Iron Maiden - Flash of the Blade Bass cover

The first of 2 consecutive songs on the Powerslave album relating to combat with swords, Flash of the Blade is slightly inferior to the track that follows it (The Duellists), but nonetheless is still quite a good song. The bassline is surprisingly challenging, largely due to the speed of the 2 plucking fingers during the verses, and also the fast cross-string octave work after the chorus.
As indicated above, I rate this track as perhaps one of the weaker tracks on the album, although the lyrics and Bruce's delivery paint a strong image, which is nicely backed up with some intense bass playing and intriguing guitar work.
Flash of the Blade is by no means 'filler', but I am not surprised this one has never been played live. If it were to be played live, I would be happy to see it. Harris really needs to learn the power of the 'deep cut' when choosing set-lists!
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