Blaze Discography

Blaze Bayley gets no respect. Really. If people have heard of him at all, it's, at best "that guy that sang for Iron Maiden when Bruce was gone". He is unfairly maligned for the quality of the songs on the two Iron Maiden albums he sang on (I actually really like The X-Factor album, but whatever) which is ridiculous, since he didn't write any of them. So almost nobody seems to have even checked out any of his solo material. Which is a mistake. Because it really, really kicks ass. The style is very much what you'd expect: traditional heavy/power metal, with slight nods to both Priest and Maiden, though it doesn't really have much that sounds like either other than occasional twin guitar passages. Blaze has a REALLY unusual voice and that gives the material a much more distinctive feel than it might otherwise have; if this were sung by any of the zillion Halford/Dickinson/Tate styled vocalists typical of traditional metal the songs wouldn't be nearly as ear-catching. But they are, and they are. Blaze Bayley is a lot more than a guy who filled in for Bruce Dickinson for a few years, just like Tim Owens is a lot more than a guy who filled in for Rob Halford for a few years (just listen to the last two Iced Earth albums, or Beyond Fear) and had a bad movie based on his story. Blaze can't just sing, he can write great songs. If you still like that old skool metal sound, you gotta check out the Blaze solo work. Enjoy, and bang it 'til it bleeds!

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_r_e_t_r_o_ (2007-12-03)

Underrated singer indeed. It's not fare to compare him with Bruce Dickinsson (nobody can replace him) but he did some good songs with maiden. I'm fond of the Virtual XI album. Cred to his solo stuff. Worth listening

Sam1-82 (2007-12-21)

First iron maiden album i heard was x-factor and i liked Blazes singing more than Bruces, because i heard Blaze first :) . Anyway it's true that it wasn't very advertasing for blaze to have problems with his voice and sing in front thousands of fundamentalistic south american maiden-fans...i really hope that people will find out what he can really do by listening wolfsbane and his solo career.

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Rushdhsf (2008-04-05)

You are right, Blaze doesn't get NEARLY enough respect than he should.
First Blaze solo song i heard was "Born as a Stranger", and i was instantly hooked!

drunkyarddude (2008-05-05)

for me blaze bayley is better than bruce dickinson hell yeah. I dont care about iron maiden!

drunkyarddude (2008-05-07)

the brave song is better than any iron maiden song except futureal hehehe

lopp-ster (2008-09-07)

I agree, in a way a find the x factor as one of the best maiden albums. However when maiden turned back to the "old sound" after ever diving
ticket sales, they shat in the blue box!=virtual XI! "old sound goes with old singer (not paul!), and new sound (x factor) goes with new singer=blaze bayley! -But i´m sure the iron maiden banker does´nt agree! hugs and kisses to all maiden fans on the face of the earth!

lopp-ster (2008-09-07)

I also have to comment that Blaze indeed was a colaburator on "the X Factor",where he did a great contribusion on 5 of the songs.