I didn’t start listening to Iron Maiden until 10th grade when I got Carmageddon 2 and a few choice tracks were part of the game: Aces High, Be Quick or Be Dead, and the Trooper. I guess there was a track from when Blaze Bayley was the singer, but I don’t think that counts. Kind of like Gary Cherone in Van Halen. But it wasn’t until I got into college that I started enjoying them in earnest. Having a roommate who used Pantera’s The Great Southern Trendkill as an alarm made it easy to learn more about the various forms of metal through history.

Anyway, Iron Maiden’s newest album, The Final Frontier, arrived on my doorstep Tuesday, and I’m pretty sure I’ll be listening to it a ton for quite some time. It’s a lot like the last three albums, and anything involving a Space Eddie automatically kicks ass.

Hell, they even made a short movie to coincide with the title track.

The Final Frontier – Director’s Cut

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