Iron Maiden announce 16th album

2015-06-18 by Antonius | 74 Comments
England's most prominent heavy metal band Iron Maiden has announced today that their forthcoming studio album, The Book of Souls (the group's 16 album), will be released on the 4th of September.

Kevin Shirley will once again produce the release, which will be the band's first ever double studio album, clocking in at around 92 minutes.

The tracklist is as follows:

Disc 1

1. If Eternity Should Fail
2. Speed Of Light
3. The Great Unknown
4. The Red And The Black
5. When The River Runs Deep
6. The Book Of Souls


Disc 2

1. Death Or Glory
2. Shadows Of The Valley
3. Tears Of A Clown
4. The Man Of Sorrows
5. Empire Of The Clouds

For more info about the album and to view the cover, follow the link below:
http://www.ironmaiden.com/new-iron-maiden-studio-album-the-book-of-souls.html

Tagged: Iron Maiden

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SPRFanOf5H
June 18th 2015
874 Comments


A little too short for a double disc don't you think?

insanedrexl1
June 18th 2015
1209 Comments


Hyped as fuck.

NeroCorleone80
June 18th 2015
34618 Comments


Wonder how that 18 min track will play out

meatwadsprite
June 18th 2015
9 Comments


Its 92 minutes, how the fuck is it too short?

tempest--
June 18th 2015
20634 Comments


"A little too short for a double disc don't you think?"

um it's 92 minutes

laughingman22
June 18th 2015
2838 Comments


holy fuck

tempest--
June 18th 2015
20634 Comments


last 4 tracks all have "of" in the title lol

Antonius
June 18th 2015
397 Comments


hyped as fuck [2]

JesseMechanix
June 18th 2015
89 Comments


YES!!!

JoylessBastard
June 18th 2015
499 Comments


Rubbish artwork but yes hyped.

IAMLEGION
June 18th 2015
277 Comments


I'm pumped

Sabrutin
June 18th 2015
9843 Comments


m/

manosg
Emeritus
June 18th 2015
12715 Comments


And the saga of long albums continues. Just hope the production is better.

porcupinetheater
June 18th 2015
11092 Comments


Hell yes. All the post Dickinson/Smith reunion albums rule

MyNameIsPencil
June 18th 2015
6666 Comments


Damn, I should probably check out more Iron Maiden but I'm curious to see how this turns out

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
June 18th 2015
21029 Comments


Sounds like the most epic album ever made, am hoping they really go overboard with the progressive metal approach they've recently been taking.

Antonius
June 18th 2015
397 Comments


artwork lacks imagination

Tunaboy45
June 18th 2015
18967 Comments


oh yes

DrJohn
June 18th 2015
1041 Comments


I'm kinda wary of lengthy or double metal releases tbh. hope this one proves me wrong.

Alastor
June 18th 2015
2153 Comments


I really want to listen to Empire Of The Clouds

romulanrancor
June 18th 2015
7575 Comments


hell yeahh

BIaziken
June 18th 2015
69 Comments


Damn, iirc Empire Of The Clouds will probably be Maiden's longest song yet.

BigPleb
June 18th 2015
65808 Comments


Stoked!

Trebor.
Emeritus
June 18th 2015
60333 Comments


"A little too short for a double disc don't you think?"

a CD fits 80 minutes

InFlamesWeThrash666
June 18th 2015
10625 Comments


It will be solid but too long. Like all of their albums after BNW

Mythodea
June 18th 2015
7459 Comments


Holy fuck. This is amazing. Not to mention that the song titles are really nice sounding and promising af. Cover art is a bit meh, but who cares. It's dark, it's Eddie, it's Maiden. FUCKING MAIDEN CUNTS! UP THE IRONS!

Also... Ahem... *clears throat*... Fortunately the news are close to the event, we don't have to wait a year or so for this...

sabs93
June 18th 2015
39 Comments


Another song named after a Bruce solo song? First the Alchemist, now Man of Sorrows

oltnabrick
June 18th 2015
41078 Comments


The artwork is atrocious

PistolPete
June 18th 2015
5326 Comments


How can this band still have enough musical ideas at this stage in their career to fill a double album? That's nuts

Ikarus14
June 18th 2015
1454 Comments


Eddie as a red eyed witch doctor of the Congo?

Interesting concept. Just wish he was doing something more interesting on the cover.

The album itself sounds interesting though. I love Maiden as much as the next guy so I look forward to this.

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
June 18th 2015
18452 Comments


This could do with another 20 minutes of runtime.

Titan
June 18th 2015
26578 Comments


i think the artwork is pretty good

romulanrancor
June 18th 2015
7575 Comments


Yeah, I kinda dig it

rockandmetaljunkie
Contributing Reviewer
June 18th 2015
10052 Comments


sweet news, looking forward to hear this

cotras
June 18th 2015
89 Comments


o/

oisincoleman64
June 18th 2015
2871 Comments


Already know this is gonna be my 2nd favourite aoty

cvlts
June 19th 2015
9956 Comments


not a big Maiden fan but gotta respect a double LP this far into their career.

