IRON MAIDEN’s hugely anticipated new studio album The Book Of Souls is set for release on 4th September. The bands 16th studio album since their eponymous debut in 1980 charted at #4 in the UK, The Book of Souls is IRON MAIDEN’s first ever studio double! It was recorded in Paris with their longstanding producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley in late 2014, with the finishing touches added earlier this year. The band’s iconic mascot Eddie returns on the stunning cover art created by Mark Wilkinson.

IRON MAIDEN bassist and founder member Steve Harris has contributing to seven of the tracks; six of them with Maiden’s guitarists and one sole composition, and this is also the first time since 1984’s Powerslave that an IRON MAIDEN studio album also features two tracks written solely by Bruce Dickinson, one of which is the longest song Maiden has ever recorded! It also features two Dickinson/Smith collaborations.

In a career achieving sales of over 90 million albums worldwide, IRON MAIDEN’S previous album, 2010’s The Final Frontier was the band’s most successful chart-wise to date, reaching Number One in 28 countries including the UK and was their highest chart debut in the U.S reaching #4 in the Billboard 200.