Iron Maiden " The Book of Souls", September 4 2015
The Book of Souls is the sixteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 4 September 2015. It is the band's first studiodouble album, and therefore also their longest to date, with a total length of 92 minutes.
The album's launch and its supporting tour were delayed to allow vocalist Bruce Dickinson time to recover from treatment which he received in early 2015 to remove a cancerous tumour.
The first track released was "The speed of Light" at the official Iron Maiden youtube page at August 14 2015.
Harris states that many of the songs were written and immediately recorded in the studio, adding to the record's "live feel". Guitarist Janick Gers explains that this involved abandoning their previous approach of spending several weeks writing and rehearsing, which meant that they "went into the studio with only outlines and finished writing the songs in the studio - so we were actually learning them, rehearsing them, and putting them down all at once".
Track list
Disc One
1."If Eternity Should Fail" Bruce Dickinson
2."Speed of Light" Adrian Smith, Dickinson
3."The Great Unknown" Smith, Steve Harris
4."The Red and the Black" Harris
5."When the River Runs Deep" Smith, Harris
6."The Book of Souls" Janick Gers, Harris
Disc two
1."Death or Glory" Smith, Dickinson
2."Shadows of the Valley" Gers, Harris
3."Tears of a Clown" Smith, Harris
4."The Man of Sorrows" Dave Murray, Harris
5."Empire of the Clouds" Dickinson
