Criminally underrated song-like many of maidens‘ songs! Powerful, epic, melodious, beautiful, fast, emotional melody!!! One of their best songs for me, and one of the best melodies/songs i‘ve ever heard!!!

@nykterion7

2 жыл бұрын

this song is not underrated bro.. is well known as one of maiden’s best compositions EVER

@samuelemariotti4129

2 жыл бұрын

@@nykterion7 I like it very much and you're quite right about what you're sayng but it remember me al little bit Losfer words

@lazarobispodosanjos450

8 ай бұрын

Agree. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@error4159

5 ай бұрын

Have they ever played it live?

@benstephenson8993

4 ай бұрын

@@error4159no

IMO, this song just REPRESENTS Dave and Adrian's complementarity. One of the best instrumental parts in the history of Maiden!

@azzajames7661

2 жыл бұрын

Not just Maiden, in music, as a whole;-) It is F#@king fantastic;-P Up the mighty Irons!!!!!

Great video! The instrumental part in this one might just be my favorite in the whole Maiden catalog! Powerslave is such a killer album from start to end.

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! That four part harmony section is ridiculously cool! 🤘🤘

Maybe the most criminally underrated Maiden's song with Sea of madness. Adrian solo is pure genius once more. These harmonics give me goosebumps anytime. Great job as usual Nico 🤘

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

Adrian's solo here will be the topic of a very interesting video.. well, I think it'll be interesting anyway 😂

@techdeath3609

2 жыл бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast It will be interesting for sure. As usual. This solo is so great

@Therionsylar

3 ай бұрын

Sea of Madness is my favorite Maiden song!

Iron maiden. Masters of 3 part guitar harmonies!

Yet more proof that there isn’t a bad track on this album! Great job! 🤘

Such a cool tune, and a fun adventure. I can imagine Bruce being the protagonist in this one. Killer playing!

Playing a Maiden song on the Dark side of the Moon... That is truly beautiful!!!🤘🤩🤘

Amazing performance!! This track is unbelievably beautiful!! A lot of guitars doing different things, as if they knew the band would become a three guitar combo! Epic track that should be played live!! Thank you!!

Excellent song choice! Excellent job and you nailed it! Those layers of harmonies on top of one another... So good 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

@superdave7241

Ай бұрын

So good👍

Great video! The Duellists is what I call one of Maiden´s hidden gems, along with the Nomad, Die with your boots on, etc.. Thanks for covering it! Keep going!!!

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching man!! And I'm really glad to hear these videos could be interesting to a drummer as well. Cheers! 🤜🤛

Brilliant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nico. You, sir, are a freaking genius!

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

Haha well maybe the genius is Steve Harris for writing it... I just have to play it! 😄

@stevehanson2398

2 жыл бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast Steve Harris is a living legend, agreed. I've been a Maiden fan since 1980. As a beginner guitarist, I can only hope to play like you one day. This was my first time watching your channel and I'll be watching more in future🤘👍

Dude, that was incredible!!

Another one of my faves. And I appreciate your playing and sharing. I love IM for like 37 years now and Powerslave was so epic at the time. In fact, it's epic right now! Thx, NIco

Another geat perfomance ! Man I`m having so much fun watching your videos !

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it!! Thank you 🙏🤘

This is almost like the original. Brilliant precision 👍🏼 Up the Irons🤘🏼

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Cheers 🤘

great cover man! one of my favourite tunes by maiden and also one of adrian's most underrated solos!!!!!

For me this was the magical era of Maiden. I've seen them countless times and the last time is always my favourite. What a phenomenal band they are 👏

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Wow you just totally nailed it with statement! And you know what? I feel the exact same way every time! Nice to know I'm not the only one who feels that way 😃

Impeccable execution. My favorite I.M. album. and this is one of the most epic songs ever. If I could play a bit like that way...

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Definitely a great song from a great album 😊

I'm getting into this song more and more, thanks to your playing it Nico. Maiden is so cool, thy make every song so perfect. I'm gonna learn this one today... Harmonies galore and it will take me more than a day. lol..

