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Bruce Dickinson, plus lizard

"Iron Maiden is a popular band among taxonomists and museum curators": Scientists in Peru name a new species of lizard after Bruce Dickinson

By Paul Brannigan published

There's a newly-discovered lizard in the mountains of Peru named after Iron Maiden's frontman Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson onstage, plus a photo of a flare at a concert

“That activity that a very, very small minority of people do is so selfish and so disturbing”: Bruce Dickinson admits he “lost his temper” when a fan lit a flare at an Iron Maiden show in 2022

By Matt Mills published

The Iron Maiden singer admonished and swore at a fan for igniting a flare during a performance of The Number Of The Beast in Greece

James Hetfield, Randy Blythe, Jim Root and Synyster Gates performing onstage

10 heavy metal stars who should have solo careers

By Matt Mills published

From James Hetfield to Randy Blythe, we’d love to see what these heavy metal heroes can do by themselves

Iron Maiden with Blaze Bayley in the 90s

"It is so dark...it's not accessible like some of the other Maiden albums." Ex-Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley explains why he feels many fans didn't warm up to their divisive The X Factor album

By Merlin Alderslade published

Is The X Factor Iron Maiden's most underrated record?

Bruce Dickinson

"If you were after a girlfriend, by the time you’ve got ten minutes into A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers she’s usually jumped out the window." Bruce Dickinson on his prog heroes

By Jerry Ewing published

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson's 10-song solo album The Mandrake Project will be released on March 1

Ghost in 2015

"My name is Lucifer, please take my hand, is such a memorable lyric": Ghost's Tobias Forge on the satanic hymns which lured him to the dark side

By Paul Brannigan published

Ghost might not exist had these Satan-praising sounds not seduced Tobias Forge as an impressionable teenager

Classic Rock issue 324

Iron Maiden's Powerslave at 40 and the Greatest Albums of 1984: Only in the historic new issue of Classic Rock

By Sian Llewellyn published

Also in this issue: Mick Mars, Tony Clarkin, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Spinal Tap, Ace Frehley, Big Country, Frankie Miller, Don Henley, Blackberry Smoke and much more

Bruce Dickinson on the cover of Metal Hammer

"It’s not that Maiden albums aren’t fun, but we don’t get to play like children." Bruce Dickinson is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer

By Eleanor Goodman published

The Iron Maiden frontman reveals the secrets of his new solo album and comic series – The Mandrake Project

Iron Maiden 2021

The 10 best 21st-century Iron Maiden songs

By Dom Lawson published

We all love the ’80s classics, but these later Maiden jams still show The Beast at their best

Bruce Dickinson posing

Bruce Dickinson announces album signing appearances at five UK record shops

By Paul Brannigan published

Want to have Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson sign your copy of The Mandrake Project, his first solo album in 19 years? Then try to keep some time free in early March

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson sat in a convertible and looking at the camera, with text reading "Buckle your safety belt."

“Headbanging is more fun than going through a windshield!” Watch Iron Maiden star in the bizarre seatbelt safety advert from 1991 that almost got them a meeting with the President Of The United States

By Merlin Alderslade published

Iron Maiden appeared in a Crash Test Dummies commercial in the early ’90s, and Bruce Dickinson almost met the President because of it

Bruce Dickinson in 1990

“It’s a big, festering, open sewer – it’s nothing to do with music”: Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson eviscerate hair metal in a 1990 interview

By Matt Mills published

Iron Maiden’s frontman didn’t mince words when talking about the hedonism of certain ’80s metal bands

Bruce Dickinson alongside his new comic book

"The Mandrake Project is possibly the maddest idea in a career full of mad ideas." Bruce Dickinson's new comic book is weird, dark, funny and far more than a rock star vanity project

By Dave Everley published

The Iron Maiden frontman has roped in some heavyweight comic book names for his latest endeavour - and it's worked rather well

Tool, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Spiritbox performing onstage

10 metal bands’ first-ever concerts caught on film

By Emily Swingle published

Want to see Ghost, Rage Against The Machine and Spiritbox’s first times on a stage? These clips have got you covered!

Four classic metal albums

10 classic metal albums celebrating major anniversaries in 2024

By Joe Daly published

From Judas Priest's seminal debut to nu metal and metalcore landmarks, these iconic records all changed the game

Photos of Iron Maiden, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Black Sabbath and Nightwish performing onstage

10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard

By Matt Mills published

From Iron Maiden going full prog to Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water, only completists will have heard these extraordinary covers

Iron Maiden in 2000

"Steve Harris was very suspicious. He said: Why do you wanna come back?": Bruce Dickinson on rejoining Iron Maiden with a mission to "sweep away the past"

By Paul Brannigan published

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson recalls exactly what he sought to achieve by rejoining the band in 1999

Various classic metal EPs

The 50 greatest metal EPs of all time

By Chris Chantler published

From the early days of Def Leppard and Iron Maiden to modern classics via the likes of Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the best metal EPs in history

British Lion by Bristol Harbour and Tony Moore onstage

Tony Moore played keyboards for Iron Maiden at one show in 1977: Now he's back on the road with Steve Harris

By Dave Ling published

British Lion are currently on tour with support from prog rock one man band Tony Moore: "If Tony could play guitar back then the way he does now he'd probably still be in the band", says Steve Harris

The New Heavy covers 2024

The new issue of Metal Hammer stars four brand new cover stars: Bad Omens, Hanabie, Lorna Shore and Scene Queen!

By Eleanor Goodman published

Meet your New Heavy cover stars for 2024