Of course, as an Iron Maiden fan, you know what you’re getting here – a live document of the band’s last tour to tide you over in the absence of any new product whilst the band completes its next studio offering (which they haven’t actually started yet, so there might be a bit of a wait). But – and it’s a big but – the Flight 666 OST is a bit different. Not only because it’s the soundtrack to a cinematically-released feature documentary, something the band has never tried before, though that may be reason enough to tempt some of the hard-earned from your wallets, but because, for the first time ever, there’s a chance you may well be on the recording. That’s right. Two tracks from F666 were recorded in Australia (as was some amusingly brainless footage in the film at Melbourne’s Richmond Hotel)– stellar versions of 2 Minutes to Midnight (recorded in Melbourne) and Revelations (Sydney), but really that’s a silly reason to buy a record, isn’t it? So just shell out the readies for the fact that this is, quite possibly, the definitive Iron Maiden live album of all time. Monstrous.
