We reviewed every film Iron Maiden have ever written a song about By Chris Chantler published 23 March 24 From Charge Of The Light Brigade to Children Of The Damned, we’ve watched and critiqued every movie The Beast have taken a track from
The 10 best Blaze Bayley Iron Maiden songs By Paul Elliott published 23 March 24 Showing some love to Iron Maiden’s most under-rated period
"They’re one of the greatest rock bands in history." The heavy metal legends that Lady Gaga just can't get enough of By Merlin Alderslade published 21 March 24 Lady Gaga has a longstanding mutual respect with these British metal icons
“What’s more satanic than a demon throwing a priest into the water, chained?!” Watch Jack Black react to classic album covers by Dio, Iron Maiden, Manowar and more By Matt Mills published 19 March 24 Watch Tenacious D singer, Hollywood star and ultimate metalhead Jack Black give his thoughts on artworks from some of our genre’s greatest legends
“It was all a bit Jethro Tull-y and witchy-woo”: the iconic Bruce Dickinson solo song that began life as an idea for an ‘acoustic’ Iron Maiden album that was never made By Metal Hammer published 17 March 24 How a rejected Iron Maiden song written in the mid-80s became a Bruce Dickinson classic almost 10 years later
The 8 songs Iron Maiden have played live the least By Matt Mills published 13 March 24 If you’ve seen The Beast perform any of these rarities at a show, you’re in a very exclusive club
“Why did you let Some Kind Of Monster come out?” What happened when Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson interviewed Metallica’s Lars Ulrich By Matt Mills published 12 March 24 In 2008, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich swung by Bruce Dickinson’s radio show to promote Death Magnetic and sling some mud at the St Anger era
“It might be significant that my two favourite pieces of music of all time are Supper’s Ready and Thick As A Brick”: What Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris learned from prog By Dom Lawson published 12 March 24 The guiding light of NWOBHM geeks out on Peter Gabriel leaving Genesis, covering Jethro Tull but not wanting to meet Ian Anderson, the length of ELP solos, his struggle to get into Marillion and more
Mission From ’Arry: How Iron Maiden turned a sweary argument into the funniest metal “song” ever By Matt Mills published 9 March 24 Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris and drummer Nicko McBrain had a farcical falling out during a 1983 tour. When they found out Bruce Dickinson recorded it, they decided it’d fit perfectly onto 2 Minutes To Midnight’s b-side.
Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris wants to write an autobiography: “It’s just a question of time.” By Matt Mills published 6 March 24 Iron Maiden’s bassist and founder would love to write a book – he just needs to sit still for five minutes first
Watch actor Mark Benton win almost £10,000 on The Celebrity Weakest Link - and donate it all to the ultimate heavy metal charity, The Heavy Metal Truants By Merlin Alderslade published 4 March 24 Over £9,000 will now be going to some great children's causes via the power of heavy metal - and some intense general knowledge skills
10 classic metal albums that should be played live in full (but haven’t yet) By Stephen Hill published 2 March 24 From Metallica’s …And Justice For All to Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other, these masterpieces are so good that live crowds need to hear them in their entirety
From lonely female vampires who long for death to a reworking of an Iron Maiden classic, The Mandrake Project proves that Bruce Dickinson really can do anything By Damian Jones published 1 March 24 The Mandrake Project is a bold return for Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson
Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe and many more confirmed for massive Aftershock lineup By Fraser Lewry published 28 February 24 Organisers are calling Aftershock 2024 "the largest rock and metal festival ever put together in California"
"It's not over": Bruce Dickinson is ready to start writing again for the follow up to his forthcoming new solo album The Mandrake Project, says he "already has 10 or 12 different ideas for it" By Liz Scarlett published 26 February 24 Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is a busy man, and is already keen to start work on his next project
“It’s amazing that this was recorded!” Listen to the only time Iron Maiden have ever performed 80s classic The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner live By Matt Mills published 22 February 24 Despite it being a fan favourite on Somewhere In Time, Iron Maiden have only played The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner to one very lucky audience in 1986
10 heavy metal bands that wouldn’t be the same without Dune By Paul Travers published 20 February 24 From Iron Maiden to Sleep, many metal bands have taken Frank Herbert’s psychedelic sci-fi saga to heart
"As long as you can talk, you have a voice": An epic Bruce Dickinson interview By Mark Blake published 16 February 24 Bruce Dickinson fronts the UK’s most successful heavy metal band, holds a commercial pilot’s licence, releases solo albums, write novels and screenplays, and more. A full life? Not half
"Iron Maiden is a popular band among taxonomists and museum curators": Scientists in Peru name a new species of lizard after Bruce Dickinson By Paul Brannigan published 14 February 24 There's a newly-discovered lizard in the mountains of Peru named after Iron Maiden's frontman Bruce Dickinson
“That activity that a very, very small minority of people do is so selfish and so disturbing”: Bruce Dickinson admits he “lost his temper” when a fan lit a flare at an Iron Maiden show in 2022 By Matt Mills published 13 February 24 The Iron Maiden singer admonished and swore at a fan for igniting a flare during a performance of The Number Of The Beast in Greece
