a shit load of shit cd’s over the years. This sounds like it might have added to the pile, so to speak.
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Close call!
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They do look more than a tad emo.
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Nice hair on the middle guy though.
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Haha! Yeah – he wears is with attitude …
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I did take some artistic license with the Criss Angel thing. It was more of the overall impression i got.
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It was the line that hooked me :)
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I like this guy (and Iron Maiden)
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Zach Britton rules. One of the biggest Maiden fans I know. That’s why “I Like Iron Maiden” is his theme song!
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About a year ago I wrote the lyrics to a song called “Edward the Great” (no prizes for guessing the subject). I might polish it up sometime
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