Various Artists "666 The Number One Beast - A Tribute To Iron Maiden (Russia, CD-Maximum, CDM 0801-674)"

666 The Number One Beast - A Tribute To Iron Maiden is a compilation album, released in 2001.

Tracklist:

1. Can I Play With Madness  (Vocals – Steve Overland)
2. 2 Minutes To Midnight   (Vocals – Steve Grimmett)
3. Wrathchild   (Vocals – Paul Di'Anno)
4. Hallowed Be Thy Name  (Vocals – Doogie White)
5. Running Free  (Vocals – Paul Di'Anno)
6. The Evil That Men Do  (Vocals – Doogie White)
7. Phantom Of The Opera  (Vocals – Paul Di'Anno)
8. The Number Of The Beast   (Vocals – Steve Grimmett)
9. Iron Maiden   (Vocals – Paul Di'Anno)
10. Run To The Hills  (Vocals – Steve Overland)
11. The Trooper   (Vocals – Gary Barden)

Recorded at Hatch Farm Studios, U.K.

Various Artists "A Call To Irons (A Tribute To Iron Maiden) (USA, Dwell Records, CD-1011)"

A Call to Irons is one of the earlier tribute albums released to honour the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It includes a diverse collection of bands ranging from power metal bands like Steel Prophet to extreme progressive metal bands like Opeth.

Tracklist:

1. "Ides of March/Purgatory" Steel Prophet 5:27
2. "Powerslave" Ancient Wisdom 5:54
3. "The Trooper" Vital Remains 4:06
4. "Genghis Khan" Angel Corpse 3:27
5. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" Solitude Aeturnus 7:34
6. "Phantom of the Opera" New Eden 6:35
7. "Remember Tomorrow" Opeth 5:01
8. "To Tame a Land" Morgion 10:06
9. "Strange World" Evoken 7:00
10. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Opera IX 13:03
11. "Transylvania" Absu 3:42

Issued in a jewel case, with 4-page booklet.

Hype sticker on jewel case:

"File this release in the Iron Maiden bin".

Mastered @ NRP

Back cover and booklet:

℗© 1998 Dwell Records. Manufactured and marketed by Dwell Records

Printed in U.S.A.

Disc:

℗© 1998 Dwell Records, Inc. Manufactured in U.S.A.

Track times not printed on the release.

Various Artists "Made In Tribute: A Tribute To The Best Band In A Whole Goddamn World! (Japan, Toy's Factory, TFCK-87101)"

Made in Tribute: A Tribute to the Best Band in a Whole Goddamn World! is the first tribute compilation to Iron Maiden and features covers from established bands such as Arch Enemy, Therion and In Flames.

Tracklist:

1. "Aces High" Arch Enemy 4:24
2. "2 Minutes to Midnight" Decameron 6:23
3. "Children of the Damned" Therion 4:29
4. "Die With Your Boots On" Armageddon 5:32
5. "Wasted Years" Nocturnal Rites 4:58
6. "Wrathchild" Sadist 2:29
7. "The Trooper" Lord Belial 3:42
8. "The Evil That Men Do" Naglfar 4:43
9. "22 Acacia Avenue" Dark Tranquility 6:04
10. "Murders in the Rue Morgue" In Flames 3:09

Naglfer is Naglfar!

*Includes japan OBI

Various Artists "Los Héroes del Heavy Metal (Vinyl, México, EMI-Capitol, LEMT-1192)"

Los Héroes del Heavy Metal fue una recopilación en vinil, editada por EMI Capitol de México en 1984.

Tracklist:

Lado A

1. Iron Maiden El Número De La Bestia (The Number Of The Beast) 4:49
2. Motörhead  Yéndome (Leaving Here)   2:56
3. Plasmatics Maestra Del Taboo (Mistress Of Taboo)  3:15
4. Deep Purple Noche Obscura (Black Night)  3:25
5. Riot                 Aquí Estamos Otra Vez (Here We Come Again) 5:58
6. Whitesnake Culpable Del Amor (Guilty Of Love) 3:23
7. Queensrÿche La Reina Del Poder (Queen Of The Reich) 4:21

