Rush's new album is one of my favorites, if not my favorite, and they have been my #1 band since I was 14 (I'm 30 now) and I've had all of their albums since I was 15 and have gotten every new one that came out on the day it came out (including live cd's and dvd's).
I've seen them live 5 times (on the 24th of this month it will be the sixth) and the last two times I saw them were the best. Also, their last two live cd/dvd releases I consider their best: Rush In Rio and R30 (their 30th anniversary concert). So I think that in their early 50's they are playing better live than ever before (of course I can only judge by past live album releases before '94 when I first saw them) and their latest album is among their best, if not their best ever.
With Iron Maiden I have never gotten to see them live and don't have all of their live albums, but I've had all of their studio albums for awhile now (I got into them later for some reason, like my mid-20's) and their latest album I feel is also either among their best or even their best ever.
These bands (and others) are proving you can still rock (or "metal" lol) even when you're a "dinosaur". They put to shame many younger bands, that's for sure.
If you get a chance to see Rush (if you haven't yet), do it. I wish Maiden came to more US cities this last tour, and I was dumb enough to miss them when they came to my town with OzFest a few years back, so I've never seen them.
Now back to the topic of this thread:
Metalica: Ride the Lightening