--- product_id: 49879000 title: "The Book Of Souls" price: "419.36 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/49879000-the-book-of-souls store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Book Of Souls **Price:** 419.36 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Book Of Souls - **How much does it cost?** 419.36 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/49879000-the-book-of-souls) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description IRON MAIDEN’s eagerly awaited new studio album The Book Of Souls will be released globally on 4th September through Parlophone Records. It was recorded in Paris with their longstanding producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley in late 2014, with the finishing touches added earlier this year. However, the band decided to delay its release so that vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who was recently given the all-clear from a tumour, would have time to recuperate sufficiently to join in the preparations for the album’s launch. The stunning cover art was created by Mark Wilkinson, who has worked with the band previously, and because this 11-track album has a total running time of 92 minutes, it is IRON MAIDEN’s first ever double studio album. There’s a broader split on the songwriting compared to previous Maiden records, with bassist and founder member Steve Harris contributing to seven of the tracks; six of them with Maiden’s guitarists and one sole composition. This is also the first time since 1984’s Powerslave that an IRON MAIDEN studio album also features two tracks written solely by Bruce Dickinson, one of which is the longest song Maiden has ever recorded! It also features two Dickinson/Smith collaborations. Steve comments, “We approached this album in a different way to how we’ve recorded previously. A lot of the songs were actually written while we were there in the studio and we rehearsed and recorded them straight away while they were still fresh, and I think that immediacy really shows in the songs, they have almost a live feel to them, I think. I’m very proud of 'The Book Of Souls', we all are, and we can’t wait for our fans to hear it, and especially to take it out on the road next year!” Bruce continues, “We’re really excited about 'The Book Of Souls' and had a fantastic time creating it. We started working on the album in late summer 2014 and recorded it at Guillame Tell Studios in Paris, where we’d done the 'Brave New World' album back in 2000 so the studio holds special memories for all of us. We were delighted to discover the same magical vibe is still alive and very much kicking there! So we immediately felt at home and the ideas just started flowing. By the time we’d finished we all agreed that each track was such an integral part of the whole body of work that if it needed to be a double album, then double it's going to be!” Review: Masterful and impressive - This album is breathtakingly great and should be considered equal to Beast - You know that feeling when you first got into Iron Maiden and you had such high expectations for each track after track, let alone each album.....and each track seemed to have a hook all of its own that made your chest burn in delight........well this is one of THOSE records........... Simply outstanding. My favorite albums before this from the Maiden were Beast, Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son, Fear of the Dark...at least couple of those will be in yours too if you are a long time fan...........Ive had to re write this review a little to let you know oh doubter of the maiden (if that is you!), that every song on here is class but the final 4 tracks in my opinion are stunning.....outstanding track that you will hum is the THE MAN OF SORROWS..................all the other albums since the fab Fear of the Dark and Powerslave, have good moments but as a whole dont add up to the sum of their parts in quality............until The Book Of Souls that is.......... This is masterfully realised and epic. I kid you not, Ignore those who say its slightly too long or silly complaints about sound quality (music comes in all shapes and sizes so make sure you adjust headphones slightly, on mine this album is awesome)....... On second listen you think the whole record def as long as it should be...................this is a classic band delivering at their own pace and rightly so.......the guitar work is phenomenal and Brucie sounds as great as ever.........each track has choruses / key changes that are epic in scale and virtuoso cameos appear all over the place, but dont feel out of place. Its actually a technically great record as well as being bulshy, dark and soul searching style wise. The references to older albums help tell the story - like the obvious Wasted years intro later on the album...........same track mentions the sea of madness......and makes you think the band are saying a hello to all us long time fans out there........... What a year for the oldsters! I have been delighted by the fact that all the albums Ive had to repeatedly listen to this year on first listen were by acts long thought past their prime by many....... My top album of the year is The Book of SOuls closely followed by the outstanding FFS album (thats Sparks guys with their new buddies - a great team!),.....which is proudly just in front of The Prodigy's The Day is My Enemy. All three are modern masterpieces but also twist the sounds slightly that you might expect from them......each act to me is fearless in what they do and should be proud. My only complaint with this album is .....had to fiddle with preferences so tracks 1-11 play in order because i did download - don't like how it gets jumbles unless you change the order back so my first listen was out of sync!!. Oh and the artwork is as iconic as the above mentioned albums and rightly so....so well done there - visually a bit more minimal than usual which is pretty fresh looking too Im so impressed with this - hit me again with that heavy deep rusty strum which kicks of The Redhe Black and T.........wow......Absolutely great......lead me on to the magnificent Man of Sorrows chorus which springs out of a typical maiden build up.....go and have a listen to the album of the year........and in metal terms, the album of the decade! Review: Stunningly good. - Album sixteen. ALBUM SIXTEEN. Let that sink in. Prince could make sixteen albums before you've had dinner (probably), but most of us are mere mortals, and sixteen albums give you a quandry. What more is there to say? What is the point? How many more Iron Maiden albums will there be? Well. Make no mistake. Iron Maiden now are – at least – as good as they have ever been. “Book Of Souls” is their best album in 27 years. 