Iron Maiden - Senjutsu Album Cover

Still as Sharp as Steel: ‘80s Rockers Still Going Strong

John Mitchell

These past two weeks have certainly been a busy one for the music world, with the release of new albums by two of the most popular artists of our time: Kanye West and Drake. But what many people may have missed amidst all the uproar over the two rap/hip-hop moguls was that on the same day that Drake released his new album, English heavy metal band Iron Maiden unleashed their seventeenth studio album, titled Senjutsu (roughly translated from Japanese as “tactics and strategy”). But after a whopping 46 years and seventeen studio albums, how does this new material hold up? Can any band manage to sustain both their commercial appeal and their creative energy for more than four decades? Continue Reading Still as Sharp as Steel: ‘80s Rockers Still Going Strong