X-factor - Bukannya kau sehangat api , kau membara, okay?

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How did i became Iron Maiden fans? Jawapannya ada pada album X-Factor. Terpengaruh dengan review dari majalah melayu yang saya dah lupa tajuknya (dulu-dulu takde internet, so reference hanya majalah beb). Saya pun mendapatkan keset X-Factor. Beli di pasar malam , tapi yang original okay. Saya tak pernah dengar Iron Maiden era sebelum Blaze "Wolfbane" Bayley, jadi agak pelik kan kalau X-Factor jadi permulaan dalam mengenal Iron Maiden. Boleh saja beli album yang lama-lama, tapi masa tu saya mahu material yang terbaru.

Verdict:

Masa mula-mula beli, jujurnya, susah nak masuk. Susah sangat nak masuk.

Sekarang? Serius , saya suka gila album ini. Pada pendapat saya sekarang dalam album ini banyak lagu yang bagus cuma sayang, ianya bukan di era Bruce Dickinson. Bukan salah Bayley, tapi keadaan masa tu memang tak sesuai untuk dia, seems like he's not in the right moment that time. Susah nak kikis imej Bruce di mata peminat Maiden. Selalu saya fikirkan kedua-dua album era Blaze Bayley kalau dibawa oleh Bruce mesti lain auranya.
Tak kisah apa yang Maiden Fans nak cakap , saya suka album ini. Infact saya juga suka album Virtual XI lebih-lebih lagi lagu "The Angel and the Gambler" walaupun dia punya korus ulang sampai 20 kali huhuhuhuhuhu.

Futureal, Look for the truth, The angel and the gambler, Lord of the flies, Man on the edge, The aftermath, Virus (ni dari kompilasi Best of the Beast - gila lawa poster dia) ni semua my personel feveret dari era Bayley.


So this is the song that i like most from the album, saya suka part oh oh tu.

Look For The Truth (Bayley, Gers, Harris)
From the album : X-Factor (1995)

All my dark dreams drift like smoke in the breeze The fear grips me as I fall toward my sleep Here comes the nightmare that never ends Here is the dream that makes monsters of men

In the house of my soul, in rooms of ugliness and cold Memories locked away, all the doubts and fears I never faced Now they come again, I am falling down to meet with them Fears within us all, mine awake and they stand up tall

Look for the truth – Deepest cut of all from you Knife of the truth – Blade of hatred slicing through

I pray my sleep will break maybe this time I won't wake Weakness I hide so well, this dagger in my mind will tell It's my final stand I make a fist out of each hand To shadows of the past take a breath and I scream attack

Look for the truth – Deepest cut of all from you Knife of the truth – Blade of hatred slicing through Here is the truth – Deepest cut of all from you Knife of the truth – Blade of hatred slicing through

Portnote:

1. Tiada gambar keset disertakan, sebab keset ni kena rampas masa kat asrama. Tinggal cover sahaja itupun malas nak geledah balik. Masih berharap kalau ada versi CD ingat nak beli juga satu.
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