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Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) – Review

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Did you know that music CDs finally outsold vinyl in 1988? The CD hype was a big revolution back then. That was also the year with Ronald Reagan (the actor) in power in the US. Terrorists blew up jumbo-jets over Scotland and American missiles brought down a passenger plane. 

1988 also was the year of Iron Maiden‘s seventh (!) full-length studio album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. The album marked the 5th record with Bruce Dickinson at the helm for vocals since The Number of the Beast. He jumped ship later in 1993, which made the band lose a lot of … [...] Click to raid more!

Take off with Iron Maiden on Ed Force One!

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Feel like joining Bruce Dickinson in the cockpit of their mighty band plane? Check out the attached video!

Sometimes I wonder what this guy cannot do! Man of many talents and mainly known for his role as the lead singer of Iron Maiden, he also pilots the band-owned Boeing 747 Ed Force One that is currently employed on their Book of Souls Tour.

The video covers the take-off in Fortaleza (Brazil) for the run down to Sao Paulo, promoting their newest album The Book of Souls released in 2015. Ed Force One was much in the news lately when the … [...] Click to raid more!

Iron Maiden – The Book of Souls (2015) – Review

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After the ’90s disasters that Iron Maiden got themselves into with weak records all along these years, I grew discouraged and dropped them pretty much from my metal radar. But now, after some investigation into the 2000s records, the RMR crew decided to give this band another try.

Undoubtedly, The Book of Souls is typical Iron Maiden and it may turn out to be one of their better albums. But it also comes away with a twist.

The style is definitely slower and a little heavier. Are they getting older? A tad too much beer brewing or airplane flying in the … [...] Click to raid more!

Iron Maiden – Powerslave (1984) – Review

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Do you want to find out what real Heavy Metal sounds like? I mean the genuine, down-to-the-ground, bony metal beat. Then just go for Iron Maiden‘s Powerslave.

And yes, I know it is old. But who are we kidding? This is the real thing. From back in the age when metal was metal. With none of that gazillion different names and nuances to every damn metal sound, someone wanted to play. 

However, stellar metal was already on the menu, but just barely. Just consider the somewhat greasy chart environment at that time: Laura Branigan, Cyndi Lauper, Yes, Duran … [...] Click to raid more!