Thirty five years ago today, British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden released their third album The Number of Beast. Few albums can compete with its footprint. The quintessential Iron Maiden album, ...

Few metal bands turned a lineup change into a creative rebirth quite like Iron Maiden. The band entered the studio with producer Martin Birch in 1982. They were recording their third album, The Number ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Theatrical, bombastic and laced with Satanic menace, the title-track was a perfect demonstration of what vocalist Bruce Dickinson ...

Released in March 1982, the band's third studio album topped the U.K. Albums Chart and was the first to go platinum in the U.S. The record also marked the debut of the band's new lead singer, a ...

This is a personal project to get excited for the upcoming concert in Japan this November by listening to the early songs ...

When it comes to heavy metal, fans have very different (and usually very strong) opinions about all the different metal sub-genres. Some bands are straight up heavy metal, others are hair metal. Some ...

On this day (April 10) in 1982, Iron Maiden reached the top of the UK Albums Chart for the first time with The Number of the Beast. The album was also their first to reach the top 40 on the Billboard ...

Our month-long quest to find rock's spookiest song has reached a logical and epic final battle, with Iron Maiden facing off against Black Sabbath. It's a war of era-opening title tracks, as "The ...