The era of three guitarists

Since 1999 Iron Maiden has had three guitarists: Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers. The band has released three albums since 1999: “Brave New World” (2000), “Dance of Death” (2003) and “A Matter of Life and Death” (2006). Iron Maiden is one of very few bands with three guitarists and this has created many opportunities in the creation of music. This is one of the reasons why Iron Maiden has an own sound. In many songs all three guitars play at the same time and create a polyphony effect.

A good example of this distinctive sound: Dance of death (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YweqyZzL0uM)