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Producer On New IRON MAIDEN Album: I Haven't Been This Excited Since SILVERCHAIR's 'Frogstomp'

April 24, 2006

IRON MAIDEN producer Kevin Shirley has issued another update as part of his ongoing studio diary covering the making of the group's new album, tentatively due this fall. An excerpt from the latest entry follows:

"[Bruce Dickinson] came in a couple of times — to sing a couple of songs, to work on some lyrics and melodies. Steve [Harris] writes the melodies and Bruce writes lyrics to fit the meter. Steve whistles the tune and Bruce scratches his head and concentrates, searching pages and pages of ideas and lyrics he's got prepared. By the way, when Bruce does a vocal, it's entirely physical! I don't have a great view of him, because that would be weird just staring at him singing, but I can see him enough to see that he moves like he's on stage — with a fixed microphone tho, of course. His arms windmill around, and when he gets back into the control room, he's covered in sweat! He says he gives his abdominals a serious workout each time, and the vocals on this album are bitching!!!! Actually, the whole thing is — no kidding!!! The drums are gigantic — 'Arry's bass goes up your ass, it's so biting and heavy, and all Three Amigos have pulled out serious melodic solos, and I love the songs!

"Anyway, [Bruce] has only ONE song left to sing — and I have already got final mixes of SEVEN — yes, you read that correctly — seven songs are in the can, from an album of ten. We have been working chronologically the whole time — and the order we've recorded the songs — and mixed them, is the running order for the album. Bizarre, yet utterly true and seriously satisfying! I haven't been this excited since SILVERCHAIR's 'Frogstomp'..."

To read the rest of the report, visit MaidenNorway.com.

IRON MAIDEN recently confirmed a full European leg of their world tour for this coming winter 2006. The trek will start in Scandinavia on November 9 and will include new album material, which will be released prior to the tour.

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