Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg [SINGLE] [IMPORT]

Iron Maiden

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: August 14, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000GYHZDA
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #129,369 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
First single pulled from the Metal band's 2006 album A Matter Of Life And Death. Features the epic riff-heavy 'The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg' coupled with Radio One Legends version of 'Hallowed Be Thy Name'. EMI.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Birth of and Elephant, September 4, 2006

By	Edward Monk "Edward Monk" (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews

Well, "birth of an elephant" is what Maiden members say about the rather lenghty writing process of Dave Murray. But is worth waiting for: the man knows how to deliver a blues-based riff in a metal context.
This song in particular is the best Murray track since Still Life and an adequate appetizer for the new album.
Congratulations to Maiden, for seeding this quite barren 21st Century musical world. God bless you!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very promising preview to the next iron maiden record, August 30, 2006

By	Concerned One "Thrashfan" (Clarinda, IA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This is the first single off the new Maiden Album "A Matter Of Life And Death" which will hit stores in the USA on September 5th, 2006, available in Standard and Delux Editions (With DVD). This Single is Available on CD and on Clear Vinyl. This song is very reminiscent of Somewhere in Time/Stranger in a Strange Land Maiden, this is an Epic song. Even the promo video on their website tosses back to the "flight of icarus" video.

Again filled with a haunting guitar intro, slow and soft vocals begin to unfold the story of Benjamin Breeg. Then the song bursts out into a great guitar driven melody that grabs you and won't leave your heads. There are plenty of dueling guitar slabs to make any metal head very happy. There is a two track version with Hallowed be thy name live (Radio One Legends sessions) and a three track version that has Run to the Hills live and The Trooper Live (radio one sessions). Get either of these singles, you will not be dissapointed.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2 great singles...and more mystery behind Eddie and Benjamin, October 1, 2006

By	Eddie Lancekick "A Regulator" (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

"Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" is a notable single that was on the album "A matter of life and Death". With Breeg, we're getting a very good dose of storyline and theme to the music that is wrought with possible mystery. Musically its one of the best songs I've heard sung by the Bruce Dickinson led band in a long time. This song is a driving rocker that has some great technical prowess in the guitars as well as a great vocal performance by Dickinson. The song has a catchy, dark groove to it that sails just as much as it smashes. The signature sound of melodic solos and pounding drums is here, but this single, and the full length album it is attributed to, is much deeper than I've heard in a while in both theme and structure. The other single (B-side) of this album is "Hallowed by thy name" and is also a notable, tight track that should not be overlooked.

After a little research into the sudden unveiling of history behind the bands symbolic skeletal figure "Eddie" as well as Benjamin Breeg, I found some fascinating details. Like some bands, whether in the rock spectrum or progressive rockers, there is some deeper history to the bands artwork, Eddie, and storyline than most realize. Benjamin Breeg may in fact be the assumed name of an "unknown soldier" in an unmarked grave. Through their fantasy lore, he came back as Eddie. Or, he is separate from Eddie. The CD cover is depicting Eddie digging the grave of a Benjamin Breeg. On the tombstone is the inscription ""Aici zace un om despre care nu se tie prea mult" which is roughly translated from Romanian meaning ""here lies a man about whom little is known."

The band isn't saying what exactly lies behind the mystery of Eddie and Benjamin. Regardless, I find the new Breeg storyline as well as this single and its promoted full-length album "A matter of life and death" a refreshing continuance of this bands musical direction.