NEWS 2020/03/04
Iron Maiden released seven albums in the 1980s. Through most of that time there was a sense of acceleration, of building momentum; of having to rush from one landmark release to the next. The past decade or so has been less prolific for a number of reasons. The band are all older for a start, and seem to have bought a little more into the concept of work-life balance. Or most of them, anyway. As Steve Harris once told us: “Bruce is so bloody hyper! I keep expecting him to run out of gas but he never does… He’ll be on a plane and while I’m having a kip or reading a book, he’ll be bloody writing one!” If the albums have become fewer and further between, however, there’s been a definite sense of quality over quantity. And the band have freed themselves from that relentless grind of ...