Iron Maiden’s “Aces High” never lands—it lives in the loop between story and song. A four-minute dogfight where tension replaces resolution, and history becomes adrenaline. ✈️⚡️
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The Loop of Combat: Form and Function in Iron Maiden’s Aerial Anthem

Iron Maiden’s “Aces High” (1984) is what happens when a songwriter is caught between the desire to tell a complete story with a beginning, a middle, and an ending and the compulsion to stay within …

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Malevolent Creation ended a 1995 song with a racial slur—and the label released it, the scene shrugged, and critics turned a blind eye to cowardice disguised as provocation and etymological gaslighting.
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https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/they-breed-malevolent-creations-monument-to-racism/
They Breed: Malevolent Creation’s Monument to Racism

Malevolent Creation lived up to their name in “They Breed” (1995), a formulaic, misanthropic blast of death metal that ends with the line, “You fucking niggers.” In a 2019 Distorted Sound interview…

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Bill Ward Shares His Heartfelt Thanks for ‘Back to the Beginning’
'To all thank you, thank you.' Bill Ward Shares His Heartfelt Thanks for ‘Back to the Beginning’ .

https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/07/09/bill-ward-shares-his-heartfelt-thanks-for-back-to-the-beginning/

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Chad Gray Says Metal Started with Lemmy, Black Sabbath, and Metallica

That's just like... your opinion, man.

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K.K. DOWNING Talks About Evolution From Early Rock To Modern Heavy Metal
K.K. Downing was asked what he thinks makes metalheads unique. He responded: "It's just getting into those bands that evolved, that took music from blues and progressive blues in the late '60s and early '70s....

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K.K. DOWNING Talks About Evolution From Early Rock To Modern Heavy Metal

In a new interview with The Times, original JUDAS PRIEST and current KK'S PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing was asked what he thinks makes metalheads unique. He responded: "It's just getting into those bands that evolved, that took music from blues and progressive blues in the late '60s and early '70s....

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The Overlooked 1989 Masterpiece By A Heavy Metal Institution

At the end of the 1980s, one of metal's most important bands released a mid-career masterpiece. Nobody seemed to notice.

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1983 Was The Most Important Year in Heavy Metal History Because of These Releases
1983 saw a thunderstorm of creative brilliance from acts that would go on to become pioneers and leaders in heavy metal for decades to come.

https://www.wearethepit.com/2024/01/1983-was-the-most-important-year-in-heavy-metal-history-because-of-these-releases/

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1983 Was The Most Important Year in Heavy Metal History Because of These Releases

1983 saw a thunderstorm of creative brilliance from acts that would go on to become pioneers and leaders in heavy metal for decades to come.

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KIRK HAMMETT Reveals The Unexpected Guitarist Who Shaped METALLICA's Kill 'Em All

"His licks all throughout Kill 'Em All."

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20 Albums That Define Viking Metal's Evolution

Sharpen your steel, set sail and conquer!

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