Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

"Isle of Avalon"-clues explained:

Clue 1:
In the lyrics to this song, you'll find the name of a classic 1970s hard rock album.

"Rising", Rainbow's 1976 masterpiece.

Clue 2:
The song has a part that is very reminiscent of a part in another Maiden song.

The intro is a spitting image of the instrumental part in the midst of "Seventh Som of a Seventh Son".

Clue 3:
As noted in clue 2, Maiden sometimes find inspiration (or rehash ideas) from their own catalog. In this song, however, there is also a part that many informed listerer will think of as strongly inspired by another well-known band.

The solo part on "Isle of Avalon" is closer to Rush than Maiden have ever been before or after.

Clue 4:
The song can be seen as being cut from the same cloth thematically as two other songs in Maiden's catalogue. These two other songs are on the "Senjutsu" and "Brave New World" albums.

"Isle of Avalon" is based on Celtic myths. The song describes fertility rites that include the burning of a wicker man. This is also referred to in "The Wicker Man" lyrics. "Death of the Celts" is the Senjutsu song.



Clue 5:
Messed around with magic things and mystic for far too long. At the very least since the 12th century, that is.

The tale of the mystic and magic things going on at the Isle of Avalon was first written down in the 12th century, but had existed for centuries before that.

Clue 6:
The song lyrics contain the name of both a song and a key accessory from the band's very early days.

"Floating" (Maiden's 70s song that was later re-introduced as "Purgatory") and (the green) "goddess", the nickname of Maiden's first van, that transported the band around in the early days.


Clue 7:
The lyrics to the song portray yearning and festivity, but also conflict and natural disaster.

First, there is a yearning for Avalon ("all my days I've been waiting for the sign", then the lyrics mention "celebrations", "moral conflict", and "flooding of the land").




Familiar guesses: Deja-Vu, The Clansman, Lightning Strikes Twice, For The Greater Good of God, Wrathchild, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Time Machine, To Tame a Land, The Clairvoyant, The Alchemist, Starblind, Senjutsu
 
Clue #1: the chorus of this song reprises the title of a song that Maiden released a few years before, but with a different line-up.

Clue #2: Roger Waters deems we don't need it while the writer of our song labels it.

Incorrect guesses: Wildest Dreams/ The Parchment/ Shadows of the Valley
 
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