Iron Maiden

Heathen, Bay Area thrash metal legends from San Francisco, USA, are unveiling their cover of Prisoner, which originally belongs to none other than Iron Maiden, of course! You can check out Heathen's take on this Iron Maiden classic below.…

KnuckleBonz has put out a figurine of one of the central figures of the N.W.O.B.H.M. era, Iron Maiden's first singer Paul Di'Anna, and you can already order it. The figure, or more precisely a statue made at 1/9 scale, is part of the…

Iron Maiden (support act: Halestorm)Prague / Letiště Praha Letňany / Czech RepublicSaturday, 31 May 2025, from 18:40 to 22:00 Years come. Well, and they go. It happens quietly — this thing we call aging. And pretty fast, too. The…

Iron MedianSaturday, 19 April 2025Orto Bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia Iron-average? Not even close! After a good three years, another chance to catch an Iron Median gig — the cleverly named reincarnation of Iron Maiden — at Orto Bar…

Paul Andrews, known by the stage name Paul Di'Anno, vocalist of Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981, has died at the age of 67. Paul was born on May 17, 1958 in Chingford, East London, and first rose to fame as the singer of the English heavy…

Released: July 19, 2024 via Reaper EntertainmentProduction: ?Length: 57:02Genre: Heavy/Power/Maiden Metal "Buckwheat Žganci, Maiden Style" I'd bumped into Skyeye here and there before, spun a track or two, liked what I heard, and…

Iron Maiden (support: The Raven Age)Wednesday, 31 May 2023Prague / O2 Arena / Czech Republic The third concert of The Future Past tour — or rather the European leg of the new world tour by the one and only Iron Maiden. It was…

Iron Maiden (support: The Raven Age)Tuesday, 30 May 2023Prague / O2 Arena / Czech Republic Iron Maiden on a new tour! Catching at least one show is practically a moral obligation. One of the most important bands in the history of…

Iron MaidenLjubljana / Arena Stožice / SloveniaSunday, 28 May 2023, 8:00 PM Many fans of the English heavy metal institution Iron Maiden have long wondered why this legendary band, whose best songs were written in the eighties, has…

where: Zagreb / Arena / Croatiawhen: Sunday, 22 May 2022 Finally. After two postponements of the final leg of the "Legacy Of The Beast" tour, and with the intervening release of the new studio album "Senjutsu" (2021, RockLine…

Label: Parlophone Records / BMGRelease date: September 3, 2021Production: Kevin ShirleyAlbum length: 81.58 min (2CD)Genre: Heavy Metal / N.W.O.B.H.M.Rating: 7.0/10 Fans of Britain's biggest metal institution, Iron Maiden, had to…

In 1981, Iron Maiden were slowly closing in on the massive change that the world would witness at the end of March 1982. But even the stretch right before that career turning point wasn't without some radical upheavals, and they followed…

Label: Parlophone RecordsRelease date: November 21, 2020Production: Tony NewtonAlbum length: 100.46 minGenre: heavy metalRating: 8.5/10 Well, here it is. The new live Iron Maiden album. Apparently, and if the author of these lines'…

Iron Maiden released the live album »Live After Death« 35 years ago. It was mid-October of that long-gone year. The story behind it is a feat on the level of the biblical exploits of gray-bearded Moses. A story about Eddie the mummy…

After »Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son«, the hugely successful tour that followed its release – with the band pushing their stagecraft even further, expanding and enriching all the sets and scenery to serve up even more spectacular shows –…

"With Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith back in the fold and a killer new album in "Brave New World", Iron Maiden reclaimed their status as a superpower on the global metal map at the dawn of the new millennium!"

Four decades ago, on April 14, 1980, heavy metal giants Iron Maiden unleashed their self-titled studio debut on the world. The road to it was thorny, but when the album landed, it actually charted one spot higher than the red-hot Saxon,…

»The Chemical Wedding«, which Dickinson's devotees jokingly nicknamed 'the best Iron Maiden album since »Seventh Son of a Seventh Son« (1988)', was a true metal masterpiece the moment it dropped, and its cult status has only grown over the…

"A concert of superlatives that once again proved Iron Maiden are simply the biggest of the big."

Last Tuesday, Iron Maiden looked as youthful in the middle of Trieste as if four decades of career weren't behind them, and played one of the best gigs we've ever had the chance to witness.

Given the setlist, this live recording doesn't leave a particularly strong impression, but on the flip side it's an outstanding keepsake. If you happened to be part of this tour, this live document is a must for your CD collection!

"An unforgettable concert spectacle with Iron Maiden in Split, then. And the impatient wait for the band's next tour began right away."

"The Iron Maiden crew breathes with one set of enormous lungs, powered by the indestructible Harris, the contagiously grinning Murray, the masterfully solemn Smith, the prankster duo Gers and McBrain, and the superb Dickinson, so the fact…

What could be better? Dalmatia, summer, the sea, ice cream and, to cap off the day, an Iron Maiden show. It reads like a fairy tale, but luckily some fairy tales do come true.

