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Photos of Bruce Dickinson singing and the artwork of Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter

“The BBC showed one minute and 10 seconds of it!” Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter: How a banned, censored and divisive song became Iron Maiden’s only UK number one single

By Matt Mills published

Despite a BBC ban, winning a “Worst Original Song” award and being pulled from the band’s setlist, Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter remains Iron Maiden’s sole UK chart-topping single

Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, Angus Young and Robert Plant live onstage

The most played live songs by 25 iconic rock bands

By Dave Everley published

Which songs have Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Queen and others played live the most? Spoiler: contains surprises

Album art by Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Avenged Sevenfold and Megadeth

10 classic heavy metal albums that didn't sell nearly as well as they should have

By Emily Swingle published

These masterpieces by Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest deserved to rocket up the charts, but fell insultingly short

Lemmy, Iggy Pop, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson and Ratt in TV adverts

10 rock stars who have appeared in ridiculous TV ads

By Paul Travers published

Lemmy flogging milk? Iron Maiden pushing road safety? Dokken hawking anti-virus software?! Here are 10 times rock stars have appeared in crazy TV ads

Iron Maiden with Blaze Bayley posing backstage in the 90s

"The guys were like, ‘What’s he doing?’" Blaze Bayley reveals what it's like getting to audition for Iron Maiden

By Merlin Alderslade published

Blaze Bayley's time in Iron Maiden may not have last too long, but he certainly made the most of it!

Bruce Dickinson next to Iron Maiden's Killers art

“I don’t have to go out covered head to toe in tattoos to maintain Iron Maiden’s image. Eddie does that.” Watch Bruce Dickinson explain why Iron Maiden use Eddie on all their artwork

By Matt Mills published

“When Iron Maiden are so haggard that we’d never put our pictures on an album cover, we can still make decent music – just put Eddie on the front!”

Lord Of The Lost 2023

"I Believe In A Thing Called Love inspired me to start my own glam rock band": Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms picks the 10 songs that changed his life

By Emily Swingle published

From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms

Bruce Dickinson standing tall in 2023

"I am very excited for people to finally hear it." Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson announces new solo album The Mandrake Project - his first in almost two decades - along with live dates

By Merlin Alderslade published

Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson has confirmed his first solo studio album since 2005's Tyranny Of Souls

The cover of The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

“A mechanic charged our producer £666. He was so freaked out he insisted he pay £667.” Inside the legend that Iron Maiden’s The Number Of The Beast was cursed

By Joe Daly published

Spooky goings-on and controversy in the US have inspired rumours that Iron Maiden’s magnum opus was cursed by supernatural forces. Are they right? Probably not…

Photos of Bring Me The Horizon, Metallica, Slipknot and Iron Maiden performing live

10 times massive metal bands played ridiculously intimate concerts

By Stephen Hill published

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slipknot have all performed to the tiniest of crowds after making it big

AI renders of Iron Maiden's Eddie

“All of these are better than Dance Of Death!” Someone’s used A.I. to create fake Iron Maiden covers and they look extraordinary

By Matt Mills published

A Facebook user has generated their own Iron Maiden artwork and the internet agrees that the new designs “go hard”

Bruce Dickinson in 2005

Setting pigs alight, blowing up microwaves and (literally) rubbing himself the wrong way: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson once hosted a TV show about people catching fire for no reason

By Matt Mills published

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson set a dead pig on fire, blew up a barn and tried to static-shock himself to death for a 2006 documentary about spontaneous human combustion

Blaze Bayley today, and Iron Maiden in 2000 backstage at a show

"I cried my eyes out": former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley on the first time he heard Bruce Dickinson's comeback with the band, Brave New World

By Merlin Alderslade published

Blaze's time in Iron Maiden wasn't easy, and he found it especially difficult when the band brought Bruce back after two albums

Iron Maiden's Eddie, Megadeth's Vic Rattlehead, Motorhead's Snaggletooth and Children Of Bodom's Roy

The 10 best heavy metal mascots of all time

By Will Marshall published

What’s a great band without a great mascot? Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Ghost all prove that a made-up character can carry you far!

Bruce Dickinson holding an album and talking to someone on the street

“If Napoleon had one of these, he’d have beaten the English at Waterloo”: Watch Bruce Dickinson try to sell copies of Iron Maiden’s Live After Death to strangers on the street

By Matt Mills published

In 1985, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson tried to get random New Yorkers to buy a Live After Death vinyl for $100. It didn’t go well.

Bruce Dickinson onstage in the 1980s

“It was the biggest place I’d ever played and the first time anyone had ever seen me”: Watch Bruce Dickinson play his first-ever Iron Maiden show in 1981

By Matt Mills published

In 1981, Bruce Dickinson was a fresh-faced frontman who needed to prove himself to Iron Maiden’s ballooning fanbase. His debut show with the band got that campaign off to a glorious start.

Ozzy

"Ozzy wants to be on that show with all his friends. It’s heartbreaking": Sharon Osbourne reveals Ozzy's pain at missing out on Power Trip festival appearance

By Paul Brannigan published

Ozzy Osbourne is gutted to be sitting out next month's Power Trip festival, which is set to bring together 'six iconic bands that define loud and powerful music'

Melon Optics x Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden team up with Melon Optics for killer range of mountain bike merch

By Scott Munro published

Iron Maiden team up with Melon Optics for a sharp new exclusive range of sunglasses, goggles, t-shirts and gloves

Segments of four Iron Maiden single covers

The 20 most underrated Iron Maiden songs

By Dave Ling, Dave Everley published

Everyone knows the anthems – but these are the songs that Maiden connoisseurs know rule

Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith of Iron maiden performing in 2001

“I don’t want to equal people’s expectations – I want to exceed them.” How Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith returned to Iron Maiden and saved the band's career

By Stephen Hill published

In the late ’90s, Iron Maiden were creatively flagging and unable to fill venues. Then two of their most adored members, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith, returned to make them megastars again.