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Podcast: Comics In Motion
Episode: Mandatory Music and CD: Iron Maiden Number of the Beast
Description: The Number of the Beast Review by Steve Huey
Routinely ranked among the greatest heavy metal
albums of all time, The Number of the Beast is the birth of Iron Maiden
as we know it, a relentless metal machine lifted to soaring new heights
by the arrival of erstwhile Samson frontman Bruce Dickinson. Dickinson's operatic performance here made him an instant metal icon, challenging even Rob Halford
for bragging rights, and helped launch the band into the stratosphere.
The Number of the Beast topped the charts in the U.K., but even more
crucially -- with Judas...