Album · Released 11 April 1988
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The keyboards on Seventh Son of a Seventh Son change the light around Iron Maiden's music. They give the familiar guitar harmonies a colder, stranger setting, while the songs move between compact choruses and more involved arrangements. The record's fantasy story works best as an atmosphere that connects these different approaches. Moonchild makes that atmosphere clear. A brief acoustic passage gives way to synthesizers and a fast, dramatic…
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Seventh Son of a Seventh SonOur album review · 22 June 2026
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