MTV2 will air
"Iron Maiden Makes An Album" — a half-hour program where
MTV goes behind the scenes of
IRON MAIDEN's new collection,
"A Matter of Life and Death" — on Saturday, August 26 at 11:30 p.m. EST. more information is available at
www.vh1.com.
As previously reported, 30-second audio samples of all 10 tracks that are set to appear on
"A Matter of Life and Death" have been posted online at
this location. (Please note that the samples of
"Different World" and
"The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" are the same [possibly due to a web site glitch]).
IRON MAIDEN fan site
MaidenFans.com has uploaded the text version of the review of
MAIDEN's new album,
"A Matter of Life and Death", which was published in the current issue of
Kerrang! magazine. Writer
Steve Beebee gave the CD five K!s (the highest possible rating), commenting, "Although
'A Matter of Life and Death' perhaps may be too ambitious for some palates, this album keeps everything longtime fans loved about
IRON MAIDEN alive. The bristling heaviness, the time changes, the astonishing musicalilty, the filmic grandeur." Read the entire review at
this location. A track-by-track preview of the new
MAIDEN album, complete with comments from the band (as originally published in
Kerrang! magazine) can be found at
this location.
"A Matter of Life and Death" was recorded at
Sarm West Studios in London with producer
Kevin Shirley, who also worked on the last two
MAIDEN albums, 2000's
"Brave New World and 2003's
"Dance of Death". The CD is scheduled for release in North America on September 5 via
Sanctuary Records.
(Thanks:
Nick Marocco)
