The 50 greatest Iron Maiden moments By Chris Chantler, Dave Everley, Matt Mills, Paul Travers published 16 April 25 From playing to a room filled with nuns to losing a drum battle against a teddy bear, these moments helped make Iron Maiden Britain's most iconic metal band
Here are the famously ‘terrible’ metal albums we can’t get enough of By Matt Mills published 7 April 25 From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers
“This deluxe edition contains actual soil from the grave of William Blake”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is releasing a comic book compilation with dirt from the resting place of one of England’s most famous poets By Matt Mills published 27 March 25 Ever wanted to own a comic printed using the dirt that surrounds William Blake’s dead body? Bruce Dickinson’s got you covered!
The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives By Classic Rock Magazine published 27 March 25 24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs
Adrian Smith names his favourite Iron Maiden song, even though it’s “awkward” to play By Matt Mills published 26 March 25 “That riff is kind of awkward. But I like the song.”
"Lars Ulrich came barging in. He’s like, ‘Hey, I’m Lars!’ F*** yeah you are!" Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck recalls meeting his heroes for the first time (and regrets falling out with Rob Zombie) By Rich Hobson published 21 March 25 From touring with Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses to meeting Metallica, Killswitch Engage and Zakk Wylde, 2005 - 2007 was a massive time for Bullet For My Valentine
"There will never be another to occupy her throne": Last year Iron Maiden's iconic Ed Force One 747 was scrapped – but now you can wear it By Fraser Lewry published 20 March 25 Parts of Iron Maiden's famous flying tour bus have been upcycled
Iron Maiden unveil details of official documentary By Niall Doherty published 14 March 25 Bring your daughter… to the cinema: metal icons mark their 50th anniversary with career-spanning film
“Paul liked to ruffle a few feathers. He used to call me Hitler. I’ve been called Sergeant Major, but Hitler takes the biscuit.” Iron Maiden's Steve Harris remembers "lovable rogue" Paul Di'Anno By Paul Brannigan published 14 March 25 Steve Harris salutes the singer who helped launch Iron Maiden from London's East End to stadiums worldwide
“It was s***. The singing’s s***, the playing’s s***”: Opeth covered a beloved Iron Maiden song – and Mikael Åkerfeldt really, really doesn’t like it By Matt Mills published 11 March 25 The Opeth frontman also reveals which of his songs he feels are overrated in a new interview with Metal Hammer
“Had fans had mobile phones, they would have been climbing over old-age pensioners to take selfies”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is a big fan of Ghost banning phones from gigs By Metal Hammer published 8 March 25 Talking to Metal Hammer last year, Iron Maiden’s frontman discussed attending Ghost’s 2023 Los Angeles shows and his joy over the absence of mobile phones
“We can’t carry on for ever. The show we do is a very physical thing. How long can we keep going? I really don’t know”: The epic story of 50 years of Iron Maiden, metal’s ultimate band By Paul Elliott published 7 March 25 All six current members of Iron Maiden look back on their monumental 50 year journey
“We just told them to get out!” Why Iron Maiden have banned record label staff from the studio since 1982 By Matt Mills published 5 March 25 Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast
“ELO, Judas Priest, my dad’s piano playing – that’s prog!” Tennis hero Pat Cash discovered Saga in Steve Harris’ private pub, introduced Tony Iommi to Bigelf and got Robert Plant to take up his sport By Jo Kendall published 27 February 25 Travelling the world with his Walkman, the young Australian moved on from his family’s opera and folk to Rush, Steven Wilson, Brian Eno, Francis Dunnery and Anathema, and adopted his chequered headband in honour of Cheap Trick
“This is a band with no limits. If there’s a metal fan on the moon, we’ll be there”: How Iron Maiden’s epic Somewhere Back In Time tour took them where other metal bands dare not go By Chris Ingham published 9 February 25 In 2008, Metal Hammer climbed aboard Ed Force One to join Iron Maiden on the tour of a lifetime
Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden with exclusive all-new interviews - only in the new issue of Classic Rock By Siân Llewellyn published 4 February 25 Also in this issue: Larkin Poe, Gillan, Manic Street Preachers, Thin Lizzy, The Pogues, King Crimson, The Knack, Ricky Warwick, Shaman's Harvest, Brian Fallon, Von Hertzen Brothers and more
“Three guitars? I don’t get that. I’ll step down!” Iron Maiden fans rejoiced when Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith came back – but one member almost quit because of it By Matt Mills published 24 January 25 In 1999, longtime Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain threatened to leave the band over the prospect of an extra guitarist
We made a timeline of everything that’s happened in human history using only Iron Maiden songs By Chris Chantler published 23 January 25 Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson finishes 13th in fencing tournament, watch him compete By Matt Mills published 21 January 25 The Iron Maiden singer faced off against a three-time Olympic medallist and concluded, “He’s not bad.”
"Fake blood starts pouring from an amateurish-looking skull incorporated into a plank of wood": A night out with Iron Maiden before they were famous By Geoff Barton published 14 January 25 In October 1979 Classic Rock's Geoff Barton watched Iron Maiden play a heavy metal disco in North West London. He took notes
