Iron Maiden ‘Two Minutes To Midnight’ (Grade 7)
Iron Maiden
SONG TITLE: TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT ALBUM: POWERSLAVE 5 c188 Rock 5 Am7 D /A LABEL: EMI 5 Am7 D /A Am7 D /A GENRE: HEAVY METAL ~~~~~ œ WRITTEN BY: ADRIAN SMITH œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ AND BRUCE DICKINSON 4 . œ œ œ œ œ PM PMœ œ PRODUCED BY: MARTIN BIRCH &4 . œ œ J PMœ œ œ œ PM PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ œ œ ~~~~~ 5 7 UK CHART PEAK: 11 7 0 7 7 7 T 7 5 7 7 5 0 5 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 A . 0 0 0 0 B . 0 0 0 0
7 5/A 5 Am D m7 D /A 7 A5 A ‘Two Minutes To Midnight’ is featured on Iron TheAm audience at the event was in excess of three Maiden’s fifth studio album, Powerslave, released in hundred thousand. ~~~~~~ 1984. The song was the lead single from the album œ œ j œ œ and the tenth in Iron Maiden’s career. Unlike much After The Number Of The Beast was released in œ œ œ œ œ œ of Iron Maiden’s work, which is written by bassist 1982,œ Iron Maiden became one of heavy metal’s œ œ J Steve Harris, the song was written by guitarist Adrian top acts with loyal audiencesœ the worldœ over. Their PM & œ œ œ PM PMœ œ œ œ Smith and singer Bruce Dickinson. ‘Two Minutes legendary shows have earned them many accolades œ œ PMœ œ œ œ To Midnight’ was the band’s first single to exceed 5 and their recordPMœ salesœ are estimatedœ atœ over oneœ ~~~~~~ 0 7 7 minutes in length. hundred million. Their catalogue includes 16 studio 5 7 5 7 7 0 7 7 T albums, 12 live albums, 4 EPs and 7 compilations, 5 5 2 5 7 0 0 Powerslave was critically acclaimed and totaling 38 releases to date. Despite2 various line-up 0 0 0 0 A 5 3 0 0 0 commercially very successful, reaching no.1 on the changes the band0 retained0 their0 essence and kept0 on UK album charts and no. 21 on the US Billboard B upping their game. After many sold out tours they 200. The album includes a musical re-telling of [4]have played over 2000 shows. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, using the poem as lyrics and clocking at Iron Maiden released The Book Of Souls in 2015 13.45 minutes. Powerslave features the same personnel and the record topped the UK Album Charts, a major as Iron Maiden’s previous release, Piece Of Mind. achievement for a band that had then been around for 5 7 A The line-up would remain stable for two further thirty-five years. 5 Am 7 D /A studio releases. Powerslave was recorded at the now Am decommissioned Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and is the only Iron Maiden album to date to . feature an instrumental piece. The promotional tour œ œ œ œ . that followed the record’s release was Iron Maiden’s œ œ œ œ œ œ longest. It opened in Warsaw and then moved to œ œ œ œ Hungary, both countries were then behind the iron & PM œ œ œ PM PM œ œ curtain and that had special significance. The tour PMœ œ œ œ eventually reached Rio de Janeiro, where Iron Maiden 5 2 played at Rock in Rio as Queen’s special guests. 7 2 . T 5 5 0 3 0 7 0 0 0
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Iron Maiden Words & Music by Bruce Dickinson c188 Rock & Adrian Smith Am7 D5/A Am7 D5/A Am7 D5/A ~~~~~ 4 . œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ &4 . œ œ œ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ J PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ T ~~~~~ 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 5 7 A . 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 5 7 B . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Rockschool Classics Guitar Grades 6–8 Compendium Grades Rockschool Classics Guitar B [12] 20 © Copyright 1984 Adrian Smith Enterprises. Imagem London Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Metallica ‘Holier Than Thou’ (Grade 8)
Metallica
SONG TITLE: HOLIER THAN THOU ALBUM: METALLICA c 166 Metal LABEL: ELEKTRA E5 GENRE: THRASH METAL / HEAVY METAL # 4 Ó Œ ‰ j . œ œ œ œ WRITTEN BY: JAMES HETFIELD & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ AND LARS ULRICH œ œ œ œ œ PM œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PM œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PRODUCED BY: BOB ROCK, œ œ œ œ œ œ JAMES HETFIELD 2 AND LARS ULRICH T 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 A . 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UK CHART PEAK: N/A B 0 . 0 0
2. ‘Holier Than Thou’ is featured on Metallica’s self- The promotional tour of Metallica saw the band 1. titled fifth studio album, also known as The Black play as part of the Monsters Of Rock festival tour for Album. The record was a massive worldwide success the fourth time. The tour closed in Moscow, Russia, in and became Metallica’s best-selling album. The record September 1991 in what was described as the first free signals a change in Metallica’s sound, including a outdoor Western rock concert in the country, with . slower and more melodic approach leaning towards #estimates of 150 thousand to half a million people in . heavy metal. The record sold 16 million copies in the attendance. Some unofficial estimates put attendance œ œ œ nœ US alone. & at over 1.5 million. The band followed Monsters Of œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ Rock withœ the Wherever We May Roam Tour in 1992œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ The band had frequent disagreements with duringœ which James Heftfieldœ œ sufferedœ secondœ and PM œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PM œ œ œ œ œ producer Bob Rock during the recording process. third degreeœ burnsœ afterœ accidentallyœ œ walkingœ intoœ a œ Rock pushed Hetfield to write more involved and 3.5 metre flame shot from the stage pyrotechnics set. personal lyrics and this led to arguments. It did, T After recovery the band continued with the Nowhere 2 . 0 1 2 however, produce a positive result. Unlike previous Else to Roam Tour. 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 recordings the band played live in the studio. Their A 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . attention to detail and perfectionist approach tested B ‘Holier Than Thou’ was performed0 0 until 01995.0 0 0 0 Rock’s patience and the album was mixed three When Robert Trujillo0 joined0 the band in 2003 times until the band were satisfied. Production costs [4] Metallica started to perform a more extensive back reached a million US dollars. The tension resulting catalogue and the song was re-introduced to live from the sessions made Rock swear he’d never work performances. Metallica was played in its entirety with Metallica again. Much of this is documented in during the 2012 European Black Album Tour. the documentaries A Year and a Half In The Life Of Metallica and Classic Albums: Metallica – Metallica. Rock, against his own predictions, worked with Metallica again on the production of Load in 1996, ReLoad in 1997 and St. Anger in 2003. During the production of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, bassist Jason Newsted, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett # ‰ j divorced their wives. . bœ œ nœ . 6–8 Compendium Grades Rockschool Classics Guitar œ & nœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ 39 œ œ œ œ œ œ T 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 A 2 0 1 3 . 0 1 0 1 3 3 B . 3 3 0 [7]
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Metallica Words & Music by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich
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Rockschool Classics Guitar Grades 6–8 Compendium Grades Rockschool Classics Guitar B 3 3 0 3 3 [14] 40 © Copyright 1991 Creeping Death Music. Universal Music Publishing Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.