IRON MAIDEN 'Epics' Come To 'Rock Band'

May 18, 2012

Beginning May 22, in celebration of IRON MAIDEN and the upcoming "Maiden England" North American tour, Rock Band will offer a six pack of songs in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. The "Maiden Epics" pack represents a selection of IRON MAIDEN's most powerful and epic tracks from their albums recorded during the 1980s and thus ties in with their 2012 "Maiden England" tour, the setlist for which will be almost exclusively filled with classics from that remarkable decade. Tracks in the "Maiden Epics" pack include: "Phantom of the Opera" from the band's 1980 self-titled debut studio record; "The Prisoner" from 1982's "Number Of The Beast"; "Flight Of Icarus" from 1983's "Piece Of Mind"; the 13-minute epic "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" from 1984's "Powerslave"; and "Infinite Dreams" and "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son", from 1988's "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son".

Songs included in the "Maiden Epics" pack being released May 22:

* "Phantom of the Opera"
* "The Prisoner"
* "Flight of Icarus"
* "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
* "Infinite Dreams"
* "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"

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