MTV.com News — Last week's surprise #1, Arcade Fire, drop down to #2.By Gil Kaufman Eminem Photo: Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images Eminem might lend you the crown for a week, but this summer's chart king is not ready to abdicate his throne just yet. A week after... more info

NME — Plus Iron Maiden on course to top UK albums chart more info

Gigwise — With their 15th studio album... more info

Metalsucks — Some albums hit you immediately, and some grown on you with time. From the very moment at Madison Square Garden last month that the band played “El Dorado” live and I found myself enjoying it after having been indifferent the first couple of time... more info

Metalsucks — Even if Iron Maiden were always pretty polished, there’s no denying that there was a punk influence on their work with Paul Di’Anno, and that said punk influence carried over to their earliest releases with Bruce Dickinson. A lot of the band’s ... more info

Metalsucks — Derek Riggs is an illustrator based in California. His website showcases the album art he’s done over the past thirty years, including his absolutely classic work for Iron Maiden. Derek is opinionated and funny; the half hour you will spend looki... more info

Metalsucks — Here’s a weird realization I had recently: Iron Maiden have never made a good video. Not that it really matters — it’s ultimately all about the music, after all — but it does seem kinda weird. ‘Cause I think it’s impossible to say the wor... more info

The Music Fix — Up the Irons! Gary K finds the metal veterans in scintillating form more info

Metalsucks — Four albums in, the return of Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith to Iron Maiden might no longer be novel. The band’s brush with obsolesence is history, and fans have had time to again grow accustomed to a thriving, active Maiden, forever on tour and ... more info

Metalsucks — There has been quite a lot of debate over the new Iron Maiden artwork for The Final Frontier, both on MetalSucks and in the three dimensional world. I personally think it’s a decent idea, but poorly executed. The “alien” is, of course, Eddie,... more info