Steve Harris says new Bruce Dickinson solo album the ‘best stuff’ he’s ever done
Bruce adds there are 'bone crushingly heavy' songs
Bruce Dickinson has shared more details of his upcoming eighth solo album and revealed that Iron Maiden bandmate Steve Harris told him it was “the best stuff you’ve ever done”.
Dickinson told Metal Hammer that writing for the album was well underway but that it wouldn’t come out until 2027.
The singer said: “We’ve got, like, 18 tracks demoed, which I did in April. We’re going to do a new album – not for next year, obviously. We’re busy next year with other things, obviously Maiden things and everything, which is great, but ’27 that’s when it will come out.”
Describing the songs so far he said that some were “bone crushingly heavy” while others “are just like tugging at the heartstrings”.
“If it’s heavy, it’s heavy,” he expains, “but if it just happens to be acoustic, it’s acoustic. That’s the deal, you know?
“It’s whatever the song dictates, whatever the story is you’re trying to tell, but it’s really exciting.”
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Dickinson also said that Maiden bassist Steve Harris just happened to be in the vicinity when he was playing the demos to management.
He said: “I was playing the demos to the team, the management, because I’ve got it on a little tablet. So I said, ‘You want to hear some new stuff?’
“I didn’t realise Steve was having his physio in the room next door. And he came out and he went, ‘Is that your new stuff?’ I went, ‘Yeah.’ He goes, ‘That’s the best stuff you’ve ever done. That’s the best stuff I’ve ever heard from you!’ I went, ‘Well, thank you very much, boss!’”
Dickinson recently reissued a revamped version of his second solo album ‘Balls To Picasso’, renamed ‘More Balls To Picasso’.
Iron Maiden recently wrapped up the European leg of their ‘Run For Your Lives’ 50th-anniversary tour, which is expected to extend into 2026.