Iron Maiden is one of the few legendary heavy metal groups that every listener of metal knows about. Titled as a Matter of Life and Death, their fourteenth album proves to be a rather solid effort. The music is traditional Maiden material, though the compositions are a bit more intricate and complex than before. The band performs tightly as ever, but I must admit that some signs of Dickinson's age start to show - his vocals don't sound quite as good as they did before.

Kevin Shirley handled the production of this album, and did quite a good job on it. Surprisingly he didn't want to give the material to mastering engineer this time, instead he wanted more honest and raw approach. He decided that the final record should sound just like his mixes, which actually are rather loud (I still assume he did use some limiter, compressor or preamp to boost the final levels). Over and above, Iron Maiden's latest offering A Matter of Life and Death should please most fans of the band. While Iron Maiden has already reached quite a mature age, they still haven't lost their appeal though their songs have started to sound rather similar.

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- MAGE (October 22nd, 2006)

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LINE-UP:
Dickinson, Bruce: Vocals Murray, Dave: Guitars Smith, Adrian: Lead and Rhythm Guitars Gers, Janick: Guitars Harris, Steve: Bass and Keyboards McBrain, Nicko: Drums
Producer:	Shirley, Kevin & Harris, Steve
Mixing by:	Shirley, Kevin "Caveman"
Mastering by:	None (Shirley, Kevin "Caveman")

	TRACKLIST:
	01. Different World 02. These Colours Don't Run 03. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns 04. The Pilgrim 05. The Longest Day 06. Out of the Shadows 07. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg 08. For the Greater Good of God 09. Lord of Light 10. The Legacy Length: 72:04