For many years Iron Maiden have represented the very peak of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement that swept the musical world in the mid 1970s. Their spectacular stage shows and thundering, nightmarish metal anthems scored the band one of the most devoted followings in rock, combining infamy and genuine musical thrills to devastating effect.

The dual speed-metal soloing and shotgun riffs of Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and later Janick Gers, has long been a trademark of the Maiden