Metal gods IRON MAIDEN released their sixteenth studio album, “The Book of Souls” on September 4th, 2015 via Parlophone. The album has achieved massive success and has reached number one in many charts around the world including the U.K. Chart-listings can be seen below:
- UK Albums: #1
- German Albums (GfK Entertainment): #1
- Dutch Albums (MegaCharts): #1
- Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders): #1
- Italian Albums (FIMI): #1
- Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan): #1
- Hungarian Albums (Mahasz): #1
- Australian Albums (ARIA): #2
- Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia): #2
- French Albums: #2
- Irish Albums (IRMA): #2
- Japanese Albums (Oricon): #6
“The Book of Souls” is the band’s longest album, which was recorded during September to December 2014 in Guillaume Tell Studios in Paris. It was produced by Kevin Shirley and bassist Steve Harris was co-producer. The artwork was created by Mark Wilkinson.
IRON MAIDEN‘s newest album “The Book of Souls” is also mentioned as “a piece of true metal which the other metal icons, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, could not repeat with their latest albums.” by Metal Shock Finland’s Chief Editor.
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