Lado B

1. Whitesnake No Rompas Mi Corazón (Don't Break My Heart Again) 4:01
2. April Wine Hombre Esquizofrénico Del Siglo 21 (21st Century Schizoid Man) 6:23
3. Canned Heat En El Camino Otra Vez  (On The Road Again) 3:33
4. Eloy        Disfrazado (In Disguise) 4:29
5. Fargo Aquí Estamos (Here We Are) 2:12
6. Plasmatics Los Malditos (The Damned) 4:05
7. Iron Maiden El Vuelo De Icarus (Flight Of Icarus) 3:49

True Brits "Ready To Rumble (Japan, Jimco Records, JICK-89083)"

True Brits were a Melodic Hard Rock band with Dennis Stratton guitarist from Iron Maiden, Clive Burr on drums also from Iron Maiden and vocalist Lea Heart from Fastway. Their fist album is "Ready To Rumble", released in 1992.

Tracklist:

1.-She Goes Down  シー・ゴーズ・ダウン   4:13

Backing Vocals – Biff Byford, Clive Burr

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Cliff Evans, Dave Senczak, Dennis Stratton, Lea Hart

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Paul Dianno

Written-By – D. Senczak

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

2.-Had Enough ホワット・ディーヤ・ウォント  3:52

Bass, Backing Vocals – Mel Gabbitas

Drums, Backing Vocals, Guitar – Clive Burr

Guitar – Dave Senczak

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Dennis Stratton

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar – Lea Hart

Written-By – C. O'Shaughnessy, E. Clarke

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

3.-What Am I Gonna Do ホワット・アム・アイ・ゴナ・ドゥ  3:46

Backing Vocals – Algy Ward, Dennis Stratton, Dougie White, Fast Eddie Clarke, Jackie Bodimead, Kim McAuliffe

Bass – Mel Gabbitas, Neil Murray

Drums – Clive Burr

Guitar – Dave Senczak, Mark Kulke, Scott Gorham

Keyboards – Jem Davis

Lead Vocals, Guitar – Lea Hart

Written-By – D. Senczak

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

4.-It Ain't Over Till It's Over イット・エイント・オーバー・ティル・イッツ・オーバー  4:59

Backing Vocals – Biff Byford, Dave Senczak, Denise Dufort, Gary Barden, Geoff Brown, Kim McAuliffe, Paul Samson

Bass – Algy Ward, Mel Gabbitas

Drums, Percussion – Clive Burr

Guitar – Andy Scott, Cliff Evans, Dave Senczak

Keyboards – David J Burrows, Steve Mann

Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Programmed By, Guitar – Lea Hart

Lead Vocals – Dennis Stratton

Percussion – Steve Hopgood

Programmed By – David J Burrows, Mark Taylor

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

5.-Show Some Emotion = ショウ・サム・エモーション  5:01

Backing Vocals – Billy Kulke, Denise Dufort, Dennis Stratton, Jackie Bodimead, Kim McAuliffe

Bass – Neil Murray

Drums – Gary Ferguson

Guitar – Cliff Evans, Lea Hart, Paul Chapman

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Senczak

Keyboards – Don Airey

Lead Vocals – John Sloman

Written-By – B. Badhams, D. Airey, R. Hawthorn

Written-By, Words By – B. Marsden

6.-Caught Your Lie  コウト・ユア・ライ  3:16

Backing Vocals – Andy Scott, Dougie White, Paul Dianno, Paul Samson, Steve Clarke 

