Iron Maiden

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London, United Kingdom (1975 – present)

There are two bands called Iron Maiden: 1. The new wave of british heavy metal band with Steve Harris. 2. the british 60s progressive rock/proto doom band later renamed The Bolton Iron Maiden.

1) Iron Maiden is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal band. Formed in London in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, they are one of the most successful and influential bands in the heavy metal genre, selling over 100 million albums worldwide. Iron Maiden has so far released fourteen studio albums, four “best of” compilations, eight live albums and four limited boxed-sets. They won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2000.

The band has changed their line-up several times up to 1999 when Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith returned to the band. Their current line-up is:
Steve Harris (1975-): Bass
Dave Murray (1975-): Guitar
Bruce Dickinson (1981-1993 1999-): Vocals (see also Bruce Dickinson, Samson)
Nicko McBrain (1983-): Drums (see also Trust)
Janick Gers (1990-): Guitar (see also Bruce Dickinson, White Spirit)
Adrian Smith (1980-1990 1999-): Guitar (see also Bruce Dickinson and Psycho Motel)

Iron Maiden’s work has inspired other sub-genres of heavy metal, including power metal and speed metal, and is generally thought of as an influence to any “metal” music containing dual-guitar harmonization. One example of their far reaching influence is that many bands from virtually every rock and metal sub-genre list Iron Maiden as one of their influences.

Iron Maiden’s mascot, Eddie, is a perennial fixture in the band’s horror-influenced album cover art, as well as in live shows. Eddie was originally drawn by Derek Riggs but has had various incarnations by Melvyn Grant. Eddie is also featured in a first-person shooter video game, Ed Hunter.

1	Run to the Hills full track	7,338
2	The Number of the Beast full track	6,722
3	The Trooper full track	6,459
4	2 Minutes to Midnight full track	5,111
5	Aces High full track	4,888
6	Fear of the Dark full track	4,887
7	Hallowed Be Thy Name full track	4,794
8	Can I Play With Madness full track	3,649
9	Wasted Years full track	3,554
10	The Evil That Men Do full track	3,399
11	The Wicker Man full track	3,073
12	Iron Maiden full track	2,976
13	Wrathchild	2,967
14	Brave New World full track	2,738
15	Be Quick or Be Dead full track	2,641

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AndersonUndeath wrote:
4 hours ago

mto bom

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luibald wrote:
6 hours ago

666 the sice of their paints!!! dirty and hot. NO, NO... THEY KICKZ ASSES!!!!

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ArkoldThos wrote:
12 hours ago

Best band ever, seen live them time ago, and was so fuck*ng great. :)

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[deleted-user] wrote:
yesterday morning

this band kicks so much ass its not even funny
SirCrimson wrote:
yesterday morning

you don't have to like metal but how anyone could not like iron maiden is beyond me

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Pablo_Iglesias wrote:
yesterday morning

Best Band ever [3]

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Leukothea3006 wrote:
yesterday morning

best ever <3

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xVertigo wrote:
yesterday evening

best metal band ever

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Bagarn4 wrote:
yesterday evening

Ranger46: Yes, of course Run To The Hills is great, I've just heard it too many times :P For example, I have a friend that likes In Flames really much, I asked him why he doesn't listen to Maiden and he said "they are boring" (but he still respects them I think :P), but I bet he has just heard Run To The Hills and The Number Of The Beast. He should hear songs like Phantom Of The Opera, Hallowed Be Thy Name and Rime of the Ancient Mariner, then he can't say they are boring.

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GreaterGod wrote:
yesterday evening

Hallowed be thy name!

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johnny8ball wrote:
yesterday evening

Somewhere In Time for me is the masterpiece. I've never heard another album like it. Frantic and ethereal. Cant get enough of it. Its a top 5 album for sure.

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Ranger46 wrote:
yesterday evening

Bagarn4 - agreed. Fuck them. listen to more stuff not just that are top rated and most famous. But well I have to say that all top songs (fear, trooper, rtth etc etc.) still are great ^^

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TragedyInsane wrote:
yesterday afternoon

The Clairvoyant ;-)

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TheTrooper1138 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Run to the Hills is great

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Bagarn4 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

People who says Maiden are overrated have only heard Run To The Hills.

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LoveSkywalker wrote:
yesterday afternoon

shit

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coolcat77 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

trve

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TheTrooper1138 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

"Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming, It's not so easy to stop from screaming, the word's escape me when I try to speak. Tears flow, but why am I crying, after all I'm not afraid of dying! Don't believe that there never is an end!" - true beauty! best lyrics ever!

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WantedOnly wrote:
yesterday afternoon

All hail Iron Maiden!

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TheTrooper1138 wrote:
yesterday morning

Best Band ever [2]

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