Senjutsu (album)

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Senjutsu
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu.jpg
Studio album by
Iron Maiden
Released3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
RecordedEarly 2019
StudioGuillaume Tell (Paris)[1]
GenreHeavy metal
Length81:53
Label
ProducerKevin Shirley
Iron Maiden studio albums chronology
The Book of Souls
(2015) 		Senjutsu
(2021)
Singles from Senjutsu
  1. "The Writing on the Wall"
    Released: 15 July 2021[2]
  2. "Stratego"
    Released: 19 August 2021

Senjutsu (Japanese: 戦術, loosely translated as "tactics and strategy") is the upcoming seventeenth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is set to be released on 3 September 2021.[3][4]

Senjutsu will be the band's first studio album in nearly six years, following The Book of Souls (2015), marking the longest gap between two studio Iron Maiden albums. This is also their second double album and the use of their original logotype (with the extended letters R, M and N) on the cover (again following The Book of Souls), as well as their first studio album since 1984's Powerslave to have no songwriting contributions from guitarist Dave Murray in any way,[a] and the first since 1998's Virtual XI to feature multiple songs written by bassist Steve Harris alone.

The name of the album is rendered on the right side of the cover art by the actual vertical Japanese spelling of "senjutsu" (戦術), and on the left side by a font reminiscent of Japanese characters.

Track listing[]

Disc one[3][5][6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Senjutsu"
8:20
2."Stratego"
4:59
3."The Writing on the Wall"
6:13
4."Lost in a Lost World"Harris9:31
5."Days of Future Past"
  • Smith
  • Dickinson
4:03
6."The Time Machine"
  • Gers
  • Harris
7:09
Total length:40:15
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Darkest Hour"
  • Smith
  • Dickinson
7:20
2."Death of the Celts"Harris10:20
3."The Parchment"Harris12:39
4."Hell on Earth"Harris11:19
Total length:41:38

Personnel[]

Iron Maiden[]

Staff[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ While 1995's The X Factor does not have a songwriting contribution from Murray, he has co-written one of its bonus tracks.

References[]

  1. ^ Munro, Scott (21 July 2021). "Iron Maiden open pre-orders for Senjutsu – and detail super deluxe box set". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ Kreps, Daniel (15 July 2021). "Iron Maiden Drops Biblical Epic 'The Writing on the Wall,' First New Music in 6 Years". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Iron Maiden - Senjutsu". Iron Maiden Official Website. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ "IRON MAIDEN Announces 17th Studio Album, 'Senjutsu'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ Richards, Will (19 July 2021). "Iron Maiden confirm details of new album 'Senjutsu'". NME. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Senjutsu by Iron Maiden". Apple Music. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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