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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 07/02/2026 - Track 2 My second selection from Brave New World is the title track from the album. Like some of the best Iron Maiden songs, its based on a classic work of literture, in this case the novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley. The song itself is classic Maiden with a quiet, vocal opening which then unleashes into the killer anthemic metal song that Iron Maiden deliver so well. I would have to say this song would easily feature in top 10 favourite Maiden songs. Album Of The Week - 07/02/2026 Brave New World – Iron Maiden   We remain within my metal collection this week with the second Iron Maiden to be selected as my album of the week and the first studio album to be drawn. Brave New World is Iron Maidens twelfth studio album, released in 2000 and marked the return of guitarist Adrian Smith and vocalist Bruce Dickenson to the Maiden camp. Prior to my delving more in metal almost 30 years ago, Iron Maiden were of the few ...
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   Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive Album Of The Week - 03/01/2026 Dark Fields - Show of Hands We kick off 2026 with a band that have made a massive impact on my music listening, the Devon based folk duo, Show of Hands, who comprise of singer/songwriter/musician Steve Knightley and the multi-instrumentalist and folk legend Phil Beer, formerly of the Albion Band. This week’s album, Dark Fields, is the fourth of my 32 Show of Hands albums to be selected as my album of week and its an album that has a special memory, as I bought it at a gig we attended at the Exeter Phoenix soon after Julie & I started following them. Dark Fields, released in 1997, is actually the bands 6 th  album although the first 3 were cassette only and are now long out of print. Therefore, Dark Fields is the third main release album and continued the success and acclaim Show of Hands had garnered from their previous 2 albums. In 1996, Show of Hands surprisingly booked the Royal Albert Hall and even...
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