Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, east London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriterSteve Harris. The band's discography has grown to thirty-seven albums, including fifteen studio albums, eleven live albums, four EPs, and seven compilations.

Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s. After several line-up changes, the band went on to release a series of US and UK platinum and gold albums, including 1982'sThe Number of the Beast, 1983's Piece of Mind, 1984's Powerslave, 1985's live release Live After Death, 1986'sSomewhere in Time and 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Since the return of lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith in 1999, the band have undergone a resurgence in popularity,[1]  with their latest studio offering, The Final Frontier, peaking at No. 1 in 28 different countries and receiving widespread critical acclaim.

Despite little radio or television support,[2]  Iron Maiden are considered one of the most successful heavy metal bands in history, with The New York Times reporting in 2010 that they have sold over 85 million records worldwide.[3]  The band won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002. As of October 2013, the band have played over 2000 live shows throughout their career. For the past 35 years, the band have been supported by their famous mascot, "Eddie", who has appeared on almost all of their album and single covers, as well as in their live shows.



Contents
[hide]  *1 History  ==History[ edit] == ===Early years (1975–1978)[ edit] === The Cart and Horses Pub, located in Maryland Point, Stratford, was where Iron Maiden played some of their first shows in 1976.[4] Iron Maiden were formed on Christmas Day 1975 by bassist Steve Harris shortly after he left his previous group, Smiler. Harris attributes the band's name to a film adaptation of The Man in the Iron Mask from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, which he saw around that time and which had a verbal connection to the iron maiden torture device.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarton1970_5-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[5]  After months of rehearsal, Iron Maiden made their debut at St. Nicks Hall in Poplar on 1 May 1976,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2004_6-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]  before taking up a semi-residency at the Cart and Horses Pub in Maryland Point, Stratford.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200429_7-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[7]
 * 1.1 Early years (1975–1978)
 * 1.2 Record contract and early releases (1978–1981)
 * 1.3 Success (1981–1985)
 * 1.4 Experimentation (1986–1989)
 * 1.5 Upheaval (1989–1994)
 * 1.6 Blaze Bayley era, The X Factor and Virtual XI (1994–1999)
 * 1.7 Return of Dickinson and Smith, Brave New World (1999–2002)
 * 1.8 Dance of Death and A Matter of Life and Death (2003–2007)
 * 1.9 Somewhere Back in Time World Tour and Flight 666 (2007–2009)
 * 1.10 The Final Frontier and Maiden England World Tour (2010–2014)
 * 2 Image and legacy
 * 2.1 Influence on other artists
 * 2.2 Appearance in media
 * 2.3 Claims of Satanic references
 * 2.4 Ed Force One
 * 3 Musical style and influences
 * 4 Awards
 * 5 Band members
 * 6 Discography
 * 7 Concert tours
 * 8 See also
 * 9 Notes
 * 10 References
 * 11 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The original line-up did not last very long, however, with vocalist Paul Day being the first casualty as he lacked "energy or charisma onstage."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200432_8-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  He was replaced by Dennis Wilcock, a Kiss fan who used make-up and fake blood during live performances.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200432_8-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  Wilcock's friend Dave Murray was invited to join, to the dismay of the band's guitarists Dave Sullivan and Terry Rance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200433_9-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[9]  Their frustration led Harris to temporarily disband Iron Maiden in 1976,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200433_9-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[9]  though the group reformed soon after with Murray as the sole guitarist. Steve Harris and Dave Murray remain the band's longest-standing members and have performed on all of their releases.

Dave Murray and Steve Harris in 2008. Harris and Murray are the only members to have performed on all of the band's albums.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Iron Maiden recruited yet another guitarist in 1977, Bob Sawyer, who was sacked for embarrassing the band onstage by pretending to play guitar with his teeth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200444_10-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[10]  Tension ensued again, causing a rift between Murray and Wilcock, who convinced Harris to fire Murray,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200446_11-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[11]  as well as original drummer Ron Matthews.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2004_6-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]  A new line-up was put together, including future Cutting Crew member Tony Moore on keyboards, Terry Wapram on guitar, and drummer Barry Purkis. A bad performance at the Bridgehouse, a pub located in Canning Town,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200423_12-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[12]  in November 1977 was the line-up's first and only concert and led to Purkis being replaced by Doug Sampson.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200448_13-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[13]  At the same time, Moore was asked to leave as Harris decided that keyboards did not suit the band's sound.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200448_13-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[13]  A few months later, Dennis Wilcock decided that he had had enough with the group and left to form his own band, V1, and Dave Murray was immediately reinstated.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200450_14-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[14]  As he preferred to be the band's sole guitarist, Wapram disapproved of Murray's return and was also dismissed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2004_6-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Steve Harris, Dave Murray and Doug Sampson spent the summer and autumn of 1978 rehearsing while they searched for a singer to complete the band's new line-up.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200452_15-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[15]  A chance meeting at the Red Lion pub in Leytonstone in November 1978 evolved into a successful audition for vocalist Paul Di'Anno.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200454_16-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[16]  Steve Harris has stated, "There's sort of a quality in Paul's voice, a raspiness in his voice, or whatever you want to call it, that just gave it this great edge."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200453_17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[17]  At this time, Murray would typically act as their sole guitarist, with Harris commenting, "Davey was so good he could do a lot of it on his own. The plan was always to get a second guitarist in, but finding one that could match Davey was really difficult."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200464_18-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[18] ===Record contract and early releases (1978–1981)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]  === Main articles: The Soundhouse Tapes, Iron Maiden (album) and Killers (Iron Maiden album)<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">On New Year's Eve 1978, Iron Maiden recorded a demo, consisting of four songs, at Spaceward Studios in Cambridge.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200466_19-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[19]  Hoping the recording would help them secure more gigs,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200466_19-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[19]  the band presented a copy to Neal Kay, then managing a heavy metal club called "Bandwagon Heavy Metal Soundhouse", located in Kingsbury Circle, northwest London.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200467_20-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[20]  Upon hearing the tape, Kay began playing the demo regularly at the Bandwagon, and one of the songs, "Prowler", eventually went to No. 1 in the Soundhouse charts, which were published weekly in Sounds magazine.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004104.E2.80.93105_21-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[21]  A copy was also acquired by Rod Smallwood, who soon became the band's manager,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200483_22-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[22]  and, as Iron Maiden's popularity increased, they decided to release the demo on their own record label as The Soundhouse Tapes, named after the club.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004103_23-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[23]  Featuring only three tracks (one song, "Strange World", was excluded as the band were unsatisfied with its production)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004102_24-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[24]  all five thousand copies were sold out within weeks.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004104-105_25-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[25]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In December 1979, the band secured a major record deal with EMI<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004108_26-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[26]  and asked Dave Murray's childhood friend Adrian Smith to join the group as their second guitarist.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004163.E2.80.93164_27-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[27]  Smith declined as he was busy with his own band, Urchin, so Iron Maiden hired guitarist Dennis Stratton instead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004121_28-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[28]  Shortly afterwards, Doug Sampson left due to health issues and was replaced by an ex-Samson drummer Clive Burr at Stratton's suggestion on 26 December.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004123_29-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[29]  Iron Maiden's first appearance on an album was on the Metal for Muthas compilation (released on 15 February 1980) with two early versions of "Sanctuary" and "Wrathchild".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004137_30-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[30]  The release led to an ensuing tourwhich featured several other bands linked with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004139Saulnier2012_31-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[31]

