Tyranny of Souls

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Tyranny of Souls
Studio album by Bruce Dickinson
Released	May 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	40:04
Label	Sanctuary Records
Producer	Roy Z
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Bruce Dickinson chronology
The Best of Bruce Dickinson (2001) Tyranny of Souls (2005)

Tyranny of Souls is a heavy metal album released by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson on May 23, 2005 (see 2005 in music). The cover art is a work by renaissance artist Hans Memling. It is Bruce's first solo album since rejoining Maiden in 1999.

The songwriting on the album was split between Roy Z and Dickinson. During composition, Roy sent recordings of riffs to Dickinson, who was on tour with Iron Maiden. Dickinson subsequently wrote lyrics and melodies. Roy also served as the album's producer and played all guitar parts as well as some supplemental bass guitar and piano parts. Drummer David Moreno featured a double bass for the album, notably using it for a blast beat in "Abduction" and for the opening of "Soul Intruders."

The song Kill Devil Hill is inspired by the successful flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. See Kill Devil Hills.

The song Navigate the Seas of the Sun is inspired by Erich Von Däniken's theory about extraterrestrial presence on Earth long time ago and about man dealing with that in the future.

The title track "A Tyranny of Souls" is somewhat based on Shakespeare's tragedy MacBeth, and includes direct quotes and lines from the play throughout the song.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Mars Within" – 1:41
2. "Abduction" – 3:52
3. "Soul Intruders" – 3:54
4. "Kill Devil Hill" – 5:09
5. "Navigate the Seas of the Sun" – 5:53
6. "River of No Return" – 5:15
7. "Power of the Sun" – 3:31
8. "Devil on a Hog" – 4:03
9. "Believil" – 4:52
10. "A Tyranny of Souls" – 5:54
11. "Eternal" (Japanese only) - 5:59

[edit] Musicians

• Bruce Dickinson - Lead Vocals
• Roy Z - all Guitars and Bass (tracks 7,9)
• David Moreno - Drums
• Ray "Greezer" Burke - Bass (tracks 1,4,5,6,8,10)
• Juan Perez - Bass (tracks 2,3)
• Maestro Mistheria - all Keyboards

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