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foreign
it was his first recording experience
with his well-established
semi-successful band but already Bruce
Dickinson was at his Wit's End Bruce was
brought in because of his powerful
soaring operatic voice but was being
forced to redo this one simple part over
and over again and it wasn't even
supposed to be anything challenging
producer Martin Birch would hear the
opening lines to this track and would
tell Bruce no not good enough do it
again one hour turned to two two turned
to three I got so pissed off I was
throwing chairs across the room and yet
they were still stuck on this line in
the end I was like what do you want ah
you know Bruce didn't understand and was
getting increasingly angry I wanted a
certain atmosphere to be set up on those
four lines
finally by about the fourth hour Birch
gave in and told Bruce they had got it
what came next was the result of pure
frustration and anger that had been
boiling up in that vocal session and
would end up being one of the most blood
curdling and seminal screams ever
recorded in music history
foreign
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this accident wound up a part of the
intro to one of the most iconic metal
songs of all time Number of the Beast
how many bands with a glimmer of success
get even bigger when they replace the
singer in art you don't want to mess
with the secret sauce and if that secret
sauce has you selling records you
maintain course right well by 1981 the
members of Iron Maiden had had enough of
lead singer Paul diano's drug use a
record contract two albums and worldwide
tours weren't enough to keep the
self-destructive front man around and he
was soon fired from the band Iron Maiden
didn't look too far for auditioning new
singers they approached the front man of
a band they had previously shared
recording studios with called Samson the
singer had this unique power and
Technical ability to his voice and loads
of Charisma his name was Bruce Dickinson
and after a short audition the guys in
Maiden knew they had found a perfect fit
we know how good a [ __ ] Misty was it was
just a question of whether he'd suit our
material really Bruce coming in might
just be able to go
right we can just go where we want to go
after a few shows and one long Infamous
night at the pub chemistry was growing
and it was time to hit the studio to
record a new album
bassist Steve Harris wrote the bulk of
iron maiden's material at the time and
for this upcoming record he really dove
into ambitious epic themes drawn from
horror and history as opposed to his
punkish street style writing of the past
Run to the Hills which would become the
band's first top 10 Single in the UK and
introduced the world to Dickinson's
incredible voice dramatizes the conquest
of the Native Americans from European
settlers during the days of colonization
what man came across the sea the song is
written from both perspectives the
Native American side during the first
half and the Europeans in the second
it's not only a great example of the
band growing as songwriters but also
flexing their chops on each of their
instruments as the track blazes through
in a speedy Tempo it gives you that kind
of rolling feel that Galloping feel and
you put the guitars in on that
Steve Harris's right hand like this the
whole time I showed an illusion I think
Run to the Hills was this catchy Anthem
sucking people in as the album's first
single while also hitting on important
historical themes of Injustice if its
theme leaned more on History it was
horror that encapsulated the title track
of the album in the song Number of the
Beast Steve Harris was inspired by a
nightmare he had after watching the
horror movie Damien Omen II the narrator
in the track describes being confused in
this nightmare seeing dark figures
watching him and moving in the misty
fiery depths of hell
I've had a lot of Chinese little
nightmares over the years and that was
one of them and it was just at the
Twister That was supposed to be that you
know you're not supposed to be sure
what's real what's not real by the end
the main character is unsure of this
nightmare is just in his head or if he's
actually become possessed
upon the album's release the lyrical
content and cover depicting the band's
mascot Eddie controlling Satan like a
puppet attracted a lot of controversy
especially in the U.S Christian groups
would protest concerts on the tour
accusing the band of devil worship and
would host public burnings of the lp yet
the extra publicity only seemed to
increase sales and capture the attention
of young metal heads worldwide
perhaps the most celebrated Epic from
their catalog also featured some of
Steve Harris's most philosophical lyrics
and the fan favorite Hallowed be thy
name it's the reflection of a prisoner
on the day as death sentence is to be
carried out the man is contemplating
what will happen to him in the afterlife
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try and put yourself in a situation of
how you would feel if you was in that
situation
oh
if you were at any sort of faith in any
kind in anything whatsoever whether it
be religion or whatever you believed in
would your faith desert you at this
point of time that you needed it most
some call it the definitive Maiden song
every section building upon itself over
an epic seven minutes it provides a
great sense of finality as it closes the
album as the last track it's also a
great Showcase of one of iron maiden's
trademarks the twin guitars playing off
each other
Davey
Adrian
I'm tracked to stick you with like a
fuller with
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Number of the Beast was released in
March of 1982 and would become the
band's first to top the UK albums chart
it has since sold more than 20 million
records across the world and is regarded
as one of the most important metal
albums of all time throughout the album
there are definitely morbid subject
matters some are gory just for the sake
of being gory but there's no denying
that with Number of the Beast as an
album Iron Maiden solidified themselves
as being great storytellers too speed
and soaring guitars were already
elements of the band from before but
Number of the Beast was the first
instance in which they adopted a pure
metal sound something they would go on
to make famous it sounded completely new
people have never really heard anything
like it before joining together
something that was really melodic with
something that was really like ah at the
time number of the beasts represented a
high water mark for the heavy metal
genre it struck a balance between
accessible melodicism and challenging
intensity even 40 plus years later the
operatic nature of the songs the tight
performances never mind Bruce's
incredible voice has held up remarkably
it was a big gamble replacing their
proven front man with this 20 year old
kid it was a Gamble and pivoting their
sound away from that punky Edge but it
was all these gambles that helped turn
Iron Maiden from a cog in the new wave
of British heavy metal genre into one of
the most important metal bands of all
time
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