Paul Di'Anno and Steve Harrissupporting Judas Priest on their British Steel Tour, 1980.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Iron Maiden's eponymous 1980 release, Iron Maiden, debuted at No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004143_32-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[32]  In addition to the title track (a live version of which would be one of the first music videos aired on MTV),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoland2013_33-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[33]  the album includes other early favourites such as "Running Free", "Transylvania", "Phantom of the Opera", and "Sanctuary" – which was not on the original UK release but made the US version and subsequent remasters. The band set out on a headline tour of the UK, before opening for Kiss on their 1980 Unmasked Tour's European leg as well as supporting Judas Priest on select dates. After the Kiss tour, Dennis Stratton was dismissed from the band as a result of creative and personal differences,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinchcliffe1999_34-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[34]  and was replaced by Adrian Smith in October 1980.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 1981, Iron Maiden released their second album, entitled Killers. Containing many tracks that had been written prior to their debut release, only two new songs were written for the record: "Prodigal Son" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004183_35-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[35]  (the latter's title was taken from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrannigan_36-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[36]  Unsatisfied with the production on their debut album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004145_37-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[37]  the band hired veteran producer Martin Birch,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004181_38-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[38]  who would go on to work for Iron Maiden until his retirement in 1992.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004300_39-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[39]  The record was followed by the band's first world tour, which included their debut performance in the United States, opening for Judas Priest atThe Aladdin Casino, Las Vegas.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004251_40-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[40] ===Success (1981–1985)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main articles: The Number of the Beast (album), Piece of Mind, Powerslave and Live After Death<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">By 1981, Paul Di'Anno was demonstrating increasingly self-destructive behaviour, particularly through his drug usage,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2004_6-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]  about which Di'Anno comments, "it wasn't just that I was snorting a bit of coke, though; I was just going for it non-stop, 24 hours a day, every day... the band had commitments piling up that went on for months, years, and I just couldn't see my way to the end of it. I knew I'd never last the whole tour. It was too much."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004194_41-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[41]  With his performances suffering, Di'Anno was immediately dismissed following the Killer World Tour,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004219_42-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[42]  at which point the band had already selected his replacement.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004218_43-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[43]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">After a meeting with Rod Smallwood at the Reading Festival,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004217_44-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[44]  Bruce Dickinson, previously of Samson, auditioned for Iron Maiden in September 1981 and was immediately hired.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004218_43-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[43]  The following month, Dickinson went out on the road with the band on a small headlining tour in Italy, as well as a one-off show at the Rainbow Theatre in the UK.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004219_42-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[42]  For the last show, and in anticipation of their forthcoming album, the band played "Children of the Damned" and "22 Acacia Avenue", introducing fans to the sound towards which they were progressing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDome2014_45-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[45]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 1982, Iron Maiden released The Number of the Beast, an album which gave the band their first ever UK Albums Chart No. 1 record<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004227_46-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[46]  and additionally became a Top Ten hit in many other countries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004228_47-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[47]  At the time, Dickinson was in the midst of legal difficulties with Samson's management and was not permitted to add his name to any of the songwriting credits, although he still made what he described as a "moral contribution" to "Children of the Damned", "The Prisoner" and "Run to the Hills".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShooman200782_48-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[48]  For the second time the band embarked on a world tour, dubbed The Beast on the Road, during which they visited North America, Japan, Australia and Europe, including a headline appearance at the Reading Festival. A new and hugely successful chapter in Iron Maiden's future was cemented; in 2010 The New York Times reported that the album had sold over 14 million copies worldwide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPfanner2010_3-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The Beast on the Road's US leg proved controversial when an American conservative political lobbying group claimed Iron Maiden were Satanic because of the new album's title track,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004228_47-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[47]  to the point where a group of Christian activists destroyed Iron Maiden records as a protest against the band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYoung.281.29_49-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[49]  In recent years, Dickinson has stated that the band treated this as "silliness,"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEagle_Vision2001_50-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[50]  and that the demonstrations in fact gave them "loads of publicity."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2004_6-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]

Nicko McBrain has been Iron Maiden's drummer since 1982<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In December 1982, drummer Clive Burr was fired from the band and replaced by Nicko McBrain, previously of French band Trust.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004233_51-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[51]  Although Harris states that his dismissal took place because his live performances were affected by offstage activities,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004232-233_52-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[52]  Burr objected to this and claimed that he was unfairly ousted from the band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarlow2011_53-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[53]  Soon afterwards, the band journeyed for the first time to The Bahamas to record the first of three consecutive albums at Compass Point Studios.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004246_54-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[54]  In 1983, they released Piece of Mind, which reached the No. 3 spot in the UK,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004247_55-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[55]  and was the band's debut in the North American charts, reaching No. 70 on the Billboard 200.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBillboard_56-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[56]  Piece of Mind includes the successful singles "The Trooper" and "Flight of Icarus", the latter of which being particularly notable as one of the band's few songs to gain substantial airplay in the US.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004245_57-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[57]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Soon after the success of Piece of Mind and its supporting tour, the band released Powerslave on 9 September 1984. The album featured fan favourites "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Aces High", and "Rime of The Ancient Mariner",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004253_58-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[58]  the latter based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem of the same name and running over 13 minutes long.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The tour following the album, dubbed the World Slavery Tour, was the band's largest to date and consisted of 193 shows in 28 countries over 13 months,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004253_58-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[58]  playing to an estimated 3,500,000 people.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStenning2006102_59-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[59]  Many shows were played back-to-back in the same city, such as in Long Beach, California, where the band played four consecutive concerts. It was here where the majority of their subsequent live release, Live After Death, was recorded, which became a critical and commercial success, peaking at No. 4 in the UK.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004257_60-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[60]  Iron Maiden also made their debut appearance in South America, where they co-headlined (with Queen) the Rock in Rio festival to an estimated crowd of 300,000.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2008_61-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[61]  The tour was physically gruelling for the band, who demanded six months off when it ended (although this was later reduced to four months).