Iron Maiden announce new studio album
23 June 2006 12.36pm


Iron Maiden plan to release their new studio album entitled A Matter Of Life And Death in early September. The band started writing songs at the end of 2005 after a short break from their festival appearances in Europe and the USA.


Bruce Dickinson says, "There is such a wide scope of musicianship on this album and in parts this album is truly epic. I thought with the likes of ‘Paschendale’ from the last studio album that we could only hope to surpass that but having now heard the album back as well as sitting with a few select people and hearing their reactions too I truly believe we have managed it. Every one of us has put everything into this record and it's really paid off. However we've had such fun making it that it's almost difficult to believe what we've managed to achieve in the time it took."


Says Steve Harris: "I think in many ways this has been the easiest album in terms of recording that we've ever done. The whole process of writing through to recording was very natural. I think in terms of the material we've also pushed our boundaries yet again and I think it will please our fans but also really surprise a lot of people as well. We simply can't wait to take this out on the road. We've played some great shows and had a lot fun recently introducing some of our older songs to a new generation of fans. However for us personally we're incredibly excited about getting out and performing these new tracks."