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| Iron Maiden to Release New DVD "Death on the Road" Iron Maiden has confirmed the release date of their much- anticipated DVD release Death On The Road for February 21, 2006 through Sanctuary Records. This will initially be available as a limited edition special digipack. The DVD package contains the full performance of their ‘Dance of Death Tour’ in December 2003. Filmed at the Westenfalenhalle Arena in Dortmund the show has been personally edited by founding band member Steve Harris to fully capture the magnificent stage production and to cut to the heart and the electricity of the band’s performance. Over a four month period Steve made thousands of edits thus ensuring he was personally happy with every single shot included. "We realize that the fans have been made to wait a little longer than planned for the DVD to come out but as they know, we won't settle for anything but the best and the extra time and effort spent in the final production of this DVD should be apparent. I can safely say that when people see songs like 'Paschendale' and 'Dance Of Death' their jaws will hit the floor as mine did when I saw the final product on my T.V. at home. With visuals like this and the show played in 5.1 on a decent system it's just like being in the front rows of the show, ” Harris said. To ensure top quality and to avoid any compromise in reproducing the very best possible sound and picture quality, the band has taken the unprecedented step of making the full concert available on three separate discs including full traditional stereo soundtrack and specially- mixed 5.1 sound by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley which, along with a special features disc, making the package three discs in all. "I felt it was important that this was done as we didn't want to be restricted. By having two separate discs I was happy in knowing that neither picture nor sound quality would be compromised in any way. We are aware that many fans don't yet have access to 5.1 sound and still use stereo but if you put both sound beds on one disc with the concert a fair amount of visual quality can be lost due to the massive amount of information that needs storing. As this was quite a dark and theatrical show we refused to allow this to happen! However, so our fans aren't paying extra for a disc they may never use, we have arranged with Sanctuary that the pricing will be the same as ‘Rock in Rio’ which was a two- disc package. This way, every one gets the highest-quality show with a sound that is fully compatible with their system at no extra cost, ” said Harris. The special- features disc contains an exclusive documentary directed by Matthew Amos who also directed the band’s award- winning ‘Early Days’ documentary. It's an insight into the production of the ‘Dance of Death’ album from its writing and recording to the detail in what it takes to get a massive show like Maiden on the road. "The documentary is something quite special for the fans as it really is a very revealing portrait of how Maiden work together during recording, and it took me weeks to persuade them to let the cameras into the recording studio. Previously they'd never allowed any of this to be filmed but this time we decided to have a camera floating around to try and capture the Maiden recording process. A lot of it was filmed by Kevin Shirley and the band themselves, ” Rod Smallwood, Iron Maiden’s manager, said. “I think it's a great representation of the talent, effort and humor of a Maiden recording session. The documentary also shows what it takes to set up a major world tour and has various interviews with our Killer Krew and hopefully it will be as insightful and interesting as the well received ‘Early Days’ documentary footage which Matthew also directed.” “As usual we have crammed as much as possible into the DVD with a host of extras including all of the promo videos from the album, background interviews with members of the production crew and fans during the tour, artwork, design sketches and photo galleries. Many hours of Maiden mayhem with a total running time of over three hours – and that's just the special features, ” Smallwood adds. The band is now taking a well-deserved break following their hugely successful touring schedule this past year, having headlined virtually every major festival in Europe including Reading and Leeds in the U.K., as well as taking the USA by storm on last year's Ozzfest bill. Preparations for the next studio album (their 14th) will begin in February with recording commencing in the Spring of 2006. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |