Senjutsu

At nearly 82 minutes across 10 tracks, each song is an epic of it's own accord, packed with more highs, lows, twists and turns than many bands can pack into an entire album. This would be an incredible album even if you didn't take into consideration that the band are all well into their 60s.

I would admit that my music-listening preferences tends to put a lot of emphasis on vocals. You can tell at times that Bruce Dickinson isn't as young as he once was, but what he lacks in power or stamina he makes up for in effort and technique.