IRON MAIDEN projects new album in 2011

Blabbermouth.net reports IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain told Eddie Trunk, co-host of the VH1 Classic television program “That Metal Show” and radio program “Friday Night Rocks” on New York's Q104.3 FM, that the band will enter the studio in a couple weeks to start work on a new CD. According to Trunk, Nicko “said there was about eight songs written so far so the band would probably need to come up with a few more new songs while recording. [He added that] the material was a little different than past albums and they were taking their time with the recording schedule.” McBrain also stated that the “new CD probably won't come out until 2011,” according to Trunk.

IRON MAIDEN guitarist Janick Gers revealed to BBC News in November that the band was on its way “to Paris for three weeks to work on some new stuff.” He added, “The most important thing for a band is to create new music, otherwise you're not valid — you become a parody.”

IRON MAIDEN will headline this year's edition of the U.K.'s Sonisphere festival, which will be held Saturday, July 31, 2010 and Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Knebworth.