Senjutsu
by Iron Maiden
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 134 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 121 out of 134
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 134
  3. Negative: 11 out of 134
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  1. Arseni17
    Sep 13, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The songs are unoriginal with various riffs "recycled" from other older iron maiden songs. All the tracks are lame and have a "false sense of atmosphere and epicness". Personally I'm very disappointed; this album doesn't even sound like it was made by such a big and great historical band like iron maiden. It sounds like some generic modern metal band with Bruce's voice put on.… Expand
  2. Runningfree
    Oct 23, 2021
    0
    From a hardcore iron maiden fan, absolutely overrated and overhyped, not good music in the slightest, songs are forced in every way and unoriginal, sounds like they have just used samples from 17 albums and mashed into 1 album, songs are long just for the sake of being long and don’t even go anywhere, very very dissatisfied

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Mojo
    Sep 22, 2021
    60
    Never sounds less than game. [Nov 2021, p.87]
  2. musicOMH.com
    Sep 7, 2021
    90
    Senjutsu is Iron Maiden’s strongest offering in some time, looking forward whilst occasionally peering back over its shoulder. In tone it’s the band’s darkest album, but the sheer coherence and confidence of the playing, writing and production makes it feel filled with light and positivity. There’s conflict all over the album, but this is the sound of a band firing on all cylinders.
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  3. AllMusic
    Sep 7, 2021
    80
    The epic Senjutsu is another distended late-career triumph, albeit one that requires multiple spins to set up camp in your Homeric metal-craving cranium.
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