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Title: For the Greater Good of God - IRON MAIDEN Gets Political On New Album
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URL Source: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/bl ... ?mode=Article&newsitemID=57777
Published: Sep 5, 2006
Author: upi
Post Date: 2006-09-05 22:29:32 by TLBSHOW
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United Press International reports that heavy metal icons IRON MAIDEN have taken a topical direction on their new album, "A Matter of Life and Death". Many of the songs on the British sextet's first new album in three years — including "These Colors Don't Run", "The Longest Day" and "For the Greater Good of God" — deal with current events, particularly military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Obviously there's a lot of very topical subject matter on this album," notes guitarist Dave Murray, adding that the group knows that can be a risk. "I know that subjects like war and religion aren't to everyone's tastes," he says. "But this is more about the psychological aspects, not just doom and gloom. We're just telling little stories about what's going on, not ramming it down people's throats." IRON MAIDEN kicks off a world tour to promote "A Matter of Life and Death" on Oct. 4 in Hartford, Conn.
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#1. To: TLBSHOW (#0)
I have seen Iron Maiden in concert. I like their hard rock. This sounds interesting. Do you know which side they take? Good post TLB.
On the lyrical topics covered on the new album: "It's not a concept album. But it doesn't mean that some of the subjects in the album aren't related — they are related, but they're related by the fact that we live in the world that we live in, and so, yes, there's a lot of songs about war, there's a lot of songs about religion, and things of that nature, because when we look at the world outside us, that's what's going on at the moment — there's lots of fear and paranoia about life and death and religion and war and things like that. So a lot of the album is about that."
hear the whole cd right now
#6. To: TLBSHOW (#4)
Are or were you a maiden fan?
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BRUCE DICKINSON: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=56790
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