12. julija bo pri Sanctuary Records izšla dvojna kompilacija The Essential Iron Maiden. CD 1: Paschendale, Rainmaker, The Wicker Man, Brave New World, Futureal, The Clansman, Sign Of The Cross, Man On The Edge, Be Quick Or Be Dead, Fear Of The Dark (Live), Holy Smoke, Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter, The Clairvoyant. CD 2: The Evil That Men Do, Wasted Years, Heaven Can Wait, 2 Minutes To Midnight, Aces High, Flight Of Icarus, The Trooper, The Number Of The Beast, Run To The Hills, Wrathchild, Killers, Phantom Of The Opera, Running Free (Live), Iron Maiden (Live). Vokalist Bruce Dickinson pa je pred nekaj dnevi na koncert na Reykjaviku z letalom iz Londona peljal skupino fanov. /A.J./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: SONATA ARCTICA: Reckoning Night, MICHAEL PINNELLA: Enter By The Twelfth Gate, ETERNAL FLIGHT: Positive Rage, UNPURE: World Collapse, POISON THE WELL: The Opposite Of December, ANOREXIA NERVOSA: Redemption Process.

Znana je track lista prihajajočega Iron Maiden dvojnega DVD-ja The Early Years:
Live At The Rainbow – 1981:
Ides Of March, Wrathchild, Killers, Remember Tomorrow, Transylvania, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden.
Live At Hammersmith 1982 - Beast On The Road:
Murders in The Rue Morgue, Run to The Hills, Children Of The Damned, Number Of The Beast, 22 Acacia Avenue, Total Eclipse, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden.Live at Rock & Pop Festival 1983 Dortmund - World Piece Tour:
Sanctuary, The Trooper, Revelations, Flight Of Icarus, 22 Acacia Avenue, Number Of The Beast, Run To The Hills.Live at The Ruskin Arms – 1980:
Sanctuary, Wrathchild, Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Running Free, Transylvania, Another Life, Phantom Of The Opera, Charlotte the Harlot.
Poleg tega bosta na DVD-ju še dva dokumentarca v skupni dolžini dveh ur, Running Free in Women In Uniform s Top Of The Pops nastopa in Running Free z Rock and Pop TV nastopa ter videospoti: Women In Uniform, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Flight Of Icarus, The Trooper.
Z izdajo tovrstnih DVD-jev naj bi Iron Maiden nadaljevali, na naslednjem pa naj bi bilo obdobje od Live After Death (Long Beach Arena) do Somwhere In Time svetovne turneje. /M.P./

Nuclear Blast pripravljajo naslednji Iron Maiden tribute album, A Tribute To The Beast Vol.2.. Izide 10. julija, track lista pa je naslednja: CD 1:, DESTRUCTION – Killers, SENTENCED - The Trooper, PRIMAL FEAR - 2 Minutes To Midnight, THUNDERSTONE - Wasted Years, STUCK MOJO feat. DEVIN TOWNSEND – Wrathchild, ANTHRAX - Remember Tomorrow, SADUS – Invaders, TANKARD - Iron Maiden, NECROPHOBIC – Moonchild, MÄGO DE OZ - Strange World, WOLF - Deja Vu, MYSTIC PROPHECY – Sanctuary, GRAVEWORM - Fear Of The Dark, THERION - Revelation (live), ICED EARTH - Hallowed Be Thy Name. CD 2: SEBASTIAN BACH - Children Of Damned, JOHN WEST & CHRIS CAFFERY - Run To The Hills, COSMOSQUAD feat. RAY ALDER - Murders In The Rue Morgue, IAN PERRY & KAMELOT - Flight Of Icarus, SOLACE - Another Life, ELEVENTH HOUR - Alexander The Great, WARDOG – Purgatory, IRON SAVIOR - Running Free. /M.P./

Vader kitarist/pevec Peter je sodeloval pri snemanju novega albuma tradicionalnih poljskih heavy metalcih Ceti z naslovom Shadow Of The Angel in sicer pri skladbi Falcon’s Flight. /M.P./

Znana je vsebina Iron Maiden dvojnega DVDja Visions Of The Beast, ki izide 2. junija. Na več kot 4 urah bo dokumentirana kariera banda, ki je do sedaj prodal že preko 50 milijonov albumov. Prvič bo na enem mestu moč videti vse njihove video spote od leta 1980 do nastopa na koncertu Rock In Rio. V 40 minutah bonus materiala se bodo skrivale še nikoli videne animirane verzije šestih klasik. DVD1: Women In Uniform, Wrathchild (Live At The Rainbow), Run To The Hills, The Number Of The Beast, Flight Of Icarus, The Trooper (Promo), 2 Minutes To Midnight, Aces High, Wasted Years, Stranger In A Strange Land, Can I Play With Madness, The Evil That Men Do, The Clairvoyant (Donington '88), Infinite Dreams (Live), Holy Smoke, Tailgunner, Aces High (Camp Chaos Version), The Number Of The Beast (Camp Chaos Version), Futureal (Football Version), Fear Of The Dark (Rock In Rio), Man On The Edge (Slapstick Version); DVD2: Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, Be Quick Or Be Dead, From Here To Eternity, Wasting Love, Fear Of The Dark (Donington '92), Hallowed Be Thy Name (Donington '92), Man On The Edge, Afraid To Shoot Strangers, Lord Of The Flies, Virus, The Angel And The Gambler, Futureal, The Wicker Man, Out Of The Silent Planet, Brave New World (Rock In Rio), The Wicker Man (Camp Chaos Version), Flight Of Icarus (Camp Chaos Version), Run To The Hills (Camp Chaos Version), The Trooper (Camp Chaos Version). /M.P./

Znana ja track lista Star One koncertnega albuma Live On Earth. Dvojnemu CDju bo priložen še DVD. CD:Intro/Lift-Off, Set Your Controls, High Moon, Dreamtime, Eyes of Time, Songs of the Ocean, Dawn of a Million Souls, The Dream Sequencer, Into the Black Hole, Actual Fantasy, Valley of the Queens CD2: Isis and Osiris, Amazing Flight in Space, Intergalactic Space Crusaders, Castle Hall, The Eye of Ra, Starchild, The Two Gates. DVD: Intro/Lift Off, Set Your Controls, High Moon, Dreamtime, Eyes of Time, Songs of the Ocean, Dawn of a Million Souls, The Dream Sequencer, Keyboard solo, Into the Black Hole, Actual Fantasy, Valley of the Queens, Isis and Osiris, Amazing Flight in Space, Bass solo, Intergalactic Space Crusaders, Castle Hall, The Eye of Ra, Starchild, The Two Gates. Izid je napovedan za 28. april. /M.P./