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004258_62-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[62]  This was the first substantial break in the group's history, including the cancellation of a proposed supporting tour for the new live album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStenning2006104_63-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[63]  with Bruce Dickinson threatening to quit unless the tour ended.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004255_64-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[64] ===Experimentation (1986–1989)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main articles: Somewhere in Time (Iron Maiden album) and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Returning from their time off, the band adopted a different style for their 1986 studio album, entitled Somewhere in Time, featuring, for the first time in the band's history,synthesised bass and guitars to add textures and layers to the sound.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuey.283.29_65-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[65]  The release charted well across the world, particularly with the single "Wasted Years", but notably included no writing credits from lead singer Bruce Dickinson, whose material was rejected by the rest of the band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004260_66-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[66]  While Dickinson was focused on his own music, guitarist Adrian Smith, who typically collaborated with the vocalist, was "left to [his] own devices" and began writing songs on his own, coming up with "Wasted Years", "Sea of Madness", and "Stranger in a Strange Land",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004261_67-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[67]  the last of which would be the album's second single.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004260_66-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[66]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The experimentation evident on Somewhere in Time continued on their next album, entitled Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, which was released in 1988. A concept album, based on the 1987 novel Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopoff2005.28d.29_68-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[68]  this would be the band's first record to include keyboards, as opposed to guitar synthesisers on the previous release.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004265_69-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[69]  After his contributions were not used for Somewhere in Time, Dickinson's enthusiasm was renewed as his ideas were accepted for this album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004265_69-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[69]  Another popular release, it became Iron Maiden's second album to hit No. 1 in the UK charts,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004263_70-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[70]  although it only achieved a Gold certification in the US, in contrast to its four predecessors.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERIAA_71-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[71]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">During the following tour, the band headlined the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park for the first time on 20 August 1988, playing to the largest crowd in the festival's history (107,000).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004269_72-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[72]  Also included on the bill were Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses and Helloween.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUK_Rock_Festivals_73-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[73]  The festival was marred, however, by the deaths of two fans in a crowd-surge during the aforementioned Guns N' Roses performance; the following year's festival was cancelled as a result.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004269_72-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[72]  The tour concluded with several headline shows in the UK in November and December 1988, with the concerts at the NEC Arena, Birmingham recorded for a live video, entitledMaiden England.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004272_74-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[74] ===Upheaval (1989–1994)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main articles: No Prayer for the Dying and Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden album)<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">During another break in 1989, guitarist Adrian Smith released a solo album with his band ASAP, entitled Silver and Gold,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004273_75-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[75]  and vocalist Bruce Dickinson began work on a solo album with former Gillan guitarist Janick Gers, releasing Tattooed Millionaire in 1990,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004281_76-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[76]  followed by a tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004285_77-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[77]  At the same time, to mark the band's ten-year recording anniversary, Iron Maiden released The First Ten Years, a series of ten CDs and double 12-inch singles. Between 24 February and 28 April 1990, the individual parts were released one-by-one, each containing two of Iron Maiden's singles, including the original B-sides.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Soon afterwards, Iron Maiden regrouped to work on a new studio record. During the pre-production stages, Adrian Smith left the band due to differences with Steve Harris regarding the direction the band should be taking, disagreeing with the "stripped down" style that they were leaning towards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004283_78-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[78]  Janick Gers, having worked on Dickinson's solo project, was chosen to replace Smith and became the band's first new member in seven years.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004285_77-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[77]  The album, No Prayer for the Dying, was released in October 1990<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPrato_79-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[79]  and contained "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", the band's first (and to date, only) UK Singles Chart No. 1, originally recorded by Dickinson's solo outfit for the soundtrack to A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004282_80-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[80]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">After another tour and some more time off, the band recorded their next studio release, Fear of the Dark, which was released in 1992 and included the stand-out title track, which is now a regular fixture in the band's concert setlists. Achieving their third No. 1 in the UK albums chart,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004289_81-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[81]  the disc also featured the No. 2 single "Be Quick or Be Dead" and the No. 21 single "From Here to Eternity". The album featured the first songwriting by Gers, and no collaboration at all between Harris and Dickinson on songs. The extensive worldwide tour that followed included their first ever Latin American leg (after a single concert during the World Slavery Tour), and headlining the Monsters of Rock festivals in seven European countries. Iron Maiden's second performance at Donington Park, to an audience of 68,500 (the attendance was capped after the incident in 1988),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004291_82-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[82]  was filmed for the audio and video release, Live at Donington, and featured a guest appearance by Adrian Smith, who joined the band to perform "Running Free".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004291_82-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[82]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 1993, Bruce Dickinson left the band to further pursue his solo career, but agreed to remain for a farewell tour and two live albums (later re-released in one package).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004293_83-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[83]  The first, A Real Live One, featured songs from 1986 to 1992, and was released in March 1993. The second, A Real Dead One, featured songs from 1980 to 1984, and was released after Dickinson had left the band. The tour did not go well, however, with Steve Harris claiming that Dickinson would only perform properly for high profile shows and that at several concerts he would only mumble into the microphone.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004296_84-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[84]  Dickinson denies the charge that he was under-performing, stating that it was impossible to "make like Mr Happy Face if the vibe wasn't right," claiming that news of his exit from the band had prevented any chance of a good atmosphere during the tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004297_85-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[85]  He played his farewell show with Iron Maiden on 28 August 1993, which was filmed, broadcast by the BBC and released on video under the nameRaising Hell.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004298_86-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[86] ===Blaze Bayley era, The X Factor and Virtual XI (1994–1999)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main articles: The X Factor (album) and Virtual XI<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 1994, the band listened to hundreds of tapes sent in by vocalists before convincing Blaze Bayley, formerly of the band Wolfsbane who had supported Iron Maiden in 1990, to audition for them.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004301_87-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[87]  Harris' preferred choice from the outset,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004302_88-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[88]  Bayley had a different vocal style from his predecessor, which ultimately received a mixed reception among fans.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStagno2006.28b.29_89-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[89]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">After a two-year hiatus (as well as a three-year hiatus from studio releases – a record for the band at the time) Iron Maiden returned in 1995. Releasing The X Factor, the band had their lowest chart position since 1981 for an album in the UK (debuting at No. 8),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004313_90-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[90]  although it would go on to win Album of the Year awards in France and Germany.