One of the most divisive incarnations of Eddie, the space monster taken from the album artwork by intestines-fixated Melvyn Grant, appears on stage as an inflatable. The first third is let down by the mid-tempo non-starter Mother Of Mercy, while the middle of the record buckles under the weight of the directionless Isle Of Avalon and the promising but unrealized Starblind, and the latter portion of the album struggles through the plodding yawn of The Man Who Would Be King. The Final Frontier’s biggest problem is that it seems plagued by a number of under-cooked and overlong songs, tracks that want to be spectacular or epic but don’t have the surplus of strong ideas going for them that the songs on A Matter Of Life And Death did. However, their latest adventure would fall far short of these groundbreaking records. In an apparent effort to stay in the 1980s vibe, Maiden decided to record their new album at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas, the site of their classic triumphs Piece Of Mind (1983), Powerslave (1984) and Somewhere In Time (1986). After scaling the pyramids of the past in 2008-09, Iron Maiden head into the stars and the future with The Final Frontier album and tour in 2010-11.
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