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New Album - SENJUUTSU

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IRON MAIDEN announce their new studio album, SENJUTDSU, to be released 
on September 3rd.

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.

Steve says "We chose to record at Guillaume Tell Studio in France again 
as the place has such a relaxed vibe. The setup there is perfect for our 
needs; the building used to be a cinema and has a really high ceiling so 
there’s a great acoustic sound. We recorded this album in the same way 
we did The Book Of Souls in that we’d write a song, rehearse it and then 
put it down together straight away while it was all fresh in our minds. 
There’s some very complex songs on this album which took a lot of hard 
work to get them exactly as we wanted them to sound, so the process was 
at times very challenging, but Kevin is great at capturing the essence 
of the band and I think it was worth the effort! I’m very proud of the 
result and can’t wait for fans to hear it."

Bruce Dickinson continues, "We’re all really excited about this album. 
We recorded it back in early 2019 during a break in the Legacy tour so 
we could maximize our touring yet still have a long set up period before 
release to prepare great album art and something special as a video. Of 
course the pandemic delayed things more - so much for the best laid 
plans – or should that be ‘strategies’!? The songs are very varied, and 
some of them are quite long. There’s also one or two songs which sound 
pretty different to our usual style, and I think Maiden fans will be 
surprised - in a good way, I hope!"

The full tracklisting is:

1. Senjutsu (Smith/Harris) 8:20
2. Stratego (Gers/Harris) 4:59
3. The Writing On The Wall (Smith/Dickinson) 6:13
4. Lost In A Lost World (Harris) 9:31
5. Days Of Future Past (Smith/Dickinson) 4:03
6. The Time Machine (Gers/Harris) 7:09
7. Darkest Hour (Smith/Dickinson) 7:20
8. Death Of The Celts (Harris) 10:20
9. The Parchment (Harris) 12:39
10. Hell On Earth (Harris) 11:19

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