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004311_91-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[91]  The record included the 11-minute epic "Sign of the Cross", the band's longest song since "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", as well as the singles, "Man on the Edge", based on the film Falling Down,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPaterson200944_92-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[92]  and "Lord of the Flies", based on the novel of the same name.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopoff2005.28b.29_93-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[93]  The release is notable for its "dark" tone, inspired by Steve Harris' divorce.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004311_91-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[91]  The band toured for the rest of 1995 and 1996, playing for the first time in Israel and South Africa,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004314_94-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[94]  before stopping to release Best of the Beast. The band's first compilation, it included a new single, "Virus", whose lyrics attack the critics who had recently written off the band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004316_95-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[95]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Iron Maiden returned to the studio to record Virtual XI, released in 1998. The album's chart scores were the band's lowest to date,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESverigetopplistan_96-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[96]  including the UK where it peaked at No. 16<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOfficial_Charts_Company1998_97-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[97]  failing to score one million worldwide sales for the first time in Iron Maiden's history.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStagno2006.28a.29_98-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[98]  At the same time, Steve Harris assisted in remastering the band's entire discography, up to and including Live at Donington (which was given a mainstream release for the first time).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESaulnier2010_99-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[99]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Bayley's tenure in Iron Maiden ended in January 1999 when he was asked to leave during a band meeting.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004324_100-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[100]  The dismissal took place due to issues Bayley had experienced with his voice during the Virtual XI World Tour,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004321_101-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[101]  although Janick Gers has since stated that this was partly the band's fault for forcing him to perform songs which were beyond his natural register.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrave_Words_.26_Bloody_Knuckles2010_102-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[102] ===Return of Dickinson and Smith, Brave New World (1999–2002)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main articles: Ed Hunter and Brave New World (Iron Maiden album)Adrian Smith re-joined Iron Maiden in 1999, resulting in a three guitar line-up.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">While the group were considering a replacement for Bayley, Rod Smallwood convinced Steve Harris to invite Bruce Dickinson back into the band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004328_103-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[103]  Although Harris admits that he "wasn't really into it" at first, he then thought, "'Well, if the change happens, who should we get?' The thing is, we know Bruce and we know what he's capable of, and you think, 'Well, better the devil you know.' I mean, we got on well professionally for, like, eleven years, and so... after I thought about it, I didn't really have a problem with it."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004328_103-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[103]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The band entered into talks with Dickinson, who agreed to rejoin during a meeting in Brighton in January 1999,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004329_104-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[104]  along with guitarist Adrian Smith, who was telephoned a few hours later.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004330_105-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[105]  With Gers, Smith's replacement, remaining, Iron Maiden now had a three-guitar line-up and embarked on a hugely successful reunion tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004331_106-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[106]  Dubbed The Ed Hunter Tour, it tied in with the band's newly released greatest hits collection, Ed Hunter, whose track listing was decided by a poll on the group's website, and also contained a computer game of the same name starring the band's mascot.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAdams_107-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[107]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">One of Dickinson's primary concerns on rejoining the group "was whether we would in fact be making a real state-of-the-art record and not just a comeback album,"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004328_103-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[103] which eventually took the form of 2000's Brave New World.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004341_108-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[108]  Having disliked the results from Harris' personal studio, Barnyard Studios located on his property in Essex,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerelian2000_109-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[109]  which had been used for the last four Iron Maiden studio albums, the band recorded the new release at Guillaume Tell Studios, Paris in November 1999 with producer Kevin Shirley.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004341_108-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[108]  Thematic influences continued with "The Wicker Man" – based on the 1973 British cult film of the same name – and "Brave New World" – title taken from the Aldous Huxley novel of the same name.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004342_110-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[110]  The album furthered the more progressive and melodic sound present in some earlier recordings, with elaborate song structures and keyboard orchestration.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004342_110-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[110]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The world tour that followed consisted of well over 100 dates and culminated on 19 January 2001 in a show at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil, where Iron Maiden played to an audience of around 250,000.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004353Shooman2007176Sanctuary2002Martins2002_111-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[111]  While the performance was being produced for a CD and DVD release in March 2002, under the name Rock in Rio,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004357_112-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[112] the band took a year out from touring, during which they played three consecutive shows at Brixton Academy in aid of former drummer Clive Burr, who had recently announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004361_113-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[113]  The band performed two further concerts for Burr's MS Trust Fund charity in 2005,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2005c_114-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[114]  and 2007;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2007c_115-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[115]  before his death in 2013.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBBC_News2013_116-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[116] ===Dance of Death and A Matter of Life and Death (2003–2007)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main articles: Dance of Death (album) and A Matter of Life and Death (album)<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Following their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Me_Ed..._%27Til_I%27m_Dead_Tour Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour] in the summer of 2003, Iron Maiden released Dance of Death, their thirteenth studio album, which was met by worldwide critical and commercial success.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004368_117-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[117]  Produced by Kevin Shirley, now the band's regular producer, many critics also felt that this release matched up to their earlier efforts, such as Killers, Piece of Mind and The Number of the Beast.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004369_118-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[118]  As usual, historical and literary references were present, with "Montségur" in particular being about the Cathar stronghold conquered in 1244,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004373_119-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[119]  and "Paschendale" relating to the significant battle which took place during The First World War.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004375_120-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[120]  During thefollowing tour, the band's performance at Westfalenhalle, in Dortmund, Germany, was recorded and released in August 2005 as a live album and DVD, entitled Death on the Road.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2005a_121-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[121]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 2005, the band announced the Eddie Rips Up the World Tour which, tying in with their 2004 DVD entitled The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days, only featured material from their first four albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2005b_122-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[122]  As part of this celebration of their earlier years, "The Number of the Beast" single was re-released<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004d_123-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[123]  and went straight to No. 3 in the UK Chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOfficial_Charts_Company2005_124-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[124]  The tour included many headlining stadium and festival dates, including a performance at Ullevi Stadium in Sweden to an audience of almost 60,000.