No Prayer For The Dying

It’s difficult to overstate the importance of Iron Maiden in heavy metal. From the moment they formed in 1975, they were one of the few bands consistently pushing their genre’s boundaries. And while their rise to fame was slow, their influence on later bands–and especially those who came after them–was immeasurable. From learning how to play guitar by listening to Maiden’s first two albums (which were released before I was even born), by age 14 I’d been drawn into the world-building universe that Bruce Dickinson would go on to create with his other band and solo career as a singer/songwriter. In 2000, when I first heard “Bring Your Daughter…To The Slaughter” from No Prayer For The Dying, my life changed forever: Heavy metal became something more than just music for me; it became an integral part of who I am now and what kind of person I want to be tomorrow.”

Learning to Live

• Learning to Live

This is the only song on the album not written by Steve Harris and is about the death of his father. It features a solo by Bruce Dickinson, which helps make it one of the best songs on this album.

Tailgunner

The opening track on the album, “Tailgunner”, introduces you to the world of No Prayer For The Dying. It sounds almost like a religious hymn at first, but ends up being about conflict and warfare instead. In fact, it was written not about the Falklands War at all – rather it was written about the end of World War II and its aftermath.

But while “Tailgunner” is meant to describe an actual event that happened during WWII, its lyrics are very abstracted from reality and only loosely connect with their original source material:

“She saw me coming in through her back door

And her eyes were burning just like coal mines

She said: ‘Come over here’ but I couldn’t leave my post”

Holy Smoke

Maiden’s most underrated album, “Maiden England” is a classic in its own right. Opening with the propulsive title track and closing with the epic “Aces High,” this record manages to capture everything that makes Maiden great.

But there’s one song on here that stands head and shoulders above the rest: “Holy Smoke.” While it’s not quite as epic as other tracks on this album (it clocks in at just under six minutes), it has all of the elements that make Iron Maiden so memorable: galloping rhythms, soaring melodies, and Bruce Dickinson’s signature vocal delivery. It also holds some pretty sobering lyrics about Yvonne Fletcher—a British police officer who was shot by a Libyan gunman in 1984 during an anti-Gaddafi protest outside of London’s Libyan embassy—but there are few lyrics more uplifting than those found at the end of this track:

There ain’t no easy way out—there ain’t no easy way out

There ain’t no easy way out—this time around

No Prayer For The Dying

• No Prayer For The Dying
• Maiden’s first album with Bruce Dickinson on vocals, Janick Gers on guitar, Steve Harris on bass and Adrian Smith on guitar.
• Maiden’s most rocky album to date. It is also their most underrated one, maybe because of its ’80s production values which are so dated that it can be hard to listen to nowadays (but let me assure you it’s not THAT bad).

Public Enema Number One

The first public enema of the album is titled “Public Enema Number One,” and it’s about the media. Specifically, it’s about how the media can’t tell the truth. The song is set in a “city that never sleeps.” In this city, there are two kinds of people: “the ones who know what’s going on and know just what to do/And those who don’t know what’s going on but they think they do anyway.”

The second verse focuses specifically on TV news anchors: “They tell us whether or not we should go to war / What kind of car we should buy / Or if it’s wrong to sleep around / And if anyone else has ever really liked us at all.” It ends with these lines: “What gives them the right?” followed by “What gives them power? Why do they have such clout?”

Fates Warning

Fates Warning exemplifies the sound of the progressive metal genre. Their lyrics are often introspective and philosophical, reflecting on issues such as death and aging. The band’s style is rooted in a blend of classical composition, heavy metal and progressive rock.

Fates Warning is one of the most influential bands in progressive metal history. Their first album, Night on Bröcken, helped define what would later become known as ‘prog-metal,’ a subgenre that combines elements from all three genres mentioned above.

The Assassin

The Assassin is a song by Iron Maiden. It was written by Bruce Dickinson and released as a single in 1988, where it reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart. The lyrics were inspired by the story of the serial killer John Reginald Christie, who murdered four women during World War II (known as “The Rillington Place murders”). It appeared on their seventh studio album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son later that year. In 1990, The Assassin was covered by American industrial metal band Fear Factory on their debut album Soul of a New Machine.

Run Silent Run Deep

The song is about a submarine commander and his crew, who are not allowed to tell their families they are going on a dangerous mission. They leave without saying goodbye, or even telling them they’re alive. The song also describes how the sea can be silent and peaceful, but when you don’t know what’s going on underneath it can be terrifying and deadly.

Hooks In You

The song “Hooks in You” is about a girl who gets addicted to drugs. The lyrics talk about how the main character’s life is ruined by the drugs, and they also describe what it feels like to be high on them. It talks about how drugs are used as a way of escaping reality, but this is only temporary because eventually you come down and realize that you still have all your problems even though your mind wasn’t on them for a moment.

Then there’s that line at the end where he sings “and now I’m back.” What does this mean? It could refer to him getting off whatever drug he was on so that he could get straightened out again—or even worse, it could mean he died from an overdose!

Bring Your Daughter…To The Slaughter (Edited 7″ Single)

Bring Your Daughter…To The Slaughter was released as a 7″, 12″ and CD single in the UK and US.

The track is one of the band’s most popular songs, reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.

Mother Russia (Remix)

This is a remix of the song Mother Russia, which appears on the band’s 1985 album Prayer For The Dying. In this version, there are some significant differences in terms of intro and outro, as well as vocal performance, guitar solo, and bass line.

Maiden at their most rocky

The opening track on No Prayer for the Dying is a heavy metal song in the truest sense of the word. It’s long, it’s fast, it’s loud, and it has twin guitar solos that sound like something you’d hear from Iron Maiden instead of Metallica. In fact, there are two solos on this album: one by Dave Murray and one by Adrian Smith. The latter was replaced on later pressings with their 1986 classic “Wasted Years,” but this edition of No Prayer for the Dying is considered much harder to find than its remastered version.

The rest of the record isn’t quite as aggressive or intense as “Holy Smoke” (though “Bring Your Daughter… To The Slaughter” comes close), but it still maintains Maiden at their most rocky—which is not only different from what they’re known for today but also why fans consider this album an important part of their history.

Maiden’s 7th studio album, “No Prayer For The Dying”, is their first to feature Bruce Dickinson on vocals. It was released in 1990 and has sold over 500 000 copies worldwide. This record marks the beginning of a new era for Iron Maiden as Steve Harris was pleased with how well the band did on tour but felt it would be difficult for them next time around due to being labelled as “sell-outs”. This album contains some of their most famous songs such as: Tailgunner and Bring Your Daughter…To The Slaughter (Edited 7″ Single). A big highlight is when they incorporate different styles like reggae music into Holy Smoke which adds an interesting twist that allows fans all over the world to enjoy listening while driving their cars or relaxing at home after work with family members! I highly recommend listening through this entire playlist because every song sounds great! YOu will learn how much effort goes into recording each one especially since they take time away from other activities like watching movies with friends during downtime off set hours so everyone gets enough rest before taking on another project together