Friday, August 14, 2015

Iron Maiden Premiere New Music Video For "Speed of Light"

 
It's been five years since the last time British metal pioneers Iron Maiden have released any new music. Last time it was on their 15th studio album The Final Frontier. Now however the band has dropped a video for the single called Speed of Light (which can be watched below) to promote their upcoming double album Book of Souls.

The Speed of Light Video pays tribute to many of Iron Maiden's favorite video games such as: Streets of Rage, Mortal Kombat, Rampage, and Unreal Tournament. The band's mascot Eddie is of course the main character going from game to game on a quest where he fights off bad guys and at the end takes their hearts for his quest.

The song itself is all right. It seems more hard rock than heavy metal, though. You can also tell that singer Bruce Dickinson's voice has aged, though it still has that high demonic presence to it. I think the most surprising part to me was hearing so much cowbell in an Iron Maiden song. That's not something you would come to expect from these guys. In some ways the overall feel of the song has more of a Deep Purple feel than an Iron Maiden one.

Book of Souls comes out on September 4th and is currently available for pre-order here.


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