‘Two Minutes To Midnight’ (Grade 7)

Iron Maiden

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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 was released in œ œ œ œ œ œ of Iron Maiden’s work, which is written by 1982,œ Iron Maiden became one of heavy metal’s œ œ J , 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 ’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 , 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. ’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, using the poem as lyrics and clocking at Iron Maiden released 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, . achievement for a band that had then been around for 5 7 A The line-up would remain stable for two further thirty- years. 5 Am 7 D /A studio releases. Powerslave was recorded at the now Am decommissioned 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 and then moved to œ œ œ œ , 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 , where Iron Maiden 5 2 played at as Queen’s special guests. 7 2 . T 5 5 0 3 0 7 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 Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. ‘Holier Than Thou’ (Grade 8)

Metallica

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2. ‘Holier Than Thou’ is featured on Metallica’s self- The promotional tour of Metallica saw 1. titled fifth studio album, also known as The Black play as part of the Monsters Of tour for Album. The record was a massive worldwide success the fourth time. The tour closed in , 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 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 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 : 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 , and lead guitarist # ‰ 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 Music. Universal Music Publishing Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.