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck! It's definitely a fun one. The harmonies are so nice to play along with and the solos are just excellent!

Flawless as always, great job!!!

This is my favorite Iron Maiden song, and you played it perfectly. What more can I say? You are a super talented guitarist !!! It is a pleasure both to listen to you and to see you play (you have the characteristic of great guitarists: playing fast and clean giving the impression of moving slowly!).

One of the best instrumental parts they've ever made! Perfect cover

Wow wow, I have probably watched you play this and commented before, but it never gets old! Watching you, Nicko, perform this with perfection! Excellent Adrian and Dave performance!

There is dignity, knowledge and skills in all your videos. Well done my friend!! Well done! I dare to say this is the most enjoyable subscription I have done!

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

A big sincere and heartfelt THANK YOU for those encouraging words man! Efharisto Poli!!!

man both the solos are chilling! so much feeling. the whole song is amazing!

@mikebunzey3146

Жыл бұрын

The pink Floyd shirt kills it for me! Keep it metal! No room for classic rock here👺!

one of my favourite song. Great performer

Wow.....just wow!

Hit that like button before even listening to the bloody song! My friend, do you mind, for once, covering a song that's NOT on my top-10 most favourite? Hahaha awesome work, i really hope that taking close notice of your play-through will also help me come to grips with playing the song. Thank you so much !

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Ah man you don't know how much I appreciate that! As for learning to play it better, try setting the resolution to 1080p and playback at 75% or even 50%. With my own tracks highlighting the guitar parts and the multiple camera angles, it should give you a very good idea of exactly what is being played. Good luck and stay tuned for more actual tutorials coming up! 🤜🤛

@kiwisamurai69

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha I did the same thing. It's just automatic like with this guy.keep it up Nico!

Dayum Criminall under rated sing by Iron Maiden, The guitar work on this Song is phenomenal, this is a reason why Powerslave and Somewhere in Time are my two Favorite Iron Maiden albums of all time, that soli by Adrian is just Epic

Excelent! Thank you for posting. This is the real Maiden and why so many fans as myself can't get pass anything made after 7th son.

Wow great job Niko ! Love the Solos

Excellent.

Thanks Nicko!! Along with Losfer Words and Flash of the Blade, great underrated songs from a GREAT ALBUM!!

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! To be fair, when an album has Aces High, 2 Minutes, Powerslave and Rime of the Ancient Mariner, there's going to be some songs that take a backseat... but I could listen to the whole album on repeat!

@hktr01

3 жыл бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast I DO IT time to time...!! Please make a tutorial of Losfer Words

Great work;-) One of the best guitar (riffy) songs ever, and like Maiden's typical Style it is actually very smart musically, calling it The Duellists, like a sword fight, between two people, and so having the guitars Duelling each other, too;-P Sounds bloody fantastic. F#@k YEAH!!!!! Up the mighty Irons!!!!

Great cover of an amazing song. You killed that middle instrumental section.

I’m totally amazed at your playing skills🎸🎸🎸 and your video editing skills man

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I can't take any credit for the video editing as that is all done my my wife, Sara. I'll be sure to pass on your kind compliment though 🙂 Cheers! 🤜🤛

such an awesome dual guitar part. Great cover

Takes me back to why i wanted to learn the guitar....great song,great album and great playing!

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

That's AWESOME!! And thanks so much!

I love this song! Great work mate!

Once again great job!

I love this song so much!

Dude thank you for this... awesome!

Superb as always

Amazing cover one again!!! So good!

great cover! thanks man

This is such an amazing song and such an amazing cover as always, I absolutely love this song so much, Absolutely innovative, creative, well structured, so melodic and the harmonies, just phenomenal. Thank you so much!

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lorenzo! It really is a great song 😊

RESPECT! Excellent cover mate! Cheers 🍻💯

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much man!

This was just insane. Well done sir.

@LicksOfTheBeast

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!!!

Highly underrated song with awesome guitar work from Dave and Adrian. Thanks for sharing your take on it! Great work as usual.

