"Richer, more streamlined and measurably more melodic than its punkier predecessors, BEAST expanded Maiden's musical horizons...", Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time"., Ranked #100 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...A hook-ridden, overdriven brew of Norsemen, Red Indians and, of course, Satanism, it epitomised British metal's values system..."