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Nicko McBrain says he’d record with Iron Maiden again - but only if the drums were 'simple'

Nicko McBrain says he’d happily return to the studio with Iron Maiden, though after his mini‑stroke he admits any new drum parts would need to be “more simple” for him to play.

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The 'terrible' metal albums (that aren't nearly as bad as people make out)

From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look

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Bruce Dickinson mocks Donald Trump's 'Lake America' stunt on opening night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives Tour in Toronto

Iron Maiden frontman draws approval of Canadian fans as he shoots down US president's "ridiculous" antics

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"I needed hope and he gave me it." The vital advice Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson gave Megadeth's Dave Mustaine during his cancer battle

One metal icon and cancer survivor gave some helpful words to another

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"We did a Ouija board ‘cause we wanted to speak to the Devil." From idolising Hendrix to touring with Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, this is Richie Faulkner's life story, told through the songs he loves the most

Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix and Pantera are just some of the artists that make Richie tick

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“I was a session guitarist for a bit, which is unbelievable because I can’t read music. I used to pretend to flip the music sheets during sessions!” Dan Hawkins says it’s a miracle The Darkness have survived so long

His most prized Gibson was made for Jimmy Page and contains an Angus Young pickup. He knows the difference between opening for Metallica and Iron Maiden. He knows kids hate AI. And there’s one thing that he can’t tell you for legal reasons

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“I don’t think the underground or extreme metal scene will ever dig us. It’s elitist”: How Trivium defied the gatekeepers and split the critics with The Crusade

Trivium broke big with 2005’s Ascendancy – but a year later, The Crusade saw the backlash hit

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"It's heavy as ****!" Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson gives update on new solo album

Looks like we could be hearing a heavier side of Bruce when the new album drops next year

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“Iron Maiden was the hardest to get right. Musically, it’s not the most challenging, but we choreographed the entire song”: You have to be top of the class – of 80,000 students – to make it on the School of Rock AllStars tour

Meet the new crop of young musicians touring the US as School of Rock AllStars

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Paul Di'Anno stands alone as the only legendary frontman of Iron Maiden, at least according to Blaze Bayley

Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley hails the late Paul Di'Anno as the band's most iconic vocalist

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"They draw a crowd size which would have once been reserved for Iron Maiden or Metallica." Burning keyboardists, flying tanks and free suncream - inside Wacken Open Air 2026

The world's biggest metal festival puts on a weekend to remember for its 35th anniversary

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“If someone says they don’t like something, that makes me embrace it even more”: Steve Harris defends Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying album – and names the one radical thing he’d change about if

Do you love Iron Maiden’s eighth album? You’re in good company

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"One of the things that Bruce Dickinson and Paul Di’Anno didn’t have was, they’d not seen Iron Maiden as a fan." Blaze Bayley on heart attacks, being banned by the church and his legacy with 'metal's greatest band'

Blaze Bayley is open to working with Iron Maiden again - and has ideas of how he'd love to do it

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“The first Slipknot album is all chaos; the Stone Sour album is a baring of the soul”: Corey Taylor reveals the 10 albums that changed his life

The Great Big Mouth on his best records, Les Misérables and how great sex made him a Depeche Mode fan

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Watch Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson make a surprise appearance with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's covers band to sing a David Bowie-penned classic rock anthem

Watch Bruce Dickinson onstage with The Coverups at San Diego Comic-Con

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“Gallops like The Trooper and evokes Iron Maiden’s double-lead-guitar histrionics”: Mongol champions The Hu take after their hard rock heroes on long-awaited new album Hun

The folk metal horde have been endorsed by Metallica and Iron Maiden – and their third album bears those icons’ influence

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Iron Maiden thank fans who attended Eddfest – and reveal that the festival dive bar was a victim of crime

Go behind the scenes at Knebworth Park with Steve Harris and some very enthusiastic fans

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Viking death metal berserkers Amon Amarth still Vikings, still death metal, still berserk on new single Gjallarhorn; upcoming album The Allfather Awakens announced

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"Let My Love Open The Door is one of the most perfect pop songs ever written." Pete Townshend finds stable ground away from The Who on Empty Glass

Empty Glass was Pete Townshend’s response to the death of Keith Moon and the arrival of punk

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"That's definitely my favourite album. It's all pretty much perfect." Nicko McBrain ranks Iron Maiden's albums, from worst to best

The drummer ranked Iron Maiden's albums in order of greatest during a fan event at his barbecue spot in Florida

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Iron Maiden sells publishing and master music rights in a bid to 'turbo charge' future plans

Fear of the Dark hitmakers Iron Maiden have sold a 50 per cent stake in the band's publishing and master music rights, as well as name, image, and likeness rights, to Pophouse Entertainment, an investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus.

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"I am very excited about the ability we now have to pursue, facilitate, and finance our many plans and dreams." Iron Maiden announce deal with creatives behind the ABBA Voyage virtual show

Could there be a virtual Iron Maiden show experience in the future?

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Iron Maiden's first ever festival is a triumph and a true celebration of one of heavy metal's most storied bands

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“If we’re stuck with stories about Satan, it’ll mean that people will never understand us”: How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

The song was the centrepiece of Iron Maiden’s Eddfest set

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“The Baphomet statue from The Number Of The Beast is huge – you can sit on its lap like it’s Christmas and he’s Santa Claus!”: Iron Maiden have thrown open their archives for their Eddfest museum – and it looks incredible

One of the main attractions at Eddfest is the Infinite Dreams Experience – a display of classic Maiden props and memorabilia. Here’s a taste of what to expect…

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