Category: IRON MAIDEN

Metal legends IRON MAIDEN make a stunning surprise return with their 17 th studio album “Senjutsu“, to be released next Friday. And 2021 finds Maiden as doggedly ambitious as they were when they stormed onto the scene in the mid-70s.
“Senjutsu” is an electrifying, cinematic masterpiece, its imagery built around Japan’s pre-modern Samurai era and clocking in at 82 minutes – their second double album. Perhaps it’s the guys’ advancing age or the strange times in which we all find ourselves, but ”Senjutsu” is the band’s most emotionally compelling work, not just of the post-reunion era, but of all time.
One listen isn’t enough; with successive spins, ”Senjutsu” continues to reveal its astonishing depth and a wealth of melodic treasures that will see it easily claim its place alongside the finest works of their canon.
An unqualified masterpiece.

The rumours were true. After weeks of speculation, conspiracy theories and breadcrumb-following dominating Metal Twitter, IRON MAIDEN have officially unleashed their first piece of brand new music in six years: ”The Writing On The Wall”.
Maiden have decided to pull out all the stops for their new single, accompanying it with a blockbuster, retinal-searing animated video featuring a ton of colourful characters, buckets of symbolism and, most excitingly of all, a brand new Eddie.
The song itself – a composition by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson – is a big departure from the majority of Maiden’s post-2000 lead singles. Starting off as an acoustic jaunt that morphs into a mid-paced, stomping, outlaw rocker…

IRON MAIDEN have a thing for live albums. Officially, there are now 16 official live documents of ’Arry’s Ammers available, 13 of them full albums. One of them, Live After Death, rates among the band’s finest work, capturing their imperious power at the height of their ‘80s dominance. Others, like Maiden Japan and The BBC Archives collection, act as something of a history lesson from the Paul Di’Anno-fronted early era of the band.
Largely and most importantly, though, Maiden live albums have become specific postcards of specific events. Live at Donington celebrated their triumphant return to headline that hallowed stage for the second time. Rock In Rio was the triumphant hanging of a hat on the band’s millennial rejuvenation as Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith returned to the fold.
In this “Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in Mexico City“, Maiden not only give fans the chance to own a bit of these shows (events in themselves), but they also flex their unwavering confidence in what they are doing right now.