"We have examined the manuscript. The information is complete, but does not conform to logical patterns. Flesh cannot be mutated into stone and remorphed back to the body once again. Continue the investigation with special attention given to one word. Magica!"

"I love the night So many shadows Unholy light Putting out the spark Leave 'em in the dark - forever"

"Don't care which god you follow Whose promises you swallow"

"Welcome to sun down Welcome to the dark Could it be that evil has heroes?"

"Concerning the inhabitants of otherworld There are many similarities to be found Parallel to our own society The individual must be absorbed The collective must be as one"

"Require, explanation, What is love? Who is love? When is love? Where is love? Why is love?"

"Now we understand All traces of Magica must be eliminated Infection, infection Delete Delete Delete"

"Kneel and behold your new king Digital dreams And wonderful things to tease youSmall gods with electrical hearts And it all will end Time to be killing the dragon"

"We bless the beautiful Let us forgive you for your sins These must be holy ones How could we believe they'd let us in"

"If they take away your song You can finally hear the voices Of the ones that don't belongIn the face of the rising wind We all sing Gloria Is there flame without fire Most unlikely"

"Don't get emotional but we're out of time The melody's gone And fools have got the sunshine"

"Turn out the lights it won't matter A bucket of blood and I'm fine A black cat's only a color But you can do it every time"

"What about the pictures That smile from magazines The ultimate temptation Our new kings and all our queens"

"The last one out of thunder He will always survive But if you are starting to wonder No no, you can never surrender You see through the mystery And now you can fly So take your magic carpet ride"

"When the wolf is loose in the city Then the city will fight to survive You can hide in the streets of the city But no one will care, no one will know you're alive You've time to burn"

"Nothing evil, nothing sacred Just a power that's been created There to take you and possess you Shout it out with a voice from hellI am metal and I'll never die We are metal and we'll never die"

"You take my life but I'll take yours too You fire your musket but I run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand there's no turning back."

"Besides one or two other acts, to date there’s still no other metal band that wields the same global popularity as Iron Maiden. The U.K. outfit has long dominated the metal genre with its signature galloping riffs, dueling guitars solos and anthemic choruses, all of which are now tropes found in metal music as a result of Iron Maiden’s massive influence."

"There was this chemistry between me and Adrian that went beyond the music."

"Coming in at No. 2 is Iron Maiden. Theatricality is a huge aspect of metal and no band does this with more success and ceaseless vigor than these Brits. The dueling guitars, Steve Harris’ signature bass gallop, Bruce Dickinson’s operatic delivery and Nicko Mcbrain’s inimitable swing have stood as the core of Maiden’s sound. They created the most iconic mascot in music, Eddie, elevating the music to a realm of pure escape and fantasy either through the artwork alone or when he comes to life onstage, which is truly the best way to take in Iron Maiden."

"Along with Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing, who worked a similar twin-lead attack, the duo of Murray and Smith was considered the top British metal guitar tandem of the Eighties. First pairing off for 1981’s blistering Killers, Murray and Smith quickly proved that they could play harmony leads and interlocking riffs as if linked by one brain, and do it with a speed and aggression that put most punk bands of the era to shame."

"Dave Murray’s and Adrian Smith’s dueling guitar harmonies, galloping riffs and epic guitar solos have influenced nearly every significant band to come out of the metal genre since the mid ‘80s. As the primary guitarists for Iron Maiden, Murray and Smith helped to popularize anthemic lead guitar playing, which has consequently become a staple in metal music for the last 40-plus years."

"By and large, Iron Maiden's long and lengthy career can be categorized into two separate eras: "punk Maiden" and "prog Maiden"."

"In , there’s one band that rules supreme, and that’s . Everyone from Gothenburg loves Iron Maiden for some reason, so naturally their version of death metal would be melodic and with a twin guitar attack."

"Is it blasphemy to call Iron Maiden the heavy metal Beatles? [...] Iron Maiden may be a heavy metal band, but “Run to the Hills” is straight-up pop. Led by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris, Iron Maiden created a marketing behemoth, perhaps rivaled only by Metallica."

"Run, Live to fly, fly to live, do or die Won't you Run, live to fly, fly to live Aces high"

"Running, scrambling, flying Rolling, turning, diving"

"The bugle sounds and the charge begins But on this battlefield no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath As I plunge on into certain death."

"And I will pray for you Some day I may return Don't you cry for me Beyond is where I learn"

"The evil that men do lives on and on!"

"There's a time to live but isn't it strange That as soon as you're born you're dying"

"I've lived in filth I've lived in sin And I still smell cleaner than the shit you're in"

"A million network slaves In an advertising new age I don't need a crystal ball to sell ya Your children have more brains Than your drug infested remains California dreaming as the Earth dies screaming"

"Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter Let her go, let her go, let her go"

"Mother Russia Dance of the Csars Hold up your heads Remember who you are Can you release The anger the grief Can you be happy Now your people are free"

"The serpent is crawling inside of your ear He says you must vote for what you want to hear Don't matter what's wrong as long as you're alright So pull yourself stupid and rob yourself blind."

"Now we live, in a world of uncertainty Fear is the key - to what you want to be You don't get a say the majority gets its way You're outnumbered by the bastards till the day you die..."

"Circle of fire my baptism of joy And an end it seems The seventh lamb slain The book of life opens before me"

"Living on the razor's edge Balancing on the ledge You know, you know!"

"Can I play with Madness? The prophet stared at his crystal ball, Can I play with Madness? There's no vision there at all. Can I play with Madness? The prophet looked and he laughed at me! Can I play with Madness? He said you're blind, too blind to see!"

"There's got to be just more to it Than this Or tell me why do we exist I'd like to think that when I die I'd get a chance, another time And to return and live again Reincarnate, play the game Again and again and again"

"It can't be all coincidence Too many things are evident You tell me you're an unbeliever Spiritualist? Well me I'm neither But wouldn't you like to know The truth Of what's out there to have the proof And find out just which side You're on Where would you end in Heaven or In hell?"

"Infinite dreams, I can't deny them Infinity is hard to comprehend I couldn't hear those screams Even in my wildest dream"

"So understand Don't waste your time Always searching for those wasted years Face up... make your stand And realize you're living in the golden years"

"Too much time on my hands I got you on my mind Can't ease this pain, so easily When you can't find the words to say It's hard to make it through another day And it makes me want to cry And throw my hands up to the sky"

"Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave I don't wanna die, I'm a God, Why can't I live on? When the Life Giver dies, All around is laid waste, And in my last hour, I'm a Slave to the Power of Death."

"2 minutes to midnight, The hands that threaten doom. 2 minutes to midnight, To kill the unborn in the womb."

"The killer's breed or the Demon's seed, The glamour, the fortune, the pain, Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain, Don't you pray for my soul anymore."