Für das britische Metal-Magazin Kerrang! hat die crème de la crème der Metal- und Rockwelt exklusive Coverversionen von Iron Maiden-Klassikern aufgenommen. Bands wie Metallica, Machine Head, Trivium und Dream Theater huldigen auf der "Maiden Heaven" betitelten Compilation dem britischen Heavy Metal-Flagschiff.

"Maiden Heaven" wird der nächsten Ausgabe des Kerrang! (Nr. 1219) beiliegen, die am 16. Juli in den Regalen liegen wird. Es lohnt sich also, mal wieder zum Flughafen zu fahren.

Gegenüber Kerrang! erläuterte Metallica-Drummer Lars Ulrich seine Bewunderung für Iron Maiden: "Iron Maiden are 10 percent cooler than every other band. From their relationship with their fans, to their album covers to their stages, to their live presentation, to their photos - whatever they did was always cooler than what everyone else did! I have always had an incredible amount of respect and admiration for them and obviously getting a chance to be part of this CD feels like that has come a full circle. We played 'Remember Tomorrow' as it was basically the blueprint for songs like 'Fade To Black' and 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)', and some of the more epic ballady type of songs that Metallica had done later. We had so much fun jamming with this! We put a bit of an intro on it, to give it a bit of a Metallica stamp, and we are super pleased with how it has turned out."

Auch Machine Head-Frontmann Robb Flynn zollt seinen Respekt: "When I was a kid, Iron Maiden were a very big deal to me and the influence they had on Machine Head has been huge. We decided to cover 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' for this CD because it's just such a great song, in fact it's a classic! I just love the way the vocal line goes up and down, so dramatic."

Matt Heafy von Trivium heben in ihrem Beitrag die Bedeutung von Iron Maiden für den Heavy Metal hervor: "Iron Maiden helped create what we know as heavy metal. Their influence can be heard on classic and contemporary bands alike; their fanbase spans across the youngest and newest of heavy music recruits all the way to the diehard, life-long metal elite. We chose to play the track 'Iron Maiden' off their first album, as the song that screamed out our love for them musically, and we knew it would be a really fun song to jam out in the studio. It was an honour to be able to play one of Iron Maiden's tracks and have the opportunity to contribute to this amazing CD. We hope everyone has as much fun listening to it as we did making it!"

Hier die Tracklist von "Maiden Heaven":

01. BLACK TIDE - Prowler
02. METALLICA - Remember Tomorrow (mp3 clip)
03. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Flash Of The Blade (mp3 clip)
04. GLAMOUR OF THE KILL - 2 Minutes To Midnight
05. COHEED AND CAMBRIA - The Trooper (mp3 clip)
06. DEVILDRIVER - Wasted Years
07. SIGN - Run To The Hills
08. DREAM THEATER - To Tame A Land
09. MADINA LAKE - Caught Somewhere In Time
10. GALLOWS - Wrathchild (mp3 clip)
11. FIGHTSTAR - Fear Of The Dark
12. MACHINE HEAD - Hallowed Be Thy Name (mp3 clip)
13. TRIVIUM - Iron Maiden (mp3 clip)
14. YEAR LONG DISASTER - Running Free
15. GHOSTLINES - Brave New World