Band : IRON MAIDEN, Album : IRON MAIDEN, Song : PROWLER

Hail and Kill!!! Fellow Metalheads!!!......Since I had already introduced the highlight of the first self titled Maiden album in my previous posting, I have decided to introduce/discuss about all the other songs in this album which are equally classics as well.....

From left:Clive Burr (Drums),Dave Murray (Lead Guitar),Dennis Stratton (Lead Guitar),Eddie (The Mascot),Paul Di'Anno (Vocals),Steve Harris (Bass)

PROWLER!!!!!!!!.......what a rush!!!!!.....this is the opening song in this awesome album.Simply an entertaining heavy metal song. It has very fast paced riffage (though it's not thrash-metal) which gives the song its spunk. The electric guitars are very good here and the guitar solo is brilliant. This marks a solid album opener and quite an excellent intro for Iron Maiden altogether. It's heavy metal but it's not pretentious or cocky, and it's enjoyable, accessible, and spirited. What else do you want?

The vocals in this album are done by a dude called Paul Di'Anno who was the vocalist for Maiden's first two albums before being replaced by a certain Mr.Bruce Dickinson who has been a major contributor to the image and sound of the Iron Maiden that we know of now.

Paul Di'Anno

Well....personally I prefer Di'Anno to Dickinson because of the raw sound and feel that he gave to the songs. This album had a certain garage vibe.... in a good way that is....these were a bunch o' guys who'd been around since 75' trying to make it work,being broke most of the time,doing day jobs and gigging at night and going back to their jobs the next day. Perseverance and dedication basically paid off when their demo cassette, famously called the “Soundhouse Tapes” made its way to the hands of a certain metal DJ named Neal Kay who very reluctantly played it and got his ass blown away by the sheer energy,charisma and musical skills brought forth by the mere 4 songs that the cassette contained. The song that we are discussing about right now went on to No.1 in his Heavy Metal Soundhouse Charts in the “Sounds” magazine....and the rest was history.............

So enough with this descriptive bullshit and lets listen to this pure,unadulterated heavy metal classic in the Youtube Videobar below!!!