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IRON MAIDEN is not working on new music

Photo credit: John McMurtrie

29-08-2024

In an interview with Australia’s “Everblack” podcast, Steve Harris was asked if there is any new music from IRON MAIDEN on the way. The MAIDEN bassist responded: “No, not at the moment. There’s nothing in the works at the moment. But that’s not to say there won’t be.

Bruce (DickinsonIRON MAIDEN singer) has only just done his solo tour. So he spent quite a long time just doing that. So, I don’t know. Yeah. I mean, maybe we’ll find time to cram a new album in somewhere. You never know.”

Regarding his plans for the rest of the year, Steve said: “I’m on tour for the next four months with IRON MAIDEN and side project BRITISH LION up untill Christmas. So I’m not really sure what we’re doing after that. I suppose we’ll probably take a break with MAIDEN for a little while. I’ve got no plans at the moment for anything with BRITISH LION early part of next year. But if something comes in, I find it difficult to turn stuff down. So, we’ll see.”

MAIDEN‘s latest album, “Senjutsu”, was released in September 2021 via BMG. The band’s first LP in six years was recorded in 2019 in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley and co-produced by Harris. It features three tracks whose running time exceeds 10 minutes each.

For “Senjutsu” — loosely translated as “tactics and strategy” — the band once again enlisted the services of Mark Wilkinson to create the spectacular Samurai-themed cover artwork, based on an idea by Harris.

“Senjutsu” topped the charts in several European countries upon its release, including in Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland.

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