Mattowarrior's Metal Madness

So I figured that I would do my second installment of this blog series. After No Prayer for the Dying, Iron Maiden had decided to go back into the studio and make a more "ambitious" record more in line with some of their mid eighties classics. They spent more time writing and recording the subsequent album than the previous one, and also used a higher "grade" of production methods. It was also the first Iron Maiden album recorded using some digital recording techniques (more on this in a second). The result was the album, Fear of the Dark. Now Fear in the Dark in my eyes (and ears) has a lot in common with No Prayer for the Dying in many ways. Iron Maiden still had that "hard rock" influence pop up in songs like Weekend Warrior or From Here to Eternity. However, its not as "annoying" as in songs like Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter on the last album. The album starts out with the first Janick Gers contribution (he wrote many of the...