Iron Maiden Concept Album

According to a posting on the Iron Maiden fan site MaidenFans.com, French drum magazine Batterie recently published an interview with Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain in issue #14, dated May 2005. In the interview, Nicko revealed the following information:

The next Iron Maiden album will be a concept album along the lines of "Seventh Son Of The Seventh Son".

Nicko has an instructional drum DVD in the works; no release date has yet been given for this project.

Maiden track "Prodigal Son" will be rehearsed prior to the summer tour and if it sounds good enough, it may be included in the group's setlist. (Note that at the time of the interview no rehearsal sessions had yet taken place).

Maiden's plans for the upcoming studio album are to begin writing in November 2005 and to start the recording process in January 2006.

Comments

[slipknotkid]

1rst. Sounds Awesome.

[Weybl Himself]

2nd, crazy, love concept albums.

[Towlie]

Sounds fun.

[Vilg Oayg]

If its half as good as 7th son it will be an epic.

[civ182]

hanhan! thank you zee french!
awesome...

[ctb]

Woohoo

[Night_Lights]

my favorite band. i will get the album (not download) it the first day it comes out

[walkalloveryou]

new iron maiden album sounds sick, hoope they keep it up

[metal_maiden1]

cool! another concept album...

[SMFar2112]

iron maiden kicks ass. this album should be really great.

[im not mental]

this should rock. a lot.

[cobain_is_king]

Looks great

[Wounded Hamster]

"Prodigal Son" is an awesome track, and I shall be buying this new album the day it's out.

[r_lightning]

cool

[AdrianSmith2]

Omg, another Maiden album? This is great! I love these guys, they just keep going and going! 7th Son of a 7th Son was my second favorite album, if it's as good as that was, it might border along the lines of Powerslave, which, IMHO, was their greatest album.

[JaredF]

but itll be shit, like most newmaiden

[#1Angusfan]

MAIDEN RULES

[4evermetal]

hooray for concept albums!

[ibanez666]

yeah, new maiden. hmm, not to sure about. but who knows, give them a chance.

[mesaboogieman]

whats a concept album?
lol

[Rameses_Niblick]

I got two tickets to iron maiden lol
come with me friday dont say maybe lol

I hate the internet

[Joycey]

Maiden rule!! Best British export ever!

[askurmoran]

cool im not really a fan but i respect maiden i really only like like a couple but great band and i really like all metal bands except one ..well thats if you even consider them metal ....cough..slipknot....cough

[SlashNX]

Sounds awesome, haven't heard about this new track though? is it a single or something?! Saw Bruce's new solo video, haha always makes me laugh seeing his solo video stuff! So cheesy but great, and yeah what is a concept album??

[SirShredAlot]

New maiden has produced a few good songs, but not really a whole good album, hopefully this one will be good. I'm sure it will be much better than most of the new crap that comes out these days.

[idlepretension]

You gotta respect Maiden and Priest, although they are ***in overated as shit.

With that said, they're still better than the overflow of the "extreme/intense" metal bands of the last 15 years.

[SG thrasher]

ah g00d 0ld british metal, can y0u beat it.....N0!

[idlepretension]

mmm...High On Fire/Black Dahlia/Lamb of God/Probot/Cannibal Corpse/Metallica/Megadeth/Slayer/As I Lay Dying/Unearth/Mastodon/Killswitch Engage/Bleeding Through

[craig_thomson]

mmmm....who else sees maiden decending the slippery slope to crapness after metallica with 'st. anger'? i dunno, i love old maiden, killers is my favourite album, but i thought dance of death was kind of sucky.. hope the next one turns out better anyway!

[Boot]

Sounds cool, ill buy it anywayz

[redwing_suck]

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[SethMegadefan]

Which one's Prodigal Son again? They get that one and Purgatory mixed up all the time in tabs and lyrics that I see. Is Prodigal Son the really awesome speed metal-ish one, or is it that ballad one?
Damn, I'm getting that album the minute it comes out. Maiden kick ass.

[Tim_5150]

finally another maiden album...i hope its better than dance of death though... i also hope that the CD quality/ life is better too- my dance of death started getting screwy the year after i bought it; it didn't have any scratches!

[dmxd]

maiden's awesome!!! My fav band ever 7th son was an amazing album so i hope this one is even better... this will rock... Maiden 4eva!!!

[Damage_Inc]

i dident like seventh song from a seventh son...so i may not get it...

[reallypinkbits]

maidens the shit go wicker man

[MonkeyAteMySoul]

37th! sounds cool

[adriansmith82]

I hope they do a great job.....I don't like so much last album

[Pinkfloydguy]

Gd finally we get a gd concept album, i'm fed up of all the arseholes coming up to me and saying "whoah american idiot is a great concept album.....probably better than The Wall by Pink Floyd"
i always hook people that say that to me.