New decade! New guitar player! New album! The 1980s were over, and Iron Maiden faced many challenges in maintaining their status at the dawn of the 1990s. Continue reading
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Powerslave 30 years!
Happy birthday, Powerslave! You still sound young! Continue reading
FUN FACTS: Here is the original Live After Death cover. Scream for me Eddie!
The Live After Death cover as we know it today is one of the most iconic and sinister sleeves in the history of Iron Maiden. But if it weren’t for a number of casual events it would most likely never have seen the light of day. Continue reading
A Real Dead One 20 Years!
October 1993 saw the release of that year’s second Iron Maiden live album, A Real Dead One. The dreadful title said more than intended about the state of Maiden, for it was in many ways a dark time for band and fans… Continue reading
FUN FACTS: Where Iron Maiden mascot Eddie lived in the 70s
Does this brick wall and the street lights look familiar to you all? This is the railway bridge in Finsbury Park where Iron Maiden mascot Eddie lurked around in the seventies and was immortalized on a certain picture.
MAIDEN HISTORY: End of the Classic Era part 2, 1988-89
No one could compete with the majesty of Iron Maiden’s 1980s period. In part 2 of this chapter on Maiden History we take an in-depth look at the making of Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son and the end of Maiden’s classic era. Continue reading
The Iron Lady is dead, long live Iron Maiden!
Not to be tasteless, but life just about imitates art… Continue reading
Review: Maiden England ’88 (Album, 2013)
The live album that never was. Now it is! A tantalizing game of “what if?” became tangible reality as Maiden England finally got a proper live album release, almost 25 years later. Continue reading
Review: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988)
Iron Maiden’s last album of the 1980s was also the last album of their classic era. They concluded the decade with a masterpiece: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. Continue reading
MAIDEN HISTORY: End of the Classic Era part 1, 1986-1987
All good things must come to an end, and there has never been a better thing in metal than Iron Maiden’s 1980s period. This chapter in our study of Maiden History is a two-part in-depth look at Maiden’s adventures in the late 80s. The first part discusses the turmoil that was the making of Somewhere In Time. Continue reading