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Underground2004_125-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[125]  This concert was also broadcast live on satellite television all over Europe to approximately 60 million viewers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Underground2005_126-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[126]  Following this run of European shows, the band co-headlined the US festival tour, Ozzfest, with Black Sabbath, their final performance at which earned international press coverage after their show was sabotaged by singer Ozzy Osbourne's family,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKNAC2004Sullivan2005_127-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[127]  who took offence to Dickinson's remarks against reality-TV.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilde2008_128-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[128]  The band completed the tour by headlining the Reading and Leeds Festivals on the 26–28 August,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams2005_129-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[129] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENME2005_130-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[130]  and the RDS Stadium in Ireland on 31 August. For the second time, the band played a charity show for The Clive Burr MS Trust Fund, this time taking place at the Hammersmith Apollo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2005c_114-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[114]  The same year, the band were inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk in Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Vocalist Bruce Dickinson during A Matter of Life and Death World Tour. Throughout the tour's first leg, the band played the A Matter of Life and Death album in its entirety.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">At the end of 2005, Iron Maiden began work on A Matter of Life and Death, their fourteenth studio effort, released in autumn 2006. While not a concept album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2006_131-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[131]  war and religion are recurring themes in the lyrics, as well as in the cover artwork. The release was a critical and commercial success, earning the band their first top ten in the Billboard 200<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBillboard2006_132-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[132]  and receiving the Album of the Year award at the 2006 Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2006b_133-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[133]  A supporting tour followed, during which they played the album in its entirety; response to this was mixed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincentelli2006Evening_Times2006_134-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[134]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The second part of the "A Matter of Life and Death" tour, which took place in 2007, was dubbed "A Matter of the Beast" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Number of the Beast album, and included appearances at several major festivals worldwide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2007b_135-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[135]  The tour opened in the Middle East with the band's first performance in Dubai at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2007a_136-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[136]  after which they played to over 30,000 people at the Bangalore Palace Grounds,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVulliamy2007_137-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[137]  marking the first concert by any major heavy metal band in the Indian sub-continent.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2007a_136-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[136]  The band went on to play a string of European dates, including an appearance at Download Festival, their fourth headline performance at Donington Park,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Underground2007_138-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[138]  to approximately 80,000 people.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2007d_139-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[139] On 24 June they ended the tour with a performance at London's Brixton Academy in aid of The Clive Burr MS Trust fund.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2007c_115-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[115] ===Somewhere Back in Time World Tour and Flight 666 (2007–2009)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main articles: Somewhere Back in Time World Tour and Iron Maiden: Flight 666<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">On 5 September 2007, the band announced their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, which tied in with the DVD release of their Live After Death album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELane2007_140-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[140]  The setlist for the tour consisted of successes from the 1980s, with a specific emphasis on the Powerslave era for set design.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELane2007_140-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[140]  The first part of the tour, commencing in Mumbai, India on 1 February 2008, consisted of 24 concerts in 21 cities, travelling nearly 50,000 miles in the band's own chartered aeroplane,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Storm2007_141-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[141]  named "Ed Force One".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECashmere2008_142-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[142]  They played their first ever concerts in Costa Rica and Colombia and their first shows in Australia and Puerto Rico since 1992.

Iron Maiden performing in Toronto during the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 2008. The stage set largely emulated that of the World Slavery Tour 1984–85.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELane2007_140-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:9.60000038146973px;">[140] <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The tour led to the release of a new compilation album, entitled Somewhere Back in Time, which included a selection of tracks from their 1980 eponymous debut to 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, as well as several live versions from Live After Death.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELane2008_143-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[143]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The Somewhere Back in Time World Tour continued with two further legs in the US and Europe in the summer of 2008, during which the band used a more expansive stage-set, including further elements of the original Live After Death show.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESputnikmusic2008_144-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[144]  With the sole UK concert taking place at Twickenham Stadium, this would be the first time the band would headline a stadium in their own country.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThrash_Hits2007_145-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[145]  The three 2008 legs of the tour were remarkably successful; it was the second highest grossing tour of the year for a British artist.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKhan2009_146-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[146]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The last part of the tour took place in February and March 2009, with the band, once again, using "Ed Force One".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2008_147-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[147]  The final leg included the band's first ever appearances in Peru and Ecuador, as well as their return to Venezuela and New Zealand after 17 years.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoto2008_148-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[148]  The band also played another show in India (their third in the country within a span of 2 years) at the Rock in Indiafestival to a crowd of 20,000. At their concert in São Paulo on 15 March, Dickinson announced on stage that it was the largest non-festival show of their career, with an overall attendance of 63,000 people.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaczuroski2009_149-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[149]  The final leg ended in Florida on 2 April after which the band took a break. Overall, the tour reportedly had an attendance of over two million people worldwide over both years.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2009d_150-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[150]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">At the 2009 BRIT Awards, Iron Maiden won the award for best British live act.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2009b_151-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[151]  Voted for by the public, the band reportedly won by a landslide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2009c_152-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[152]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">On 20 January 2009, the band announced that they were to release a full-length documentary film in select cinemas on 21 April 2009. Entitled Iron Maiden: Flight 666, it was filmed during the first part of the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour between February and March 2008.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2009a_153-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[153]  Flight 666 was co-produced by Banger Productions and was released by Universal Music Group in the US and EMI Records in the rest of the world.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2009a_153-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[153]  The film went on to have a Blu-ray, DVD and CD release in May and June,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2009d_150-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[150]  topping the music DVD charts in 22 countries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2009f_154-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[154] ===The Final Frontier and Maiden England World Tour (2010–2014)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main articles: The Final Frontier, The Final Frontier World Tour, En Vivo! (Iron Maiden album) and Maiden England World Tour<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Following announcements that the band had begun composition of new material and booked studio time in early 2010 with Kevin Shirley producing,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMasters2009_155-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[155]  The Final Frontier was announced on 4 March.