I know, I know, it's not Maiden. But I (Sam) got to review the final Megadeth album for Distorted Sound - figure there's enough overlap with you lot to share it! distortedsoundmag.com/album-review...

🤯A new episode? Already?!🤯 Yes, it's unprecedented, but Part 2 of our deep dive in to 'A Matter of Life and Death' is already live! Slightly evil Spotify link attached but other podcast providers are available, just check out linktree.com/maidenpod open.spotify.com/episode/0HgB...

We live again! Yes, after an accidental hiatus, we're finally back to round out this season with our coverage of 2006's 'A Matter of Life and Death'. Part 1 of our needlessly lengthy retrospective is live now, with the second part out this time next week! open.spotify.com/episode/5lRP...

Just a little reminder that we're most active over on Instagram. Come join us there if you haven't already! instagram.com/maidenpod

🚨 New episode live!🚨 We're continuing our analysis of Bruce Dickinson's second solo album, 'Balls to Picasso' - both in its original and 2025 forms. Join us for some unfounded opinions and rampant speculation, as ever! open.spotify.com/episode/1ywU...

🎙️ New ep on the air!🎙️ Continuing our never-ending tangents, today we tackle Bruce Dickinson's second solo album, the experimental 'Balls To Picasso'. Join us in Part 1 as we delve into the album's making of and the abandoned albums that led up to it! open.spotify.com/episode/0EIy...

💀 Back from the dead with a new episode! 💀 We finally had a chance to sit down and wax about our voyage seeing Iron Maiden at London Stadium earlier this summer. We also take the chance to reflect on that *other* big metal event too! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0TQw...

🚨 New episode alert!🚨 This week, we are joined by the one and only Blaze Bayley to pick up on his journey post-Maiden. Blaze takes us back to the recording and release of 'Silicon Messiah', getting his solo career off the ground and much more! open.spotify.com/episode/0Rxm...

Ooh, this is a nice memento from the London Stadium gig (even though I don't know a thing about football). And look who shows up in it - it's only Blaze Bayley! Fittingly, our interview with Blaze drops this Thursday - don't miss out!

👀 Is that a new episode? 👀 To distract ourselves and you from the inevitable comedown of seeing Maiden live in the flesh last week, were back. This week, we're chatting to Adam, frontman of death metal band Angron. Listen wherever you get your pods! open.spotify.com/episode/1dqG...

I'm sure it goes without saying, but we had an absolutely mind-blowing time seeing Iron Maiden yesterday at London Stadium. Top band, top night, top company - what more can you ask for? You can see more of our shenanigans from the day over on the Insta: www.instagram.com/maidenpod

Here's one we didn't have on our bingo card for the pod - the British Library is archiving Maiden Voyagers as part of their Sound Archive. Who knew talking about Iron Maiden was going to be our enduring legacy to the UK? We are totally flattered, privileged and bemused!

Sounds like the whole Soundhouse Tapes release was more of a mess than we knew!

Bledd mentioned on this week's pod that there was an error when it came to which version of 'Running Free' appeared on the 'Axe Attack' compilation. One of our listeners @jayeyeworthy.bsky.social‬ shared with us this little snippet from Sounds explaining the cock-up!

🎙️ New episode live! 🎙️ This week, your Maiden Voyagers take a journey well back in time to where the Iron Maiden recordings began - 'The Soundhouse Tapes'! But wait, there's more! 'Run For Your Lives', podcast news and Pedant's Corner - what a treat! open.spotify.com/episode/52DX...

Iron Maiden pictured during the recording sessions for The Soundhouse Tapes, but who's that second from the left? (No, not the dog!) It's certainly not Dennis Stratton, that's for sure... New episode drops tomorrow, where we'll be digging in to The Soundhouse Tapes and more!

This is the kind of stuff more of you should be sharing with us

Ooh, so we're not completely off base then. Shame that rumoured deal is shrouded in mystery!

🎙️ New episode is live!🎙️ Our second part of our 'Dance of Death' retrospective is now up wherever you get your podcasts! Join us as we analyse the tracks, discuss the singles, more dodgy CGI and Sam bangs on about how he thinks he could have made the album better open.spotify.com/episode/1Pm7...

Our second part in our 'Dance of Death' deep dive drops tomorrow. As ever, we get far too in to the weeds about the material and offer Steve Harris and co. unsolicited pro-tips on how they could have made the album better. Join us as we get plenty of ideas above our station!

I'm not going to post it because spoilers, but the Run For Your Lives set list is a bit good isn't it? I'm a happy camper, at least!

Sam's constant shoehorning of Savatage into the podcast finally vindicated by this clipping of Nicko McBrain picking them as best new band in a 1985 Kerrang. See, there was a Maiden link after all! Needless to say, I am very excited to finally see Savatage next month!

Post-work pod planning with a pint! Glad to see the first part of 'Dance of Death' is going down well. Part 2 will be in a fortnight, then we've got a couple of other fun buts before we just in to 'A Matter of Life and Death'. Watch this space!

