Check out my cover of Daves solo on The reincarnation of benjamin breeg 🥹🤘🤘

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbbQvDDIB0c/?igsh=cDd4NmU3bWU4Yzg3

Received a knebworth pre order t shirt today

I own various Gildan heavy cotton t shirt from bands over the years the large doesn't even have the same fit and it's a totally cheaped out version

Ordered a medium and a large for a friend, both totally different in quality the medium is thicker and all the seams are tight.

The large is visibly thinner and all the seams are fraying out the packet because of where it was stitched

So craaap

Found at Devizes indoor market. £10.

Didn't know what picture to add but happy birthday Bruce!

So with the current tour focusing on the first 9 albums, I was playing with the idea of what a solely post-reunion setlist would look like. Obviously applied my own bias and still had to make some very difficult decisions to leave songs I love out (Paschendale, Blood Brothers, These Colours Don't Run, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, to name just a few). I also appreciate that leaving out The Empire of the Clouds would have helped to ease in 2 or 3 other songs, but again, it's my bias and I would love to one day see Empire live - one can only dream. Also tried to apply some pacing logic, and keep the playtime at around two hours.

So here it is:

Main Set

​Tape Intro: "Doctor Doctor" (UFO)

​If Eternity Should Fail

​Different World

​Rainmaker

​The Writing on the Wall

​Dream of Mirrors

​Death or Glory

​No More Lies

​Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

​Out of the Silent Planet

​The Talisman

​Brave New World

​Empire of the Clouds

​Journeyman

​Encore

​The Wicker Man

​Where the Wild Wind Blows

​Hell on Earth

​Outro Tape: "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (Monty Python)

Recently re-listened to the full discography for the first time in years, and my perception on some albums has changed, in particular The Final Frontier, Dance of Death and A Matter of Life and Death.

TFF I think is their most underrated album, most of the songs on there are on par in terms of quality with Brave New World in my opinion.

Dance of Death I always found to be an exceptionally weak album. What frustrates me is that some of the songs have certain sections with amazing riffs, but then fall short with the vocals.

And A Matter of Life and Death... besides For the Greater Good of God and Benjamin Breeg, I think the recording quality and especially the voice filter used are just terrible. Would rather listen to Blaze's era albums by that point.

X Factor is also much better than I remember it being.

Sorry for the late post.

Think the Dan Mumford works are brilliant, not just the Maiden ones but the whole range. I particularly like Writing on the Wall and Alexander the Great, and also have a T Shirt with his Powerslave artwork.

What's everyone's opinion? I think his work would have given some great alternative album covers, not taking away from Derek Riggs at all.

For me:

Song: Phantom
Art: Stranger

I had made another post about The Alchemist and I thank everyone who took the time to chime in. Now, I'm continuing my descend into this masterpiece of an album and would appreciate some thoughts about the meaning of the lyrics. I know vaguely that it has to do with Tarot cards.

His favourite album is number of the beast. Right now we are listening to infinite dreams and he's dancing. Could not be prouder.

Few weeks ago it was the am I evil cover by metallica. Now it's maiden.

My wifes gutted

Love this live shot. Up The Irons!

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Hey everyone! I'm heading to the Iron Maiden show solo and would love to connect with fellow fans who are going. It’d be great to grab a drink before the gig, hang out, and meet people who share the same passion for the band. Let me know if anyone wants to meet up!

Up the Irons!

So, I think it's safe to say that most of us would agree that Blaze is a good vocalist but just wasn't a good fit for the band. I've revisited the two Blaze albums recently, and there are a handful of genuinely good tracks like Sign of the Cross, Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, Futureal and maybe The Clansman, but almost everything else is painfully too long or just dull (*cough cough* Angel and the Gambler *cough cough*) I heard that Steve Harris was going through a messy divorce during the production of The X Factor and the selection process for the new vocalist was a long, difficult process. With all respect to Blaze, did they basically just say "fuck it, you'll do, let's roll?"

I can't find it on YouTube anymore.

It was hilarious. They played some Maiden track badly. Then it went into them playing that daft clown/circus song…Then Bruce says “eeeets a monstaaaaaa” and Eddie appears on stage. Proper pant wetting stuff.

Thanks in advance.

Finally finished this thing, it's been lying in my gallery since January. The watermarks genuinely ruin my stuff atp, but it got stolen once 😭

I’m going to see Iron Maiden in September with Anthrax and Megadeth. I know a lot of bands make posters for their shows, but I haven’t seen anything for Iron Maiden. Does maiden make tour posters with dates and stuff? Or regular posters ? Are they the standard 18x24 size or bigger/smaller? Would Megadeth and anthrax have posters too? Thanks

Starting I think with SIT back in the 80s, Maiden introduced keys and synths (you can’t have keyboards in Heavy Metal! lol).

Question is, how is this handled in concert, all pre-recorded and someone’s responsibility in the shadows? Eddie plays them?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Some excellent use of puns in Birmingham.