Iron Maiden – The Writing On The Wall

Senjutsu (Japanese: 戦術, loosely translated as "tactics and strategy") is the seventeenth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, due to be released on 3 September 2021. Senjutsu is the band's first studio album in nearly six years, following The Book of Souls (2015), marking the longest gap between two studio Iron Maiden albums. This is also their second double album and the second use of their original logotype (with the extended letters R, M and N) on the album cover since The X Factor (1995) (and following their previous use on The Book of Souls), as well as their first studio album since Powerslave (1984) to have no songwriting contributions from guitarist Dave Murray in any way, and the first since Virtual XI (1998) to feature multiple songs written by bassist Steve Harris alone. The name of the album is rendered on the right side of the cover art by the actual vertical Japanese spelling of "senjutsu" (戦術), and on the left side by a font reminiscent of Japanese characters.

Senjutsu (Japanese: 戦術, loosely translated as "tactics and strategy") is the seventeenth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, due to be released on 3 September 2021. Senjutsu is the band's first studio album in nearly six years, following The Book of Souls (2015), marking the longest gap between two studio Iron Maiden albums. This is also their second double album and the second use of their original logotype (with the extended letters R, M and N) on the album cover since The X Factor (1995) (and following their previous use on The Book of Souls), as well as their first studio album since Powerslave (1984) to have no songwriting contributions from guitarist Dave Murray in any way, and the first since Virtual XI (1998) to feature multiple songs written by bassist Steve Harris alone.

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