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BLAZE BAYLEY: Video Report From Brazilian Tour

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Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE), Thomas Zwijsen and Anne Bakker are currently out on tour in Brazil in support of their release "Russian Holiday". A video report from the trek can be seen below. The "Russian Holiday" EP was recorded during 2012 and released on February 7, 2013. The EP received favorable reviews, with a Swedish magazine crediting the trio for inventing the genre "acoustic heavy metal." "Russian Holiday" features acoustic re-recordings of three songs recorded and released during Blaze's years as a solo artist, a re-recording of the IRON MAIDEN classic "Sign Of The Cross" and one new song, "Russian Holiday". The track listing is as follows: 01. Stealing Time (4:57) 02. Russian Holiday (4:19) 03. Soundtrack Of My Life (5:17) 04. One More Step (3:30) 05. Sign Of The Cross (10:02) Bayley released a career-spanning double-disc collection, "Soundtracks Of My Life", on October 31. Metal Mind Productions recently released the two-CD version of Blaze Bayley's "Alive In Poland" (previously available only as part of the limited-edition "Alive In Poland" DVD) in Europe and North America. "Alive In Poland" was recorded in Poland in April 2007 during the 21st edition of Metalmania festival in Katowice, Poland. It features a fantastic, over-one-and-a-half-hour show during which Blaze presented the best tracks from his discography, as well as select tracks from IRON MAIDEN ("Man On The Edge", "Futureal"). Bayley's latest studio album, "The King Of Metal", was released in March 2012. The CD was recorded at Fear Studio in Ravenna, Italy. The 50-year-old Bayley, who was born in Birmingham, was the original frontman in WOLFSBANE, but left in 1994 to replace Bruce Dickinson as the lead singer of IRON MAIDEN.
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Video: PAUL DI’ANNO, BLAZE BAYLEY Perform IRON MAIDEN Classic In Helsinki

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Fan-filmed video footage of former IRON MAIDEN singers Blaze Bayley and Paul Di'Anno — who are currently on the road together — performing MAIDEN's theme song, "Iron Maiden", on November 14 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. Bayley and Di'Anno previously toured together in Russia and Australia/New Zealand last year. Asked how the trek came about, Blaze told Metal-Rules.com, "I had put it off for years as once before it had been suggested, but it didn’t feel right at the time. Also, when I had my full-time band, it was exclusive. No one in the band could do anything else, and that included me. There was a lot of things that I wanted to try, but I couldn’t do it as I was committed to staying with my full-time band. This offer came up, and I had done a couple of festivals on the same bill as Paul, and it was offered as a co-headliner, not as a support, switching the headliner every night. Paul was also OK with that and it also wasn't just all my MAIDEN stuff — it was a lot of my stuff from my own albums — so I could choose my setlist, to a certain degree, and also include my popular MAIDEN material also. It felt good to do it and say yes! It was also in Russia, a very difficult place to get into. The fans are great but it's very difficult to get in touch with them. Sometimes even to let them know that you are playing! I thought that it would be an opportunity for me, but on my last trip, there was poor promotion; I hardly played to anybody. I thought this time it would be different as all the shows were full, reaction was great and I played to a lot of new people. These people knew about me from IRON MAIDEN but had never seen me live. I came away from the tour after playing to my target audience and new people who had never previously seen me live; it was really good, Paul and I both enjoyed it." Bayley added, "[Di'Anno is] a very funny guy with a dry sense of humor and we gave each other plenty of space, as we are both experienced with different opinions of IRON MAIDEN. It worked well."
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BLAZE BAYLEY: ‘Hatred’ Video Released

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"Hatred", the new video from the British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN,WOLFSBANE), can be seen below. The track is one of two new songs that are featured onBlaze's career-spanning double-disc collection, "Soundtracks Of My Life", which is due for release on October 31. The track listing is as follows: Disc 1 01. Man Who Would Not Die 02. Ghost In The Machine 03. Stare At The Sun 04. Robot 05. Kill & Destroy 06. Silicon Messiah 07. The Brave 08. The Launch 09. King Of Metal (remixed by Rick Plester) 10. Rainbow Fades To Black 11. Samurai 12. Blackmailer 13. Watching The Night Sky 14. Speed Of Light 15. Soundtrack Of My Life Disc 2 16. Russian Holiday (acoustic feat. Thomas Zwijsen) 17. Clansman (acoustic feat. Thomas Zwijsen) 18. Voices From The Past 19. Tenth Dimension 20. Blood And Belief 21. 10 Seconds 22. Leap Of Faith 23. Tough As Steel (Blaze version) 24. Comfortable In Darkness 25. Living Someone Elses Life 26. The Day I Fell To Earth 27. Motherfuckers R Us 28. Wonderful Life (SINNERGOD feat. Blaze Bayley) 29. Hatred (new song) 30. Eating Children (new song) All songs have been remastered by Rick Plester. Says Blaze: "This double-disc set contains 30 recordings that have been very important to me in my life and 30-year career. Some of the songs included have not been widely available before. I have also had time to write two new songs with Rick Plester (former BLACK SYMPHONY guitarist). The set will come with a 28-page booklet and slipcase. Artwork is byAndreas Sandberg, who also did the artwork for 'King Of Metal'." Pre-order options: * Silver package - £15: Album signed * Gold package - £17: Album signed + your name in CD booklet * Platinum package - £25: Album signed + your name in CD booklet + 40-page book "Albums Of My LIfe" + your name in book + fridge magnet + button badge + certificate There will only be 300 copies of the platinum package available. The "Albums Of My Life"book will contain rare photos, tour dates and autobiographical account of the recordings, written by Blaze. This book is only limited to the Platinum package and will not be sold separately afterwards.
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BLAZE BAYLEY: ‘Soundtracks Of My Life’ Compilation Track Listing Revealed

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British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) will release a career-spanning double-disc collection, "Soundtracks Of My Life", on October 31. The track listing is as follows: Disc 1 01. Man Who Would Not Die 02. Ghost In The Machine 03. Stare At The Sun 04. Robot 05. Kill & Destroy 06. Silicon Messiah 07. The Brave 08. The Launch 09. King Of Metal (Remixed by Rick Plester) 10. Rainbow Fades To Black 11. Samurai 12. Blackmailer 13. Watching The Night Sky 14. Speed Of Light 15. Soundtrack Of My Life Disc 2 16. Russian Holiday (acoustic feat. Thomas Zwijsen) 17. Clansman (acoustic feat. Thomas Zwijsen) 18. Voices From The Past 19. Tenth Dimension 20. Blood And Belief 21. 10 Seconds 22. Leap Of Faith 23. Tough As Steel (Blaze version) 24. Comfortable In Darkness 25. Living Someone Elses Life 26. The Day I Fell To Earth 27. Motherfuckers R Us 28. Wonderful Life (SINNERGOD feat. Blaze Bayley) 29. Hatred (new song) 30. Eating Children (new song) v
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