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The Chemical Wedding
Metal · 1998 · 11 tracks

The Chemical Wedding

Bruce Dickinson

Downtuned, alchemical metal that trades speed for crushing weight. A literary collision of William Blake's poetry and Roy Z's thick, modern production.

September 9, 1998 · Sanctuary

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A heavy, intellectual descent into alchemical mystery and prophetic visions.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
King in Crimson
4:44
02
Chemical Wedding
4:06
03
The Tower
4:45
04
Killing Floor
4:30
05
Book of Thel
8:14
06
Gates of Urizen
4:25
07
Jerusalem
6:42
08
Trumpets of Jericho
5:59
09
Machine Men
5:42
10
The Alchemist
6:02
11
Return of the King
7:33
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the spoken word intro of Jerusalem into the massive, slow-churning main riff.
The eight-minute mark of Book of Thel where the complex rhythmic shifts resolve into a soaring vocal peak.
The way the guitars drop into a bone-shaking low tuning on the opening of King in Crimson.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Chemical Wedding sound next to the rest of Bruce Dickinson's catalogue?

Cathedral+1.9σ

Cathedral saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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