Top 10 Best Iron Maiden Songs Over 8 Minutes Long

The Top Ten

  1. Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    This could be considered an opera. Three acts to the song, all the lyrics tell a story, and the music drives the story. It's as close to perfection as I've ever heard a metal band get.

    Remains my all-time favourite. Length has nothing to do with it.

  2. Dance of Death

    This song is amazing, and Bruce's awesome voice and the story are amazing. The song is pure awesomeness. This song is the best Iron Maiden non-single 8-minute song.

    The song Dance of Death is just beautifully sung and played, and when I just need to relax, I play this song.

  3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

  4. Sign of the Cross

    Sign of the Cross is good, but only if it had more vocals, because after the intro, two long verses, and the chorus twice, it's six minutes of guitar, then the chorus twice and another verse!

    Really good song. Love it. Blaze's vocals are really good, but I like the Bruce Dickinson version too. This song is just splendid.

    The sign of the Cross

    The name of the rose

    A fire in the sky

    The sign of the Cross

    Epic, especially on Rock in Rio.

  5. When the Wild Wind Blows

  6. Paschendale

    My favorite Iron Maiden song. It tells a story whose mood can be detected by either the lyrics or the wonderfully orchestrated instruments.

  7. Dream of Mirrors

  8. Alexander the Great

  9. Empire of the Clouds

    18 minutes of musical heaven. I'm surprised any song at all goes above this one. It's 18 minutes too short. Piano, guitar, violin, drums, all in place with the lyrics.

    The best song.

  10. For the Greater Good of God

    11. The Newcomers
  11. ?

    The Unbeliever

  12. ?

    Lost in a Lost World

    13. The Contenders

  13. The Talisman

    This is an awesome song. The Final Frontier album is very progressive, and I like it. The other albums were great too, though. This song should be above The Clansman.

  14. The Clansman

    The riff is brilliant! It doesn't actually matter whether it is Bruce or Blaze because I love Maiden songs for their riffs! The lyrics are also good in this song, and so is the chorus!

    This song is so epic and underrated. Both Blaze and Bruce do it awesomely.

  15. The Nomad

  16. The Red and the Black

    The red and the black,

    All out of luck again,

    How many chances can anyone have?

    The red and the black,

    Treachery out to win,

    There in the wrong place and at the wrong time.

  17. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

  18. The Book of Souls

    Awesome song, cool storyline.

    Love this track.

  19. The Man Who Would Be King

  20. The Legacy

  21. Isle of Avalon

  22. If Eternity Should Fail

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