For the passionately devoted Iron Maiden fan -- and there are a lot out there -- Eddie's Head is a treasure of sorts. The limited-edition box set contains all 12 of the...
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To date the only disc with Blaze Bayley (save some tracks on Best Of The Beast ), this disc shows the band kicking ass but forgetting to write the arena-motivating hooks...
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Over the course of two CDs, The Best of the Beast hits all of Iron Maiden's biggest hits, from "Run to the Hills" and "Wasted Years" to "Two Minutes to Midnight," "Aces...
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Iron Maiden's 1980 self-titled album is certainly one of heavy metal's all-time best debuts. Surfacing from the underground along with a host of other New Wave of British...
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To coincide with Bruce Dickinson's 'last tour' with Iron Maiden in 1993, a pair of live albums were assembled and released a few months apart A Real Live One and A Real Dead...
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As the title says, Live at Donington was recorded live at England's annual heavy metal festival, Castle Donington, on August 22, 1993. The performances are definitely an...
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With such superb albums as Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave, Iron Maiden had forged a completely original heavy metal sound. Feeling that they'd taken it...
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In 1988, harsh thrash metal and radio-friendly glam rock were the two chief heavy metal styles. Instead of aligning themselves to either camp, Iron Maiden stuck to their...
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After almost a decade with Capitol, Iron Maiden joined Epic with its first album of the 1990s, the Martin Burch-produced No Prayer for the Dying. The synthesizers and...
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Beast's follow-up introduced new drummer Nicko McBrain, so committed to his craft that his name is reflected in the LP title. Though there many more line-up changes to...
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By 1983's Piece of Mind, Iron Maiden were fast becoming one of the biggest metal bands on the planet, yet with each successive album, the group lost an original member. This...
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The last studio LP with Di'Anno and the first with producer Birch, this is the band's punkiest, most caustic LP. Features the "Murders In The Rue Morgue" and the vengeful...
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Iron Maiden's sophomore effort, 1981's Killers, proved to be a more focused and developed affair than its predecessor. Contributing factors included the first appearance by...
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The return of Iron Maiden's classic lineup (plus third guitarist Janick Gers) in 1999 led to an incredibly successful world tour, which saw the group commanding the stage...
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Bruce Dickinson's debut with the band is, for better or worse, THE GREATEST HEAVY METAL ALBUM EVER MADE. Straight, no chaser metal. Great pump-yer-fist anthems, hyper-gallop...
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Even though Iron Maiden were on the brink of worldwide superstardom after their breakthrough sophomore effort, Killers, vocalist Paul Di'Anno left the band at the conclusion...
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Iron Maiden's music was evolving and growing with each successive release in the '80s; each album outsold its predecessor and widened the band's fan base. This was never...
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Iron Maiden's World Slavery Tour was one of the longest and most extensive tours ever undertaken by a rock band. Lasting from August 9, 1984, to July 5, 1985, and visiting...
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The tracks "Caught Somewhere In Time" and "Wasted Years" seemed to indicate a return to the band's classic form, but the bloated "Alexander The Great" and "The Loneliness Of...
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With such superb albums as Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave, Iron Maiden had forged a completely original heavy metal sound. Feeling that they'd taken it...
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Keyboards, choirs, art rock, concepts, spoken-word interludes and even a strangely Yes-like cover indicated all was not well. Seventh Son falls into a strange no-mans-land...
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Member changes and general confusion abound on Maiden's final domestic gold disc. Contains the chugging "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter," a lovely li'l tune written by...
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The band gropes around, seemingly in the dark, trying to figure out, as Spinal Tap said about the Druids, "Who they were and what they were doin'." Nothing to sink your...
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Though Live After Death remains the strongest documentation of Iron Maiden on-stage, A Real Live One isn't a bad listen at all. Maiden was a band that always believed in...
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When the time came to conclude the Bruce Dickinson era with their second official live album, heavy metal legend Iron Maiden was faced with the common dilemma of how to...
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Ed Hunter is a rather unique, fan-friendly three-CD set from British heavy metal heavyweights Iron Maiden. Two discs feature the band's best songs as chosen by fans on the...
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Drummer Nicko McBrain kicks off Iron Maiden's 13th studio record with an uncharacteristic one-two-three-four before launching into the rousing opener, "Wildest Dreams." This...
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With such superb albums as Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave, Iron Maiden had forged a completely original heavy metal sound. Feeling that they'd taken it...
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Even though Iron Maiden were on the brink of worldwide superstardom after their breakthrough sophomore effort, Killers, vocalist Paul Di'Anno left the band at the conclusion...
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If Def Leppard epitomized the pop-metal/glam side of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal -- which took England by storm in the late '70s and early '80s -- Iron Maiden was...
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Iron Maiden's World Slavery Tour was one of the longest and most extensive tours ever undertaken by a rock band. Lasting from August 9, 1984, to July 5, 1985, and visiting...
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Iron Maiden's sophomore effort, 1981's Killers, proved to be a more focused and developed affair than its predecessor. Contributing factors included the first appearance by...
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As the title says, Live at Donington was recorded live at England's annual heavy metal festival, Castle Donington, on August 22, 1993. The performances are definitely an...
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While 1992's Fear of the Dark was definitely more of a return to form for Iron Maiden, it was still wasn't quite on par with their exceptional work from the '80s. Easily an...
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In 1988, harsh thrash metal and radio-friendly glam rock were the two chief heavy metal styles. Instead of aligning themselves to either camp, Iron Maiden stuck to their...
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Iron Maiden's 1980 self-titled album is certainly one of heavy metal's all-time best debuts. Surfacing from the underground along with a host of other New Wave of British...
more >
In 1988, harsh thrash metal and radio-friendly glam rock were the two chief heavy metal styles. Instead of aligning themselves to either camp, Iron Maiden stuck to their...
more >
Iron Maiden's music was evolving and growing with each successive release in the '80s; each album outsold its predecessor and widened the band's fan base. This was never...
more >
Iron Maiden's World Slavery Tour was one of the longest and most extensive tours ever undertaken by a rock band. Lasting from August 9, 1984, to July 5, 1985, and visiting...
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