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Iron Maiden against a space-style background

“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

By Dom Lawson published

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?

Steve Harris on stage

“Be there or be square!” Watch Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris play a charity football match this weekend

By Matt Mills published

The Maiden bassist will be raising money for disadvantaged children in Portugal

Iron Maiden onstage

"It was very British, but it shot round the world. It changed music": How the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was born, by those who were there

By Dave Everley published

In the late 70s, rock music was given a steel-booted kick up the backside by a new breed of band. The NWOBHM would go on to rule Britannia – and the world

Bruce Dickinson posing

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"

By Liz Scarlett published

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

Iron Maiden in 1981

Iron Maiden weren’t part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, says ex-singer: “We felt like we were on our own”

By Matt Mills published

Former Iron Maiden man Paul Di’Anno has distanced the group from Def Leppard, Saxon and the rest in an exclusive Metal Hammer interview

Steve Harris and Adrian Smith

“I said, Adrian, why aren't you singing in Iron Maiden? Be the singer!” Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham once encouraged Adrian Smith to return to Iron Maiden as the band's frontman

By Paul Brannigan published

In 1997, Scott Gorham suggested that Adrian Smith should rejoin Iron Maiden in place of Blaze Bayley

Kerry King next to the artwork for Iron Maiden album Senjutsu

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

By Matt Mills published

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

Steve Harris on stage

Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris to play intimate fundraising concert with British Lion this month

By Matt Mills published

The Iron Maiden bassist’s side-project have also announced a short European tour for later this year

Iron Maiden in 1996

“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

By Stephen Hill published

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.

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

“Not even in the territory of prog metal – closer to dyed-in-the-wool prog rock”: Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son remains their best prog album

By Jerry Ewing published

A good-versus-evil concept story featuring keyboards and a nine-minute title track set the scene for records that would arrive in future decades

Iron Maiden group shot

"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

By Mick Wall published

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

Bruce Dickinson sings on stage

"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

By Joe Daly published

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

Bruce Dickinson sings on stage

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

By Merlin Alderslade published

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

The Hu

"America, we will see you very soon": Mongolian folk metal sensations The Hu to support Iron Maiden on expanded North American Future Past Tour

By Rich Hobson published

Iron Maiden's Future Past World Tour gets bigger with the addition of a new date and support from viral Mongolian metallers The Hu

Bruce Dickinson next to posters for various films

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

By Chris Chantler published

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

Iron Maiden with Blaze Bayley in 1996

The 10 best Blaze Bayley Iron Maiden songs

By Paul Elliott published

Showing some love to Iron Maiden’s most under-rated period

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"They’re one of the greatest rock bands in history." The heavy metal legends that Lady Gaga just can't get enough of

By Merlin Alderslade published

Lady Gaga has a longstanding mutual respect with these British metal icons

Jack Black in 2024, next to album art by Dio, Iron Maiden and Manowar

“What’s more satanic than a demon throwing a priest into the water, chained?!” Watch Jack Black react to classic album covers by Dio, Iron Maiden, Manowar and more

By Matt Mills published

Watch Tenacious D singer, Hollywood star and ultimate metalhead Jack Black give his thoughts on artworks from some of our genre’s greatest legends

Bruce Dickinson with long hair in 1994

“It was all a bit Jethro Tull-y and witchy-woo”: the iconic Bruce Dickinson solo song that began life as an idea for an ‘acoustic’ Iron Maiden album that was never made

By Metal Hammer published

How a rejected Iron Maiden song written in the mid-80s became a Bruce Dickinson classic almost 10 years later

Bruce Dickinson onstage with Iron Maiden in 2014

The 8 songs Iron Maiden have played live the least

By Matt Mills published

If you’ve seen The Beast perform any of these rarities at a show, you’re in a very exclusive club