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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

Bruce Dickinson and Lars Ulrich in 2008

“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

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

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

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

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

Mark Benton

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

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

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

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

Aftershock 2024 tour poster

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

By Fraser Lewry published

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

Bruce Dickinson in 2023

"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

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

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

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

Brice Dickinson wearing flying goggles

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

By Mark Blake published

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

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