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- Cert:
- Cat.no: EREDV 229
- Running time: 80 minutes
- Year: 2001
- Pressing: 2001
- Region(s): 2, PAL
- Chapters: 6 plus extras
- Sound: Stereo
- Languages: English
- Subtitles: Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and French
- Widescreen: 1.77:1 (16:9)
- 16:9-Enhanced: Yes
- Macrovision: Yes
- Disc Format: DVD 5
- Price: £17.99
- Extras: Bonus Interviews, preview of Rock In Rio DVD.
Iron Maidenare one of the most successful metal bands ever.They’ve had over 20 Top 20 singles ( 12 of those Top 10 ),15 Top 20 albums ( 10 of those Top 10 and 3 of them No.1)as well as 2 silver, 8 Gold and platinum totalling under 2 million albumssold in the UK alone. Enough facts, onto the DVD.
This DVD focuses of their 1982 album, The Number Of The Beast, which manyconsider their best work. Featuring interviews from all the band memberseven original drummer Clive Burr who left Maiden before the recording oftheir next album, producer Martin Birch, manager Rob Smallwood and severalothers. The documentary looks at the album’s production, the development ofseveral tracks and how Maiden progressed from here. This is a veryinteresting documentary which also contains some nice moments such as asurprise appearance from Maiden’s mascot, Eddie, and a reconstruction of thevillage from the 1960’s TV show The Prisoner with Bruce Dickinson.
The album cover.
The picture quality is generally excellent. The recent interview footagelooks flawless and present no problems whatsoever.Predictably, the archive footage is much worse. Some of it is good (footagefrom a concert taken during the Powerslave tour), some of it is averageearly footage of the band with Paul D’iAnno and some of it is fairly poor(the music videos, especially Number Of The Beast and footage from a gig atHammersmith Odeon).
The sound is good. Everything is clear and audible and, despite it’slimitations, has some good moments.
Extras consist of 8 more interviews which include guitaists Adrian Smith andDave Murray, stories about the album,the Reading festival, nicknames, producer Rob Smallwood, Adrian playingChildren Of The Damned and The Number Of The Beast and a sad message aboutClive Burr.
There is also a rough cut of Hallowed By Thy Name from the RockIn Rio gig earlier this year. Presented in widescreen and 5.1 sound, thislooks and sounds fantastic. I’m looking forward to the release of this disc.
Overall, this is a great documentary about one of the greatest metal bandsever. Well worth a purchase if you are a fan or like any documentaries aboutlegendary rock bands.
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