INFINITE
DREAMS
IRON
MAIDEN
SONGWRITER:
STEPHEN PERCY HARRIS
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM: SEVENTH SON OF A SEVEN
LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS
GENRE: HEAVY METAL
YEAR: 1988
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band
formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975
by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.
The band's discography has grown to 41 albums, including 17 studio albums, 13 live albums,
four EPs, and
seven compilations. They have also released 47
singles and 20 video albums. Two electronic games have been released with Iron
Maiden soundtracks, and the band's music is featured in a number of other video
games.
As pioneers of the new wave of
British heavy metal movement, Iron Maiden
achieved initial success during the early 1980s. After several line-up changes,
the band went on to release a series of UK and US platinum and gold albums,
including 1980's debut album,
1981's Killers,
1982's The Number of
the Beast, 1983's Piece of Mind,
1984's Powerslave, 1985's
live release Live After Death, 1986's Somewhere in Time, 1988's Seventh Son
of a Seventh Son, 1990's No Prayer for
the Dying, and 1992's Fear
of the Dark. In 1982 the band released its álbum
The Number of
the Beast, the first with Bruce Dickinson, who
replaced Paul Di'Anno as lead
singer. This was a turning point in their career, helping establish Iron Maiden
as one of the most important heavy metal artists in history. By 2010, more than
14 million copies of the album had been sold worldwide. Since the return of
lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith in 1999, the band has undergone a resurgence in popularity, with a
series of new albums and highly successful tours. Their 2010 album, The Final Frontier,
peaked at Nº 1 in 28 countries and received widespread critical acclaim.
The sixteenth studio album, The Book of Souls,
was released on 4 September 2015 to similar success, debuting at number one in
the album charts of 24 countries with physical sales and summary in 43
territories with physical and digital sales. The seventeenth studio album Senjutsu was
released on 3 September 2021 and eventually reached Nº 1 in 23 countries.
By 2017, Iron Maiden had sold well over 100 million
copies of their albums worldwide, despite little radio or television support. According
to MD Daily Record by 2021 all audio-visual releases of the band have sold in
over 200 million copies worldwide, including regular albums, singles, VHS', DVDs
and all compilations. Iron Maiden have become one of the most influential and
revered rock bands of all time and helped spawn an entire genre of music.
According to many critics the band elevated heavy metal to an art form, proving
that academic and musical inspirations can coexist.
The band and its musicians have received
multiple nominations, honours and awards including Grammy Awards and equivalents awards in many countries, Brit Awards, Silver Clef Award, ECHO Awards, Juno Awards, Emma-Gaala Awards, Nordoff-Robbins
Award(International Achievement 2002), Ivor Novello
Awards, Guinness Book
of World Records, Public Choice International,
Online Music Awards Germany, The Rocks
Awards, Metal Hammer
Awards, Kerrang! Awards,
Burrn! Awards, Classic Rock
Roll of Honour Awards, Honorary Doctorates,
State Prizes, some of the biggest music festivals' honours and sales
recognition awards. Iron Maiden were inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk,
BPI Hall of Fame and Kerrang! Hall of Fame. The Band was hailed as the most
successful British metal group on British Channel 4. In 2012
The Number of
the Beast was voted as Best British Album Ever
in the public poll related to Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
In April 2021, the ex-members of the band were inducted into the Metal Hall of
Fame. The band is also a part of permanent exhibitions of the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame, British Music
Experience and Wacken Open Air Hall of Fame.
Iron
Maiden's lyrics cover such topics as history, literature, war, mythology,
society and religion. Many of their songs are based on
history, classic literature and film. As of October 2019, the band have played
some 2500 live
shows, performing for tens of millions of fans.
For over 40 years, the musicians have been supported by their famous mascot,
"Eddie",
who has appeared on almost all of their album and single covers, videos and
merchandise. Originally designed by Derek Riggs,
Eddie became the main attraction of Iron Maiden live shows, which feature
theatrical elements like coloured backdrops, inflatables, pyrotechnics,
elaborate lighting rigs, props and stage sets.
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is the seventh
studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was
released on 11 April 1988 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in
the United States by Capitol Records.
Like The Number of
the Beast(1982) and later Fear of the Dark(1992), The Final Frontier(2010),
and The Book of Souls(2015),
the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
The lead single "Can I Play
with Madness" was also a commercial
success, peaking at Nº 3 in the UK Singles Chart.
A concept album inspired by the novel Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card, the
record incorporates elements of progressive rock,
seen in the length and complex structure of the title track. It was also the
first Iron Maiden album to feature keyboards, after the band had introduced
non-keyboard synth effects on their previous LP, Somewhere in Time(1986).
After his contributions were rejected for Somewhere
in Time, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son features several songs co-written by lead
vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who
states that his enthusiasm for the band was renewed during the album's production
stages. It was Iron Maiden's last studio record to feature the Piece of Mind-era
lineup until 2000's Brave New
World, with guitarist Adrian Smith leaving
the band in January 1990 after he did not approve of the direction the band
were aiming for on their next album No Prayer for
the Dying.
Following the album's release, the band
embarked on the Seventh Tour
of a Seventh Tour in which Derek Riggs' cover
artwork was recreated on stage. The band played over 100 shows, including the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park,
and recorded the Maiden England video at Birmingham's NEC.
From 2012-2014, the band revisited the Seventh Son era on their Maiden
England World Tour.
Infinite dreams, I
can't deny them
Infinity is hard to comprehend
I couldn't hear those screams
Even in my wildest dreams
Suffocation, waking
in a sweat
Scared to fall asleep again
In case the dream begins again
Someone chasing, I cannot move
Standing rigid, a nightmare's statue
What a dream, when will it end?
And will I transcend?
Restless sleep, the
mind's in turmoil
One nightmare ends, another fertile
It's getting to me, so scared to sleep
But scared to wake now, in too deep
Even though its reached new heights
I rather like the restless nights
It makes me wonder, makes me think
There's more to this, I'm on the brink
It's not the fear of what's beyond
It's just that I might not respond
I have an interest, almost craving
But would I like to get too far in?
It can't be all
coincidence
Too many things are evident
You tell me you're an unbeliever
Spiritualist? Well,
me I'm neither
But wouldn't you like to know the truth?
Of what's out there, to have the proof?
And find out just which side you're on
Where would you end in Heaven or in Hell?
Yeah, oh
Help me
Help me to find my true self without seeing the future
Save me
Save me from torturing myself even within my dreams, ow
There's got to be
Just more to it than this
Or tell me, why do we exist?
I'd like to think that when I die
I'd get a chance, another time
And to return and live again
Reincarnate, play the game
Again and again and again and again.
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