Bruce Dickinson Is Back! But Is He Actually Any Good?!

Bruce Dickinson (singer of Iron Maiden, obviously) has returned with a brand new album for the first time in years. The debut single is this, Afterglow of Ragnarok. What do you think? Does it hit the spot?

My JHRA Tour Dates:
18th March - Norwich LCR UEA [SOLD OUT]
19th March - Bristol St George's [LOW TICKETS]
20th March - Sheffield Memorial Hall
21st March - Glasgow The Glee Club [SOLD OUT]
22nd March - Gateshead The Glasshouse Sage 2 [SOLD OUT]
24th March - London Bloomsbury Theatre [SOLD OUT]
25th March - London The Beck Theatre
26th March - Cardiff The Glee Club [SOLD OUT]
27th March - Birmingham The Glee Club [SOLD OUT]
29th March - Salford The Lowry [SOLD OUT]
30th March - Liverpool St George's Hall
31st March - Leeds City Varieties Music Hall

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[budafuka]

Accident of Birth is one of my favorite albums of all time. Glad to see Bruce still has another solo album in him.

[danw]

This song is phenomenal. Bruce still has it.

[kanneroo]

Bruce and Rob still belting out the epic metal vocals.

[MariaFrancesca]

You can't say this is any kind of groundbreaking music in the genre, can you, but... I do quite like it. A bit of nostalgia in the sound, isn't it, for us oldies, and Bruce's voice is still a treat.

[BB-npib]

Rain on the graves was surprisingly fresh and heavy. Old guy still got some pipes on him

[Joybuzzard]

Any of what Dickinson does is better than anything you've ever done. Not knocking your work, you're great and all, with that one song with the all the high notes, but Dickinson's career has been one of consistent excellence whether with Maiden or his various solo projects. So far the new album has some great 'Chemical Wedding' vibes, and I'm a huge fan of concept albums in general.

[gdr]

Bruce is still producing better music than his younger metal counterparts

[mikewilson]

Jesus Bruce found the fountain of youth. Still making bangers after all these years and even when Maiden takes down time he is putting together other projects.

[nexusbrill]

You momentarily broke my brain when you played “Kayleigh” …I started singing it, now it’s stuck in my head lol 👍

[TheSkateboardingShow]

I liked the sound of the song so much that I will be listening to that album as soon as possible. Thank you for sharing that Justin 👌

[michaelmorrow]

Have to hand it to him, 65 and can still sing like that. I wouldn't say the video was the greatest, but Bruce has always been a great story teller.

[RobinLott]

😂"detuned to summon demons" had me chuckle-snorting my coffee and that Marillion bit made me feel all nostalgic. Nice one!

[flyingdutchman]

One of the best music channels on YouTube (it’s my go to anyway).

[botchick]

There are five. Gnarly Beard Spice Viking, Gunpowder-Drinking Spice Viking, Drunk in the Hold Spice Viking, Ghost Spice Viking, and Doesn't Need That Eye Patch Spice Viking. Can't pick a favorite!

[MrDantres]

The Mandrake Project is (yep, guilty of having heard all of it before it's released, but don't worry, I already made the pre-order!)

[TheGuitarCurator]

As a huge fan of Bruce's solo stuff, I'm really looking forward to this album. 'Balls to Picasso', 'Accident of Birth' and 'The Chemical Wedding' were the soundtracks of my teenage years (with some 'Skunkworks' mixed in there too, of course). I'm glad he's working with Roy Z again as well. As much as I like Iron Maiden, the music Bruce has done with Roy is some of my most favourite. Thanks for covering this, and it's great to have you back!

[CZRBAND]

It has a faint whiff of ragnorpööp. Heres a little known fact bruce dickinson is actually dyslexic and when he was story boarding his video ideas for this song his original plan was to have it Christmassy for Christmas with snow, and vikings, and santa and elves. However he misspelled santaism and we ended up with pentagrams and satanic symbolism.

[NinStardust]

That break did you good Justin! This was hilarious! Have missed silly episodes like this, it shows when you’re happy. 🥰 Loved this episode, especially the stupid voices. 😂🥰
2:35 Why aren’t Justin Hawkins audiobooks a thing? Please make them a thing! Could listen to you narrating books all day long. With or without the stupid voices. 😁
6:25 Jenny, did you insert your line from Age of Darkness here? Because if you did, that’s absolutely brilliant! 😂😂😂💖

[raquelsnt]

Here we are in Christmas till 6th of January! I loved the comparison with Dan's song😆
The begining of the song is cool.

[guillermodelnoche]

Spice Vikings consists of Zakk Wylde, Ian Anderson, Andre the Giant, Conan O’Brien and Jason Momoa