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Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden, this magnificent visual presentation, incorporating commentary by band members past and present, chronicles the evolution of heavy metal's most prestigious band.

Iron Maiden is an institution. Hailed as pioneers of British new wave heavy metal, the band has come to embody a spirit of fearless creative independence and ferocious dedication to their fans that has won them a huge following around the world and across the generations. Iron Maiden traces the creative evolution of heavy metal's most influential and enthralling band, from 1975 to 2025.

Presenting iconic album and single artworks, photographs of the band's instruments past and present, stage props, hand-written lyrics and artefacts from the archive and the band's personal collections, as well as landmark photographs by Ross Halfin and John McMurtrie, Iron Maiden is rife with revelatory stories and intriguing insights from pivotal band members and management. It is bookended by a foreword from band founder Steve Harris and an afterword by vocalist Bruce Dickinson.

Organized chronologically, this supremely visual volume tells the entire story of the band from their first pub gigs in 1975 and their first record deal in 1979 through the recording and reception of the landmark third album The Number of the Beast in 1982 to their most recent 25th global tour. It traces the evolution of their iconic Eddie mascot, reproducing original sketches and artworks, and documents the band's spectacular and complex stage productions and extensive live tours, including the Somewhere Back in Time Tour of 2008, which made headlines around the world.

Iron Maiden is the definitive legacy volume, celebrating the band's creativity, dedication, personality and success.