Official Iron Maiden artwork and fan drawn Eddies (no AI images please)

Something curious from the past - poll results for the Best Album Cover from 1991. Australian magazine.

NPFTD was the winner! Interesting choice, since it's not usually listed as one of Maiden's best covers.

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Another background with details that would have been a great fit for the Senjutsu (back) cover - from the band Wintersun.

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Very cool and mystical metal album cover.
 
TheMercenary said:
Derek Rigg's Project for Iron Maiden's 15th album 'The Final Frontier'. :)

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I like the simple design of Eddie (TFF cover design too) and the idea is great, but I don't think this would work. Too much stuff going on, I guess. And not as striking as the original one. Also, I think Eddie needed something extra for his design. The more ''space theme'' Maiden went for is better too. This would have been cool for an art in the booklet. I would like to see it colored. I doubt Derek spent that much time on it.
 
I really love that Maiden's world is tied in with visuals. Their music and lyrics are perfect for this. Artworks, backdrops, landscapes, just parts or signs. LOTB game also helps with this and if made more realistic it's almost like a drawing. The more Eddies the better. I wish every single album booklet (or song for that matter) was full of them. SJ's additional artworks are all amazing. I hope they will do that for the next album too.

^This is another reason why I want Maiden to play as much as possible different, rare (even obscure) or never played before songs live. Songs that on their tours (or for a video release) had no backdrop. Some examples:

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (brand new epic one)
Phantom Of The Opera (brand new again)
Dream Of Mirrors (no backdrop in 2001 and it could be really cool)
The Parchment (it would have been epic artwork for sure)
Infinite Dreams (potential for a really interesting idea)
Lord Of The Flies (has a single artwork, but has the potential for something even better)
To Tame A Land (a special song)
Shadows Of The Valley
Ghost Of The Navigator
Out Of The Silent Planet
Rainmaker
Different World
BTATS
NPFTD
Moonchild
Still Life
......
 
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Kalata said:
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (we should have an artwork for it, it's a must!)
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The 1986/87 show also had a backdrop for it.
 
TheMercenary said:
But, isn't the last picture from the Somewhere Back In Time world tour in 2008 ?
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It is indeed!

I just mentioned the 1986/87 tour as well, as they certainly had a backdrop for Rime back then, but it's not easy to find a good quality pictures or take a good screenshot from the live videos of that time. :) So as far as "official art" for Rime of the Ancient Mariner goes, it has had two backdrops and that t-shirt artwork.
 
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