Guardian Music — Why Blackpool rocks, 'patronised' teenagers answer back – and (surprise) Iron Maiden prefer cricket to Satan✒ Anyone familiar with Stephen Moss may find it hard to imagine him eating candy floss at the great British seaside. The Oval is more his... more info

Metalsucks — Last week we offered an autographed copy of the booklet from God Forbid’s most recent release Earthsblood. And though many of you submitted lulz-worth captions, this very silly entry made me laugh the most: Stephen H. Martin: “But Mooooooom, the ... more info

Metal Injection — by James Zalucky "Thrilling". "Remarkable". "Brilliant." These are the words that nearly every reviewer has been using to describe the new Iron Maiden album, The Final Frontier. I find that when everyone agrees on how great something is…it usually ... more info

Thrash Hits — Outer space – not particularly “metal”, is it? The things about space that are pretty metal – aliens, big freaky robots, whatever it is Bruce Dickinson is singing about on the latest Iron Maiden album – aren’t really what space is about. ... more info

Guardian Music — Why the Church Times is right to laud Iron Maiden et alHere's a sentence you might not expect to read in the Church Times, courtesy of the Rev Rachel Mann: "Metal has no fear of human darkness. It calls the Church to discover a liberativ... more info

DrownedInSound — While sometimes The Final Frontier seems to mine the Iron Maiden groove until the canary chirps its last, the better songs are an indication that they aren't yet trading solely on their reputation. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — S R Management said... The Lost Back 2 Back Episode featuring: Sookie, Sookie - Ascots / Waistcoats / John Kay; Another Brick In The Wall - Mostly Autumn / Luther Wright and the Wrongs; Six Days On The Road - Gram Parsons / Taj Mahal; Mexico City - J... more info

Metalsucks — Photo by Ms. Jacqueline Cheng. See the whole photo set from MSG here. Are Iron Maiden more popular now than at any time over the past two decades? They just might be; in fact, they might even be at the peak of popularity in their entire career. Meta... more info

Gigwise — Rapper ends Iron Maiden's reign... more info

Undercover, Australia — It was a big week for new music on the US album chart with debuts from six artists in the Top 10. more info