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Iron Maiden is a British heavy metal band founded in 1975 by bassist and only original member, Steve Harris. The band has released fifteen studio albums, as well as numerous live albums, compilations, EPs, singles, video albums, music videos, and box sets.Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden achieved success during the early 1980s and, after several lineup changes, the band went on to release a series of platinum and gold albums. These include the US platinum-selling land
Iron Maiden is a British heavy metal band founded in 1975 by bassist and only original member, Steve Harris. The band has released fifteen studio albums, as well as numerous live albums, compilations, EPs, singles, video albums, music videos, and box sets.Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden achieved success during the early 1980s and, after several lineup changes, the band went on to release a series of platinum and gold albums. These include the US platinum-selling landmarks The Number of the Beast in 1982, Piece of Mind in 1983, Powerslave in 1984, the acclaimed live album Live After Death in 1985, Somewhere in Time in 1986, and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son in 1988. Their second most recent studio effort, A Matter of Life and Death, was released in 2006 and peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 and at number 4 in the UK and is also one of the few rock albums to be certified platinum in India. Their newest album, The Final Frontier, will be released on August 16, 2010.
After several auditions and lineup changes, they settled on vocalist Paul Di'Anno, guitarists Dave Murray and Dennis Stratton and drummer Clive Burr. They released their self-titled debut album in 1980; quickly becoming one of the leading proponents of the NWOBHM movement. Guitarist Adrian Smith replaced Stratton, and a "consistent highlight", Killers, was released in 1981.
Later that year, vocalist Bruce Dickinson replaced Paul Di'Anno, marking the beginning of a series of top-ten high-impact releases. They issued "the 1982 masterpiece", The Number of the Beast, becoming the band's first release to top the UK charts, and receive a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Drummer Nicko McBrain replaced Clive Burr, and the band released Piece of Mind in 1983, followed by a "true heavy metal achievement", 1984's Powerslave. Iron Maiden broadened their sound with the use of guitar synthesizers in 1986's Somewhere in Time. Their following concept album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, was released in 1988, and also topped the UK charts.
The lineup remained unchanged until Adrian Smith left the band during the pre-production of their last gold-certified album in the US, 1990's No Prayer for the Dying; he was replaced by Janick Gers. Their last number one album in the UK, Fear of the Dark, was released in 1992. The following year, Dickinson departed from the band. His replacement, Blaze Bayley, debuted in 1995 with The X Factor, "a lackluster" album that marked a decline on the band's career. The diminished fan interest in 1998 with Virtual XI prompted Bayley's departure.
Dickinson and Smith returned to the band in 1999, and a new album, Brave New World, was issued in 2000. Three years later, Dance of Death was released, which marked "a triumphant return" to success. In 2006 they released "a more elaborate and meandering" album, A Matter of Life and Death, which received, along with their two previous albums, a gold certification by the BPI. On 25 May 2009, the band released Flight 666, a video which covers the first leg of the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour; it reached number 1 in over 20 countries.
The Final Frontier is upcoming fifteenth studio album, set for release on August 16, 2010. At 76 minutes and 35 seconds, it is the band's longest studio album to date. It will be their first album since the release of A Matter of Life and Death in 2006, the longest gap to date between two consecutive Iron Maiden studio albums. The North American leg of their tour in support of the album started in Dallas, Texas on June 9, with a European tour beginning in Dublin on July 30, and further dates to be announced. Melvyn Grant, a long-time contributor to the band's artwork, created the cover art for the album.
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London, England (1975 - Present)
One of the most successful and influential bands in the heavy metal genre, selling over 80 million albums worldwide. The band has so far released fifteen studio albums, four “best of” compilations, nine live albums and four limited boxed-sets. They have also won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2000.
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