Bruce Dickinson has 18 tracks demoed for his subsequent solo LP.
Bruce Dickinson has revealed he is making ready a brand new solo album
The Iron Maiden frontman plans to start out recording the follow-up to 2024’s acclaimed ‘The Mandrake Challenge’ album in 2026 and has reunited with the crew behind his final outing.
Talking on the Musicians Institute’s MI Dialog Collection with host Ryan J. Downey in Hollywood in April, he stated: “I’ve simply been within the demo studio with everyone for the final three weeks, and we ended up with 18 tracks in 15 days…
“It is gonna be a extremely cool album.
“And, clearly, the man that is producing it, Brendan Duffey, he blended ‘Mandrake’. We began off with him doing the Atmos mixes after which form of morphed into, ‘I take it you do stereo as effectively.’ And he is nice. So, we’re simply protecting the identical crew on this report. And [I’m] trying to report it subsequent yr, early subsequent yr. I’ve bought some gaps. January, February, March, April is form of free zone for me subsequent yr.”
The heavy metallic icon beforehand admitted he loved “enjoying” like a baby away from the strictness of Iron Maiden.
The 66-year-old musician reunited with Roy Z on ‘The Mandrake Challenge’ – his first solo album since 2005’s ‘Tyranny of Souls’ – and cherished attending to throw all the pieces on the musical enterprise, and its accompanying comedian ebook sequence.
He instructed Steel Hammer journal: “It isn’t that Maiden albums aren’t enjoyable, however we do not get to play like youngsters.
“[Iron Maiden bassist and songwriter Steve Harris] could be very particular about stuff: issues need to be finished THIS manner.
“It is the way in which we have at all times labored, and it is clearly labored effectively.
“Whereas me and Roy, we’re like children in a sandbox going, ‘Hey, take a look at this, Zee, I can put this toy up my nostril!’ It is simply energising.”
Regardless of being generally known as the singer of the ‘Run To The Hills’ group for many years, he additionally turned to the guitar on this solo album, even delivering a solo on ‘Face In The Mirror’.
He quipped: “It is minimalist to say the least. I could not inform you a pentatonic scale from a gin and tonic.
“I do not charge my guitar enjoying in any respect, but when it sounds good, I prefer it.”