Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier out August 16

by HellHammer • 10 Jun 2010, 16:33 • Journals
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QuoteMAIDEN ANNOUNCE RELEASE DATE, ARTWORK AND TRACKLISTING FOR NEW ALBUM “THE FINAL FRONTIER”
TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK

The release date for IRON MAIDEN’S new studio album THE FINAL FRONTIER is now confirmed for Monday 16th August. The new album pictured here features artwork illustrated by Melvyn Grant and, to mark the occasion, the band have made special arrangements for one new album track 'EL DORADO' to be made available Worldwide as a FREE digital download MP3 with immediate effect. Click here for your free download (US fans, please go here).

Singer Bruce Dickinson explains ‘El Dorado is a preview of the forthcoming studio album. As we will be including it in the set of our Final Frontier World Tour (which opens in Dallas On 9th June - full dates below) we thought it would be great to thank all our fans and get them into The Final Frontier mood by giving them this song up front of the tour and album release’

The band reunited with long-time Maiden producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley in early 2010 at Compass Point Studios, Nassau to record the album and then moved to LA to finish the recording and do the mixing. Compass Point Studio is very familiar to the band, it was where they recorded the Piece Of Mind (’83), Powerslave (’84) and Somewhere In Time (’86) albums.

Bruce comments “The studio had the same vibe and it was EXACTLY as it had been in 1983, NOTHING had changed! Even down to the broken shutter in the corner...same carpet....everything... It was really quite spooky. But we felt very relaxed in such a familiar and well-trodden environment and I think this shows in the playing and the atmosphere of the album”

Thirty years on from their eponymous debut album in April 1980, The Final Frontier will be Maiden’s 15th studio album, making a remarkable average of a new album every two years for 30 years and totalling over 80 million album sales during this period.

The full tracklisting for the album (total running time 76:35) is:

THE FINAL FRONTIER
1. Satellite 15....The Final Frontier 8:40
2. El Dorado 6:49
3. Mother Of Mercy 5:20
4. Coming Home 5:52
5. The Alchemist 4:29
6. Isle Of Avalon 9:06
7. Starblind 7:48
8. The Talisman 9:03
9. The Man Who Would Be King 8:28
10. When The Wild Wind Blows 10:59

The Final Frontier World Tour begins in Dallas on June 9th with 25 shows in major cities across the USA and Canada, playing to an expected 350,000 fans or more. Following this the tour will ship over to Europe starting in Dublin on July 30 and playing a few selected major festivals and stadiums , finishing in Valencia, Spain, on Aug 21 and including a concert in Transylvania.

Says bass player and founder member Steve Harris “We’re hugely excited about this tour. I think the fans will really like the brand new stage production and lights and we will also be debuting one of the new album tracks , El Dorado. Our Texan fans will be the very first people anywhere to hear it live, so it will be interesting to see their reaction and how it goes down with the crowd on the night! Eddie has changed a bit for this tour but is possibly the most outrageous one to date... I can’t say too much about him as don’t want to spoil the surprise but I guarantee he will scare the hell out of you!”



UP THE IRONS
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PokemonJohn 10 Jun 2010, 17:35
haha iron madeon dont no wat to think lol
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samAel 10 Jun 2010, 17:38
~FUCK YEAH~

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wArdi 10 Jun 2010, 17:40
I love the length of times of the songs, actually put some effort in compared to other "artists" etc.
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huumeantti 10 Jun 2010, 17:52
pretty average song length to be honest -_-
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TRNZz 10 Jun 2010, 18:02
Theyre average compared to some old prog records but when todays average radio hit is 3 mins i wouldnt say
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huumeantti 10 Jun 2010, 18:02
average for me! :)
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PokemonJohn 10 Jun 2010, 18:36
you are a fuckin retard no opinion little shit fuck you dumb mongol
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wArdi 11 Jun 2010, 09:44
Bro. U mad?
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PaRzi 10 Jun 2010, 17:40
iron maiden always reminds me of my childhood. brother used to be addicted to it and soonish i was too :DD not anymoar tho :3
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INSTi 10 Jun 2010, 17:43
THEY ARE EVIL ;[
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FiLuS 10 Jun 2010, 17:51
up the irons! incredible band with even more incredible history, never seen better stage performance, hope they gonna be in summer somewhere near
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Loekino 10 Jun 2010, 17:52
why would skeletons needs space suits
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Thomm 10 Jun 2010, 18:36
Because predator-Eddie is about to rip it to pieces, silly skeleton thinks it can take cover with a space-suit.
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Loekino 10 Jun 2010, 18:39
silly aint it
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strN 10 Jun 2010, 18:05
do not want
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Nicolah 25 Jul 2010, 13:01
iron maiden > all :)
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