LOL! Well its just an opinion,but both albums have 2 songs that are of less quality,"The Dullists" and "Back In The Village" and on Retribution "Revolution" and "Lochness" but all other tracks on Angel Of Retribution top those of Powerslave by a couple of yards like Judas Rising,Demonizer and Hellrider...those 3 songs alone top any track on Powerslave but I'm sure not here to convince you of that,both are great albums but I'm just giving credit where credit is due! LOL!
And the beanie rap boy hat that Bruce wears spanks big time. The baggy pants are crappy and shows that Bruce doesn't have as much passion for heavy metal that Rob Halford does or many other "metal" artists for that matter. Look at Dio,he never sported spikes,but he always had a medieval image,mystical with some studs ect...he always looked "metal" while Bruce used to support this image to a point.
Take a look at the band photo in the CD booklet of "A Matter Of Life And Death" as Bruce is wearing blue jeans and a green or grey shirt with some random logo on it,it looks like he was outside mowing the yard,a far cry from an image he used to support with studs and spikes ect.... It just shows me that the band is lazy and are not giving the fans 100%. Thats why I've always hailed Rob Halford,he always looks metal where it counts.
Rob wears normal cloths but not on stage or in CD booklets like Bruce and Maiden does. Don't get me wrong,if Maiden were decked out in full spikes ect...it wouldn't change my opinions of the music because the music is the most important but it makes the listener wonder if Maiden never astrayed away from studs and spikes,black/leather ect...what would thier mind-set and attitude be like all these years? Maybe they would of been making albums like "The Number Of The Beast or Piece Of Mind perhaps? Image means everything in the realm of heavy metal and like thier music,Iron Maiden have again come up short.
