Iron Maiden (Heavy metal)

Οι Iron Maiden είναι ένα heavy metal μουσικό συγκρότημα από την Αγγλία. Είναι από τους δημοφιλέστερους εκπροσώπους του heavy metal και ειδικά του New Wave Of British Heavy Metal παγκοσμίως για πάνω από 25 χρόνια. Κομμάτια όπως το The Τrooper, Number of the Beast, Fear of the Dark, Run to the Hills και Hallowed be Thy Name αποτελούν ιστορικές στιγμές όχι μόνο για το metal αλλά και γενικά για την rock σκηνή. Στο ενεργητικό τους έχουν πολλές πρωτιές σε εμπορικό επίπεδο αλλά έχουν βραβευτεί πολλές φορές και από κριτικούς αλλά και από το κοινό.

Δημιουργήθηκαν το 1975 από τον Steve Harris (μπάσο) ο οποίος μαζί με τον Dave Murray (κιθάρα) είναι και τα μόνα μέλη που παραμένουν μέχρι σήμερα στην σύνθεση της μπάντας. Το όνομά τους προέρχεται από τη Σιδηρά κόρη της Νυρεμβέργης, ένα όργανο βασανισμού. Ο πρώτος τραγουδιστής της μπάντας ήταν ο Paul Di Anno ο οποίος και είχε μια εντονότερη αίσθηση πανκ, από τον μετέπειτα αντικαταστάτη του Bruce Dickinson, του οποίου οι φωνητικές ικανότητες έδωσαν πραγματικά σημαντική ώθηση στις συνθέσεις του συγκροτήματος. Πολύ αργότερα ο Dickinson αντικαταστάθηκε από τον Blaze Bayley για κάποιο διάστημα. Στο συγκρότημα επέστρεψαν το 1999 ο Bruce Dickinson και ο Adrian Smith.

Πηγή: Wikipedia

Band Members:..........................................Former members:
Steve Harris.................................................Paul Di'Anno
Dave Murray.................................................Blaze Bayley
Adrian Smith................................................Clive Burr(drums)
Bruce Dickinson.........................................Dennis Stratton
Nicko McBrain.............................................Doug Sampson
Janick Gers

Years Active: 1975−present

Δισκογραφία: (Albums)
1980 - Iron Maiden
1981 - Maiden Japan(Live)
1981 - Killers
1982 - The Number Of The Beast
1983 - Piece Of Mind
1984 - Powerslave
1985 - Live After Death(Live)
1986 - Somewhere In Time
1988 - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
1990 - No Prayer For The Dying
1992 - Fear Of The Dark
1993 - Live At Donington(Live)
1993 - A Real Live One(Live)
1993 - A Real Dead One(Live)
1995 - The X Factor
1998 - Virtual XI
2000 - Brave New World
2002 - Rock In Rio(Live)
2003 - Dance Of Death
2005 - Death On The Road(Live)
2006 - A Matter of Life and Death

www.ironmaiden.com

Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name


Στίχοι:
Im waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life and it doesnt have much time
Cos at 5 oclock they take me to the gallows pole
The sands of time for me are running low

When the priest comes to read me the last rites
I take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me

Can it be theres some sort of error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end not some crazy dream

Somebody please tell me that Im dreaming
Its not so easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak
Tears they flow but why am I crying
After all I am not afraid of dying
Dont believe that there is never an end

As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone calls from a cell God be with you
If theres a God then why has he let me die?

As I walk all my life drifts before me
And though the end is near Im not sorry
Catch my soul cos its willing to fly away

Mark my words please believe my soul lives on
Please dont worry now that I have gone
Ive gone beyond to see the truth

When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then youll begin to understand
Life down there is just a strange illusion.

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son


Στίχοι:
Here they stand brothers them all
All the sons divided theyd fall
Here await the birth of a son
The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one

Here the birth from an unbroken line
Born the healer, the seventh, this time
Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds
Slowly unveiling the power he holds

Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son

Then they watch the progress he makes
The good and the evil wich path will he take
Both of them trying to manipulate
The use of his powers before its too late

Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son

Today is born the seventh one
Born of woman the seventh son
And he in turn of a seventh son
He has the power to heal
He has the gift of the second sight
He is the chosen one
So it shall be writtne
So it shall be done

Iron Maiden - Afraid To Shoot Strangers


Στίχοι:
Lying awake at night I wipe the sweat from my brow
But its not the fear cos Id rather go now

Trying to visualise the horrors that will lay ahead
The desert sand mound a burial ground

When it comes to time
Are we partners in crime?
When it comes to time
Well be ready to die

God let us go now and finish whats to be done
Thy kingdom come thy shall be done... on earth

Trying to justify to ourselves the reasons to go
Should we live and let live forget or forgive

But how can we let them go on this way?
The reign of terror corruption must end
And we know deep down theres no other way
No trust, no reasoning, no more to say

Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers

Iron Maiden - The Trooper


Στίχοι:
Youll take my life but Ill take yours too
Youll fire you musket but Ill run you through
So when your waiting for the next attack
Youd better stand theres no turning back

The bugle sounds as the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of arcrid smoke and horses breath
As you plunge into a certain death

The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall

We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We wont live to fight another day

We get so close near enough to fight
When a russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below

And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My bodys numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan