- heavy metal
- 50 min
- 11 tracks
- Sanctuary Records
The Book of Souls is the sixteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 4 September 2015. It is the band's first studio double album on CD ; it is also their longest album to date, with a total length of 92 minutes and 11 seconds.
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Character
Grave, earnest, classical in form and epic.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 80/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Billboard3.5/5 ★
- Classic Rock9/10
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Kerrang!5/5
- Metal Hammer10/10
- NME8/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Uncut7/10
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Tracks
- 1If Eternity Should Fail8:28
- 2Speed of Light5:01
- 3The Great Unknown6:37
- 4The Red and the Black13:33
- 5When the River Runs Deep5:52
- 6The Book of Souls10:27
- 1Death or Glory
- 2Shadows of the Valley
- 3Tears of a Clown
- 4The Man of Sorrows
- 5Empire of the Clouds
11 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Iron Maiden
- Label
- Sanctuary Records
- Released
- September 4, 2015
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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