- Studio Albums: Iron Maiden (1980) Killers (1981) The Number of the Beast (1982) Piece of Mind (1983) Powerslave (1984) Somewhere in Time (1986) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) No Prayer for the Dying (1990) Fear of the Dark (1992) The X Factor (1995) Virtual XI (1998) Brave New World (2000) Dance of Death (2003) A Matter of Life and Death (2006) The Final Frontier (2010) The Book Of Souls (2015)
Current lineup: Bruce Dickinson- lead vocals (1981-1993, 1999-present)
- IMDb mini biography by: Sadeed Hossain
- Kerrang! magazine ranked them as the most important band of the last 25 years.
- They were ranked fourth on MTV's "Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time".
- The band took its name after a medieval torture device, which was a box with sharp spikes attached to the inside, into which the victim was placed and then the door was closed, driving the spikes into the body.
- The band's mascot, Eddie, is a perennial fixture in their horror-influenced album cover art, as well as in live shows and was originally drawn by Derek Riggs.
- After Bruce Dickinson left the band in 1993. they auditioned hundreds of vocalists, both unknown and famous (among them Doogie White of Rainbow), and even offered the position to James LaBrie of Dream Theater, but he declined. They finally chose Blaze Bayley in 1994, formerly of Wolfsbane.
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