Iron Maiden Announce New Album
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Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson took the band’s headlining performance at the Download festival as an opportunity to announce the long-awaited details of their new album. Iron Maiden are currently performing on their 'Give Me Ed...Til I'm Dead' Tour, headlining dates throughout Europe and the USA.
The new album, entitled '[b]Dance Of Death[/b]', is the band's thirteenth studio album and is due for release in September 2003. Work began on the album late in 2002 when Iron Maiden reconvened from a break to start putting the album together. They teamed up again with producer Kevin Shirley who co-produced their last album, ‘Brave New World’ with Steve Harris. The album was recorded and mixed at Sarm Studios in West London during the spring.
Kevin Shirley has been even more impressed working with Iron Maiden this time round. 'The band are so in sync with each other – it’s incredible. There is very little friction in the studio, and the sessions couldn't have been any more fun and productive, and they rock so fucking hard too! It all augers well for the finished product, and whatever period in Maiden's history is your favourite, I doubt whether they've all played as together as this before.
“In the Zeppelin tradition of ‘Tight But Loose’, this is a band which moves - pushing the beat, pulling it back, and that's real rock! No click tracks, no ProTools computer tightening and manipulation - what you hear is what they play. I'm just saying it like it is, and Maiden are the last and the best of the naturally moving rock bands.”
Vocalist Bruce Dickinson is equally as pleased with the results on ‘Dance Of Death’. “I think ‘Brave New World’ was only a stepping stone to what we have managed to achieve on this record for everyone. Recording this album was almost like being back when ‘Number Of The Beast’ was recorded in that the speed and the energy that went into the writing and recording was phenomenal. Everything has come together on this album and I think everyone that hears this record will be moved in different ways from the epic sound of songs like ‘Paschendale’ through to the more heavy tracks like ‘Rainmaker’ and ‘Montsegur’. This album will open a lot of eyes and ears to the world or Iron Maiden.'
The full track listing is
1. Wildest Dreams
2. Rainmaker
3. No More Lies
4. Montsegur
5. Dance Of Death
6. Gates Of Tomorrow
7. New Frontier
8. Paschendale
9. Face in The Sand
10. Age Of Innocence
11. Journeyman
The 11 tracks represent the work from all band members including for the first time drummer Nicko McBrain on the track 'New Frontier'.
Another first for the band is that the album has also been mixed to 5.1 Surround which will take those who have 5.1 Home Cinema to a whole new level of hearing the album. Comments Steve Harris, 'When I was working with Kevin on the audio for our ‘Rock In Rio’ DVD the whole 5.1 mixing process really opened my eyes to what could be achieved. I decided there and then that the new album had to be mixed the same way when it was finished. That's not to say that we wrote any specific songs which can only be heard properly in 5.1, I simply wanted to take the listener right into the middle of the studio so they could close their eyes and imagine themselves there. We've really managed to capture that feeling.'
Iron Maiden are also to release their ‘Visions Of The Beast’ DVD and VHS on Monday June 2nd . This Double DVD, which runs in excess of three hours of material, is the definitive chronicle of Iron Maiden through the years and includes many promo clips never previously available. Not only is every video the band has ever made included - 31 in total – but on the DVD version the bonus features include never-before-seen Camp Chaos animated versions of six classic tracks, interactive menus and discographies, and some special hidden extras.
22 Comments
Did you like the title? I think is a dark one, I like it.
Anyone have nothing to say about it?
[quote=Shaman,May 31 2003, 09:52 PM] Anyone have nothing to say about it? [/quote]
well - I just don't know what to say - I'M TOTALLY STUNNED!!!
Can't wait to hear that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September - that's SO FAR AWAY - damn!!!!
Can't wait either.
Yeah, "September" sounds like we have to wait forever to hear it.
wooohooooo!!!dance of death....nice dark maiden title,,,,i cant wait to hear it,,,sep---3 months or something,,,,,,too loooooooooooong,jeje,,,up the irons!!!
Bruce just said on 6Music
new album later September
Wildest Dreams single early on September
GREAT! Yeah, Maiden is back on the Heavy Metal Throne baby! They reign supreme! 
* doing the dance of death *
And a WW1 War epic!!!!!
