Every Iron Maiden Album Closing Song Ranked From Worst To Best

17. Alexander The Great - Somewhere In Time

To close out their sixth studio album, 1986's Somewhere in Time, Maiden chose to write a song that lasted nearly nine minutes about... famed Macedonian military leader Alexander the Great.

Okay then.

Whilst the music for this finale is decent, a nice combination of classic Maiden flare with an even stronger military overtone than usual, the subject matter is just bizarre. Hearing Bruce Dickinson screech out the general's name is borderline comedic, bringing the album to an utterly random close.

Iron Maiden love a bit of history in their songs, but this one sounds less like an epic war saga and more like someone mindlessly bellowing out the description of a cheap History Channel documentary.