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2010a_156-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[156]  The album, the band's fifteenth, was released on 16 August,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2010c_157-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[157]  garnering critical acclaim<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetaCritic_158-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[158]  and the band's greatest commercial success in their history, reaching No. 1 in twenty-eight countries worldwide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColeman2011_159-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[159]  Although Steve Harris had been quoted in the past as claiming that the band would only produce fifteen studio releases,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaily_Star2009_160-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[160]  band members have since confirmed that there will be at least one further record.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2010bDawson2011_161-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[161]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The album's supporting tour saw the band perform 98 shows across the globe to an estimated audience of over 2 million,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2011a_162-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[162]  including their first visits to Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColeman2011_159-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[159]  and Transylvania,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2010b_163-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[163]  before concluding in London on 6 August 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2010f_164-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[164]  As the tour's 2010 leg preceded The Final Frontier's release, the band made "El Dorado" available as a free download on 8 June,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2010c_157-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[157]  which would go on to win the award for Best Metal Performance at the 2011 Grammy Awards on 13 February 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2010g_165-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[165]  It is the band's first win following two previous Grammy nominations ("Fear of the Dark" in 1994 and "The Wicker Man" in 2001).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERock_on_the_Net_166-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[166]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">On 15 March, a new compilation to accompany 2009's Somewhere Back in Time was announced. Entitled From Fear to Eternity, the original release date was set at 23 May but was later pushed back to 6 June.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2011c_167-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[167]  The double disc set covers the period 1990–2010 (the band's most recent eight studio albums),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2011c_167-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[167]  and, as onSomewhere Back in Time, live versions with Bruce Dickinson were included in place of original recordings which featured other vocalists, in this case Blaze Bayley.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In a press release regarding From Fear to Eternity, band manager Rod Smallwood revealed that Iron Maiden will release a new concert video to DVD in 2011, filmed in Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina during The Final Frontier World Tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrave_Words_.26_Bloody_Knuckles2011_168-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[168]  On 17 January 2012, the band announced that the new release, entitled En Vivo!, based on footage from the Chile concert, will be made available worldwide on CD, LP, DVD and Blu-ray on 26 March, except the United States and Canada (where it was released on 27 March).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2012_169-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[169]  In addition to the concert footage, the video release includes an 88-minute tour documentary, entitled Behind The Beast, containing interviews with the band and their crew.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUpVenue_170-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[170]  In December 2012, one song from the release ("Blood Brothers") was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance at the 2013 Grammy Awards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderslade2012b_171-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[171]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">On 15 February 2012, the band announced the Maiden England World Tour 2012–14, which was based around the video of the same name.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderslade2012a_172-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[172]  The tour commenced in North America in the summer of 2012 and was followed by further dates in 2013 and 2014, which included the band's record-breaking fifth headline performance atDonington Park,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKielty2012_173-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[173]  their first show at the newly built national stadium in Stockholm,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENilsson2012_174-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[174]  a return to the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChilders2012Rocha2012_175-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[175]  and their debut appearance in Paraguay.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECr.C3.B3nica2013_176-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[176]  In August 2012, Steve Harris stated that the Maiden England video would be re-issued in 2013,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaedike2012_177-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[177]  with a release date later set for 25 March 2013 in DVD, CD and LP formats under the title Maiden England '88.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartmann2012_178-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[178] ==Image and legacy<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Iron Maiden were ranked No. 24 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVH12005_179-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[179]  No. 4 in MTV's "Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMTV2006.28a.29_180-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[180]  and No. 3 inVH1 Classic's "Top 20 Metal Bands".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVH12006_181-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[181]  The band also won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESanctuary_Group2002_182-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[182]  and were inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk whilst touring in the United States in 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuitar_Center_183-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[183]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Iron Maiden frequently use the slogan "Up the Irons" in their disc liner notes, and the phrase can also be seen on several t-shirts officially licensed by the band. It is a paraphrase of "Up the Hammers," the phrase which refers to the London football club, West Ham United, of which founder Steve Harris is a fan.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFootball_Fancast_184-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[184]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie, is a perennial fixture in the band's science fiction and horror-influenced album cover art, as well as in live shows.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004133_185-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[185]  Originally a papier-mâché mask incorporated in their backdrop which would squirt fake blood during their live shows,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200462_186-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[186]  the name would be transferred to the character featured in the band's debut album cover, created by Derek Riggs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004136_187-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[187]  Eddie was painted exclusively by Riggs until 1992, at which point the band began using artwork from numerous other artists as well, including Melvyn Grant.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004289_81-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[81]  Eddie is also featured in the band's first-person shooter video game, Ed Hunter,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopoff2005.28a.29_188-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[188]  as well as numerous t-shirts, posters and other band-related merchandise.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004133_185-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[185]  In 2008, he was awarded the "Icon Award" at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThrash_Hits2008_189-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[189]  while Gibson.com describes him as "the most recognizable metal icon in the world and one of the most versatile too."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELefkove2008_190-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[190]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Iron Maiden's distinct logo has adorned all of the band's releases since their debut, 1979's The Soundhouse Tapes EP. The typeface originates with Vic Fair's poster design for 1976 science fiction film, The Man Who Fell to Earth,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeansheets2010_191-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[191]  although Steve Harris claims that he designed it himself, utilising his abilities as an architectural draughtsman.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI1998_192-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[192] ===Influence on other artists<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">According to Guitar World Iron Maiden's sound "influenced generations of newer metal acts, from legends like Metallica to current stars like Avenged Sevenfold,"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBienstock2011_193-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[193] with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich commenting that he has "always had an incredible amount of respect and admiration for them."