Iron Maiden Announce New Album Details
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Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 8:55 AM
Full track listing and release
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According to a post at www.ironmaiden.com, Iron Maiden plan to release their new studio album entitled A Matter Of Life And Death, in early September.
The band started writing songs at the end of 2005 after a short break from their hugely successful festival appearances in Europe and the USA. After Christmas the songs were completed and rehearsed when the band then got together with producer Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley at Sarm West Studios in London to start work on recording the backing tracks.
Kevin Shirley has now co-produced three of the band's studio albums alongside Steve Harris (founding bassist), as well as two of their recent Live DVD's and albums. From this the working relationship between Kevin and the band seems to get stronger and stronger. Says Kevin, "The Beast is back! I feel from the outset we all clicked on this one. We spent two months in the studio, from Go to Whoa - from Nicko's 'tubs up' to final mixes and sequenced master! That's a tiny gestation period for an album. Producing Iron Maiden is like sitting in the head and driving one of those mammoth automatons from Star Wars or Saturday morning cartoons! And there's nothing that can stop it! I feel incredibly privileged to have been around to see this album born and breathe life. There have been only a couple of occasions in my career when the ENTIRE process of recording felt so complete - and it is on display here."
As on previous projects all of the tracks were performed live and together in one room. No click tracks or computer tightening or manipulation has happened at any stage of the recording.
Says Steve Harris: "I think in many ways this has been the easiest album in terms of recording that we've ever done. The whole process of writing through to recording was very natural. I think in terms of the material we've also pushed our boundaries yet again and I think it will please our fans but also really surprise a lot of people as well. The sound we've managed to get is very powerful for a Maiden record and all of us have pushed ourselves in our own ways to create something that we're all immensely proud of and I think working as quickly as we did with Kevin really was part of that process. We simply can't wait to take this out on the road. We've played some great shows and had a lot fun recently introducing some of our older songs to a new generation of fans. However for us personally we're incredibly excited about getting out and performing these new tracks."
Says Bruce Dickinson: "This album has to be our best since working with Kevin. There is such a wide scope of musicianship on this album and in parts this album is truly epic. I thought with the likes of Paschendale from the last studio album that we could only hope to surpass that but having now heard the album back as well as sitting with a few select people and hearing their reactions as well I truly believe we have managed it. Every one of us has put everything into this record and it's really paid off. However we've had such fun making it that it's almost difficult to believe what we've managed to achieve in the time it took."
A Matter Of Life And Death full track listing is as follows:
Different Worlds (Smith/Harris - 4.17)
These Colours Don't Run (Smith/Harris/Dickinson - 6.52)
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (Smith/Harris/Dickinson - 8.44)
The Pilgrim (Gers/Harris - 5.07)
The Longest Day (Smith/Harris/Dickinson - 7.48)
Out Of the Shadows (Dickinson/Harris - 5.36)
The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg (Murray/Harris - 7.21)
For The Greater Good Of God (Harris - 9.24)
Lord Of Light (Smith/Harris/Dickinson - 7.23)
The Legacy (Gers/Harris - 9.20)
The band have just announced tour dates in Japan and the majority of the European dates at the end of 2006 are already sold out. Check the details of all of these on www.ironmaiden.com for latest information on ticket availability and for details of tickets just released from production holds.
Bitches_N_Hoes_ - 6/28/2006 5:53:37 AM kissass77....its time to swallow your pink pills along with my load....cmon baby...gulp...
Mummyman - 6/27/2006 4:40:27 PM I've seen the DOTR DVD on Amazon, problem is this isn't a $30+ DVD and I ain't payin' $30+ for it. Especially since I only paid $17 for the 6 Hour + Dickinson Anthology at the very overpriced Tower Records. The audio of this show was only 12 bucks
HellsSon - 6/26/2006 8:14:58 PM Mummyman, DOTR dvd is available at Amazon, although supposedly there were some defects on the disc/s. Can't wait for pt. 2 of the early years!
EGX500 - 6/26/2006 11:51:59 AM rumor has it the next CD after this will be called :
Deafication Dance...
Bruce sucks balls
bustanut - 6/26/2006 10:45:38 AM hurry up and come to the states maiden can't fucking wait up the fuckin irons!!!!!!!!!!! hurry up
Totems - 6/26/2006 7:18:20 AM 7th son is there best LP and I saw that same tour with GNR 6-1-88, Seattle Center.
TattooedLion - 6/25/2006 9:41:45 PM MAIDEN RULES! UP THE IRONS!!!!!
Kiss77 - 6/24/2006 1:51:52 PM sorry for the typos in the last email, I was tipping over the table looking at a pic of bitches n hoes mom in the internet getting fucked by some dude in an Eddy mask.
Kiss77 - 6/24/2006 1:49:50 PM People who dont like long songs have attention deficit disorder, Go back to playing you xbox and listening to punks you fucking toads. Ohe yeah, Ozzy should have retired in 92 and Maiden is still great. Now everybody sing, Charlotte the Harlot in ode to bitches n hoes mom. Child why are you still here? Yo mtv raps is on mtv.com or maybe you should go back to kroqueer.com.
Cisco_Kid - 6/23/2006 3:03:59 PM mummyman it seems like the "Death on the Road" dvd from the last tour might be pure crap with that setlist they played. I would prefer the 2nd part of the "Early Years" instead
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mo_jo - 6/23/2006 7:17:09 AM awesome news! ..let's hope this time around that Iron Maiden do some more outside live shows (i.e. Somewhere on Tour, the second leg of the american tour, 1986)..
dtcaitens - 6/22/2006 11:10:15 PM Good Shit! New Maiden!
Mummyman - 6/22/2006 9:58:05 PM What I want to know is why they aren't releasing the Death on the Road DVD or the second half of the Early Years, Yet the triple disc Bruce anthology DVD comes out right on time. The Bruce DVD is fucking great!
bennycrusher - 6/22/2006 9:42:36 PM STEVE HARRIS IS GOD AND BRUCE OLD BOY IS A PRICK DICK!!! HOPE HE CRASHES 666 IN IRAQ AND SHARON CAN PUT OUT THE FLAMES BY BLODDY PISSIN ON IT - AND TAKE THE MAIDEN T-SHIRT OFF AND WASH IT BOY IT SMELLS LIKE BRUCES BALL BAG AND ADRIANS SHITTY UNDER SHORTS - BACK TO YOU PHIL..............
