Iron Maiden's Brighter Than A Thousand Suns: HEAVY and Awesome!

An in-depth, section-by-section look at one of the highlights of Iron Maiden's 206 album, A Matter Of Life And Death.

Guitars:
Jackson USA Signature Adrian Smith San Dimas
Fender Janick Gers Inspired Stratocaster

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[fmoe]

As you said this is one of those rare occasions where Adrian and Janick plays guitar solos and Dave doesnt, in fact its actually the ONLY time to this day that it happens

[j.s.]

This is one of my favorite Maiden songs..🌞🌞

[PolarisCastillo]

Bruh did you hear about Maiden's new FUTURE PAST Tour!? I'm so freaking PUMPED! It's going back to Somewhere in Time!!

[stilts]

Most underrated Maiden album, IMHO, and one of my faves from it!

[Nomadbyfate]

An excellent breakdown of one of their most unique songs. I don’t understand why this one doesn’t get more attention. The whole atmosphere of the song is something else. It really is a complete package.
I’ve always thought the riffs under the solos are actually 2 of the best riffs they’ve ever written, which says something about the quality of the song really.
Interesting how they took they chord progression from the clean section and reused it in lord of light too.

[GloriaaCristo]

Definitely one of my favorite songs ever

[azzajames]

As always love your work, Brother😉 Keep up the great indepth break downs🤗
Maiden do have a lot of hidden Gems😜
Up the mighty Irons 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[ryos.]

I’m over the moon with how deeply you analysed this gem of a song that always seems to be overshadowed by the other masterpieces in this album!
I once visited a WWII memorial in Kagoshima, which is near the southern end of Japan. The wreckage of the fighter plane on display with a solemn note next to it condemning war and its senseless, inhumane violence reminded me painfully of this song. The mysterious, “unnatural” time signature, intense solos and the cri de coeur of Bruce’s vocal delivery never fails to give me shivers.
I might’ve fallen in love with this song all over again. Thank you Nico for the fantastic video!

[stavrosmaiden]

Thank you! What a song indeed 🤘
Remarkable

[JJamesmale]

This song is so incredible, and to think that it's not even the best track on the album says a lot on how good of a record it is

[GortholMormegil]

Man, i hope that one day you'll make one of these breakdowns for Adrian's "Lord Of Light", another super-underrated track!

[ondrejbudinsky]

Just awesome, as usual. I really love these analysis of hidden gems like BTATS. I would love to see songa like Starchild, Mother of mercy, FF is kind of forgotten album imho. Something tells me, that we will see those things in future, so im just looking forward. I´m so glad the channel is growing, been there almost since the birth. Best Maiden channel by far!

[ap]

Glad someone is covering this song! What an epic this is! One of the best albums of Maiden

[toddgarber]

Awesome!! What a great breakdown, as usual, of course. Love this album. How about Breeg? One of Dave's finest and very heavy as well.

[tillyvick]

Thank you so much for this! I’ve always been very interested in this song…. Peak Maiden creativity!

[alekskot]

Your Maiden guitars sound and tone, is so perfect and close to the originals songs, that sometimes i wanna cry!!! 😆😆❤

[potorrero]

Oh man, this is such a great song, I'm going to listen to it now, chances are I'll end up listening to the whole album though. So it's a win-win situation.

[Ser_Xav]

Man, when I watch your videos it’s like you supercharge the song for me, and makes me go and revisit whole albums with a newfound sense of wonder and precision in my hearing, and appreciation of the detail and interplays. It’s like listening to whole new songs. You have me scouring every square inch of every album.

And I love it when you highlight and cover some small detail that I think only I noticed or appreciated (like when you said ‘moonchild-esque’ on your Hell on Earth vid for example 🤘). Your dedication and talent are immense. Chapeau, Sir!

[emilyinoregon]

I love these breakdowns. Been a fan for about 7 years, but I feel like I've barely scratched the surface! AMOLAD is one of my favorites, too.

[longestday]

The best IM album, IMO. This song, The Longest Day and The Legacy are my favourites on it.