Iron Maiden. Two medieval words when combined together mean two completely different awesome things. The first would be the famous torture chamber device, and the second would be the legendary heavy metal gods from England themselves. Kerrang reported that with the release of issue #1219, which is set to be released on July 16th, the issue will feature a tribute CD to Iron Maiden called Maiden Heaven and it will feature many different prominent metal bands such as Metallica, Machine Head, Trivium and Avenged Sevenfold. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich had this to say regarding the CD:

“Iron Maiden are 10 per cent cooler than every other band,” says Ulrich. “From their relationship with their fans, to their album covers to their stages, to their live presentation, to their photos - whatever they did was always cooler than what everyone else did! I have always had an incredible amount of respect and admiration for them and obviously getting a chance to be part of this CD feels like that has come a full circle. We played Remember Tomorrow as it was basically the blueprint for songs like Fade To Black and Welcome Home (Sanitarium), and some of the more epic ballady type of songs that Metallica had done later. We had so much fun jamming with this! We put a bit of an intro on it, to give it a bit of a Metallica stamp, and we are super pleased with how it has turned out.”

The track listing is as follows. Up the irons!

01, Black Tide - Prowler
02, Metallica - Remember Tomorrow
03, Avenged Sevenfold - Flash Of The Blade
04, Glamour Of The Kill - 2 Minutes To Midnight
05, Coheed And Cambria - The Trooper
06, Devildriver - Wasted Years
07, Sign - Run To The Hills
08, Dream Theater - To Tame A Land
09, Madina Lake - Caught Somewhere In Time
10, Gallows - Wrathchild
11, Fightstar - Fear Of The Dark
12, Machine Head - Hallowed Be Thy Name
13, Trivium - Iron Maiden
14, Year Long Disaster - Running Free
15, Ghostlines - Brave New World

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Tags: Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Trivium