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IRON SAVIOR – after 10 albums that included chart placements for „Titancraft“ (2016) and „Kill Or Get Killed" (2019), and over 7,5 million streams for the hymn „Heavy Metal Never Dies“ it is quite clear that IRON SAVIOR from Hamburg are a pillar of the Power Metal scene. Two years after the latest output and a few hardships later (such as a global pandemic and bass player Jan suffering from a severe disease, from which he has luckily recovered) comes „Skycrest“ – a very personal album, as you can hear either quite direct during „Ease Your Pain“ when Jan takes over vocal duties, or also more subtle between the lines elsewhere. Power Metal at it‘s best, unbroken joy of playing that even the pandemic can‘t suppress, tight guitar solos, catchy choirs and the exceptional vocals by fronter Piet – all that means that IRON SAVIOR are about to add another classic to their discography!

IRON MAIDEN From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990 - 2010 (2011 Japanese 23-track promo sample double CD compilation, issued to radio stations and reviewers ahead of the actual release. Featuring highlights from their last eight studio albums which follows 2009's compilation of their earlier work, and charts the musical development of Britain's most successful metal band as they have evolved their sound, producing longer, more complex songs, gaining huge critical acclaim in the process. Each disc is custom stamped on the inner rim and promo stickered back insert, complete with picture sleeve, lyrics, bonus sticker & obi-strip.

2003's Dance of Death marked the triumphant return of old-school Iron Maiden. Gone were the murky, over-produced set pieces that clogged 2000's Brave New World and in their place fell blistering slabs of Piece of Mind-era metal. That trend continues with their 14th full-length album, Matter of Life and Death, a more elaborate and meandering experience than Dance of Death, but a rewarding one for fans willing to indulge the group's occasional excess. At over 70 minutes, Matter of Life and Death is closer to 1988's woefully underrated Seventh Son of a Seventh Son than it is to Piece of Mind, but with far less keyboard tickling.