Iron Maiden "Live After Death" (DVD)

Live After Death is a live album and video by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, originally released in October 1985 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002 on CD and by Universal Music Group/Sony BMG Music Entertainment on DVD). It was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California and Hammersmith Odeon, London during the band's World Slavery Tour.

The video version of the concert only contains footage from the Long Beach shows and was reissued on DVD on 4 February 2008, which coincided with the start of the band's Somewhere Back in Time World Tour. In addition to the complete concert, the DVD features Part 2 of "The History of Iron Maiden" DVD series, which began with 2004's The Early Days and continued with 2013's Maiden England '88, documenting the recording of the Powerslave album and the following World Slavery Tour.

DVD track listing: 

"Churchill Speech"/"Aces High" (Harris)
"2 Minutes to Midnight" (Smith, Dickinson)
"The Trooper" (Harris)
"Revelations" (Dickinson)
"Flight of Icarus" (Smith, Dickinson)
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Harris)
"Powerslave" (Dickinson)
"The Number of the Beast" (Harris)
"Hallowed Be Thy Name" (Harris)
"Iron Maiden" (Harris)
"Run to the Hills" (Harris)
"Running Free" (Harris, Di'Anno)
"Sanctuary" (Harris, Dave Murray, Di'Anno)

DVD disc 2:

"History of Iron Maiden – Part 2 – Live After Death" (60 mins)
Continuation of "The History of Iron Maiden" documentary series, which began with The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days. Band members, crew, friends and associates talk about the period in the band's career which saw the writing, recording and release of the Powerslave album, the following World Slavery Tour and the recording of the Live After Death album.

Behind the Iron Curtain (57 mins approx)

Behind the Iron Curtain is a discontinued VHS/Beta/LaserDisc/VHD video by the English metal band Iron Maiden. The video features footage of the band on the road in Eastern Europe in 1984, performing concerts in Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia as part of the World Slavery Tour. The title refers to the fact that the band were touring inside the Iron Curtain (countries within the Eastern Bloc of the Soviet Union); unusual given the area's separation from the West due to the then-ongoing Cold War. Aside from two promotional videos from the album Powerslave, the video also contains two live tracks and interviews with band members.

The video has no MPAA rating and has a running length of 30 minutes. An expanded 58 minute version of the documentary is included on disc 2 of the Live After Death DVD. This expanded version was broadcast by MTV in 1984 and was until the release of the Live After Death DVD only available on several bootleg recordings. Analysis of the tracks revealed that the audio of the tracks on the original video differ from the audio of the expanded documentary on the DVD version.


The video was produced and directed by Kenneth Feuerman and edited by Norman H. Strassner.

Shot during Maiden's historic tour of Poland and other parts to the Eastern Bloc in 1984 featuring interviews, live and offstage footage capturing the atmosphere of this remarkable journey behind the Wall at the height of the Cold War.

Rock in Rio '85 (50 mins approx)
Highlights from the band's set supporting Queen on the first day of the first Rock in Rio in front of 350,000 people.

'Ello Texas (15 minutes)
Interview and live performance. Caught by a film crew in 1983 at the Alamo and sound checking their show in San Antonio.

Artwork Gallery, Tour Programme, Tour dates and photo gallery


Promotional clips for "Aces High" and "2 Minutes to Midnight."