During an interview with Australia’s “Everblack” podcast, Steve Harris was asked whether any new music from IRON MAIDEN is on the horizon.
“No, not at the moment,” bassist responded (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “There’s nothing in the works at the moment. But that’s not to say there won’t be.
“Bruce [Dickinson, IRON MAIDEN singer] has only just done his solo tour. So he spent quite a long time just doing that. So, I don’t know. Yeah. I mean, maybe we’ll find time to cram [a new album] in somewhere. You never know.”
When asked about his plans for the remainder of the year, Steve said: “I’m on tour for the next four months [with IRON MAIDEN and side project BRITISH LION] up till Christmas. So I’m not really sure what we’re doing after that. I suppose we’ll probably take a break with MAIDEN for a little while. I’ve got no plans at the moment for anything with BRITISH LION early part of next year. But if something comes in, I find it difficult to turn stuff down. So, we’ll see.”
IRON MAIDEN‘s most recent album, Senjutsu, was released in September 2021 through BMG. The band’s first album in six years was recorded in Paris in 2019 with their longtime producer Kevin Shirley, and co-produced by Steve Harris. It features three tracks whose running time exceeds 10 minutes each.
For Senjutsu — loosely translated as ‘tactics & strategy’, the band once again enlisted the services of Mark Wilkinson to create the spectacular Samurai themed cover artwork, based on an idea by Steve Harris. And with a running time of a little under 82 minutes, Senjutsu, like their previous record The Book Of Souls, will be a double CD album/triple vinyl album.
Senjutsu bowed at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, charting higher than even the band’s early classics like Powerslave and The Number Of The Beast. Nearly 90 percent of the LP’s 64,000 equivalent album units earned came from pure album sales. The critically acclaimed double album debuted one place higher than 2015’s The Book Of Souls and 2010’s The Final Frontier, which both peaked at No. 4.
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