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

Metalsucks — Call me a Maiden fanboy, but I really, really enjoyed this most recent Iron Maiden tour’s setlist of mostly newer stuff. Especially the material from Brave New World, an album I absolutely adore and much of which I’ll likely never get to hear aga... more info

Metalsucks — For me, the foundation of metal is a five-sided structure (A pentagram? Nah, too obvious. A pentagon!), with each side being represented by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Pantera, and Slayer, respectively. Though the last two are debatable... more info

Metalsucks — Full disclosure: Bob Cock has only listened to The Final Frontier once in its entirety. He also got it just a couple days ago and still has a few other things he’s working on, but this isn’t about excuses. Let’s face it, though: once a band has... more info

Metalsucks — Let me start off by saying that the first thing I noticed about The Final Frontier is that there are some really long songs — up to eight, nine, eleven minutes. Hmm. This could go either way. Maiden songs that tend to go on forever are very hit or ... more info

The Newsroom — The Hives, Iron Maiden and Muse rock Hungary at Eastern Europe's biggest music event. more info

ContactMusic — Iron Maiden don't want to be famous. The legendary heavy metal group have been vocal at their disappointment about a lack of press exposure but singer Bruce... more info