Maiden’s second album, Killers, followed in 1981. It included Innocent Exile, the ground-zero Maiden song. It was the band’s first album with guitarist Adrian Smith, who had replaced Dennis Stratton.

Iron Maiden have as many songs about war as AC/DC have songs about rock’n’roll and Judas Priest have songs about heavy metal. The greatest of Maiden’s war stories is The Trooper. More ...