On March 1, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will launch his eagerly anticipated new solo album – the singer’s first in virtually 20 years. Titled The Mandrake Challenge, it serves as a long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s Tyranny Of Souls and Dickinson’s seventh solo full-length general.
As a part of his unique cowl function within the newest difficulty of Metallic Hammer, Dickinson reveals that amongst different notable moments on the file, The Mandrake Challenge will function the primary time he is ever performed guitar on an album, regardless of having written songs on the instrument many occasions throughout his profession.
“It’s minimalist to say the least,” he tells Hammer. “I couldn’t inform you a pentatonic scale from a gin and tonic. I don’t charge my guitar enjoying in any respect, but when it sounds good, I prefer it.”
Dickinson additionally reveals that in addition to strumming his stuff on the album, he will get to bust out the bongos at one level. We’re not kidding.
“Dave [Moreno, drummer on The Mandrake Project] has this massive field of stuff to bang and shake,” he explains. “So I began grabbing issues: ‘That sounds good, let’s have a go! Bongos? Good!’”
Elsewhere within the interview, Dickinson lifts the lid on his setlist plans for his upcoming reside dates, which can embrace stop-offs in Mexico, Brazil, the UK and mainland Europe. At the moment, the frontman plans to deal with 1997’s Accident Of Delivery, The Chemical Marriage ceremony and the brand new LP.
“I did consider doing Born In ’58 [the autobiographical anthem from his debut solo album, Tattooed Millionaire], as a result of I really like that tune,” he says. “And even Roy [Z, guitarist] was like, ‘Something off of Skunkworks?’ As a result of that’s a fabulously underrated album. However I used to be like, ‘Hmmm, you already know what, later. Let’s get our ft below the desk with this tour first.’”
Learn extra from Dickinson within the new difficulty of Metallic Hammer, out now.
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