Recorded in December at the Westfalenhalle Arena (Dortmund, Germany) during the band's 2003 Dance of Death tour, the two-disc Death on the Road deviates little from Iron Maiden's countless other live albums. While blissfully heavy on the group's excellent -- and suitably theatrical -- new material, longtime fans do not need any more live versions of "Number of the Beast," "Hallowed Be Thy Name," "Run to the Hills," or "The Trooper." All that said, Iron Maiden do not disappoint, laying to waste any notions that they can't hold themselves to the performance standards of their younger days. Even Bruce Dickinson, despite a voice that's now often more choked than feral, can barely keep himself from leaping into the crowd, and it's that kind of enthusiasm that makes each and every live release -- and there are a lot of them -- worthwhile to some degree. ~ James Christopher Monger
Rovi
2000年にブルース・ディッキンソン&エイドリアン・スミスが復帰し、大歓迎されてから早5年。その熱狂はいまだ衰えることを知らず、バンド史上最高の盛り上がりを見せているアイアン・メイデンからライヴ・アルバムが到着! 怒濤の歓声、そして大合唱! そう、今作は英国メタルの革命児にしていまや国宝級バンドとなったコイツらの存在意義を見せつける一枚に仕上がっている。ただのライヴ盤とは一味違うゼ!
bounce (C)山口 コージー
タワーレコード(2005年11月号掲載 (P91))