{"id":24503,"date":"2025-09-18T22:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/24503\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:37:11","slug":"iron-maiden-are-on-the-cover-of-the-new-metal-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/24503\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"75bddd5c-5e9a-4bc5-859c-f0e9a094a529\">The new issue of Metal Hammer celebrates <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/iron-maiden\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/iron-maiden\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/iron-maiden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iron Maiden<\/a>\u2019s 50th birthday!<\/p>\n<p>We speak exclusively to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/bruce-dickinson\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/bruce-dickinson\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/bruce-dickinson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bruce Dickinson<\/a> and Steve Harris about their journey so far \u2013 and bring you three exclusive gifts.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"75bddd5c-5e9a-4bc5-859c-f0e9a094a529-2\">This bumper Maiden issue comes with a special Eddie patch for your battle jacket, a shiny Eddie keyring, and a killer Eddie anniversary art print!<\/p>\n<p>We also go inside Maiden\u2019s career so far. From getting their start at East London\u2019s Cart And Horses pub to playing stadiums, it\u2019s all here. Bruce remembers the moment he returned to Iron Maiden with 2000\u2019s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/iron-maiden-how-we-made-brave-new-world\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/iron-maiden-how-we-made-brave-new-world\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brave New World<\/a> album.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=2961&amp;awinaffid=103504&amp;clickref=loudersound-gb-1033518151474235546&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fmagazinesdirect.com%2Faz-single-issues%2F6937024%2Fmetal-hammer-magazine-single-issue.thtml\" id=\"ac391e62-4328-4fb2-a34d-2015d8b54745\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=2961&amp;awinaffid=103504&amp;clickref=loudersound-gb-1033518151474235546&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fmagazinesdirect.com%2Faz-single-issues%2F6937024%2Fmetal-hammer-magazine-single-issue.thtml\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:141.77%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/qpCxezwGbju8H9f7NwhooH.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Maiden mascot Eddie on the cover of Metal Hammer, with images of an Iron Maiden keyring, patch and art print\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/qpCxezwGbju8H9f7NwhooH.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/qpCxezwGbju8H9f7NwhooH.jpg\" class=\"pull-left\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Future)<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"c53b64ae-b172-420f-bdf9-287865be1e3a\">\u201cThere was a real sense of excitement,\u201d he says. \u201cWe had a point to prove: that this is the greatest fucking rock\u2019n\u2019roll band in the world, so let\u2019s go out there and do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we uncover the history of Eddie \u2013 metal\u2019s favourite mascot \u2013 just in time for his return to stadium backdrops with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/news\/iron-maiden-announce-summer-2026-tour\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/news\/iron-maiden-announce-summer-2026-tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the re-launch of the Run For Your Lives tour next year<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the issue, we find out how two of Joey Jordison\u2019s former bands, Sinsaenum and Vimic, are honouring his memory by keeping his music alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/parkway-drive\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/parkway-drive\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/parkway-drive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Parkway Drive<\/a> explain how they put Aussie metal on the map; Ice Nine Kills\u2019 Spencer Charnas issues his life lessons on ska, supporting <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/metallica\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/metallica\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/metallica\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Metallica<\/a> and corpse disposal; and Wargasm\u2019s Milkie Way reveals what happened when she got onstage with Lady Gaga.<\/p>\n<p>We also fly to Dynamo festival in the Netherlands to investigate the stealth rise of Michigan metalcore crew I Prevail, grill Spinal Tap guitarist\/vocalist David St. Hubbins on the band\u2019s new documentary, and meet Mapuche metallers Mawiza and zombie power metallers Dominum.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/mastodon\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/mastodon\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/mastodon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mastodon<\/a>\u2019s Brann Dailor gets the Hammer Interview treatment, Raging Speedhorn remember the making of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/tag\/nu-metal\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/tag\/nu-metal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nu metal<\/a> anthem The Gush, and former Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey unveils The Violent Hour \u2013 her new project with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/anthrax\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/anthrax\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/anthrax\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anthrax<\/a>\u2019s Charlie Benante.<\/p>\n<p>All this, along with Vukovi, Orbit Culture, Castle Rat, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/tag\/bloodstock\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/tag\/bloodstock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloodstock<\/a>, Arctangent, Kerry King, President and much, much more.<\/p>\n<p>Only in the new issue of Metal Hammer, on sale now. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=2961&amp;awinaffid=103504&amp;clickref=loudersound-gb-1138712825050143831&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fmagazinesdirect.com%2Faz-single-issues%2F6937024%2Fmetal-hammer-magazine-single-issue.thtml\" 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