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17	THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE	The Dead Ones	Metal Blade
17	CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX	Sceaduhelm	Season of Mist
17	SKINDRED	You Got This	Earache
17	CRIMSON GLORY	Chasing the Hydra	BraveWords Records
18	SLIPKNOT	Look Outside Your Window	LOYW
24	SIX FEET UNDER	Next to Die	Metal Blade
24	SEPULTURA	The Cloud of Unknowing EP	Nuclear Blast
24	DRUDKH	Thaw EP	Season of Mist
24	ATREYU	The End Is Not the End	Spinefarm
24	AT THE GATES	The Ghost of a Future Dead	Century Media

This Day in Metal

11 APR

1988

On April 11, 1988, IRON MAIDEN released "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son," their seventh studio album and a towering achievement in progressive heavy metal. The concept album, inspired by Orson Scott Card's novel, explored themes of clairvoyance and destiny through some of the most ambitious compositions the band had ever attempted. With Adrian Smith and Dave Murray weaving intricate twin guitar harmonies over Steve Harris's galloping bass lines, tracks like "Moonchild," "The Evil That Men Do," and "Can I Play with Madness" became instant classics. Bruce Dickinson delivered one of his most powerful vocal performances, navigating complex arrangements with operatic precision. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, cementing IRON MAIDEN's dominance of British heavy metal. Synthesizers were integrated tastefully throughout, adding atmospheric depth without compromising the band's signature sound. "Seventh Son" remains a high-water mark of 1980s metal songwriting.