StormChaser
June 19th 2015
3159 Comments


Hope it doesn't turn out watered down due to it being a double album

Zanareth
June 19th 2015
302 Comments


breddy good :DDD

very hyped though

melnadaiid
June 19th 2015
315 Comments


garbage

emester
June 19th 2015
8271 Comments


Kinda worried bout the length of this one but still excited regardless

argonaut
June 19th 2015
818 Comments


Awesome, see how it turns out.

YetAnotherBrick
June 19th 2015
6693 Comments


artwork sucks but the album should be awesome.

WhiteNoise
June 19th 2015
3948 Comments


Fuck yes! Even if the last album was pretty average.

Jasdevi087
June 19th 2015
8176 Comments


ayy sweet

laughingman22
June 19th 2015
2838 Comments


from sputnik's stupid thumbnail preview I thought the cover art looked dumb
but after looking at a larger version I've decided I like it a lot

trackbytrackreviews
June 19th 2015
3469 Comments


"a CD fits 80 minutes"

78 actually

GreyShadow
June 19th 2015
8136 Comments


Too excited for words

Onirium
June 19th 2015
3126 Comments


Based on the length of the songs, it sounds like they're staying with their recent prog-infused sound, which has produced their greatest albums since the 80s so far. So yeah, this is definitely promising

Jasdevi087
June 19th 2015
8176 Comments


"a CD fits 80 minutes"

78 actually

That must depend on something surely, since I have a bunch of CD's longer than 78 minutes and you can fit slightly over 80 on some blank media

TheMoonchild
June 19th 2015
1334 Comments


Hyped as fuck!!!

Also I think the album art is creepy as hell for the sole reason that it's just Eddie, just... staring into your soul.

GreyShadow
June 19th 2015
8136 Comments


wish the artwork just had a background. It beats Dance of Death for sure though. I haven't been this hyped for an album possibly ever.

idontcareaboutthis
June 19th 2015
952 Comments


gonna be a hard 3.5-4.0

Ovrot
June 19th 2015
13303 Comments


might rule

Veldin
June 19th 2015
5901 Comments


Looking forward to this. Excited for the long songs

piroga84
June 19th 2015
376 Comments


is it time for a Maiden Nostradamus?
don't know, wish they put out a 40 minute metal rocker

ChaoticVortex
June 19th 2015
1616 Comments


Maiden is going full Dream Theater with the song length's.

Vakarian12
June 19th 2015
4091 Comments


hype

dante1991
June 19th 2015
764 Comments


I'm a bit skeptical about the lengths. I was hoping for a shorter, snappier, more energetic maiden albums like the old days. Still I'm looking forward! Artwork is kinda weak though, especially for a maiden album, could do with a better background

dante1991
June 19th 2015
764 Comments


I'm a bit skeptical about the lengths. I was hoping for a shorter, snappier, more energetic maiden albums like the old days. Still I'm looking forward! Artwork is kinda weak though, especially for a maiden album, could do with a better background

LepreCon
June 19th 2015
5482 Comments


Gonna be great.

TheMagicalBlender
June 19th 2015
2345 Comments


Instantly hyped, but cover art is generic as hell. Anyone else notice all the old school metal bands making albums this year? Venom, Helloween, Motörhead, Slayer, and now Iron Maiden?

romulanrancor
June 19th 2015
7575 Comments


happy days

TheMagicalBlender
June 19th 2015
2345 Comments


Haha, very true.

Eggvander
June 19th 2015
206 Comments


the songtitles sound so fucking uninspired...

Jesuslaves
June 20th 2015
5027 Comments


Hopefully Bruce sounds a bit stronger this time. Despite TFF's awesomeness, there were moments when his voice just sounded shot.

MercuryToHell
June 20th 2015
1362 Comments


I can't think of so few songs being spread across a double-CD since Lulu.
My anger management group leader friendly suggests not elaborating further.

romulanrancor
June 20th 2015
7575 Comments


lol

CARNIVOROUS
June 20th 2015
63 Comments


needs more Derek Riggs

Phantom
June 20th 2015
9010 Comments


So on average each track going to be around 8mins+. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeitttt.

LepreCon
June 21st 2015
5482 Comments


"Anyone else notice all the old school metal bands making albums this year? Venom, Helloween, Motörhead, Slayer, and now Iron Maiden"

With the exception of Venom, things are pointing to 2015 being a great year for classic(ish) bands

Rodrigo1982
June 21st 2015
1 Comments


LepreCon....



Raven, Manilla Road, Virgin Steele, Metal Church (Mike Howe is back!), Armored Saint....

Project
June 21st 2015
5961 Comments


whole lotta Christian themes in those song titles

troyofyort
July 18th 2015
124 Comments


ProjectFreak

That's what people said about Dream Theater's Train of Thought, and only one songs has any real mention of god. Only Shadows of The Valley seems christiany, the rest seems to be about death, which is fitting for the possible final Maiden album.



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