Iron Maiden new material this month

[londonleatherboy]

I disagree to be honest...firepower and redeemer are, as a whole poor with great moments, albeit.. produced fantastically.  Maidens output since bruce returned we'll say ,is as a whole poor with great moments, produced horrendously.  My opinion anyway.  Great that they are all still around..but I'd rather bruce had fucked off with Roy z after final frontier and made some metal

[Carnage]

Redeemer's shite alright, possibly their worst album. Firepower, however, is one of their best IMO. Definitely their best since Painkiller, and I'd probably place it above that, thinking about it.

[londonleatherboy]

Maiden are like an albatross around your neck at this stage ..an underproduced wailing Pro brexit albatross..just retire n leave us alone

[Anton Arcane]

Anyone expecting anything decent from maiden at this stage needs their head checked...the starting point is terrible production.. wailing singing bloated  songs with unoriginal riffs and melodies...once that's your starting point you won't be let down😂

Perfectly sums up how I feel about everything after FOTD.

[jobrok1]

The song itself is nothing great.

But... after listening to it only once yesterday I've been humming it and singing the chorus bit over and over.

[Floss]

solid tune - nothing amazing, but enjoyable all the same, and pretty memorable after a while. I like the rory gallagher style acoustic intro and Dickinson's voice sounds great (for a man his vintage its incredible). Definitely better that their usual lead single fare though (wildest dreams, speed of light etc)

[General Lee]

Awful song. Maiden have forgotten how to write straight to the point tunes, everything has to be an epic

[keeper of kalessin]

Reminds me a bit of copperhead road by steve earle

[Mr Barlow]

Awful shower of moany cunts

[Thorn]

You're right,  it's a great track, not slippers and pipe metal bordering on dad rock at all.

[Blackout]

Never been a fan of IM nor got their appeal.

[Carnage]

"Iron Maiden - Senjutsu - September 3

We are thrilled to announce the release of IRON MAIDEN’s 17th studio album Senjutsu on September 3rd through Parlophone Records (BMG in the USA). It was recorded in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley and co-produced by Steve Harris.

For Senjutsu – loosely translated as ‘tactics & strategy’, the band once again enlisted the services of Mark Wilkinson to create the spectacular Samurai themed cover artwork, based on an idea by Steve Harris. And with a running time of a little under 82 minutes, Senjutsu, like their previous record The Book Of Souls, will be a double CD album/triple vinyl album.

Steve says "We chose to record at Guillaume Tell Studio in France again as the place has such a relaxed vibe. The setup there is perfect for our needs; the building used to be a cinema and has a really high ceiling so there’s a great acoustic sound. We recorded this album in the same way we did The Book Of Souls in that we’d write a song, rehearse it and then put it down together straight away while it was all fresh in our minds. There’s some very complex songs on this album which took a lot of hard work to get them exactly as we wanted them to sound, so the process was at times very challenging, but Kevin is great at capturing the essence of the band and I think it was worth the effort!  I’m very proud of the result and can’t wait for fans to hear it."

Bruce Dickinson continues, "We’re all really excited about this album. We recorded it  back in early 2019 during a break in the Legacy tour so we could maximize our touring yet still have a long set up period before release to prepare great album art and something special as a video. Of course the pandemic delayed things more - so much for the best laid plans – or should that be ‘strategies’!?  The songs are very varied, and some of them are quite long. There’s also one or two songs which sound pretty different to our usual style, and I think Maiden fans will be surprised -  in a good way, I hope!"

The full tracklisting is:

1.  Senjutsu (Smith/Harris) 8:20
2.  Stratego (Gers/Harris) 4:59
3.  The Writing On The Wall (Smith/Dickinson) 6:13
4.  Lost In A Lost World (Harris) 9:31
5.  Days Of Future Past (Smith/Dickinson) 4:03
6.  The Time Machine (Gers/Harris) 7:09
7.  Darkest Hour (Smith/Dickinson) 7:20
8.  Death Of The Celts (Harris) 10:20
9.  The Parchment (Harris) 12:39
10.  Hell On Earth (Harris) 11:19

Senjutsu will be released on the following formats and available to pre-order from all good music retailers starting Wednesday July 21st

Standard 2CD Digipak
Deluxe 2CD Book Format
Deluxe heavyweight 180G Triple Black Vinyl
Special Edition Triple Silver & Black Marble Vinyl (from selected retailers)
Special Edition Triple Red & Black Marble Vinyl (from selected retailers)
Super Deluxe Boxset featuring CD, Blu-Ray and Exclusive Memorabilia
Digital album (streaming and download)"


So there you have it, another double album.

[Anton Arcane]

I feel exhausted just looking at that track list.

[Don Gately]

Well I'm looking forward to it and Belsonic next year.

[Kunt 4 Life]

There's two tracks under the 5 minute mark. That's unusual these Days.

Wonder how much will be played on this tour? At least 2 maybe?