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Killers is the only Iron Maiden album to feature two instrumentals. It was written almost exclusively by Steve Harris ; [ 11 ] only "Twilight Zone" and the title track are cowritten. Except for "Murders in the Rue Morgue" (based on the story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe ) [ 12 ] and "Prodigal Son", the songs were written in the years ...
In 2010, Iron Maiden issued The Final Frontier, which was positively received by critics, [15] and debuted at No. 1 in over twenty-eight countries, [16] including the United Kingdom. [17] Their sixteenth studio effort, The Book of Souls , was released on 4 September 2015 and became their fifth UK No. 1 album.
The Dickinson and Smith-penned "Flight of Icarus" was the first Iron Maiden single to chart in the United States, reaching number eight on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. [ 6 ] Powerslave followed in 1984, which featured one of Iron Maiden's longest songs to date in the form of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", written by Steve Harris and ...
"Twilight Zone" is the fourth single by Iron Maiden, released on 2 March 1981 and is the lead single to the 1981 LP Killers. The song did not appear in the original album in February, but was included in the U.S. release in June and the international 1998 remaster.
Paul Andrews (17 May 1958 – 21 October 2024), better known by his stage name Paul Di'Anno, was an English heavy metal singer who was the lead vocalist for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981.
The Killer World Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 17 February 1981 to 15 November 1981. This was the band's first world tour, including their debut shows in North America (where they supported Judas Priest on their World Wide Blitz Tour and UFO on select dates) [1] and Japan where they recorded the live release, Maiden Japan. [2]
Iron Maiden is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 11 April 1980 [3] [4] by EMI Records in the UK and Harvest and Capitol Records in the US. The North American version included the song " Sanctuary ", released in the UK as a non-album single.
Clive Ronald Burr (8 March 1956 – 12 March 2013) was an English musician. He was the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1979 to 1982. [1] [2] [3] Together with fellow Iron Maiden member Dennis Stratton, he joined Praying Mantis for the recording of their 1996 live album Captured Alive in Tokyo City.