IRON MAIDEN

Iron Maiden book on the way

After 30 years, 80 million album sales and over 2000 live performances, Iron Maiden are about to give fans Access All Areas via the book ‘On Board Flight 666′.

Photographer John McMurtrie travelled with Iron Maiden on the custom Boeing 757 ‘Ed Force One’ piloted by singer Bruce Dickinson. Captain Dickinson has written the foreward for the book.

McMurtrie has selected the most powerful images that tell the story of the tour and added a specially commissioned commentary for the images.

Look for the book in November, published by Orion.

Iron Maiden to release of ‘From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010′

IRON Maiden announce the release of 'From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010'.

IRON Maiden announce the release of ‘From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010′. A double-CD set spanning twenty years, this follows the huge success of 2010′s studio album ‘The Final Frontier’ which hit the number one spot in 28 countries around the world and became the band’s highest-charting album in the US. Iron Maiden have also just been awarded their first Grammy for Best Metal Performance, for the song ‘El Dorado’ taken from ‘The Final Frontier’ album.

The full tracklisting for the album is as follows:

DISC ONE
1. The Wicker Man 4.36
2. Holy Smoke 3.49
3. El Dorado 6:49
4. Paschendale 8.28
5. Different World 4.19
6. Man On The Edge (LIVE) 4.40
7. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg 7.22
8. Blood Brothers 7.14
9. Rainmaker 3.49
10. Sign of the Cross (LIVE) 10.49
11. Brave New World 6.19
12. Fear Of The Dark (LIVE) 7.46

DISC 2
1. Be Quick Or Be Dead 3.24
2. Tailgunner 4.15
3. No More Lies 7.22
4. Coming Home 5.52
5. The Clansman (LIVE) 9.06
6. For the Greater Good of God 9.25
7. These Colours Don’t Run) 6.52
8. Bring Your Daughter… To The Slaughter 4.44
9. Afraid to Shoot Strangers 6.57
10. Dance of Death 8.36
11. When the Wild Wind Blows 11.02

Iron Maiden’s 2011 Tour is currently underway in an Around The World In 66 Days odyssey aboard the band’s customized Boeing 757, piloted by lead singer and qualified airline captain Bruce Dickinson, and concludes later this year with the following UK dates:

JULY
Wed 20 Scotland, Glasgow SECC
Thu 21 Scotland, Aberdeen AECC P&J Arena
Sat 23 England, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Sun 24 England, Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
Wed 27 England, Nottingham Trent FM Arena
Thu 28 England, Manchester MEN Arena
Sun 31 England, Birmingham NIA

AUGUST
Mon 1 Wales, Cardiff CIA Arena
Wed 3 Northern Ireland, Belfast Odyssey
Fri 5 England, London 02 Arena
Sat 6 England, London 02 Arena

Iron Maiden and Bullet For My Valentine to go head-to-head at Metal Hammer Golden God Awards

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden and Bullet For My Valentine will go head-to-head in the Best UK Band category at this year’s Metal Hammer Golden God Awards. The bands face competition from Skindred, Architects and Bring Me The Horizon to win the coveted prize, which is voted for by readers of Metal Hammer magazine.

Publisher Chris Ingham revealed he was ‘thrilled’ to honour the rock legends with the nominations, which come in the magazine’s 25th year.

He said: ‘A whole quarter of a century ago, Metal Hammer magazine began and in that time we’ve worked with some of the biggest and best names in metal and rock music.

‘Some of those names will be joining us for the Metal Hammer Golden Gods and, whether they’re icons or rising stars, their tireless efforts to stay true to the most loyal fanbase around is a massive achievement and one we are thrilled to honour.’

In the Best International Band list, Avenged Sevenfold will take on Dimmu Borgir, Down, Children of Bodom and Stone Sour, while Machine Head, Cancer Bats, Rob Zombie, Skindred and Devildriver are all nominated in the Best Live Band Category.

The awards will be presented on June 13, 2011 at London’s IndigO2.

Best International Band:
Avenged Sevenfold
Dimmu Borgir
Stone Sour
Children Of Bodom
Down

Best UK Band sponsored by Roadrunner:
Iron Maiden
Bring Me The Horizon
Skindred
Architects
Bullet For My Valentine

Best Live Band:
Cancer Bats
Devildriver
Rob Zombie
Skindred
Machine Head

Best New Band:
The Defiled
Kvelertak
Tesseract
The Damned Things
Letlive

Best Underground:
Watain
Kylesa
Primordial
The Dead Lay Waiting
Clutch

Best Breakthrough Parkway Drive:
A Day To Remember
Sylosis
Sabaton
Volbeat

Shredder(s) sponsored by Blackstar:
Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne)

Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge)
Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom)
Mark Rizzo (Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly, Il Nino)
Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold)

Metal As F**k:
Slayer
Behemoth
Slipknot
Zakk Wylde
Deftones

Event of the Year sponsored by Alchemy:
Rob Zombie’s return
Manowar’s return
System Of A Down reforming
The Big 4 UK announcement
Beavis And Butthead’s resurrection