Up the irons!
Legendary British heavy metal band Iron Maiden have released a video for their new track “The Speed Of Light”, which comes from their upcoming album The Book Of Souls.
Directed by Llexi Leon, the video shows Eddie the Head, traveling through multiple video games that he must beat in order to restore his body. The games take inspiration from titles such as Donkey Kong, Paranautical Activity, Turok, and Serious Sam, among others. Each game becomes progressively more impressive graphically, allowing them to also be more impressive in the violence and gore department.
For example, at one point, in a Mortal Kombat-esque fight, Eddie tears off the head of “The Beast” (aka Satan) and rams his arm down the exposed throat to rip out his heart!!! If that’s not the most metal thing I’ve written in a while, I don’t know what is.
Make sure to pre-order your copy of The Book Of Souls.