Bruce Dickinson - Return of the King

[pizzacastello]

Great instrumental part in the middle of the song.

[jbittens101]

That was a Revelation, what a fucking eye opener of a song!!!

[Lavietto]

This i must say was a really innovative and awesome solo my fav one on this album ! :)

[Lavietto]

Sweet lord i love this Solo!!! awesome :)

[leandroprete]

Epic, like everything Bruce does!!!

[NeonKnight33]

bruce put out the best metal albums of the 90's hands down...

[JehoelCunobelinus]

the song says what i am doing, true that.

[ffsf739]

This reminds me more of the stuff in Accident of birth than the tracks from Chemical wedding. It's great, don't get me wrong! But I don't think it would work within the album.

[cajsoza]

first solo: Adrian Smith

second solo: Roy Z

[Vindrutetorkaren]

This should have replaced Machine Men on the album and not be a bonus track imo. So much better.

[xDoctorKlockx]

sounds like moonchild by rory gallahger, both great songs :D

[TheWatcherInTheRing]

@xDoctorKlockx Never noticed that before but you're fucking right.

And yes, they're both killer songs.

[tentative1990]

thought it had something to do with lord of the rings but its still awesome

[naturalthing1]

The BEST Iron Maiden album since Piece of Mind...oops, I mean Best Bruce Dickinson solo album

[destihado1]

what a god dam solo this is!

[RocknLee]

This is the 53151tst listening to this song and it still hasn't lost it's awesomeness. BRUCE! \m/

[DevilOnHog]

rory galagher rip off....but good in anyway

[JDanK45]

great album i have to fuckin say

[soulgorden]

Why tears are falling when I sing it?

[GoodOldDeathMetal]

just sounds like maiden but a bit more power metal

[ghetovision]

kicks ass

[91tonymontana]

What a beautiful song, i love this track so much  :D

[danielssss]

love bruceeeee he is the best....

[jedinightwing]

This song really should have been on the original release of the album. I ended up buying the remaster when that came out just to get this song XD

[afnikos]

ante gamw thn poutana mou

[fondasvas]

por que your poutana?

[jhkhiykhiykh]

skase re malaka..

[afnikos]

trava ta vyzia sou re

[jhkhiykhiykh]

vgale to pouli apo tn kolo s paliopousta...

[Digifr33k]

Kinda sounds like 2 Minutes To Midnight ( The Main Riff) imo, great song though

[fondasvas]

which is also similar to Dio's "Kill the king" etc.. many metal songs have this very common riff as a basis. My personal opinion is that it all started from Rory Gallagher's "Moonchild", and I also think that his style matches Adrian's, thus I am not surprised if he is influenced. Yet I am NOT implying he copied, after all both "2 minutes to midnight" and the "king" are so special and fucking GOOD and original!

[Grilofoti]

oh yeah dude!!

True!

[tocko92]

why couldnt we have this song in sweden!??!

[traviswebb76]

It's the theme song for the last part of the lord of the rings lol

[tocko92]

nah, looks more like king arthur since it mentions Uther Pendragon

[traviswebb76]

i knew that I was just joking around.

[jhkhiykhiykh]

oti nanai.....

[leandroprete]

Bruce is definitely not talking about himself. That would be ridiculous, specially coming from an exceptional artist like him.

[amyguyt]

this type of music definetley runs to the hills

[potterhead321]

Hye, does anybody else recognise the part of the solo from 3.27 to 3.33? I know! iv heard it from some other song, some amazing song that i love, but cannot for the life of me place it, any help would be appreciated, thanks :).

[OriginalPrankster300]

The solo sounds very similar to the solo in a Trivium song, I can't remember which one though.

[potterhead321]

would it be detention by any chance? thats the only one i can think of thats got any kinda whinny soloing :P

[DevilOnHog]

might be children of bodom

[SmithonMIke]

Avenged Sevenfold have the same kind of solo in their album Avenged Sevenfold. Can't remember the song, maybe Little Piece of Heaven or Critical Acclaim

[metalhead076]

wow this song is amazing...

bruce's vocals are truly powerful

[melizavazquez]

Its Return of the King, meaning Bruce is returing to his throne in Iron Maiden, this was his last album, then he joined Maiden again.

[dark994]

He's still planning on releasing solo albums. His last one, Tyranny of Souls, was released in 2005 if you didn't know.

[LORDGODSIRALEXFERGIE]

itd be like a psuedo-metaphor in effect cos its obviously talkin about king arthur, as you can tell by the metioning of uther pendragon, his father, but i guess it could be seen as his coming to the throne of metal again.

[darkhensla]

the song isnt about him, its about king arthur.

[Goblonaut]

Propably Bruce wouldn't consider himself a king :D Most likey just bout King Arthur and the legend of him returning someday when Britain is in turmoil

[metaldo0d]

nop, the song is about king arthur, as for his last album it was Tyranny of souls released in 2005

[buxilili]

...quem curte Bruce e Iron não encontra defeito...nos trabalhos dos cara...feliz época em que vivemos para conhecer estes talentos....

[LORDGODSIRALEXFERGIE]

lol i think the songs actually about king arthurs mythical return to the throne as king, and i realised that cos his fatther is mentioned: Uther Pendragon. thats Arthurs father. pretty good a book called the legends of arthur, a book that chronicles the ages of arthur and the knights of the round table. :)

[ironmaidengr]

AMAZING SONG

[Summerganon]

*Awesome*

Iron Maiden is my religion, and Bruce is one of it's gods.

[Zzrik]

Return of the king = aka Return of bruce dickinson since he is the king. This song kicks ass as so many others of his songs.

[xelanoise]

Great Freakin Song!!! Definetely deserves more reconigtion!!! Bruce Rules!!!

[bastiawww]

awesome

[Turinssbb]

neither can i

[fondasvas]

THAT IS a FUCKING AWESOME track with one of the best Adrian's riffs and remarkable solos by both RoyZ and Smith.. I thing that this is an underestimated song and I cannot understand why

[Sylphoe]

For me it's the best song Bruce ever made. Thanx for uploading, cause it's rare :)

[dark994]

It's my favorite song on the album :D

[mrk12a]

love it!

[Ninitos1]

Sounds a lot like MOONCHILD of Rorry Gallagher.

[DevilOnHog]

yea,almost identical

[GunwallsJoBailey]

this is the best song that Bruce Dickinson has done in his solo carrer

[hal2814]

well i like a lot abduction and tears of the dragon... i belive three ones are the best

[SomeguyX]

Nah, the Tower, The Chemical Wedding, Accident of Birth, Tyranny of Souls all destroy this for depth and excitement.

[zenithx12]

eh all his songs kick ass

[Taegtgren]

I know it doesn't fit in conceptually with the rest of the album, but this song is just too damn good to be a Japan-only bonus track.

[MrWatson235]

@Taegtgren - I would argue that, the return of the king has everything to do with the album conceptually, you might even say its a summary