Iron Maiden went at promoting their new album with an even more massive and megalomaniacal tour than before. The Book of Souls World Tour will span 72 shows, taking Iron Maiden to China, El Salvador and Lithuania for the very first time, Ed…

»The Book of Souls« is no great leap forward for these long-lived and wildly successful heavy metal champions, since the quality of what's on offer is pretty mixed. But it's definitely their most ambitiously conceived album since the end of…

Label: Parlophone Records / BMGRelease date: September 4, 2015Production: Kevin ShirleyAlbum length: 92.11 min (2CD)Genre: Heavy Metal / N.W.O.B.H.M.Rating: 8.0/10 "The Book of Souls" is the sixteenth studio album from heavy metal…

"The prog-leaning masterpiece »Seventh Son of a Seventh Son« was the finale of Iron Maiden's epic album trilogy, kicked off by »Powerslave« and »Somewhere in Time«, and it's a worthy successor to both of those triumphant predecessors, with…

The prog-leaning masterpiece »Seventh Son of a Seventh Son« was the grand finale of the epic trilogy of Iron Maiden albums kicked off by »Powerslave« and »Somewhere in Time«, a successor every bit as good…

"Two years ago, Iron Maiden decided to revive this important chapter of their history with the Maiden England World Tour 2012-2014."

Heavy metal heavyweights Iron Maiden took us back to the glorious ice age of Maiden England and Seventh Son under the majestic backdrop of Belgrade's Kalemegdan!

With the Maiden England tour, Iron Maiden prove that over the years they've grown into the best-organized heavy metal outfit on the planet in every department. The polished stage design, the tightness and the heart in the right place only…

Iron Maiden and their Maiden England show prove once again that they're simply in a league of their own. This time they delivered a killer gig near Graz, Austria, right by the idyllic Schwarzl lake.

This isn't yet another annoying Iron Maiden pocket-picking with a fresh "best of" compilation. At long last we've got the complete, authentic official document of the "Maiden England" tour from way back in 1988, previously available only on…

»El Vivo!« is a very welcome official document of the 'The Final Frontier' tour. It doesn't come anywhere near the cult status of »Live After Death« (1985), of course, but it can still sit comfortably alongside their other live releases,…

From Fear to Eternity leaves a bitter aftertaste. Just like the last compilation, the last live album, the last compilation, the last live album, ...

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Frankfurt Am Main / Festhalle / GermanyConcert date: May 27, 2011Attendance: 12,000 Iron Maiden, new album, new tour! Seven shows indoors. All seven in Germany. A mini German…

The Final Frontier releases the brake on submitting to the traditional elements of the classic Maiden sound. A skilled injection of creative challenges delivers a striking freshness that heralds a new milestone in Maiden's career.

Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Codroipo, ItalyConcert date: August 16, 2010Attendance: 12000Ticket price: 70 € Maiden's only show this year anywhere near Slovenia promised a lot. The spectacular Vila Manin in Codroipo near Udine is a…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: O2 Arena / Dublin / IrelandConcert date: 30.07.2010Attendance: 12Ticket price: 60,00€ / 65,00€ With their fifteenth studio album on the way, the "heavy metal generals" got their…

A special concert document of the metal giants' airborne adventure, cruising through the best of their golden eighties repertoire. The refreshed sound and playing only truly come alive, though, once you've watched the whole thing on the…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Arena / Belgrade / SerbiaConcert date: 10.02.2009Attendance: 10Ticket price: €37.80 (stands) / €43.80 (floor, back) / €56.80 (floor, front) The last leg, or more precisely the third…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: September 29, 1986Producer: Martin BirchAlbum length: 51:18 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 After the groundbreaking Powerslave, the standard-bearers of British heavy metal Iron Maiden had probably…

The sixth studio album from the giants of heavy metal.

Maybe you're wondering why we're suddenly reviewing the first and lead single from "A Matter Of Life And Death"?!? A single that came out on 08/14/2006. Well, sometimes a promo gem turns up with a two-year delay. So here I am, holding the…

Venue: Gradski Stadion Poljud / Split / CroatiaConcert date: August 9, 2008Attendance: 29,000Ticket price: €35.00 The great metal riders, big Iron Maiden to you and me, by now a proper corporate monster in their golden years, decide to…

Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta Location: Dessel / BelgiumConcert date: 06/29/2008Attendance: 55,000Ticket price: 180€ (three-day ticket) Graspop Metal Meeting, which took place this year from June 27 to 29 near Dessel in Belgium,…

Author: Rok Klemše Concert date: 29.06.2008Attendance: 276Ticket price: 20.000 The summer festival season is in full swing, and one of Europe's biggest metal/rock festivals, Gods of Metal, was once again calling us into its bosom…

Piece of Mind finally crowned Iron Maiden as music legends and the greatest heavy metal band of all time. With Piece of Mind, Iron Maiden stepped into their golden years, which lasted almost until the start of the nineties, while at the…

Label: EMI RecordsProduction: Martin BirchRelease date: September 3, 1984Album length: 51.12 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 Piece of Mind finally crowned Iron Maiden as legends and the biggest heavy metal band of all time. With…

