Today is a day that I have been waiting for. Today, Iron Maiden premiers their single/video for the song “Speed of Light” from their upcoming double album The Book of Souls. I was literally having stress dreams last night about this. How would it be? Would I love it? Would it kick my ass? Holy fucking shit. Why do I ever doubt Iron Maiden? Well, that’s a whole other topic so forget I said that but let me just say this: this song kicks fucking ass. This song has me so fucking excited as to what lies ahead for us with the rest of the album. Can I also just give a huge fuck yeah to the fact that the lead off single is a Dickinson/Smith collaboration? Yeah, that’s what I said as well. This song is definitely going to get some repeat listens by me.
Written by guitarist Adrian Smith and vocalist Bruce Dickinson, “Speed of Light” is taken from their new double album The Book Of Souls due for global release on September 4, 2015 through BMG in the U.S.A. (Parlophone Records rest of world). Maiden fans can download the “Speed Of Light” song when pre-ordering The Book Of Souls on iTunes. It can also be streamed on Spotify and Apple Music.
The video was produced and directed by Llexi Leon with animation and visual effects by The Brewery Production Company. A huge Iron Maiden fan, this is Llexi Leon’s first music video. Creator of the cult comic book series Eternal Descent – an IP that digitally animated a cast list of metal & hard rock luminaries, Leon has further expanded into the video gaming industry. He chose to collaborate with The Brewery who’s previous film credits include 2010’s punk-rock inspired Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll with Andy Serkis, 2012’s music festival themed Spike Island with Emilia Clarke & more recently were providing VFX for the Sky Atlantic biopic on Ian Fleming.
The video is a ‘homage’ to four decades of video gaming juxta-posed alongside Iron Maiden’s 40 years of incredible visual canon centering on their talisman, Eddie as he travels through space & time to complete his Herculean task.
The Book Of Souls is IRON MAIDEN’s 16th studio album and was recorded in Guillame Tell Studios in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley.
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