The first reaction to Iron Maiden’s new single, The Writing On The Wall
That was fun, wasn’t it? Ingeniously so. Those Belshazzar’s Feast posters at the Download Pilot, the cunning use of Twitter accounts where even the follows were a Maiden nod (The Killers was a good one, We Rate Dogs as a reference to The Number Of The Beast belongs in the Tate), Bruce Dickinson seemingly playing chicken with himself for how much of a clue he could drop without actually giving anything away – it’s been a fun road waiting for Maiden to make their big reveal. Loads of people guessed new music – it’s been six years since we last had any from them – but nobody came close to guessing this, did they? Things you weren’t expecting: that twangy, American folk-styled intro, or the dramatic main riff. And you definitely weren’t expecting such a packe...
