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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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Oct 29 at 12:22amWeb