Disco de Iron Maiden: “Rock in Rio”

Wow. Imagine being part of the crowd during Iron Maiden's stop to Rio de Janerio for their Brave New World tour. Just think being part of 250,000 screaming brazilians who know every word to every song that Iron Maiden perform. Also imagine Iron Maiden's best live album released since Live After Death. Finally, imagine Bruce Dickinson, the voice of Iron Maiden, back with the band to stay!

Maiden get things going with a bang with the opener, The Wickerman. They continue on with Ghost of the Navigator and Brave New World. The song 2 Minutes to Midnight is breathtaking, along with the song, Blood Brothers. Two of my favorite tracks come from...yes...songs from the two Blaze albums he did with Iron Maiden - The Sign of the Cross and The Clansman. Even though Bruce did not write the material, he performs them with so much emotion and passion. The Evil that Men Do and Fear of the Dark sound equally good. The songs Number of the Beast, Hallowed be thy Name, and Run to the Hills caps off a brilliant live show.

Iron Maiden are my favorite band of all time. This live album is just as good as Live After Death and a great compliment to anyone's metal collection. Maiden continues to make incredible music with their Dance of Death release last year. I was able to see them perform in Los Angeles, CA for their American leg of that tour. It was a beautiful experience. Please buy this album, along with Live After Death!! These are ESSENTIAL to own for Maiden fans! This is NOT to be missed! Purchase the live DVD!!

Holy crap!! With the 2 last great studio albums, Maiden put out another excellent live album. This live album is the proof that the modern Maiden is just good as the 80's Maiden and that even these days they can still crank metal that is actually metal. This live album is easily Maiden's best, even better than 'Live After Death' (which kicked ass as well), and I'll tell you why.

Some reviewers here claim that LAD was better because that had the best tracklist, but c'mon, what do you wan't them to do, to make 5 live albums with the same tracklist?

Other complain that it has nothing from the late 80's albums except for 'The Evil Men That Do', and even this sounds better here. I was surprised to not see 'Wasted Years' or 'Heaven Can Wait' here, but 'Somewhere in Time' is actually my least favorite IM album from the 80's so it doesn't really bother me.

Here you have what the 90's songs lacked, and this is Bruce vocals and Adrian's killer solos. My favorite track here is 'Fear of the Dark', and it is the best version ever made to this song, with Adrian's solo. 'Sign of the Cross' is also much better than the studio version, Blaze sang this well but Bruce did it better.

Most of the early 80's songs sound better on LAD with the exception of 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' and 'Run to the Hills', because of Bruce vocals, but the still kick here.

There is also 3 guitarists, and believe me, it helps here. And there is also double bass drumming, which wasn't on LAD, and that really helps in tracks like 'Hallowed be thy Name', but this song still sounds at its best in the studio.

There are some songs that sound even better live like those I listed above, but as well 'Blood Brothers', 'Ghost of the Navigator', 'Clansman' and 'Run to the Hills'.

The production is also good, although on LAD it was better but slightly. It's certainly better than the production crap on 'Live at Donington' and 'Real Live Dead One'.

If I have any complaints, it should be as people said, there are too much songs from 'Brave New World', there should be more songs from 'Powerslave' (the best metal album ever, period). The only 2 tracks I was dissapointed with are '2 Minutes to Midnight', and 'Wrathchild', they sound at their best in the studio and here the vocals don't fit the instruments.

If you like live concerts and Maiden and don't have this, get it now. Don't waste your money on Metallica's or Linkin Park's concerts (Metallica has good stuff, but today their concerts just blow), Maiden destroys them live (and LP in the studio, IM can get away without a DJ and millions of synthersizers to enhance their sound).

First off, this gets 5 stars because it's Maiden. And they're the best band around, still, after all these years.

Now, I admit I was almost yawning at the thought of 'Yet Another Live Album'. I mean, even Maiden Junkies like me can only have so many live renditions of the SAME OLD SONGS!

Alas, Rock In Rio brings the junkies 8 songs never officially released live (Wicker Man, Ghost, BNW, Blood Brothers, Sign of the Cross, Mercenary, Dream of Mirrors, and The Clansman). Of course, you still get all the regulars just in case you really wanted a 9th live version of NOB to add to your collection!

Listening to this disc brought back all the great memories of this tour. The quality is great, the production is nearly flawless and Bruce's voice holds up well. You can feel the energy here is much better than Maiden's last live offerings (Real Live/Dead One) which were tired, borish and lacking Adrian Smith. A very important piece of the puzzle.

If you like Maiden (and you should) this disc is a can't-miss.

If "Brave New World" wasn't a good enough indication that Maiden is back with a vengeance, I cannot think of a better one than this. I'm sure there will be plenty of argument as to whether or not this album is as good as "Live after Death", so you know what? I'm not even going to discuss it. One thing for sure is that this is certainly their best live album since that one.

What we have here is nearly two hours of excellent live metal. The new album, "Brave New World", is well-represented, with 6 of its 10 songs on here, done to perfection. Many of the old favorites can be found here as well, such as "The Trooper", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", and "The Number of the Beast", and they're as great as ever. Heck, even the Blayze Bailey songs sound great. But really, the only bad thing about them was Blayze, anyway. Hearing Bruce sing "The Clansman" is just awesome. You can just see William Wallace charging across the field, can't you? "Sign of the Cross" is well-made, but that instrumental section is just way too long. Yep, an awesome live album. However, there is one problem. There is NOTHING from "Somewhere in Time" on here! Not one song! How could they not include "Wasted Years", or "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"? I was really disappointed about that, but oh well.

Everything that actually is here is perfect. The musicians all play very tight, and Bruce further solidifies his position as one of the top metal vocalists. The crowd is very lively, and you can tell they're having a great time (why are foreign audiences so much more enthusiastic than American ones? What's the matter with us?). And, once again, we have Bruce screaming "Scream for me, Brazil!". Yep, you've heard that before.

This is just what I needed. The best album to come out this year, and one of the best live albums period. I'm sure Megadeth's live album is a good one too, but there's just no comparing it to this. Now all we need is a new studio album.

Up the Irons!!!

I am very proud to write this review,as maybe I'm the only one here to be there by the time it was being recorded.I'm a Maiden fan since 1980,when I bought their album.But in the 90's things just didn't work for the band,and not so good albums were released.Brave New World was a beautiful return,and a lot should be expected from the concert in Rio.

They didn't disappoint us,and the performance was just perfect.Everything was like old Maiden,there they were again,the Beast was back!!

I just can't describe what it was to be there watching them as I did in 1985,in Rock in Rio I(I was there,too).So,as it is impossible to say it in words,buy this album and feel how it could have been.A perfect performance for the perfect audience.

It was just impossible not to cry when more than 100.000 people joined the eternal intro to "Number of the Beast".

Technically,this is also a perfect live album.Good quality recording,everything is clear and ,god,how they can play.

Buy this.Then come to Rio.