1998: Metal
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Repo 
- Chart updated: 06/23/2025 20:45
- (Created: 03/15/2023 02:25).
- Chart size: 8 albums.
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Year of Release:
1998
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580
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1998
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So I was continuing to check out The Blaze Bayley "Don't Call 'Em Waysted" Years from Iron Maiden and threw in Virtual XI after dropping my kids off at school this morning. And starting with the very first track, I was properly gobsmacked. Because of all of a sudden WITHOUT Bruce Bruce in the band, Maiden sounded more like Samson WITH Bruce Bruce back in the early '80s. The sound of NWOBHM as it was morphing from '70s Pub Rock & Hard Rock into '80s Trad Metal. As I continued to listen, it totally became clear to me that this was the cogent plan for Virtual XI. To go back to the early days of NWOBHM. And bloody hell, to my ears they pulled it off. And because they actually had a plan and vision for this album, I think it sounds a bit more inspired and original than The X Factor, which to me just sounded like generic Maiden for the most part. And it also makes sense that most Maiden fans in 1999 wouldn't quite get it. I mean unless you're a NWOBHM dweeb like myself it's kind of hard to appreciate that Iron Maiden in 1999 was going for a sound that was almost 1979 Proto-Maiden. Anyways, if you're just as much a fan of early Samson & Saxon as u are of Iron Maiden, I quite recommend it. AND then go check out Samson's Shock Tactics which I also think is stellar & highly underrated.
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1998
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1998: Metal composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Cave In | 2 | 25% | |
| Death (Metal) | 1 | 13% | |
| Queens Of The Stone Age | 1 | 13% | |
| Iron Maiden | 1 | 13% | |
| Godsmack | 1 | 13% | |
| Motörhead | 1 | 13% | |
| Jerry Cantrell | 1 | 13% |
1998: Metal chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 2 from 1st to 3rdVirtual XI by Iron Maiden |
| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thUntil Your Heart Stops by Cave In |
| Down 1 from 4th to 5thBeyond Hypothermia by Cave In |
| New entries |
|---|
| The Sound Of Perseverance by Death (Metal) |
1998: Metal similarity to your chart(s)
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