Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

Clue 1: A band that has opened for Maiden started out under a different name, a name that should guide you to this Maiden song.
Clue 2: In the lyrics to this song, we find the name of an album opener from one of the Big 4 of thrash.
Clue 3: The song shares its name with a film starring a famous rock singer. Two bands who have supported Maiden have released albums with names that point to the song you're looking for
Clue 4: The first letter of the name of the song is also the first letter of the first lines of the lyrics. This section of the song does to some extent stand apart from the rest of the song.
Clue 5: The song has lent its name to a Maiden album and a Maiden tour.


Incorrect guesses: Blood on the World's Hands, No More Lies, 2 Minutes To Midnight, The Prophecy, Mother of Mercy, For the Greater Good of God, Caught Somewhere in Time, Purgatory, Sanctuary, Out of the Silent Planet, The Trooper, Wildest Dreams
 
Clue 1: A band that has opened for Maiden started out under a different name, a name that should guide you to this Maiden song.

Clue 2: In the lyrics to this song, we find the name of an album opener from one of the Big 4 of thrash.

Clue 3: The song shares its name with a film starring a famous rock singer. Two bands who have supported Maiden have released albums with names that point to the song you're looking for

Clue 4: The first letter of the name of the song is also the first letter of the first lines of the lyrics. This section of the song does to some extent stand apart from the rest of the song.

Clue 5: The song has lent its name to a Maiden album and a Maiden tour.

Clue 6: The song was recorded in a studio in the same city where it was last played live. This studio is also where the original version of a song Maiden have covered was recorded.


Incorrect guesses: Blood on the World's Hands, No More Lies, 2 Minutes To Midnight, The Prophecy, Mother of Mercy, For the Greater Good of God, Caught Somewhere in Time, Purgatory, Sanctuary, Out of the Silent Planet, The Trooper, Wildest Dreams, Killers, Dance of Death
 
Clue 1: A band that has opened for Maiden started out under a different name, a name that should guide you to this Maiden song.

Clue 2: In the lyrics to this song, we find the name of an album opener from one of the Big 4 of thrash.

Clue 3: The song shares its name with a film starring a famous rock singer. Two bands who have supported Maiden have released albums with names that point to the song you're looking for

Clue 4: The first letter of the name of the song is also the first letter of the first lines of the lyrics. This section of the song does to some extent stand apart from the rest of the song.

Clue 5: The song has lent its name to a Maiden album and a Maiden tour.

Clue 6: The song was recorded in a studio in the same city where it was last played live. This studio is also where the original version of a song Maiden have covered was recorded.

Clue 7: The song is written by a songwriting team. This combination of writers has contributed one more song on the album where the song in question appears.


Incorrect guesses: Blood on the World's Hands, No More Lies, 2 Minutes To Midnight, The Prophecy, Mother of Mercy, For the Greater Good of God, Caught Somewhere in Time, Purgatory, Sanctuary, Out of the Silent Planet, The Trooper, Wildest Dreams, Killers, Dance of Death, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, No Prayer for the Dying, The Book of Souls
 
The Legacy, it is. Your turn.

Clues explained:

Clue 1: A band that has opened for Maiden started out under a different name, a name that should guide you to this Maiden song.

Testament. Started out as Legacy.

Clue 2: In the lyrics to this song, we find the name of an album opener from one of the Big 4 of thrash.

"Fight fire with fire" off Metallica's Ride the Lightning.


Clue 3: The song shares its name with a film starring a famous rock singer. Two bands who have supported Maiden have released albums with names that point to the song you're looking for.

The Legacy (1978) starring Roger Daltrey. Testament and Helloween.

Clue 4: The first letter of the name of the song is also the first letter of the first lines of the lyrics. This section of the song does to some extent stand apart from the rest of the song.

First four lines of the intro begin with a T.

Clue 5: The song has lent its name to a Maiden album and a Maiden tour.

Legacy of the Beast tour and coming live album.

Clue 6: The song was recorded in a studio in the same city where it was last played live. This studio is also where the original version of a song Maiden have covered was recorded.

SARM studios, London. Played last at Earl's Court. JethroTull recorded Cross-Eyed Mary here, then named Island Studios.

Clue 7: The song is written by a songwriting team. This combination of writers has contributed one more song on the album where the song in question appears.

Gers/Harris wrote The Legacy and The Pilgrim
 
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Clue 1: I was born in 1940, and have a strong belief that this is something our town needs....

Clue 2: These slaves are not Powerslaves

Wrong Guess So Far: The Final Frontier, Invasion
 
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