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Station

Iron Maiden

1975 to today · on Heavy metal

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Active years

192019401960198020002020

The journey

19801990200020102020Heavy metal1982
  1. 1982Heavy metal · The New Wave of British Heavy Metal
  2. 1985Live Aid · Landmark on the line

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Platform

  1. Heavy metal1982 to today

    The New Wave of British Heavy Metal

    The Number of the Beast (1982), Bruce Dickinson's first album with the band, is the record that carried the new wave of British heavy metal to arenas worldwide.

    Key album: The Number of the Beast, 1982

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Iron Maiden (opens in a new tab)

Connections

Influenced byBlack Sabbath

The line

Heavy metal (Rock family)

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Iron Maiden (opens in a new tab)
  2. Holly George-Warren and Patricia Romanowski (editors), The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Fireside, 2001

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The Metro Map of Music, ‘Iron Maiden: station’, /stations/iron-maiden.