📢 Finally, we're live with a new episode!📢 This week, we start looking in to Iron Maiden's 2003 record, 'Dance of Death'. A very formative album for both of us - in this part, we discuss the lead up, the making of and, yes, *that* artwork 🤮 open.spotify.com/episode/29Nk...

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Right, we are finally back this week with the first part of our dive in to Maiden's 2003 album, 'Dance of Death'. Drops on Thursday, as usual! Yes, yes, it took long enough but in my defence, I got tonsilitis at least twice during the last month. But onwards!

Just your Maiden Voyager boys having a school trip out in Swansea to see the inimitable Blaze Bayley. Playing 'Silicon Messiah' in its entirety along with a smattering of Maiden era classics, Blaze proved he is still one hell of a voice and frontman!

The first Dance of Death ep is almost here folks! The first @ironmaiden.bsky.social album I (Bledd) bought on the day of release and also my first Maiden tour; Cardiff International Arena, 15 December 2003 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Not even the abysmal artwork can stop this poster from having pride of place in the hall 🤟🏼

Alright, you can't make it up, but I've got tonsilitis again which has put a bit of a delay on everything. Oops. But 'Dance of Death' is at least in editing! In the meantime, from my sickbed, I've set us up an Instagram account for reasons - give us a follow! instagram.com/maidenpod

"Where's my Dance of Death episodes, you toerags?!" I hear all three of you scream in to the digital void. They are coming, promise. I've basically been ill for a month bouncing between coughs, blocked ears and tonsilitis - not ideal for recording a podcast! Fingers crossed, recording this week!

Very behind on the Dance of Death eps as I've been ill for over a week - who knew ragged throat and blocked ears aren't conducive to recording a podcast? We'll get there, promise - sorry! Personally, can't wait to chat all about it.

📢 New episode klaxon!📢 This week, we had the chance to sit down with the ace Serena Cherry of Svalbard / Noctule and cover everything from the difficulties of surviving as a band to, obvs, Iron Maiden. Find us wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/7uMj...

New episode up this Thursday and we have another special guest with us - the one and only Serena Cherry of Svalbard / Noctule fame! Join us as we chat about band survival, power metal and, of course, Iron Maiden. See you then!

Following on from the last ep, the new album from Seven Sisters is out now and is a real corker. Give it a spin on Spotify, or be a mensch and get it from Bandcamp. open.spotify.com/album/2t9UQG...

No episode this week because I'm way behind on editing (I'm doing it right now, I promise - whilst baby is at nursery!!) All going well, next week we'll be going live with another interview and then the 'Dance of Death' episodes will follow (we're recording those next week!)

We have been getting some really great feedback on the latest episode - people seemed to really enjoy our chat with Graeme and the general format! We're going to be doing more of these over the series (we're recording one in a few days, in fact) so that bodes well!

📢 New episode! 📢 ...featuring our first ever interview! This week we're joined by Graeme Farmer, guitarist of Seven Sisters to tell us all about his life with Maiden and why Sam's opinions are wrong! Available everywhere you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/5BvI...

This week's episode sees us dipping our toes in to something a little bit different - our 1st interview! We'll be speaking to Graeme Farmer, guitarist of Seven Sisters, about his love of Maiden, his music and the big overlaps! Bledd even dressed up for the occasion to boot! 😉

💥 It's the slightly arbitrary start of a new season! 💥 To kick it off, we catch up on all things Maiden from the last few months. Regale in our lukewarm takes! Available wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/60xm...

Following on from last week's ep, we've had some great stuff shared with us on X. For instance, here's Janick on the aforementioned Games Master! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n0Q...

👀 Guess who's back? 👀 ...it's us. Obvs. In this week's ep, we're finally getting in to Sam's specialist subject with Maiden's first video game - Ed Hunter! Join us wherever you get your podcasts and let us know if you've ever had the displeasure of playing it! open.spotify.com/episode/5c4t...

Right, we are *back* this Thursday with our "Season 3" finale - a definitive-ish look at the history of Ed Hunter. Or is it Melt? This time round, Sam and Bledd swap roles as Sam blathers on about the historical context of 1990s video games and Ed Hunter's seemingly troubled development.

Alright, we are recording our first interview tomorrow. Here's an action shot of me testing out the tech. That's my concentration face. Still a very real chance we somehow don't record it properly, mind.

Now here's some good knowledge we missed. Can't imagine seeing that song live...

I don't want to oversell it (though that is 100% what I'm doing), but our next episode is potentially the *definitive* history of Ed Hunter - the weirdest part of Maiden's discography (...it's technically a disc!) It's recorded, it's nearly all edited and hopefully with you very soon!

We just got this notification from our podcast hosting service, Podbean. 10,000 downloads! That feels like a proper milestone. Thanks for sticking with our ridiculous shtick for the last few years!

Also, this is vindicating. We've just recorded two episodes and Savatage definitely come up again...

Alex is a constant font of knowledge and / or fact-checking corrections. Thanks for the tidbit, pal!

I know this isn't Maiden-related (shock!), but David Lynch was one oft he greatest to ever do it. R.I.P. to a real artist.