In August 1984, Iron Maiden set off on their most ambitious and longest tour to date. In just under a year, the World Slavery tour racked up 193 shows in a hundred different cities. In total, Iron Maiden played to over a mil

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: 4. 2. 2008Length: 188.09 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 In August 1984, Iron Maiden set off on their most ambitious and longest tour to date. In just under a year, the World Slavery tour racked up…

Right around the corner from The Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind was already waiting in 1983. If The Number of the Beast was still a kind of bridge or transition between Iron Maiden's NWOBHM era (Iron Maiden and Killers) and the…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: May 16, 1983Production: Martin BirchAlbum length: 45.28 minGenre: Heavy Metal Rating: 9.0/10 Right around the corner after The Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind was waiting in 1983. If The Number of…

Author: Rok Klemše Location: Centralni Stadion, Ljubljana, SloveniaConcert date: 01.06.2007Attendance: 10Ticket price: 55€ It took almost seven long years (on June 9th it will be exactly seven years since the show in Izola) for…

Alongside Metallica's Master of Puppets, The Number of the Beast is probably the best-known metal record of all time. There's no critic or chart that wouldn't slot it into the top spots. The Number of the Beast is also the first record…

"With "The Number of the Beast," Iron Maiden reaped worldwide fame and crowned themselves the kings of heavy metal. "The Number of the Beast" is an immortal record that, 25 years after its release, still sounds as fresh as if it had been…

With their debut, Iron Maiden climbed straight to the top of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), and with Killers they planted a flag up there. Killers also brings the first big change in the band, Dennis Stratton's exit and…

On April 14, 1980, music history changed forever in an instant. A history that had started being written five years before the debut of heavy metal monsters Iron Maiden. On Christmas Day way back in 1975, Santa was still

"Iron Maiden is a superb showcase of the evolution of the Iron Maiden sound and a historically important release, for the band, for the genre and for music history as a whole. Up the Irons!"

Location: Beogradski sajam / Belgrade / SerbiaConcert date: 13.03.2007Attendance: 12000Ticket price: 3000 Din - 5000 Din Iron Maiden. Lately everybody's been talking and writing about them non-stop. The world is clearly starving for a big…

Iron Maiden have been officially on the music scene for a good twenty-five years now, though their journey actually kicked off back in the second half of the seventies. And since a quarter of a century is an enviable stretch in any band's…

Location: Datchforum / Milan / ItalyConcert date: 02.12.2006Attendance: 15Ticket price: 9.000,00 SIT Two buses times two (two days) makes four! The sharp-as-a-tack head of Concert Freak in action. My hat's off, again! Thanks, Tadej! For…

Author: Rok Klemše Location: Dutchforum / Milan / ItalyConcert date: 01.12.2006Attendance: 15Ticket price: 9.000 SIT When? Saturday, December 2, eight in the morning. Where? The parking lot in front of Tivoli Hall. Why? Departure for the…

Iron Maiden have been setting the standard for quality DVDs since day one, and plenty of bands could learn a thing or two from them. The Iron Maidens don't do half-measures, and that's exactly the case with this release t

After twenty-seven years on the metal scene, Iron Maiden are back in truly triumphant form with A matter of life and death. There's hardly a major chart on the planet where the new record hasn't left its mark. They even surprised everyone…

Iron Maiden are back with their fourteenth album (incredible how time flies), sporting the philosophical title "A Matter Of Life And Death". After "Dance Of Death" (2003), a good album that nonetheless limp

Not long ago, the champions of heavy metal, Iron Maiden, dropped a brand-new DVD, a triple one this time, called Death On The Road. As already mentioned, the set comes with three discs; two of them hold the concert recorded on the Dance Of…

"Live After Death" was spruced up. Only the best bits of the four-night run in Long Beach were picked and stitched together. "Live At Donnington" too. The real "The Evil That Man Do", for example, Dickinson totally botched in the first…

The follow-up to "Brave New World" (2000) got made, and it just can't fully convince. Musically Iron Maiden are still exactly what they've always been, but this time the new album actually suffers. The whole thing sounds hastily compos

What a huge tin of Danish tea cookies. It's decorated with carvings like the Vače situla, and inside are three double CDs. Keeping them company are a four-legged shot glass with Eddie's

Why do we need a compilation that's as good as identical to "Best Of The Beast" from a good six years ago? Iron Maiden are really pulling our leg. I wouldn't say a word if they'd put out, say, five studio

Location: Graz (Austria), StadthalleConcert date: 30.05.2005Attendance: 5000Ticket price: 13.500,00 SIT (54,00 €) At long last, the big day. The sky clouded over nicely, the rain freshened up the atmosphere and the muggy heat was…

Location: Vienna (Austria), StadthalleConcert date: June 7, 2003Attendance: 5000Ticket price: 45.10€ After two hours holed up in a stinking, hellishly hot dive and a bitter run-in with some revolting pale Bavarian beer (the barkeep…