Moshtalgia - Episode 03 - Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

This is Moshtalgia. A podcast about albums we love, albums that were important to us growing up. 

In the pantheon of heavy metal, few albums have achieved legendary status quite like Iron Maiden's 1988 masterpiece, 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'. This concept album not only cemented Iron Maiden's place as metal gods but also captured the imagination of a generation.

In our latest podcast episode, we embark on a journey back to the days of denim jackets and long hair, exploring the album that became the soundtrack to our teenage years. We delve into the lore behind the lyrics, the genius of the band's dual guitar assaults, and the unmistakable vocals of Bruce Dickinson, affectionately known as the 'Air Raid Siren'.

From the mystical cover art by Derek Riggs to the album's chart-topping success, we dissect what made 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son' a phenomenon. With personal anecdotes and a track-by-track analysis, we bring to life the album's themes of prophecy, the battle between good and evil, and the supernatural powers of the fabled Seventh Son.

Delve into the timeless quality of Iron Maiden's music and how it continues to resonate with fans old and new. We discuss the album's influence on the metal genre and why, after all these years, it remains a high watermark for Iron Maiden and heavy metal music.

Whether you're a diehard fan or a curious newcomer, this episode is a must-listen. So join us as we pay homage to 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son' and relive the glory days of metal. Turn 'er up, and let the memories flood back as we celebrate one of the greatest 1980s rock albums ever to hit the mainstream airwaves.

There's absurdity, snark, and blistering twin-microphone facts from Taylor and Bourney, fully harmonised with double-tracked wailing and complaining. We men do play on ten, to Valhalla and back.

Best served with beer and a side of silliness. Lie back and enjoy it. Come join us on a review of those now-vintage LPs we loved in the 1980s from the bands that parted us from our money.

It isn't just two friends chatting in front of microphone about their long-haired heavy metal days. Well it is, but also it's much more.

Dive deep into the spurious subconsious of two middle-aged metallers regaling the days of their youth with squirming stories, analogue anectodes, and antsy accusations from the east coast of Ireland. We name and shame, mostly ourselves. 

Remember that first metal album? First concert? The rock ballad you first copped off to on a disco dancefloor with nervous hands and dry lips? Yeah, you do. 

We let the hair on down the back, steal tapes, photocopy covers, and even buy a bullet-belt. We deftly sew patches on our denim jackets, and pilfer magazines in the shop.

Offering our metal heroes no quarter. We praise and prosletyse, we ridicule and rile. We spar with each other and the teenage illusions we had when hearing these masterpieces.

Armed with a sonic scalpel, we cleave our way through track by track, appraise hits and filler a generation on. Who dared battle the Saracen? Who gave love a bad name? Who danced on glass? Listen and find out.

Tune in to rock radio again, hear it as it was, all entombed by fat and freckled guitar segues brought to you by our resident riffer, that man from Annamoe; Pat 'The Fingerer' Shaughnessy! 

We rifle through the pages of once-mighty UK rock organ Kerrang for hot takes of the late Eighties. Hear the words of Malcolm Dome, Dante Bonutto, Sylvie Simmons, Howard Johnson, Chris Watts, Alison Joy, and Mick Wall as they gurn over the news, interviews, and reviews of the day.

Moshtalgia exposes many a metal mistake, a misheard lyric, and as much madness as your mind can muster. You will hear the voices of the bands giving comment directly here on our podcast. Their voices voiced through our own larynxes that is.

Hear the doyen of UK rock radio, Tommy Vance, along with producer Tony Wilson, deliver rock and metal weekly for a scant-yet-prescious two FM hours on the UK's BBC Radio One.

If you know it, you're in for a treat on this show. If you don't, you're still in for a treat on this show. Rock on Tommy! It doesn't matter what age you are.

We absorb musician autobiographies and gorge on metal authors to skull it back, slurp it down, and regurgitate back up for your listening pleasure. 

Moshtalgia is a delirious day trip to the past with a gimlet wince and a black-toothed grin at rock and metal from the 1980s.

Just let me rock! Moshtalgia with Taylor and Bourney. A proper podcast.

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