When Iron Maiden asked Patrick McGoohan if they could use audio from The Prisoner TV show
Iron Maiden may not have been sure of this themselves at the time, but they were going from strength to strength for the first half […]
Bruce Dickinson
The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2024 – Part 5: 20-1
Sadly, everything must end. We have reached the final part of the Rocking In the Norselands countdown, with the 20 albums I enjoyed the most […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Tears of the Dragon» by Bruce Dickinson
In 1993, Bruce Dickinson announced his departure from Iron Maiden. His decision to leave the band was a shock to everyone involved, from bandmates to […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Mission From ‘Arry» by Iron Maiden
It was 1984. The summer was turning into autumn as the world’s metal community expectantly looked forward to the next masterpiece from Iron Maiden. The […]
IRON MAIDEN – «Senjutsu» (2021)
Iron Maiden’s seventeenth studio album Senjutsu arrived six years after their previous one (2015’s The Book of Souls) on 3 September 2021. For the second […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Rime of the Ancient Mariner» by Iron Maiden
Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of the cornerstone tracks on the classic fifth Iron Maiden album Powerslave from 1984. It is a true […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «The Clansman» by Iron Maiden
When Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1993 people wondered what would become of the band. It happened amid several similar cases of lead vocalists […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «To Tame A Land» by Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden, and in particular their bass-playing band leader (and frequently the main song writer) Steve Harris, often base their compositions on books, TV shows, […]