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Iron Maiden ‘Two Minutes To Midnight’ (Grade 7) Iron Maiden SONG TITLE: TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT ALBUM: POWERSLAVE LABEL: EMI c188 Rock GENRE: HEAVY METAL Am7 D5/A Am7 D5/A Am7 D5/A WRITTEN BY: ADRIAN SMITH ~~~~~ AND BRUCE DICKINSON 4 œ œ j œ œ œ PRODUCED BY: MARTIN BIRCH . œ œ œ &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ J PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ UK CHART PEAK: 11 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 ‘Two Minutes To Midnight’ is featured on Iron Am7 A5 Am7 D5/A Am7 D5/A Maiden’s fifth studio album, Powerslave The audience at the event was in excess of three , released in 1984. The song was the lead single from the album hundred thousand. and the tenth in Iron Maiden’s career. Unlike much of Iron Maiden’s work, which is written by bassist After The Number Of The Beast was released in ~~~~~~ Steve Harris, the song was written by guitarist Adrian 1982,œ Iron Maiden became one of heavy metal’s œ œ œ œ j œ œ Smith and singer Bruce Dickinson. ‘Two Minutes &topœ acts with loyal audiencesœ the worldœ over. Their œ œ œ œ œ œ œ To Midnight’ was the band’s first single to exceed 5 legendary shows have earnedœ them manyœ accolades œ PM œ PM PM PM PM J minutes in length. and their recordœ salesœ are estimatedœ atœ over oneœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ hundred million. Their catalogue includes 16 studio T albums, 12 live albums, 4 EPs and 7 compilations, ~~~~~~ Powerslave was critically acclaimed and 5 2 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 commercially very successful, reaching no.1 on the A totaling5 38 releases to date. Despite2 various line-up 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 UK album charts and no. 21 on the US Billboard B changes the band0 retained0 their0 essence and kept0 on 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200. The album includes a musical re-telling of upping their game. After many sold out tours they Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient [4]have played over 2000 shows. 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 as Iron Maiden’s previous release, Piece Of Mind and the record topped the UK Album Charts, a major . The line-up would remain stable for two further achievement for a band that had then been around for studio releases. Powerslave thirty-five years. was recorded at the now 7 5 7 5 decommissioned Compass Point Studios in the Am D /A Am A Bahamas and is the only Iron Maiden album to date to feature an instrumental piece. The promotional tour that followed the record’s release was Iron Maiden’s longest. It opened in Warsaw and then moved to œ œ œ . Hungary, both countries were then behind the iron & œ œ œ œ œ . curtain and that had special significance. The tour œ œ œ eventually reached Rio de Janeiro, where Iron Maiden PMœ œ PMœ œ PM œ œ PM œ œ œ œ œ œ played at Rock in Rio as Queen’s special guests. T 5 7 5 2 A 5 7 5 2 Rockschool Classics Guitar Grades 6–8 Compendium . B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19 . [7] 7 5 7 5 A Am D /A Am7 D5/A Am D /A ~~~~~~ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ 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 [9] 7 5 Am7 A5 Am D /A Am7 D5/A ~~~~~~ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PMœ œ œ œ œ œ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ J T ~~~~~~ 5 2 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 A 5 2 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 B 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [12] Two Minutes To Midnight 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 Am7 A5 Am7 D5/A Am7 D5/A ~~~~~~ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PMœ œ œ œ œ œ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ J T ~~~~~~ 5 2 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 A 5 2 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 B 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [4] 7 5 Am D /A Am7 A5 œ œ œ . & œ œ œ œ œ . PMœ œ PMœ œ PM œ œ PM œ œ œ œ œ œ œ T 5 7 5 2 A 5 7 5 2 . B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 . [7] 7 5 7 5 A Am D /A Am7 D5/A Am D /A j ~~~~~~ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & 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 [9] 7 5 Am7 A5 Am D /A Am7 D5/A ~~~~~~ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PMœ œ œ œ œ œ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ PMœ œ J T ~~~~~~ 5 2 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 A 5 2 5 7 5 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 LABEL: ELEKTRA c 166 Metal 5 GENRE: THRASH METAL / E HEAVY METAL # WRITTEN BY: 4 JAMES HETFIELD Ó Œ ‰ j . AND LARS ULRICH & 4 œ œ œ œ œ PRODUCED BY: BOB ROCK, œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PM PM JAMES HETFIELD œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ AND LARS ULRICH T UK CHART PEAK: A 2 . 2 2 N/A B 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‘Holier Than Thou’ is featured on Metallica’s self- titled fifth studio album, also known as The Black The promotional tour of Metallica saw the band Album. The record was a massive worldwide success play as part of the Monsters Of Rock festival tour for 1. 2. and became Metallica’s best-selling album. The record the fourth time. The tour closed in Moscow, Russia, in signals a change in Metallica’s sound, including a September 1991 in what was described as the first free slower and more melodic approach leaning towards outdoor Western rock concert in the country, with heavy metal. The record sold 16 million copies in the #estimates of 150 thousand to half a million people in US alone. attendance. Some unofficial estimates put attendance . & at over 1.5 million. The band followed Monsters Of . The band had frequent disagreements with Rock withœ the Wherever We May Roam Tour in 1992 œ œ œ œ producer Bob Rock during the recording process. duringœ which James Heftfieldœ œ sufferedœ secondœ andœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ nœ PM PM œ œ œ œ Rock pushed Hetfield to write more involved and third degreeœ burnsœ afterœ accidentallyœ œ walkingœ intoœ a œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ personal lyrics and this led to arguments. It did, 3.5 metre flame shot from the stage pyrotechnics set. however, produce a positive result. Unlike previous T After recovery the band continued with the Nowhere recordings the band played live in the studio.