About his neck the dead bird is hung

Iron Maiden - 'Rime of The Ancient Mariner' (Powerslave - 1984)

We continue with our epic theme this month with our first look at a metal closer, partially a reflection on how critics treat the genre and partly as it is not an area that overlaps too much with my record collection. But that’s not something to hold us back, so it is time to delve into almost fourteen minutes of mid-eighties NWOBHM¹ without further ado.

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