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much man! And yeah it's definitely underrated and undervalued...shame because it really is some fantastic stuff! I actually did a thing on Instagram where I showed how Adrian's solo in this song is actually a full-on blues solo by playing it over a laid back Chicago blues backing track in B minor... Works perfectly!

Hell yea man. Great as always! \m/

amazing man!

I remember being in a maiden tribute and one of the members added this song and back in the village to the middle of the setlist, back-to-back. Thats when I found out you can work out the forearm and palm playing guitar. The solos were a nice break whenever we rehearsed.

Muy bueno!. Muy bien logrado 😮

Awesome again, Nico! I always get caught up on the first harmonized palm muted licks! It sounds so simple but always catches me 😭

Fond memories of that song listen to it on a walk man with x bass headphones lol .well done mate and well played the tortoise pick guard strat very nice proper hefty bridge saddles I wish more strats would come with them as standard lol

adrian smiths best solo. So much swag in this one. Good job dude :D killing it as always

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Swag for days! All blues licks that somehow manage to sound metal 🤘

@ElevatedLevetator

3 жыл бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast yup. And never too much. Just perfect. Bit understated rather than all the crazy shred people do. Thats what he does best imo. Im trying to learn playing that way too, and i can see you got the swag down pretty good man!

@ElevatedLevetator

3 жыл бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast and hes vibrato is the best in the business. Dont think ive seen anybody with that fluid vibrato expect from yngwie. Would be cool if you talked about that some time! It looks like he uses his shoulder or arm abit, and its like the guitar floats in the air. Its really cool, but i dont get it!6

Bravo! 🤘

Flawless!

I’ve been listening to this song for decades, but it’s taken me until now to realise you could probably sing the words of the verse of ‘Where Eagles Dare’ over it and they’d fit.

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Now that I've sung both songs with the opposite lyrics out loud, I can't unhear it! 🤣🤣

My favorite cut off Powerslave!

I have struggled with this song for so long and you just laid it out there dude, it’s really hard to play but you smashed it man .thank you. Please do Alexander the Great

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Oh believe me...I'vehad my shares of struggles with all of these songs over the years 😆 They can be tricky to play exactly right! Glad you enjoyed the video and so hope it can help you figure out any challenging bits - I try to include close ups and different angles for these covers so that the fingerings are easier to see. Especially if you slow it down a bit. I will be doing Alexander in the future and also an interesting lesson on Adrian's solo for this song here! Thanks for the kind words!

Hi! Again I pass trought to leave my congrats for your covers...reminds me listen this musics 20 years ago...

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! If my videos could bring back some great memories, I'm really glad 😃 Cheers!

Loveyour videos

perfect 👌

Powerslave was the first Iron Maiden's album I ever listened to, I was 15. Dunno why, it has kind of a mesmerizing power on me: all the riffs and solos...I could (I actually do) listen to them thousands of times, and I never have enough. It happens especially with the two solos from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's because the riffs and solos on that album are unique sounding and particularly memorable all while being simple enough for a young person who might not even play an instrument to understand. And it's probably also the age at which we discovered this music... 🙂

Lembro-me quando comprei o disco Powerslave nos anos 80 e ficava repetidamente colocando novamente aqueles três minutos instrumentais da música the duellists e até sonhava com esse solo. É uma das músicas que eu mais gosto da banda mas foi meio que esquecida pelo próprio Iron Maiden. Cover perfeito amigo. Parabéns.

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Muitissimo obrigado!! Estou feliz por poder ajudar a trazer de volta algumas boas lembranças 😊

ESPETACULAR !!!!!!!!! 🎸☠🎸🤟☠🤟 Que performace perfeita meu amigo. Amo essa música

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Muito Muito obrigado! 😊🤘

Meu Deus que timbre perfeito, poderia fazer um video falando sobre.

Dave’s solo is killer

WOW!

Incrível!!!!

grandisssssimo!!!!

Amazing as always. I wonder if they ever played this live? I;ve always wanted a tour of great songs that never got played!

@Shimmings

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think they’ve ever played Back in the Village live either.

