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Iron Maiden in Japan in 1982

“We just told them to get out!” Why Iron Maiden have banned record label staff from the studio since 1982

By Matt Mills published

Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden collage

The 50 greatest Iron Maiden moments

By Chris Chantler, Dave Everley, Matt Mills, Paul Travers published

From playing to a room filled with nuns to losing a drum battle against a teddy bear, these moments helped make Iron Maiden Britain's most iconic metal band

Artworks for Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed, No Prayer for the Dying by Iron Maiden, Turbo by Judas Priest and Cold Lake by Celtic Frost

Here are the famously ‘terrible’ metal albums we can’t get enough of

By Matt Mills published

From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers

Bruce Dickinson in 2024 and a painting of William Blake in 1759

“This deluxe edition contains actual soil from the grave of William Blake”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is releasing a comic book compilation with dirt from the resting place of one of England’s most famous poets

By Matt Mills published

Ever wanted to own a comic printed using the dirt that surrounds William Blake’s dead body? Bruce Dickinson’s got you covered!

Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Jim Morrison and Joe Strummer onstage

The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives

By Classic Rock Magazine published

24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs

Adrian Smith performing with Iron Maiden in 2024

Adrian Smith names his favourite Iron Maiden song, even though it’s “awkward” to play

By Matt Mills published

“That riff is kind of awkward. But I like the song.”

Bullet For My Valentine press pic 2005

"Lars Ulrich came barging in. He’s like, ‘Hey, I’m Lars!’ F*** yeah you are!" Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck recalls meeting his heroes for the first time (and regrets falling out with Rob Zombie)

By Rich Hobson published

From touring with Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses to meeting Metallica, Killswitch Engage and Zakk Wylde, 2005 - 2007 was a massive time for Bullet For My Valentine

Ed Force One with the Ed Force One tag

"There will never be another to occupy her throne": Last year Iron Maiden's iconic Ed Force One 747 was scrapped – but now you can wear it

By Fraser Lewry published

Parts of Iron Maiden's famous flying tour bus have been upcycled

Iron Maiden in 2025

Iron Maiden unveil details of official documentary

By Niall Doherty published

Bring your daughter… to the cinema: metal icons mark their 50th anniversary with career-spanning film

Di'Anno and Harris

“Paul liked to ruffle a few feathers. He used to call me Hitler. I’ve been called Sergeant Major, but Hitler takes the biscuit.” Iron Maiden's Steve Harris remembers "lovable rogue" Paul Di'Anno

By Paul Brannigan published

Steve Harris salutes the singer who helped launch Iron Maiden from London's East End to stadiums worldwide

Opeth live in 2024 and Iron Maiden live in 2013

“It was s***. The singing’s s***, the playing’s s***”: Opeth covered a beloved Iron Maiden song – and Mikael Åkerfeldt really, really doesn’t like it

By Matt Mills published

The Opeth frontman also reveals which of his songs he feels are overrated in a new interview with Metal Hammer

Bruce Dickinson in 2024 and Ghost frontman Papa V Perpetua in 2025

“Had fans had mobile phones, they would have been climbing over old-age pensioners to take selfies”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is a big fan of Ghost banning phones from gigs

By Metal Hammer published

Talking to Metal Hammer last year, Iron Maiden’s frontman discussed attending Ghost’s 2023 Los Angeles shows and his joy over the absence of mobile phones

Iron Maiden posing for a photograph in 2023

“We can’t carry on for ever. The show we do is a very physical thing. How long can we keep going? I really don’t know”: The epic story of 50 years of Iron Maiden, metal’s ultimate band

By Paul Elliott published

All six current members of Iron Maiden look back on their monumental 50 year journey

Pat Cash

“ELO, Judas Priest, my dad’s piano playing – that’s prog!” Tennis hero Pat Cash discovered Saga in Steve Harris’ private pub, introduced Tony Iommi to Bigelf and got Robert Plant to take up his sport

By Jo Kendall published

Travelling the world with his Walkman, the young Australian moved on from his family’s opera and folk to Rush, Steven Wilson, Brian Eno, Francis Dunnery and Anathema, and adopted his chequered headband in honour of Cheap Trick

Iron Maiden performing onstage in 2008

“This is a band with no limits. If there’s a metal fan on the moon, we’ll be there”: How Iron Maiden’s epic Somewhere Back In Time tour took them where other metal bands dare not go

By Chris Ingham published

In 2008, Metal Hammer climbed aboard Ed Force One to join Iron Maiden on the tour of a lifetime

Classic Rock 337 - with Iron Maiden's Eddie on the cover

Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden with exclusive all-new interviews - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

By Siân Llewellyn published

Also in this issue: Larkin Poe, Gillan, Manic Street Preachers, Thin Lizzy, The Pogues, King Crimson, The Knack, Ricky Warwick, Shaman's Harvest, Brian Fallon, Von Hertzen Brothers and more

Iron Maiden performing live in 2001

“Three guitars? I don’t get that. I’ll step down!” Iron Maiden fans rejoiced when Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith came back – but one member almost quit because of it

By Matt Mills published

In 1999, longtime Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain threatened to leave the band over the prospect of an extra guitarist

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson performing in Crimean War uniform in 2005

We made a timeline of everything that’s happened in human history using only Iron Maiden songs

By Chris Chantler published

Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.

Bruce Dickinson onstage with Iron Maiden in 2023

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson finishes 13th in fencing tournament, watch him compete

By Matt Mills published

The Iron Maiden singer faced off against a three-time Olympic medallist and concluded, “He’s not bad.”

Paul Di'Anno and Steve Harris onstage in 1980

"Fake blood starts pouring from an amateurish-looking skull incorporated into a plank of wood": A night out with Iron Maiden before they were famous

By Geoff Barton published

In October 1979 Classic Rock's Geoff Barton watched Iron Maiden play a heavy metal disco in North West London. He took notes