New Live Iron Maiden Album Due in March

Metal veterans Iron Maiden will release a new live album and DVD, En Vivo, in March.

According to NME.com, the album is a live recording of a show in Santiago, Chile, last year. Filmed digitally using 22 HD cameras at the Estadio Nacional Stadium last April, the live tracks were mixed by Maiden producer Kevin Shirley.

En Vivo tracklisting:

“Satellite 15”
“The Final Frontier”
“El Dorado”
“2 Minutes to Midnight”
“The Talisman”
“Coming Home”
“Dance of Death”
“The Trooper”
“The Wicker Man”
“Blood Brothers”
“When the Wild Wind Blows”
“The Evil That Men Do”
“Fear of the Dark”
“Iron Maiden”
“The Number of the Beast”
“Hallowed Be Thy Name”
“Running Free”

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Iron Maiden Give Away Downloads of Two Classic Songs

Iron Maiden are giving their U.K. fans an early present ahead of the release of their greatest-hits compilation next month: free downloads of classic Maiden hits, “The Wicker Man” and “The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg.” If you’re a U.K. resident, click here to start downloading. If you’re not a U.K. resident, the songs appear to be unavailable.

On June 6, Iron Maiden will issue their From Fear to Eternity collection, which contains favorite songs from 1990 to 2010, all featuring frontman Bruce Dickinson. Songs originally sung by Blaze Bayley, who fronted the band from 1994 to 1999, are replaced on the new album by live versions done by Dickinson. 

The full From Fear to Eternity tracklisting:

Disc 1
The Wicker Man
Holy Smoke
El Dorado
Paschendale
Different World
Man on the Edge (Live)
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
Blood Brothers
Rainmaker
Sign of the Cross (Live)
Brave New World
Fear of the Dark (Live)

Disc 2
Be Quick or Be Dead
Tailgunner
No More Lies
Coming Home
The Clansman (Live)
For the Greater Good of God
These Colours Don’t Run
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Dance of Death
When the Wild Wind Blows

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Joe Bonamassa: Iron Maiden Inspired Black Country Communion

In an interview to be published tomorrow on Gibson.com, guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa said he’s thrilled to be in Black Country Communion because it lets him show off his hard rock chops.

“It allows me to be more unapologetically hard rock, to really explore my roots in British hard rock. Where sometimes I do that in my solo band and it’s a bit out of place, you know, and people start giving you that weird look,” he said. “But with this band, we don’t have to apologize for it; this is just who we are and, you know, it sounds like 1974.”

The rock supergroup includes Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater). After releasing their debut album last year, Black Country Communion are set to put out their new album, 2, in June. In the interview, Bonamassa talked about being inspired by Iron Maiden on a particular song on the new album.

“With ‘Hadrian’s Wall,’ I wanted it to be like… that very British title, you know? Almost like a song that Iron Maiden would write. You know, with old wars and stuff,” he said. “And I love Maiden. I think they’re one of the most popular underrated bands in the world. I say that meaning that, not many times is a band like that mentioned in the same sentence as a Zeppelin or Metallica or something like that, but then all of a sudden 60,000 people show up for the gig. [Laughs] So they’re doing something right, you know?”

To read part one of the Bonamassa interview, click here.

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