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Edward the Head, aka Eddie -- the Iron Maiden mascot created by Derek Riggs -- could easily star in a feature-length film, but frontman Bruce Dickinson isn't sure how to handle such an ambitious idea just yet. "We've got all kinds of ideas about what to do with Eddie, but his identity is so crucial that we have to be very very careful," he tells Noisecreep...

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is still waiting for bandmate Janick Gers to give him a guitar for the wall of his Florida restaurant, Rock 'n' Roll Ribs. The joint, which has a live stage, opened in Coral Springs, Fla. last year and is supposed to have ribs that are out of this world...

In this summer of show cancellations and poor attendance, Iron Maiden are selling out arenas and sheds with little or no publicity. The July 3 date at Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre drew a capacity crowd of 16,000, and Montreal was 14,400 at Bell Centre a few days later...

Just five shows shy of completing the North American leg of their tour for their upcoming album 'The Final Frontier,' Iron Maiden have posted the video for the album's title track. The band didn't work too hard on the video, since none of the members are depicted, but someone sure hauled ass to make the clip as exciting and energizing as the song it promotes...

The only way to coast through the blazing, oppressive August heat is to either go surfing in the ocean, use an industrial powered air conditioner and crank up some of the best tunes the metal world has to offer. This month marks several 'returns' from acts that have not released anything in the past handful of years, including Black Label Society and Murderdolls, the latter of which is the horror

Calling all Maiden fans! Iron Maiden have resurrected IMTV on IronMaiden.com. The video footage certainly pulls back the curtain and gives fans exclusive, in-depth access to the band and their lives on the road and backstage. There is live footage, interviews with the band and crew and a lot more exclusive content...

Just three songs into their recent set in Concord, Calif., Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson announced that the band wanted to play a new song for the fans from their forthcoming 'Final Frontier' album. And while the song is brand new and the album won't drop until August, Dickinson conceded that most fans in the audience probably already heard it, because they gave it away as a free download... Read

Iron Maiden's 'The Final Frontier' tour -- in support of their upcoming release of the same name -- is underway, and to celebrate the launch, the band is offering a free download of the album track 'El Dorado' at their official website. The epic, explosive song begins the way many tunes end, with a clamor of guitar, bass and drums that gradually slows to a halt...

The artwork for Iron Maiden's brand new album, 'The Final Frontier,' has been unveiled. In true Maiden style, it's a brilliant, fantastical apocalyptic Eddie illustrated by Melvyn Grant, the man behind the covers of 'Fear of the Dark,' 'Virtual XI' and 'Death on the Road...

Trident bassist Alex Impaler is as big a metalhead as you or I, and not just because he plays in Swedish metal bands. In addition to practicing kickboxing when he's not playing music, he collects Iron Maiden memorabilia. "I have around 360 albums, 100 T-shirts and I don't know how many 'things': pins, posters, patches, Eddie figures," Impaler told Noisecreep...