Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden, this magnificent visual presentation, incorporating commentary by band members past and present, chronicles the evolution of heavy metal''s most prestigious band. Iron Maiden is an institution. Hailed as pioneers of British new wave heavy metal, the band has come to embody a spirit of fearless creative independence and ferocious dedication to their fans that has won them a huge following around the world and across the generations. Iron Maiden traces the creative evolution of heavy metal''s most influential and enthralling band, from 1975 to 2025. Presenting iconic album and single artworks, photographs of the band''s instruments past and present, stage props, hand-written lyrics and artefacts from the archive and the band''s personal collections, as well as landmark photographs by Ross Halfin and John McMurtrie, Iron Maiden is rife with revelatory stories and intriguing insights from pivotal band members and management. It is bookended by a foreword from band founder Steve Harris and an afterword by vocalist Bruce Dickinson. Organized chronologically, this supremely visual volume tells the entire story of the band from their first pub gigs in 1975 and their first record deal in 1979 through the recording and reception of the landmark third album The Number of the Beast in 1982 to their most recent 25th global tour. It traces the evolution of their iconic Eddie mascot, reproducing original sketches and artworks, and documents the band''s spectacular and complex stage productions and extensive live tours, including the Somewhere Back in Time Tour of 2008, which made headlines around the world. Iron Maiden is the definitive legacy volume, celebrating the band''s creativity, dedication, personality and success.

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Iron Maiden founder Steve Harris, vocalist Bruce Dickinson, and band members past and present come together to tell the story of their legendary band. Founded in December 1975, Iron Maiden has released seventeen studio albums, thirteen live albums, four EPs and seven compilations. Their third album, 1982's The Number of the Beast, is one of the most popular heavy metal albums of all time, having sold 20 million copies worldwide.

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'A special occasion in its own right. As with their historical tours, massive new coffee table book Infinite Dreams is the very best version of what such a thing could be, packed with enough memorabilia to get even the most hardened heads giddy with excitement' Kerrang

Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden, this incomparable visual book, featuring commentary by band members past and present, and never-before-seen photography from the Iron Maiden archives, chronicles the evolution of heavy metal's most influential and enthralling band since 1975.**

Presenting iconic album and single artworks, photographs of the band's instruments past and present, stage props, hand-written lyrics and artefacts from the Maiden archive and the band's personal collections, as well as landmark photographs by Ross Halfin and John McMurtrie, Iron Maiden: Infinite Dreams is rife with revelatory stories and intriguing insights from pivotal band members and management. It also features a foreword by band founder Steve Harris and an afterword by vocalist Bruce Dickinson.

Iron Maiden: Infinite Dreams is the official, definitive legacy volume, celebrating the band's creativity, dedication, personality and success.