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“I just had to tell him, ‘You’ve outdone me, you bugger!’” Iron Maiden used to merely hint at their prog credentials… now they flaunt them

A selection of the NWOBHM veterans’ longest, deepest and weirdest tracks – and they weren’t all written by Steve Harris

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"I remember thinking, 'Good God, I'd love to front that band.'" Bruce Dickinson on the first time he saw Iron Maiden live - long before he became their singer

Bruce Dickinson was very impressed by what he saw in Camden Town that night

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"The band were just so pumped and on it every night that it was a joy": Bruce Dickinson releases Resurrection Man video as a thank you to fans

The Iron Maiden frontman's Mandrake Project tour wrapped up earlier this month

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“He sent me home in a taxi with a towel”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson once threw up on Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan’s shoes

The Iron Maiden man deems the messy faux pas the most embarrassing moment of his life

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“I thought you might like to do a little bit of singing!” Watch Bruce Dickinson play Iron Maiden classic Alexander The Great at a solo show in Greece

It marks the first time Dickinson’s played an Iron Maiden song with his solo band in 22 years

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Bruce Springsteen: The torment and triumph of Born In The USA - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Dio, Deep Purple, Duff McKagan, Canned Heat, Blondie, Gene Simmons, Tito, Suzi Quatro, Orange Goblin, Fish, Tyler Bryant, Blues Pills and more

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“When you’ve got a singer that is so eaten up with jealousy for the headliner, it never goes well”: Sharon Osbourne remembers pelting Iron Maiden with eggs, still doesn’t like Bruce Dickinson very much

Iron Maiden were egged by Sharon Osbourne and had their power cut during a co-headline set at Ozzfest 2005

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“I believe we’ve made a huge leap forward this time. This is our Radiohead moment!”: how Iron Maiden made a 21st century masterpiece with A Matter Of Life And Death

In this classic Metal Hammer interview, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris reveal the story behind Iron Maiden’s 2006 album A Matter Of Life And Death

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Get Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson and Geddy Lee's memoirs for free with this mega Audible audiobook deal

There's a whole world of audiobooks to discover and you can dive in right now with 3 months of Audible free to mark Prime Day 2024

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“People are gonna think it’s either the last album or that we’re Trekkies”: how Iron Maiden made The Final Frontier and silenced rumours they’d reached the end of the road

In 2010, Metal Hammer joined Iron Maiden on the road in Texas to ask the question: would The Final Frontier really be their last album?

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

The Black Dahlia Murder, Charlotte Wessels and Bruce Dickinson are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"The freedom and joy we had, and the confidence in each other, is remarkable": Ian Gillan looks back at Deep Purple's Machine Head era

With Deep Purple’s original plans for their sixth album having literally gone up in smoke, Machine Head was a triumph snatched from the jaws of disaster

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Bruce Dickinson is worried that Iron Maiden don't "challenge" themselves enough when it comes to writing music: "We have this devoted following and they’re happy with the way we are"

Iron Maiden leader Bruce Dickinson is concerned that the band might be over-catering to their fans instead of pushing themselves creatively

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The best metal albums of 2024 so far

From legends like Bruce Dickinson, Judas Priest and Kerry King to modern heavy hitters like Knocked Loose, OU and DOOL, these are the metal albums ruling 2024

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“Nothing against Maiden, but their songs have gotten so long”: Kerry King critiques Iron Maiden’s recent albums

The Slayer guitarist admits he doesn’t have the attention span for Iron Maiden’s double albums The Book Of Souls and Senjutsu

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Bruce Dickinson review – metal’s charismatic star indulges his goofy side

Letting rip with that still thrilling and propulsive voice, the Iron Maiden frontman performs an all solo material set – keytars, bongos and demonic laughter included

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“The lights would go out and 15 kids would beat the crap out of me”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson opens up on traumatic boarding school days

The Iron Maiden vocalist has reflected on his difficult early years in public school

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“I didn’t even speak English but I could tell Operation: Mindcrime had atmosphere and intelligence… You can’t just replace Geoff Tate with someone who has a great range”: Tobias Sammet says classic Queensryche were fully prog

Avantasia mastermind recalls being blown away by Geoff Tate’s vocals – and struggling to copy what he’d heard

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“To promote an album and play some football, it’s the ultimate for me”: The bizarre story of the time Iron Maiden became a football team

In 1998, Iron Maiden tried to promote Virtual XI by putting on football games with journalists and professional players. It was all a bit weird.

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"Everything up to then had been about climbing the mountain. With Powerslave it felt like we were looking out over the rest of the world": How Iron Maiden grew up

When it came to making the follow-up to 1983’s Piece Of Mind album, Iron Maiden knew they needed to come up with something a bit special. That was Powerslave

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"This was no mere warm-up; this was a declaration that Bruce Dickinson is still a force of nature in the metal universe." Iron Maiden's irrepressible frontman played his first solo show in over 20 years - and it was a triumph

Here's what happened when Bruce Dickinson rocked up to the intimate Whisky A Go Go for a historic first solo show in 22 years

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Watch awesome front row footage of Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson rocking the Whisky A Go Go in LA last night for his first full solo show in 22 years

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson landed in Los Angeles last night for a very special, intimate show

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Bruce Dickinson is playing a “secret show” at a legendary venue this Friday: “Not so secret anymore.”

Get up close and personal with Iron Maiden’s singer at his next gig

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Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson gets to the point with arts24

It's not every day you get given a fencing lesson by a rock legend whose career has spanned over four decades and who has sold hundreds of millions of albums. FRANCE 24's Marjorie Hache had the pleasure of crossing swords with heavy metal star Bruce Dickinson – the lead singer…

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We reviewed every film Iron Maiden have ever written a song about

From Charge Of The Light Brigade to Children Of The Damned, we’ve watched and critiqued every movie The Beast have taken a track from

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