Bass – Mel Gabbitas

Bass, Backing Vocals – Geoff Brown

Drums – Clive Burr

Guitar – Trev Thoms

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Senczak, Dennis Stratton

Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Jem Davis

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar – Lea Hart

Written-By – D. Senczak

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

7.-Don't Take These Dreams Away = ドント・テイク・ジーズ・ドリームズ・アウェイ  4:15

Backing Vocals – Denise Dufort, Jackie Bodimead, Kim McAuliffe

Bass – Tim Nibbs Carter

Drums – Steve Clarke 

Guitar – Dave Senczak, Fast Eddie Clark, Lea Hart, Tino Troy

Keyboards – Don Airey

Lead Vocals – Gary Barden

Written-By – C. O'Shaughnessy

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

8.-We're So Far Away  ウィアー・ソー・ファー・アウェイ  4:07

Backing Vocals – Biff Byford, Billy Kulke, Clive Burr, Kim McAuliffe, Mark Kulke

Bass – Neil Murray

Drums – Gary Ferguson

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Senczak, Lea Hart

Keyboards – Jem Davis

Lead Vocals, Guitar – Dennis Stratton

Written-By – C. O'Shaughnessy

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

9.-This Man's On Fire  ジス・マンズ・オン・ファイヤー   4:40

Backing Vocals – Clive Burr, Dougie White, Mick White, Paul Dianno, Steve Clarke

Bass – Neil Murray

Drums – Dave Dufort

Guitar – Cliff Evans

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Senczak, Dennis Stratton

Keyboards – Jem Davis

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Lea Hart

Written-By – D. Senczak

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

10.-What D'ya Want  アンド・ザット・エイント・オール  4:43

Backing Vocals – Biff Byford, Bram Tchaikovsky, Bruce Bisland, Clive Burr, Denise Dufort, Kim McAuliffe, Paul Dianno, Paul Samson, Tino Troy

Bass – Mel Gabbitas

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar – Andy Scott, Dave Senczak, Lea Hart

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dennis Stratton

Lead Vocals – Dougie White

Written-By – C. O'Shaughnessy

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

11.-And That Ain't All = ハド・イナフ  6:01

Bass – John McCoy

Drums – Thundersticks

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Paul Samson

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Nicky Moore

Written-By, Words By – P. Samson

Issued in a standard jewel case with 24-page booklet including English release information and lyrics, Japanese lyrics and commentary, the latter credited as:

(1992. 6. / 大森庸雄 - TSUNEO O'MORI/AQUARIUS)

Also includes an obi.

From the back cover:

Under License from HEARTBEAT MUSIC

℗ 1992 JIMCO RECORDS: a division of JIMCO JAPAN CORP.

Iron Maiden "Senjutsu"

Senjutsu (Japanese: 戦術, loosely translated as "tactics and strategy") is the seventeenth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 3 September 2021. Their first album in almost six years, it was a critical and commercial success, praised for its ambitious epic scope. Two singles, "The Writing on the Wall" and "Stratego", were released to promote the album.

Senjutsu is the band's first studio album in nearly six years (although having been put on hold for well over two years), following The Book of Souls (2015), marking the longest gap between two Iron Maiden studio albums. This is also their second studio double album, and their first studio album since Powerslave (1984) to have no songwriting contributions from guitarist Dave Murray in any way, as well as the first since Virtual XI (1998) to feature multiple songs written by bassist Steve Harris alone.

The name of the album is rendered on the right side of the cover art by the actual vertical Japanese spelling of "senjutsu" (戦術), and on the left side by a font reminiscent of Japanese characters. Although it is not a concept album, doom is a recurring theme throughout.

Senjutsu is one of Iron Maiden's most successful albums, chart-wise, eventually peaking at number one in 24 countries, and marked their first album not to peak that position in the UK charts since A Matter of Life and Death (2006), which peaked at number two. It did, however, top the UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts. The album also gave the band its highest chart position in the US at number three on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and number one on Billboard's Physical Albums Chart.

The album Senjutsu marks the second use of the band's original logotype (with the extended letters R, M and N) on a studio album cover since The X Factor (1995), the previous one being for The Book of Souls (2015). The album cover by Mark Wilkinson presents Eddie dressed up as a samurai and holding a katana. An English illustrator told UK's Metal Hammer magazine: "I knew I would have difficulty just plonking Eddie into samurai costume. The higher caste warriors usually had many layers of highly ornate, dense fabric both to project and pad them out on the battlefield – I couldn't see such a costume working for the skeletal figure of Eddie. Besides, he would look far too flamboyant. I also resisted putting the traditional samurai helmet on his head. It would cover too much detail of the early kabuki-style 'mask' of red warpaint I had sketched out for him. The helmet 'cowl' and 'fukigaeshi' earpieces were like skin and bone attachments. Eddie's head was like a cyborg – part creature, part machine – especially with all the bashed in metal and torn rustic leather of the rest of his costume".

