Iron Maidenin elokuussa julkaistu uusi albumi The Final Frontier on ollut jättimenestys kautta maailman. The Final Frontier on heti julkaisunsa jälkeen noussut listaykköseksi yli kahdessakymmenessä maassa. Suomessa levy on myynyt kahdessa viikossa yli platinalevyrajan (20.000 kpl.) ja listasijoitus luonnollisesti numero yksi!
Iron Maiden päätti juuri menestyksekkään The Final Frontier -kiertueen stadion- ja festivaalikeikkoja käsittäneen Euroopan osionsa Espanjaan ja vetäytyy nyt hetkeksi tauolle. Kiertue jatkuu vuoden 2011 alkupuolella.
Listasijoitukset:
No. 1 - Arabia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Finland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
No. 2 - Australia, Belgium, Holland
No. 3 - Ireland, Poland, Turkey
No. 4 - USA
No. 5 - Singapore
Lehtiarvioita The Final Frontierista:
"Some of their most intricately structured songs [with] hooks so huge you could raise the Titanic with them." - The Times
"What Maiden are giving fans here is something to truly get their teeth into and savour...fearless, adventurous and with a record that will still bowl you over in a decade's time." - Kerrang
"Their most ambitious yet... signifying that this national institution's quest for adventure remains unabated." - Mojo
"They've reinforced their position as the credible elder statesmen of metal with a tightly focused, self referential effort... a pure concentrated hit of imperial period Irons." - NME
"10 songs that explore a whole range of musical territory both within and beyond the usual parameters... Maiden obviously know that at this stage of their career there is no area of inspiration which can't be tapped into and no boundaries that can't be crossed... To hear an album this good from a band of this vintage is nigh on miraculous.... We're unbelievably lucky that they're still around. Long may the Maiden reign." - Metal Hammer
"The Final Frontier takes the band into so many new musical areas and bombards the listener with so many subtly peculiar touches it feels more like the beginning of a new chapter than a mere continuation of an ongoing saga... The faithful, in their millions, will adore every last second." - Classic Rock
"They can still thrill [and] do complex as well as rocking... nobody does it better." - Evening Standard
"Fresher, more visceral-sounding... they don't hold anything back, including a lengthy intro track, Middle-Eastern elements on ‘Isle of Avalon', Steve Harris' distinctively tense bass lines and masses of explosive guitar solos throughout. The blustering music is served with utter conviction... the noise and fantasy is rip-roaringly alive." - Metro
"This is just exceptional Maiden. A band doing what they do best...'The Final Frontier' takes times, it takes effort but it's overwhelmingly brilliant." - The Quietus
"Iron Maiden are really all kinds of amazing." - The Word