Cheers for that, Maiden!
I was so hoping for it..
Sounds better than 'Twins Of Fate' anyway. Dance Of Death is a great title, let's just hope it's a great album to go with it!
Dance of Death is a great album name. I can't wait to see the album cover and how Eddie looks.
Dear me!What Bruce says sounds very hopeful to me!I can't f**king wait anymore... 
yeah the title is really really really cool, Maiden r gonna rock the fuckin' world (as always)!! 
MAIDEN ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLZ!! 
UP THE IRONS!!
Oooh men this sounds very exiting 
!!!!
And it'll definetly not be their last album
I think it'll be dark and heavy, great 
twin of fate I think is title of dream theater new album
is it just me or does st anger sond kind of like peral jam
Yep Dance Of Death rocks. Can't wait to see the artwork. September's not that far.
cant wait- sounds like a fucking great album!
[quote=Guest,Jun 1 2003, 08:20 AM] twin of fate I think is title of dream theater new album
is it just me or does st anger sond kind of like peral jam [/quote]
Dream Theater has never released an album called Twins of Fate.
Anyway, I think this album will rock!! Hope it's progressive! 
Found this about Dance of Death/ La Danse Macabre. Could be related to Maiden's album
Check it out [url=http://www.geocities.com/ppollefeys/dance.htm]http://www.geocities.com/ppollefeys/dance.htm[/url]
Shit! Totally stunning! But what the hell is that Montsegur or Paschendale? I dont get it, what do they mean?!?!?!?
Cant wait.... september.... oh my!
My first impressions, just what the song names, album title and Bruce's comment brought to my mind, are:
- Bruce had a major impact in this album, unlike BNW, in which he co-wrote only a few songs. Even song names reminds me Chemical Wedding album.those weird, almost fictional words and names...
- It will be a dark album, as the title suggests it. It can even have a gothic/dark/organic album cover design, similar to (again) Chemical Wedding art.
- Steve wouldn't let Bruce handle all the things, so there would be epic songs, which will connect to Bruce's songs. Compare The Duellists and Flash of The Blade connection with Clansman and Futureal connection. This one would be like the first one. Album would be more consistent in this way. even a concept album?
- Many songnames reminds me of mystic or supernatural creatures, powerful extraordinary events, like RainMaker, Gates Of Tomorrow, Face In The Sand, Journeyman.... Again... I sense Chemical Wedding and Seventh Son. (Clairvoyant am I ? 
)
- I couldn't imagine how mere words, songnames, album title could be so strong... Even without hearing the music, I feel a potential.
By the way, all I wrote here could turn out to be wrong, as they are nothing but first impressions, suggestions and expectations. I only hope their new album fulfill my expectations, Which are very high this time, higher than EVER. I didn't have such expectations for even after reunion, for BNW album.
[quote=phantom of the opera,Jun 1 2003, 10:33 AM] [quote=Guest,Jun 1 2003, 08:20 AM] twin of fate I think is title of dream theater new album
is it just me or does st anger sond kind of like peral jam [/quote]
Dream Theater has never released an album called Twins of Fate.
Anyway, I think this album will rock!! Hope it's progressive! [/quote]
Dance Of Death was never been a Dream Theater album title.
But ...
(I hope) you know their masterpiece song Metropolis Part I, from the album Images and Words If not, I URGE you t download and listen it from kazaa, a 9 minutes of virtuosity with stunning melodies)
Song vaguely describes the story of two twin brothers falling in love with the same girl, and the tragedy coming out of this situation. Sounds cheesy but the way they do it is sublime. Anyway, the songhas these two lines in different sections of the song:
" Death is the first dance, eternal "
and
" Love is the Dance of Eternity "
Dance of eternity is a complex concept, a methaphor, I cannot get into details.
In their album "Scenes from a Memory", also under-titled "Metropolis Part II, There is an instrumental song called Dance of Eternity, whch describes the complexity, killer eroticism of their concept of Dance of Eternity. If you don't know it, please find the album and listen as a whole (it is a concept album). It is one of the best albums ever made.
Cant wait for that new album ... wish it wasn't goin to take so long to get released though
Anywayz maiden rules