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NEW IRON MAIDEN ALBUM "THE BOOK OF SOULS"!! LEAKED DEMO!!

Faith Bowman
Jun 20, 2015
2 min read

(The "Book of Souls" album art by Mark Wilkinson.)

This album will run over 92 minutes of AWESOME ROCK !! It's also IRON MAIDEN’s first ever double studio album. Compared to other IRON MIADEN albums this will have the most variety. Steve Harris, bassist and founder member, contributed to seven the songs. "6 of them with Maiden’s guitarists and one sole composition." (Ironmaiden.com) And the first time since 1984’s Powerslave that an IRON MAIDEN studio album also features two tracks written solely by Bruce Dickinson. One of them was the longest song ever recorded by IRON MAIDEN. And two Dickinson/Smith collaborations. Steve commented, “We approached this album in a different way to how we’ve recorded previously. A lot of the songs were actually written while we were there in the studio and we rehearsed and recorded them straight away while they were still fresh, and I think that immediacy really shows in the songs, they have almost a live feel to them, I think. I’m very proud of The Book Of Souls, we all are, and we can’t wait for our fans to hear it, and especially to take it out on the road next year!” Bruce then added, “We’re really excited about The Book Of Souls and had a fantastic time creating it. We started working on the album in late summer 2014 and recorded it at Guillame Tell Studios in Paris, where we’d done the Brave New World album back in 2000 so the studio holds special memories for all of us. We were delighted to discover the same magical vibe is still alive and very much kicking there! So we immediately felt at home and the ideas just started flowing. By the time we’d finished we all agreed that each track was such an integral part of the whole body of work that if it needed to be a double album, then double its going to be!”

There will be a deluxe hardbound book LIMITED edition! This sounds so fucking awesome! A album of this greatness is needed by EVERY IRON MAIDEN FAN!!

Here is the listing of the songs! Disc 1 1. If Eternity Should Fail (Dickinson) 8:28 2. Speed Of Light (Smith/ Dickinson) 5:01 3. The Great Unknown (Smith/ Harris) 6:37 4. The Red And The Black (Harris) 13:33 5. When The River Runs Deep (Smith/ Harris) 5:52 6. The Book Of Souls (Gers/ Harris) 10:27 Disc 2 7. Death Or Glory (Smith/ Dickinson) 5:13 8. Shadows Of The Valley (Gers/ Harris) 7:32 9. Tears Of A Clown (Smith/ Harris) 4:59 10. The Man Of Sorrows (Murray/ Harris) 6:28 11. Empire Of The Clouds (Dickinson) 18:01

I saw a video online claiming it's a leaked demo from "The Book Of Souls" Album, I of course don't have a early copy of the album so it's validity is unknown. But what do you think?!