About the artist
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and chief songwriter Steve Harris, who has remained the group's only ever-present member alongside longtime guitarist Dave Murray. Emerging from the club circuit of the late 1970s, the band became the standout act of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a movement that reshaped hard rock with faster tempos and sharper production. Their 1979 demo, «The Soundhouse Tapes», earned them a deal with EMI, and the arrival of singer Bruce Dickinson for their third album pushed them toward international stardom.
Maiden's sound is built on twin- and triple-lead guitar harmonies, galloping bass lines led by Harris himself, and Dickinson's operatic, wide-ranging voice. Lyrically they favor historical, literary, and cinematic subjects, alternating between fast opening rockers such as «Aces High» and sprawling, atmospheric closers like «Hallowed Be Thy Name» and «Fear of the Dark». Songs including «The Number of the Beast», «The Trooper», and «Run to the Hills» became genre-defining anthems.
The band's visual identity is inseparable from Eddie, the undead mascot created by artist Derek Riggs, who appears on nearly every album cover and looms over their live shows. Decades on, Iron Maiden remain one of heavy metal's most influential and enduring acts, shaping generations of bands that followed.
Popular tracks
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The Number of the Beast
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The Trooper
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Fear of the Dark
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Hallowed Be Thy Name
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Run to the Hills
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Wasted Years
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2 Minutes to Midnight
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Aces High
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Iron Maiden
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The Writing on the Wall
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Phantom of the Opera
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Dance of Death
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Powerslave
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Revelations
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Wasting Love
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The Evil That Men Do
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Empire of the Clouds
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Alexander the Great
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The Prisoner
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Brave New World
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Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
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Flight of Icarus
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22 Acacia Avenue
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Hell on Earth
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Moonchild
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Where Eagles Dare
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Children of the Damned
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Senjutsu
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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
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Blood Brothers
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If Eternity Should Fail
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The Wicker Man
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Can I Play with Madness
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Infinite Dreams
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Killers
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Prowler
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The Red and the Black
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Sign of the Cross
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Caught Somewhere in Time
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Paschendale
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The Clansman
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The Parchment
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Remember Tomorrow
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Wrathchild
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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For the Greater Good of God
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Afraid to Shoot Strangers
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When the Wild Wind Blows
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To Tame a Land
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Strange World
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Charlotte the Harlot
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The Clairvoyant
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Stratego
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The Book of Souls
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
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Tears of a Clown
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Still Life
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Only the Good Die Young
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Flash of the Blade
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Death of the Celts
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Running Free
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Tailgunner
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Lost in a Lost World
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Days of Future Past
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Ghost of the Navigator
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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Be Quick or Be Dead
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Invaders
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Darkest Hour
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Transylvania
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Heaven Can Wait
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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
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The Time Machine
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Die with Your Boots On
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Speed of Light
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From Here to Eternity
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Holy Smoke
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Dream of Mirrors
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The Longest Day
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These Colours Don’t Run
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Back in the Village
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Losfer Words (Big ’Orra)
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Mother Russia
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Man on the Edge
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The Ides of March
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No More Lies
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Different World
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The Prophecy
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The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
Een - 91
The Duellists
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The Great Unknown
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Purgatory
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Sun and Steel
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Intro (Churchill’s Speech)
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Virus
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The Man of Sorrows
Een - 98
Rainmaker
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Lord of the Flies
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Prodigal Son
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Discography
Senjutsu
2021
The Book of Souls: Live Chapter
2017
The Book of Souls
2015
From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990-2010
2011
The Final Frontier
2010
Somewhere Back In Time (The Best of 1980-1989)
2008
A Matter of Life and Death
2006
No More Lies: Dance of Death Souvenir EP
2004
Rainmaker [Single]
2003
Dance of Death
2003
Wildest Dreams [Single]
2003
Edward the Great - The Greatest Hits
2002
Best of the B-Sides
2002
Rock in Rio
2002
Out of the Silent Planet [Single]
2000
Brave New World
2000
The Wicker Man [Single]
2000
Ed Hunter
1999
Virtual XI
1998
Killers (1998 Remastered Edition)
1998
Futureal [Single]
1998
The Angel and the Gambler [Single]
1998
Best of the Beast
1996
Lord of the Flies [Single]
1996
The X Factor
1995
Man on the Edge (Maxi-Single)
1995
Man on the Edge (12" Single)
1995
Man on the Edge (CD Single Part 1)
1995
Man on the Edge (CD Single Part 2)
1995
The Number of the Beast (1995 Reissue)
1995
Powerslave (1995 Reissue)
1995
Wasting Love (Single)
1992
From Here to Eternity (12" Single)
1992
From Here to Eternity (Maxi-Single)
1992
From Here to Eternity (7" Single)
1992
Fear of the Dark
1992
Be Quick or Be Dead (12" Single)
1992
Be Quick or Be Dead (7" Single)
1992
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter (12" Single)
1990
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter (7" Single)
1990
No Prayer for the Dying
1990
Holy Smoke (12" Single)
1990
Holy Smoke (7" Single)
1990
The First Ten Years
1990
The Clairvoyant (7" Single)
1988
The Evil That Men Do (12" Single)
1988
The Evil That Men Do (7" Single)
1988
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1988
Can I Play with Madness (12" Single)
1988
Can I Play with Madness (7" Single)
1988
Stranger in a Strange Land (12" Single)
1986
Stranger in a Strange Land (7" Single)
1986
Somewhere in Time
1986
Wasted Years (12" Single)
1986
Wasted Years (7" Single)
1986
Live After Death
1985
Running Free (Live) [12" Single]
1985
Running Free (Live) [7" Single]
1985
Run to the Hills (Live) [12" Single]
1985
Run to the Hills (Live) [7" Single]
1985
Aces High (7" Single)
1984
Aces High (12" Single)
1984
Powerslave
1984
2 Minutes to Midnight (12" Single)
1984
2 Minutes to Midnight (7" Single)
1984
The Trooper (Single)
1983
Piece of Mind
1983
Flight of Icarus (Single)
1983
The Number of the Beast (Single)
1982
The Number of the Beast
1982
Run to the Hills (Single)
1982
Purgatory (Single)
1981
Wrathchild (Japanese Single)
1981
Twilight Zone / Wrathchild (Single)
1981
Killers
1981
Prowler (Japanese Single)
1980
Women In Uniform (12" Single)
1980
Women In Uniform (7" Single)
1980
Sanctuary (12" Single)
1980
Sanctuary (7" Single)
1980
Iron Maiden
1980
Running Free (Single)
1980
Women In Uniform (EP)
1980
Live!! +One (EP)
1980
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Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live) [Single]
Fear of the Dark (Live) [Single]
Maiden Japan (EP)
Wasted Years [Single]
The Clairvoyant [Single]
Infinite Dreams (Live) [Single]
The Story So Far Part I
The Evil That Men Do [Single]
Bring Your Daughter... To the Slaughter [Single]
From Here to Eternity [Single]
Can I Play with Madness? [Single]
Stranger in a Strange Land [Single]
Twilight Zone / Wrathchild
Be Quick or Be Dead [Single]
Man on the Edge [Single]
Holy Smoke [Single]
Sanctuary (7" UK Single)
Women in Uniform / Invasion (7" Single)
BBC Archives (Live)
A Real Dead One
Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in Mexico City
The Soundhouse Tapes
Death On the Road (Live In Dortmund)