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To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost

“Empire Of The Clouds” is the closing track from Iron Maiden’s album The Book of Souls. An 18-minute epic, it is the longest track in the band’s history so far, surpassing “Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by four minutes. The lyrics are about the ill-fated British airship, R101, which was the world’s largest flying craft when it was built. It crashed in France on its maiden overseas voyage on October 5, 1930, killing 48 of the 54 passengers on board. It was written concurrently with another song with an aircraft theme, the WWI aerial battle tune “Death or Glory”. Once Bruce Dickin… read more
“Empire Of The Clouds” is the closing track from Iron Maiden’s album The Book of Souls. An 18-minute epic, it is the longest track in the band’s hist… read more
“Empire Of The Clouds” is the closing track from Iron Maiden’s album The Book of Souls. An 18-minute epic, it is the longest track in the band’s history so far, surpassing “Rime of the A… read more

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Iron Maiden is an English band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harris, lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers. The band have released 41 albums, including 17 studio albums, 13 live albums, four EPs and seven compilations. They have also released 47 singles and 20 video albums. Two electronic games have been released with Iron Maiden soundtr… read more
Iron Maiden is an English band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for … read more
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