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“Why did you let Some Kind Of Monster come out?” What happened when Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson interviewed Metallica’s Lars Ulrich

By Matt Mills published 12 March 24

In 2008, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich swung by Bruce Dickinson’s radio show to promote Death Magnetic and sling some mud at the St Anger era

Steve Harris of Iron Maiden performs at Rogers Bayfest in Sarnia, ONT Canada on July 14, 2012 in Sarnia, Canada

“It might be significant that my two favourite pieces of music of all time are Supper’s Ready and Thick As A Brick”: What Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris learned from prog

By Dom Lawson published 12 March 24

The guiding light of NWOBHM geeks out on Peter Gabriel leaving Genesis, covering Jethro Tull but not wanting to meet Ian Anderson, the length of ELP solos, his struggle to get into Marillion and more

Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden in 1985

Mission From ’Arry: How Iron Maiden turned a sweary argument into the funniest metal “song” ever

By Matt Mills published 9 March 24

Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris and drummer Nicko McBrain had a farcical falling out during a 1983 tour. When they found out Bruce Dickinson recorded it, they decided it’d fit perfectly onto 2 Minutes To Midnight’s b-side.

Steve Harris onstage with Iron Maiden in 2023

Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris wants to write an autobiography: “It’s just a question of time.”

By Matt Mills published 6 March 24

Iron Maiden’s bassist and founder would love to write a book – he just needs to sit still for five minutes first

Watch actor Mark Benton win almost £10,000 on The Celebrity Weakest Link - and donate it all to the ultimate heavy metal charity, The Heavy Metal Truants

By Merlin Alderslade published 4 March 24

Over £9,000 will now be going to some great children's causes via the power of heavy metal - and some intense general knowledge skills

Album art by Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit and Slayer

10 classic metal albums that should be played live in full (but haven’t yet)

By Stephen Hill published 2 March 24

From Metallica’s …And Justice For All to Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other, these masterpieces are so good that live crowds need to hear them in their entirety

Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project cover art

From lonely female vampires who long for death to a reworking of an Iron Maiden classic, The Mandrake Project proves that Bruce Dickinson really can do anything

By Damian Jones published 1 March 24

The Mandrake Project is a bold return for Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson

Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe and many more confirmed for massive Aftershock lineup

By Fraser Lewry published 28 February 24

Organisers are calling Aftershock 2024 "the largest rock and metal festival ever put together in California"

"It's not over": Bruce Dickinson is ready to start writing again for the follow up to his forthcoming new solo album The Mandrake Project, says he "already has 10 or 12 different ideas for it"

By Liz Scarlett published 26 February 24

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is a busy man, and is already keen to start work on his next project

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden onstage in 1987

“It’s amazing that this was recorded!” Listen to the only time Iron Maiden have ever performed 80s classic The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner live

By Matt Mills published 22 February 24

Despite it being a fan favourite on Somewhere In Time, Iron Maiden have only played The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner to one very lucky audience in 1986

Photos of Iron Maiden and Tool performing live, plus the front cover of Frank Herbert’s Dune

10 heavy metal bands that wouldn’t be the same without Dune

By Paul Travers published 20 February 24

From Iron Maiden to Sleep, many metal bands have taken Frank Herbert’s psychedelic sci-fi saga to heart

"As long as you can talk, you have a voice": An epic Bruce Dickinson interview

By Mark Blake published 16 February 24

Bruce Dickinson fronts the UK’s most successful heavy metal band, holds a commercial pilot’s licence, releases solo albums, write novels and screenplays, and more. A full life? Not half

"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 14 February 24

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 13 February 24

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 13 February 24

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 7 February 24

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

"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 5 February 24

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

"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 2 February 24

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

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 2 February 24

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 1 February 24

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

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