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I don't believe it was ever played live. I think the decision regarding which songs will make it to the live set is made as they're rehearsing the songs before recording them, based on how things are feeling... Some songs you know will kill on stage and others just make better album tracks as the pacing and/or arrangement doesn't really work with an arena crowd. A tour of unplayed favourites would be the coolest thing ever if they were able to do it in smaller venues, with the focus being on the musical performance rather than the overall stage show and running around 😊

@JordanFlayer

3 жыл бұрын

@@Shimmings according to adrian, back in the village was played at the rehearsal shows in poland, but were dropped after those 2 shows

@osamaqtaitat

2 жыл бұрын

I really don’t know why!! Like also Infinitive dreams, losfer words, flash of blades!!! This one here is one of the best maidens‘ songs for me, and one of the best melodies/songs i‘ve ever heard!!!

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

It probably just didn't feel right live. Some songs just don't work within the context of the set or with the vibe of the snow. Others just end up feeling messy or even like something is missing when you play them live. It's a weird thing but some songs just work better in the studio while others might work better live!

Can I call you 'teacher', teacher? 😆👏🏽🤘🏽

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

😄😄😄

For me.....the most underrated Maiden song still to this day! Shame people sleep on this masterpiece track. It alone is better than a couple entire Maiden albums whole, lol

Excelente!!!

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

Muitissimo obrigado!! 🙏🤘

@marcianojuniormaraschin5080

2 жыл бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast

Ese tema es muy bueno, una gran canción 🙂🤘 saludos desde Colombia

brutal hermano, up the irons.

Maravilloso.

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Muito obrigado!

Wow!!....Life is good!!

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘🤘

Genio

Yo no entiendo porqe no hay registro de maiden haciendo esta joya en vivo 😢 el mejor te de maiden a mi gusto

🙌

Once again, brilliant performance.👏 I would like to ask you to allow me to share this same song but in a different arrangement.

Another great cover of the band that started my journey to learning guitar. You really are a master of your craft bro! Could you possibly cover Wasted years,Powerslave or 23:58 next???

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I will be doing all three of those soon enough but I am trying to spread out the albums a bit and also include some tutorials and lessons as well. As I get better at this I will release videos more often. 🤘

Dude! I am the 666 to like this video. ,🤘

It’s very hard to believe some people say this is one of the not so good songs on the album

Murray v. Smith who wins ? We do

This channel is really good, I love Iron Maiden and I really like ppl who shares this love and helps my sorry ass to learn so, I have a formal request: Hallowed be thy Name, rock in rio 2001, Janick Gers solo lml

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I will be doing a lot more tutorials and covers with close-ups so there is a lot more to come. That solo is more something I would cover on my Instagram page so maybe I'll do it there sometime. That was definitely an intense performance!

If you take the parts of this song, undoubtedly you can make three other songs for sure. (Adrian's solo kills)

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🤘🏻😁

that 2nd Adrian lick is quite challenging for me (Legato + the high B note)

@LicksOfTheBeast

2 жыл бұрын

It's a great lick to work on your string skipping 🙂 Try starting the legato on the G string with and Up stroke and the E string with a Down stroke and keep doing that pattern for the duration of the lick.

Smith come from the future

Its a discrase ro humanity that this and Flash Of The Blade were lefy out to play live its one of my favorites of the album with the title track and Rime of the ancient mariner

Why aren't they able to write songs such as this one anymore ?😪

Nice video, yeah, but... WE-WANT-TO-SEE-THE-IBANEZ 🤪haha, awesome as usual, Nico. Take care!

@LicksOfTheBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha this was filmed before I picked it up but it'll be on the next one!

beautiful playing and preset. is it able to share the preset screen. i would like to tweak in axe fx 2 mark İİ.

@LicksOfTheBeast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! All the settings are detailed in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5mVp6VuoKbOorg.html

Many many Maiden songs use only A, B and C chords, the difficult thing is to create something magic with that.

@everythingque4635

3 жыл бұрын

I argue they use C5 D5 and E5 more often than ABC

@danielgonzaleztejedor9486

3 жыл бұрын

@@everythingque4635 I stand corrected, you are right.