Hello everyone. Like all of you I am a great Iron fan and fully appreciate their work and talent. Personally I believe most of you miss the point of the maiden war songs. The dont care of expressing a political judgement or view but narrate facts from a distant point of view, with no feeling at all. They are emotionless because that is how the world is. Man has no sentiment for suffering and killing. People are sent to war as if it were normal and maiden completely reflect this. Man has lost all of his charity and the only thing that remains is his ego and individuality. His fears accompany him thoughout his struggle and give him support, the support needed to die and be forgotten..
This is what iron maiden war songs are about. No hitlers or heroes. Just individual souls who die for no reason, because like Nietzsche said, when God was killed, Reason went along with Him....
All of these themes (fear your only compagnion, lack of heroes, isolation, being forgotten) are all present in the list of war songs by maiden. If war song revolve around there themes, how can they be political?
Hello everyone. Like all of you I am a great Iron fan and fully appreciate their work and talent. Personally I believe most of you miss the point of the maiden war songs. The dont care of expressing a political judgement or view but narrate facts from a distant point of view, with no feeling at all. They are emotionless because that is how the world is. Man has no sentiment for suffering and killing. People are sent to war as if it were normal and maiden completely reflect this. Man has lost all of his charity and the only thing that remains is his ego and individuality. His fears accompany him thoughout his struggle and give him support, the support needed to die and be forgotten.. This is what iron maiden war songs are about. No hitlers or heroes. Just individual souls who die for no reason, because like Nietzsche said, when God was killed, Reason went along with Him.... All of these themes (fear your only compagnion, lack of heroes, isolation, being forgotten) are all present in the list of war songs by maiden. If war song revolve around there themes, how can they be political?