I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of Chris and Bryan having all the fun on Metal Mondays. Time for me to crash the party!
While I’ve never been a huge heavy metal fan, I’ve liked Iron Maiden since I first heard them back in the ’82-83 timeframe. On September 4th, they will release their next album, Book of Souls, an ambitious double album (produced by Kevin “Caveman” Shirley, who refused to give Alex Lifeson his #@$%ing reverb on Counterparts 🙂 ). In reading some advanced press about this album, one of the things that caught my prog-loving eye is the presence of a few long tracks, The Red and the Black (13:33), The Book of Souls (10:27), and Empire of the Clouds (18:01). The latter will be Iron Maiden’s longest track ever. The previous titleholder is presented below, The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, from 1984’s Powerslave.
Progarchy 
Uh-oh, I don’t think the introverted side of me can handle more than two people at this party :p
I’ve been listening more and more to Iron Maiden lately, and I’m loving it! I first heard about the Rime of the Ancient Mariner in an English class when I had to discuss the poem by Coleridge in class. I love how their lyrics are straight from the poem.
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From one introvert to another, I’ll try not to talk too much 😉
That’s what I like about Maiden, they are willing to take on stuff like this.
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This Monday weekly column is my tip of the hat to that show. I call it Massive Metal Monday.
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