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"Four words describe this album best - Adrian Smith's Finest Hour": Iron Maiden successfully embrace guitar synthesisers on Somewhere In Time

Released between two major metal milestones, Somewhere In Time is something of an underrated fan favourite

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“It’s one of my favourite Maiden albums - despite the fact that I'm not on it!”: Bruce Dickinson on the Iron Maiden classic he wishes he’d sung on

He calls it “an updated version of Deep Purple In Rock”

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The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2024

A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more

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“You have ideas that you think wouldn't suit the band - like this song that sounded like U2!”: How a happy accident led to one of Iron Maiden's greatest songs

It started with a “crazy noise” from a guitar synth

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"He was a drummer before I was a singer, a pilot before I was a pilot": Watch Bruce Dickinson pay tribute to Nicko McBrain during his final Iron Maiden show

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain has retired from touring after 42 years

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The best albums, the biggest shows, and the megastars who rocked our world - only in Classic Rock's Best Of 2024 special edition

Also in this issue: AC/DC, David Gilmour, Foreigner, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Ghost Bruce Dickinson, Hawkwind, the Black Crowes and more - and three exclusive gifts

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"The tours were getting longer and crazier, and the expectations around us were astronomical." How Powerslave cemented Iron Maiden as the biggest metal band on the planet in 1984

Is fencing better than karate? Was the world about to end? How many frozen daiquiries can you have and still pull off an epic solo? Maiden were answering all the important questions when they made Powerslave

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"For me (it’s) the last, most egregious oversight in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”: Tom Morello says he’ll “chew” his leg off to get this band in

They’re the “gold standard of metal bands”, he says

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Bruce Dickinson considered new singer for Iron Maiden amid cancer battle

Bruce Dickinson wouldn't have wanted to carry on singing for Iron Maiden if his cancer impacted his vocals.

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“The first thing on my mind is, am I gonna get through this and be alive? And the last thing on my mind was would I ever sing again?” Bruce Dickinson would have helped Iron Maiden replace him if cancer stopped him from singing

Dickinson reflects on his 2015 cancer battle and reveals he would have helped Iron Maiden replace him had his voice been affected

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“An amazing voice - absolutely awesome!”: Bruce Dickinson salutes former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno

Di’Anno, who died on 21 October, sang on Maiden’s first two albums

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“For Paul Di’Anno! Scream for me!” Watch Bruce Dickinson pay tribute to late Iron Maiden singer during concert last night

Iron Maiden’s frontman offered a sombre onstage tribute to Di’Anno, whose death was announced Monday, calling him “groundbreaking”

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Paul Di'Anno's 10 greatest performances with Iron Maiden

Some fans still cite Iron Maiden's first two albums as their greatest. This is the best of Paul Di'Anno, the late, great man who sang on them

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“We ask his fans to raise a glass in his memory”: Ex-Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno dead at 66

Di’Anno sang on the heavy metal legends’ first two albums

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“Everything is all killer, no filler!” Every song on Iron Maiden’s Powerslave ranked from worst to best

From Aces High to Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, we’ve arranged everything on Iron Maiden’s 1984 classic in reverse-order of magnificence

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"Bruce Dickinson is like a time-traveling general from a dystopian future." Iron Maiden bring the Future Past tour to Aftershock - and it's spectacular

Iron Maiden's current world tour touches down in Aftershock for an incredible Saturday night headline set

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“If you’re a Maiden fan you’re like family. You’ve been with us on a long ride”: How Iron Maiden conquered the parts of the planet where other metal bands feared to tread

In 2011, Metal Hammer boarded Ed Force One to join Iron Maiden in South America for scenes of madness, mayhem and pisco sour

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“It was originally going to be a Bruce Dickinson solo album – but then I did a very stupid thing”: Arjen Lucassen didn’t make it easy for himself with Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon and other projects

Stubbornly starting out with rock operas in the grunge era, he’s managed to secure guest spots from James LaBrie, Fish, Mikael Akerfeldt and others – but he still regrets the ones who got away

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"I wasn't really very happy about this film being made. I don't want to be a film star": Iron Maiden, Ed Force One and the epic journey of Flight 666

23 Gigs. 50,000 Miles. Five Continents. 46 Days. One unique concert movie. And six interviews

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“We paid $30,000 to get bullied like we were in high school!” Trivium were asked to egg Iron Maiden at Ozzfest 2005. They declined and started wearing Iron Maiden shirts onstage

A feud between the Osbournes and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson came to a head during Ozzfest 2005. Trivium, who paid 30 grand to join the tour, steered clear and started supporting their heavy metal heroes

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The 9 classic deep cuts Iron Maiden need to play on their Run For Your Lives tour

As Iron Maiden promise a setlist of vintage hits and fan-favourites for their next world tour, we propose some oddball choices that need dusting off

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AN iconic rock band are set to host a gig in Glasgow to celebrate 50 years...

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“I sing in pictures – as I sing I see myself standing on the deck of a bloody great boat in Rime Of The Ancient Mariner”: How Powerslave pointed the way to Iron Maiden’s epic future

Iron Maiden’s monumental Powerslave album was released 40 years ago today

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“It wasn’t really till we got out and played live that we realised it was a couple of things”: Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris admits there was “maybe an issue or two” with Blaze Bayley’s voice at shows

Harris does however credit Bayley with helping “keep the band alive” in the mid-90s

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Black Smoke Trigger come from a small city in New Zealand but their ambition is global

With A-list album production and a Bruce Dickinson tour behind them, Black Smoke Trigger aren't settling for anything

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