Iron Maiden release new music video for ‘The Writing On The Wall’

IRON MAIDEN have released a brand new music video!

The new music video, for the track The Writing On The Wall, is the first new material from the heavy metal legends since their 2015 album The Book Of Souls, and the first single since 2016’s Empire Of The Clouds. The news comes after the band teased hints on their social media accounts, and the band announcing they had been working in the studio on new material earlier this year.

Written by vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith, The Writing On The Wall was produced by Kevin Shirley and co-produced by IRON MAIDEN bassist, Steve Harris. The animated video for the song was created by two former Pixar executives, Mark Andrews and Andrew Gordon (Ratatouille, Monsters Inc., Brave, Finding Nemo etc). The new video also see’s a new reincarnation of IRON MAIDEN‘s mascot, Eddie, as a Samurai.

About the video, Dickinson says, “I had a pretty clear idea of the concept to accompany the song and when I met Mark and Andrew, on Zoom, it quickly became clear we were all very much on the same wavelength, and this was reinforced with the addition of [director] Nicos and his young BlinkInk team. Our weekly team Zoom meetings were then usually both highly creative and a lot of fun!

“I’m very proud of the way the video turned out, it’s more like a mini-film really. I knew it was going to work out as soon as Mark brought my treatment to life with his incredible storyboards – I thought we could make something very special together. I think we did and hope our fans will agree. In fact it’s pretty much created by Maiden fans!”

Watch the official animated video for The Writing On The Wall here:

Iron Maiden are set to headline Download Festival on Saturday 11th June 2022.

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