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKerrang.212008_194-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[194]  Kerry King of Slayer has stated that "they meant so much to me in their early days" and Scott Ian of Anthrax says that "they had a major impact on my life."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYoung.282.29_195-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[195]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold states that Iron Maiden "are by far the best live band in the world and their music is timeless," while Trivium singer Matt Heafycomments that "without Iron Maiden, Trivium surely wouldn't exist."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKerrang.212008_194-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[194]  Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says that "Steve Harris does more with four fingers than I've ever seen anybody do. And Bruce Dickinson? Dude! To me, he was the quintessential old-school heavy metal singer. He could hit notes that were just sick, and he was a great showman. Everything made me a fan. And there wasn't a dude that I hung out with that wasn't trying to draw Eddie on their schoolbooks,"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMTV2006.28a.29_180-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[180]  while their music also helped Jesper Strömblad of In Flames to pioneer the melodic death metal genre, stating that he had wanted to combine death metal with Iron Maiden's melodic guitar sounds.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Update2010_196-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[196]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Other heavy metal artists who cite the band as an influence include Chris Jericho, lead singer of Fozzy,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMTV2006.28b.29_197-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[197]  Cam Pipes, lead vocalist of 3 Inches of Blood,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECharlesworth2009_198-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[198]  Vitaly Dubinin, bassist of Aria,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenta.ru2010_199-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[199]  and Mikael Åkerfeldt, guitarist and lead vocalist of Opeth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELawson2013_200-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[200]  Both current and former Dream Theater members John Petrucci, John Myungand Mike Portnoy have stated that Iron Maiden were one of their biggest influences when their band first formed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2010e_201-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[201] ===Appearance in media<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The band's name has been mentioned prominently in several songs, such as the singles "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBasham2000_202-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[202]  "Back to the 80's" by Danish dance-pop band Aqua.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetroLyrics.281.29_203-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[203]  and "Fat Lip" by Sum 41.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESputnikmusic.281.29_204-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[204]  Iron Maiden have also been referenced in Weezer's "Heart Songs" (from their 2008 self-titled "Red" album),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetroLyrics.282.29_205-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[205]  Blues Traveler's "Psycho Joe" (from 1997's Straight on till Morning),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetroLyrics.283.29_206-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[206]  and NOFX's "Eddie, Bruce and Paul" (from their 2009 album Coaster), which Sputnikmusic describes as "a humorous retelling of Paul DiAnno's departure."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas2009_207-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[207]  Also, Swedish power metal band Sabaton have made references to the band in their songs "Metal Machine" and "Metal Ripper", with the former mentioning various Iron Maiden songs (namely "Fear of the Dark" and "Afraid to Shoot Strangers"),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetroLyrics.284.29_208-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[208]  and the latter including lyrics from "The Number of the Beast".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetroLyrics.285.29_209-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[209]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 2008, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerrang! Kerrang!] released an album, entitled Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden, composed of Iron Maiden cover songs played by artists such as Metallica,Machine Head, Dream Theater, Trivium, Coheed and Cambria, Avenged Sevenfold, and others who were influenced by Iron Maiden throughout their careers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKerrang.212008_194-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[194]  In 2010, Maiden uniteD, an acoustic tribute band consisting of members of Ayreon, Threshold and Within Temptation, released Mind the Acoustic Pieces, a re-interpretation of the entire Piece of Mind'' album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaiden_United_210-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[210]  Many other Iron Maiden cover albums exist (each featuring various artists), including piano,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllMusic_211-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[211]  electro,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAquarius_Records_212-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[212]  string quartet<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELoftus_213-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[213]  and hip-hop tributes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllMusic.282.29_214-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[214]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Iron Maiden songs have been featured in the soundtracks of several video games, including Carmageddon 2,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGiant_Bomb_215-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[215]  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIGN_216-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[216]  Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllgame_217-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[217]  Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERockstar_Games_218-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[218]  Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2002_219-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[219]  SSX on Tour<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECheat_Code_Central_220-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[220]  and Madden NFL 10.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Insider2009_221-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[221]  Their music also appears in the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series of rhythmic video games.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEast2009Rock_Band_222-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[222]  Iron Maiden songs have also appeared in films, such as Phenomena(entitled Creepers in the US),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBillWyman.com2014_223-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[223]  and Murder by Numbers;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoBlo.com_224-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[224]  while MTV's animated duo Beavis and Butt-head have commented favourably on the band several times.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWardlawLing2005_225-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[225]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Transformers author Bill Forster is an avowed Iron Maiden fan and made several Iron Maiden references, including song lyrics and the phrase "Up the Irons" in his books, including The Ark series and The AllSpark Almanac series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAngelfire.281.29Angelfire.282.29_226-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[226] ===Claims of Satanic references<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 1982, the band released one of their most popular, controversial and acclaimed albums, The Number of the Beast. The artwork and title track led to Christian groups in the United States branding the band as Satanists, encouraging people to destroy copies of the release.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYoung.281.29_49-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[49]  The band's manager, Rod Smallwood, later commented that Christians initially burnt the records, but later decided to destroy them with hammers through fear of breathing in the melting vinyl's fumes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYoung.281.29_49-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[49] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEagle_Vision2001_50-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[50]  The claims were not restricted to the United States, however, with Christian organisations managing to prevent Iron Maiden from performing in Chile in 1992.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrave_Words_.26_Bloody_Knuckles2011_168-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[168]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Contrary to the accusations, the band have always denied the notion that they are Satanists, with lead vocalist, Bruce Dickinson, doing so on-stage in the Live After Death concert video.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2008_61-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[61]  Steve Harris has since commented that, "It was mad. They completely got the wrong end of the stick. They obviously hadn't read the lyrics. They just wanted to believe all that rubbish about us being Satanists."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004228_47-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[47]  Harris has also stated that "The Number of the Beast" was inspired by a nightmare he had after watching Damien: Omen II,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004224_227-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[227]  and also influenced by Robert Burns' Tam o' Shanter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEagle_Vision2001_50-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[50]  Furthermore the band's drummer, Nicko McBrain, has been a born again Christian since 1999.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGodscare_228-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[228] ===Ed Force One<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">For their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour in 2008 and 2009, Iron Maiden commissioned an Astraeus Airlines Boeing 757 as transport.