Music style and Rhythm

Iron Maidens music style has changed a lot through the years. The faster, more punk inspired metal, which Iron Maiden started with, changed to a more serious tone in their 7^th studio album “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”. The following two albums went back to the more traditional Maiden with some elements taken from ¨”Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” With the switch of lead singers (Bruce Dickinson for Blaze Bayley) and guitarists (Adrian Smith for Janick Gers), Iron Maiden decided to try some new tunes. Their music style became more “experimental” with a synthesizer and a different rhythm. In this period of time Iron Maiden didn’t reach huge success. Even though the music wasn’t affected, people didn’t seem to like the fact that Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith left the band.

After two albums, Blaze Bayley left and there was a reunion. Bruce and Adrian rejoined and they did a huge comeback. With the release of “Brave New World” and “Dance of Death” they kept the more slowly and serious rhythm, but at the same time they added something that could be described as happiness. Their newest album “A Matter of Life and Death” changed the music style again. The bits of happiness disappeared and the rhythm sounded even more serious and progressive. “A Matter of life and Death” is said to be picking up from the roots of the album “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”, which has a pretty much alike sound. Iron Maiden is due to release a new album in 2010, but which way they will go regarding the music style, no one knows.