By Avinash Mittur
It’s been thirty years since Iron Maiden walloped the world with their fourth studio record, Piece of Mind. With the album that came before, The Number of the Beast, the band had to prove to the world that they could still record great material with their new singer, one Mr. Bruce Dickinson. Well as we all know, they went and shattered the expectations of every Maiden fan back then. In 1983 though, the band had to show the world that The Number of the Beast was no fluke. With new drummer Nicko McBrain in tow, Iron Maiden did just that with Piece of Mind, a forty five minute monolith of smoldering heavy metal. Continue reading “Retrospective: Three Decades of Iron Maiden’s ‘Piece of Mind’”