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Storm2007_141-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[141] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2008_147-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[147]  The aeroplane was converted into a combi configuration, which enabled it to carry the band, their crew and stage production, thereby allowing the group to perform in countries which were previously deemed unreachable logistically.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Storm2007_141-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[141]  It was also repainted with a special Iron Maiden livery,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMetal_Storm2007_141-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[141]  which the airline decided to retain after receiving positive feedback from customers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2008_229-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[229]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The aircraft, named "Ed Force One" after a competition on the band's website,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECashmere2008_142-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[142]  was flown by Dickinson, as he was also a commercial airline pilot for Astraeus, and plays a major role in the award-winning documentary,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJuno_Awards2010Bezer2009c_230-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[230]  Iron Maiden: Flight 666, which was released in cinemas in 42 countries in April 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBezer2009a_153-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[153]  A different aeroplane (G-STRX)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2012_231-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[231]  was used for The Final Frontier World Tour in 2011 with altered livery, adopting the artwork of The Final Frontier album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2010d_232-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[232]  and features heavily in the 2012 documentary "Behind the Beast". ==Musical style and influences<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Steve Harris, Iron Maiden's bassist and primary songwriter,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMusicRadar2010_233-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[233]  has stated that his influences include Black Sabbath,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004c_234-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[234]  Deep Purple,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004c_234-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[234]  Led Zeppelin,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004c_234-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[234]  Uriah Heep,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEMI2004_6-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]  Pink Floyd,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004c_234-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[234]  Genesis,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004c_234-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[234]  Yes,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004c_234-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[234]  Jethro Tull,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004c_234-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[234]  Thin Lizzy,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200427_235-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[235]  UFO<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004154_236-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[236]  and Wishbone Ash.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall200427_235-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[235]  In 2010 Harris stated, "I think if anyone wants to understand Maiden's early thing, in particular the harmony guitars, all they have to do is listen to Wishbone Ash'sArgus album. Thin Lizzy too, but not as much. And then we wanted to have a bit of a prog thing thrown in as well, because I was really into bands like Genesis and Jethro Tull. So you combine all that with the heavy riffs and the speed, and you've got it."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBienstock2011_193-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[193]  In 2004, Harris explained that the band's "heaviness" was inspired by "Black Sabbath and Deep Purple with a bit of Zeppelin thrown in."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlabbermouth.net2004c_234-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[234]  On top of this, Harris developed his own playing style, which guitarist Janick Gers describes as "more like a rhythm guitar,"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopoff2005.28c.29_237-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[237]  cited as responsible for the band's galloping style,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFender_238-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[238]  heard in such songs as "The Trooper"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuey.282.29_239-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[239]  and "Run to the Hills."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELawson_240-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[240]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The band's guitarists, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers, each have their own individual influences and playing style. Dave Murray is known for his legato technique which, he claims, "evolved naturally. I'd heard Jimi Hendrix using legato when I was growing up, and I liked that style of playing."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcIver2010.28a.29_241-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[241]  Stating that he "was inspired byblues rock rather than metal," Adrian Smith was influenced by Johnny Winter and Pat Travers, leading to him becoming a "melodic player."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcIver2010.28c.29_242-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[242]  Janick Gers, on the other hand, prefers a more improvised style, largely inspired by Ritchie Blackmore,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004277_243-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[243]  which he claims is in contrast to Smith's "rhythmic" sound.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcIver2010.28b.29_244-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[244]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Singer Bruce Dickinson, who typically works in collaboration with guitarist Adrian Smith,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004244_245-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[245]  has an operatic vocal style, inspired by Arthur Brown, Peter Hammill, Ian Anderson and Ian Gillan,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDmme.net_246-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[246]  and is often considered to be one of the best heavy metal vocalists of all time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERosen2011HearYa.com2006Blabbermouth.net2009aBlabbermouth.net2009b_247-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[247]  Although Nicko McBrain has only received one writing credit, on the Dance of Death album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELing2005b_248-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[248]  Harris often relies on him while developing songs. Adrian Smith commented, "Steve loves playing with him. [They] used to work for hours going over these bass and drum patterns."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004241_249-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[249]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Throughout their career, the band's style has remained largely unchanged, in spite of the addition of guitar synthesisers on 1986's Somewhere in Time,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPrato_79-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[79]  keyboards on 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004265_69-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[69]  and an attempt to return to the "stripped down" production of their earlier material on 1990's No Prayer for the Dying.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004283_78-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[78]  In recent years, however, the band have begun using more progressive elements in their songs,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDome2006aDome2006b_250-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[250]  which Steve Harris describes as not progressive "in the modern sense, but like Dream Theater, more in a 70s way."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDome2006b_251-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[251]  According to Harris, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was the band's first album which was "more progressive,"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004264_252-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[252]  while they would only return to this style from 1995's The X Factor, which he states is "like an extension of Seventh Son..., in the sense of the progressive element to it."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWall2004311_91-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[91]  The development contrasts with the band's raw sounding earlier material,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBienstock2011_193-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[193]  which AllMusic states was "clearly drawing from elements of punk rock,"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuey.281.29_253-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[253]  although Harris firmly denies this.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVH12011_254-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[254] ==Awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Iron Maiden ==Band members<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == For more details on this topic, see List of Iron Maiden band members. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == For a more comprehensive list, see Iron Maiden discography.;Studio albums ==Concert tours<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Main article: List of Iron Maiden concert tours
 * Iron Maiden (1980)
 * Killers (1981)
 * The Number of the Beast (1982)
 * Piece of Mind (1983)
 * Powerslave (1984)
 * Somewhere in Time (1986)
 * Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
 * No Prayer for the Dying (1990)
 * Fear of the Dark (1992)
 * The X Factor (1995)
 * Virtual XI (1998)
 * Brave New World (2000)
 * Dance of Death (2003)
 * A Matter of Life and Death (2006)
 * The Final Frontier (2010)