With the advent of the NWOBHM and the IRON MAIDEN (aka: the genre definers; they’re bassically the Black Sabbath of NWOBHM), the Metal landscape was starting to take on a different dimension; with increased aggression, speed, and heaviness (musically and lyrically) while simultaneously weaving in twin guitar harmonies, a greater sense of melody, prog-rock style orchestration and arrangement to create what can only be described thusly:   IRON MAIDEN!  

Get your time-traveling shoes on and dial in your relaxer level for 1980 (get Ron on the horn if you need to order anything, I think there’s some kinda “relaxer delivery” arrangement with Clive and TRL) and JOIN US as we review Iron Maiden’s self-titled mind-blowing debut album.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) - Please check out Clive & Otto for all of your exotic #hashbag and #relaxer needs / #rewinding /  If you smell like #tridentvibes, EMAIL US at [email protected] subject Wheeler / IRON MAIDEN #ironmaiden #uptheirons (#happyanniversary) and a momentary lapse of time traveling judgment #thenewecore and #ironmaidendaycore #wecandobetter / The alternate versions of the album cover art:  1980 vs the #remasterized version #albumart #ironmaidenafterdark #pauladianno / Peeling away the layers of #art and finding new facets that you didn’t notice previously (which is #fucking #beautiful).  

(04:54) – April 14, 1980 / Kingsway Studio, London / #mostly #ironmaiden and #steveharris is a #blessin / Those first 2 Iron Maiden records… / The #blacksabbath of #nwobhm (or, to put it another way:  it was Iron Maiden’s #Exciter / Embracing what you hate:  injecting #punk with #progrock and #metal / Recorded in 13 days / The evolution of Iron Maiden’s sound from the first 2 records through to the Bruce era / That album art

(09:33) - #36 / #4 / Do LIVE albums help to renew interest in a band’s back catalog?  See also the #projectband reference from prior episodes / #onmicburp #breakdown #numetalunblackmetalcorecore #burpcore #belchcore #backupcore / The Iron Maiden ST (that’s “self-titled”) album personnel and roster / #musicaldifferences / A killer black metal band name / #mantetons and the #dadbod concept/ METAL NERDERY PODCAST SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION!!! LOOK AT OUR TITS!! OKAY BACK TO MAIDEN!

(13:04) – The 1980 vs 1998 version (and extra tunes among the remastered version) and the impact on the original tracking of the album / THE TRACKS:  Prowler #badass #riff and the clarity of the production of the first Maiden record #darker 70’s #progrock #vibe #rush / Original tracklisting of side 1 (or side A) of the #album and/or #cassette

(18:30) – Remember Tomorrow (#proggy) and the nice buffer of throwing #sanctuary in at track 2 (#WTF) Running Free (also, numbah free) #screamforme and #alicecooper #tangentionalalityismness / Phantom of the Opera (#superproggy #superprogmetalnwobhmcore) #readthoselyrics #canyougetthere? / That guitar solo (and that bass solo) section #fuckingkiller and also #HAIL 

(26:30) – SIDE 2: (on the vinyl and cassette) and the difference between the clarity and quality of 8-tracks #click #clicky #cliques #fuckmath / Transylvania (a great buildup for the next song; bolth musically and lyrically (and visually) / Song pairings that just go together / Strange World (#darkprog #eighttrackASMR #ironmaidenASMR #metalnerderyASMR #ASMR #STFUASMR ) / An Iron Maiden #conspiracytheory 

(34:47) – Charlotte The Harlot (#notshocking) / Iron Maiden’s #Exciter #justsayyes Do you NOT hear the #liveafterdeath version of this? #metalnerderypodcast #albumdivePLUS and the #tangentionalalityismness of #exciter and #ironmaiden and if we’re being real, also #blacksabbath/ #SCREAMFORME Iron Maiden / #onmicdeathmetalburp #blackeneddeathmetalburpcore #fishtacocore #ghosttrack #tentaclecore and a quick message from Laryngitis’ and his #new #gumendorsement from #tridentvibes #buyourshit metalnerdery.com/merch / Burning Ambition* (*previously unreleased) #happymaiden #allmanmaiden / IB-lieve #zeez #jeanwree #genre and #consequences / I’ve Got The Fire (from the 1995 reissue); kinda #Montrose , kinda #Motorhead kinda #Maiden and definitely kinda #fuckingawesome / #thestrugglewithin #gumASMR #tentacleovertime #accidentallyintentional #blackalbumreference #oooooh of disapproval

(46:38) – “SCREAM FOR ME!! “Iron Maiden (Live After Death version) #sofuckingbadass #everytime I hear Iron Maiden it’s automatic #maidentaintbonercore / HAPPY ANNIVERARY AND HAIL TO THE MIGHTY AND POWERFUL IRON MAIDEN!!! / Filling in the blanks on the #drugtracker / #deathmetalmasturbation #theyllneverforget #untilthenext #thelastword #thankyouforlistening #easteregg.