1 Overlooked Gem Song From Every Iron Maiden Album

Since the band put out their first album over 40 years ago, the line-up has gone through wholesale changes. The only two members to feature on every single album are Steve Harris and Dave Murray, and while some of these changes were for the better, some detracted from the band in a big way.

The most damaging change was without question when Bruce Dickinson left to be replaced by Blaze Bayley. The latter's first album as the Maiden frontman was as dark as the band has ever gone, and all these years later there are only one or two songs that are looked back on fondly, and even these are made so much better by Dickinson in live shows today.

After a relatively strong start, 'Fortunes Of War' saw a drop in quality on the album, but it is by no means a bad song, it's just not on the same level as 'Sign of the Cross', 'Lord of the Flies', or 'Man on the Edge'.

If there is one thing Iron Maiden do better than anything it's writing songs about war and conflict, and this is as close to the more classic Maiden style than anything else on the sub-par album.