The animated video for "The Writing on the Wall" was nominated for the 2021 UK Music Video Awards in the category "Best Animation in a Video". The song was listed among "The 35 Best Metal Songs of 2021" by American online magazine Loudwire, reaching #14. "The Writing on the Wall" reached the 13th position on "Top 40 Rock Songs of 2021" published by Ultimate Classic Rock. Consequence of Sound put the song on "Top Hard Rock and Metal Songs of 2021" list, it's reached the 2nd position. "The Writing on the Wall" made Italian Radio Freccia Top 20 Hits of the Year list to reach the 2nd position. Another Italian portal Inside Music put the composition among the "Top 5 Best Songs of 2021" on the 2nd position. "The Writing on the Wall" was listed among "Best Songs of 2021" by Polish music magazine Teraz Rock, reaching the 2nd position. The song was chosen as "The Song of the Year" by the journalists of Metal Hammer (Greek Edition) and Finnish Tuonela Magazine.

The band and the Senjutsu album were nominated in the categories "Band of the Year", "Album of the Year", "Vocalist of the Year" and "Video of the Year" for the prestigious Czech Žebřík Music Awards. Eventually the double studio album was the "Album of the Year" category winner and animated video for "The Writing on the Wall" achieved the third position, so same as Bruce Dickinson as "Vocalist of the Year". Senjutsu was also nominated in the "International Album of the Year" category for the Spanish Grammy's Premios Odeón Award. Band's seventeenth album was honored with the Top.HR Music Awards by The Croatian Discography Association and the Croatian branch of RTL in the "Bestselling International Album" category. The Top.HR Music Awards has been presented since 2020 and is the local equivalent of the Grammy. Both the band and their latest studio effort were the winners of annual readers' poll announced by German edition of Rock Hard magazine. Senjutsu album was honoured with Polish Antyradio Award in category "Album of the Year - World". The album, "The Writing on the Wall" single and the band were nominated for the Planet Rock Awards (The Rocks 2022) in the categories: "Best Album", "Best Single" and "Best British Band". The British formation's won in the last category, Senjutsu took second place among the best albums, the single reached third place and Iron Maiden were named "The Greatest Metal Band of All Time". In 2022, the band turned out to be the most awarded artist in the history of The Rocks.

"Darkest Hour" was listed among "Best 50 Rock and Metal Songs of 2021" by Audio Ink Radio. The second single called "Stratego" made the "Top 10 Best Guitar Riffs of 2021" list published by Guitar World. "Hell on Earth" was voted the fourth best song of 2021 in Ultimate Guitars' awards poll. The song was ranked as the sixth best song of 2021 by Toru Sugaya of the Japanese website Gekirock. "The Parchment" was listed among "Best Hard Rock Songs of 2021" published by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, the album's longest composition reached the 4th position. Promo videos for album’s songs "Stratego" and "The Writing on the Wall" were listed among "Best Music Videos of 2021 (Rock and Alternative)" by Promonews TV.

In the summary of the Japanese magazine Burrn! the Senjutsu album was recognized as the second most important album of 2021, the illustration adorning it was also appreciated (2nd position), the single "The Writing on the Wall" was selected as the fourth best song in 2021. Steve Harris as bassist and composer was recognized as the best musician in these categories and Iron Maiden maintained the title of "Best Foreign Group". Adrian Smith was recognized as the fourth best guitarist in the world. The album was nominated for Fonogram - Magyar Zenei Díj, the Hungarian equivalent of the Grammy, in the category "Best Hard Rock / Metal Album". Senjutsu was awarded with Sklizen Award established by Czech Spark Magazine. Band's seventeenth album was the winner in "Best Album of the Year" category.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Senjutsu" Adrian Smith/Steve Harris  8:20
2. "Stratego" Janick Gers/Harris   4:59
3. "The Writing on the Wall" Smith/Bruce Dickinson  6:13
4. "Lost in a Lost World" Harris 9:31
5. "Days of Future Past"  Smith/Dickinson  4:03
6. "The Time Machine" Gers/Harris   7:09

Total length: 40:15

Disc two

1. "Darkest Hour" Smith/Dickinson  7:20
2. "Death of the Celts" Harris 10:20
3. "The Parchment" Harris 12:39
4. "Hell on Earth" Harris 11:19

Total length: 41:38

The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200.

Recording information:

Recorded at Guillaume Tell Studio, Paris, France, in 2019.

Mastered at Table of Tone Mastering Ltd.