93 minutes of double album style prog-metal about monsters and plasma and history? How can I resist? They're like some kind of ubershouty Tangerine Dream, endlessly writing very very long songs, with lots of three-pronged widdly woo fretwork - “Speed of Light”, the first 'single', clearly has at least three guitar solos, from three guitarists, one after the other. It's not metal, but prog-rock, made with very heavy tones, where the band aren't constrained by the length of a 7” single, focusing instead on writing something with as many tempo shifts, parts and bridges you can imagine. Even “The Red And The Black” is a mere 13 minutes long, and powers along like a modern day 'Heaven Can Wait'. In fact, having spend most of 2012-2014 touring their “Maiden England” show (a recreation of the 1988 tour designed to show fans that were too young to see it then get another chance), the musical DNA of their classic late 1980's era is sprinkled all over “The Book Of Souls” like arterial wounds from an knife fight. There's another three-guitar-solos-in-a-row load of fretwankery, which is of course, utter brilliance in its hairy-chest stadium rock preposterousness, .and lasts at least seven or eight minutes. In fact, that's pretty much every song on the album ; 8 minutes of hollering and guitars, that sounds pretty much brilliant and would give me Air Guitar RSI if I saw them live. Five years between albums is a long time. But the band haven't rested, and in the past five years, have toured the world twice, and released a live album, reissued a classic concert on DVD, and … oh yeah, Bruce Dickinson has managed to kick throat cancer. Recorded before that, and thus, delayed, “The Book Of Souls” is the bands first genuine double album at 93 minutes, and, in one case, manages to beat even their most epicness with album closer, “Empire Of The Clouds”. Every song is a highlight, apart from the slightly rubbish acoustic codas. The rest of it is snarling, wonderful, enormous thunderstorms of rock – even “Shadows Of The Valley” which is a carbon copy of “Wasted Years” and even references their 1986 song 'Sea Of Madness'. It's as if they wrote five years worth of songs and only recorded the best ones, with none of the usual end-of-side-two rubbish. Every song seems to have longevity built in by design, for a long standing life, and it's already high up my iPod play list. The whole of “Book Of Souls” is easily the best Iron Maiden album* since 1988's epochal, perfect “Seventh Son of A Seventh Son”. And it's about time. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00ZVFYXFW | | Best Sellers Rank | 13,669 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) 898 in Heavy Metal 1,516 in Box Sets (CDs & Vinyl) 3,272 in Vinyl | | Country of origin | France | | Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (5,072) | | Is discontinued by manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 825646089208 | | Label | PLG UK Frontline | | Manufacturer | PLG UK Frontline | | Number of discs | 3 | | Original Release Date | 2015 | | Product Dimensions | 31.8 x 31.5 x 1.4 cm; 921.93 g | ## Images ![The Book Of Souls - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81IoZlwP9AL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Masterful and impressive - This album is breathtakingly great and should be considered equal to Beast *by Z***) on 13 September 2015* You know that feeling when you first got into Iron Maiden and you had such high expectations for each track after track, let alone each album.....and each track seemed to have a hook all of its own that made your chest burn in delight........well this is one of THOSE records........... Simply outstanding. My favorite albums before this from the Maiden were Beast, Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son, Fear of the Dark...at least couple of those will be in yours too if you are a long time fan...........Ive had to re write this review a little to let you know oh doubter of the maiden (if that is you!), that every song on here is class but the final 4 tracks in my opinion are stunning.....outstanding track that you will hum is the THE MAN OF SORROWS..................all the other albums since the fab Fear of the Dark and Powerslave, have good moments but as a whole dont add up to the sum of their parts in quality............until The Book Of Souls that is.......... This is masterfully realised and epic. I kid you not, Ignore those who say its slightly too long or silly complaints about sound quality (music comes in all shapes and sizes so make sure you adjust headphones slightly, on mine this album is awesome)....... On second listen you think the whole record def as long as it should be...................this is a classic band delivering at their own pace and rightly so.......the guitar work is phenomenal and Brucie sounds as great as ever.........each track has choruses / key changes that are epic in scale and virtuoso cameos appear all over the place, but dont feel out of place. Its actually a technically great record as well as being bulshy, dark and soul searching style wise. The references to older albums help tell the story - like the obvious Wasted years intro later on the album...........same track mentions the sea of madness......and makes you think the band are saying a hello to all us long time fans out there........... What a year for the oldsters! I have been delighted by the fact that all the albums Ive had to repeatedly listen to this year on first listen were by acts long thought past their prime by many....... My top album of the year is The Book of SOuls closely followed by the outstanding FFS album (thats Sparks guys with their new buddies - a great team!),.....which is proudly just in front of The Prodigy's The Day is My Enemy. All three are modern masterpieces but also twist the sounds slightly that you might expect from them......each act to me is fearless in what they do and should be proud. My only complaint with this album is .....had to fiddle with preferences so tracks 1-11 play in order because i did download - don't like how it gets jumbles unless you change the order back so my first listen was out of sync!!. Oh and the artwork is as iconic as the above mentioned albums and rightly so....so well done there - visually a bit more minimal than usual which is pretty fresh looking too Im so impressed with this - hit me again with that heavy deep rusty strum which kicks of The Redhe Black and T.........wow......Absolutely great......lead me on to the magnificent Man of Sorrows chorus which springs out of a typical maiden build up.....go and have a listen to the album of the year........and in metal terms, the album of the decade! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stunningly good. *by M***D on 17 September 2015* Album sixteen. ALBUM SIXTEEN. Let that sink in. Prince could make sixteen albums before you've had dinner (probably), but most of us are mere mortals, and sixteen albums give you a quandry. What more is there to say? What is the point? How many more Iron Maiden albums will there be? Well. Make no mistake. Iron Maiden now are – at least – as good as they have ever been. “Book Of Souls” is their best album in 27 years. 93 minutes of double album style prog-metal about monsters and plasma and history? How can I resist? They're like some kind of ubershouty Tangerine Dream, endlessly writing very very long songs, with lots of three-pronged widdly woo fretwork - “Speed of Light”, the first 'single', clearly has at least three guitar solos, from three guitarists, one after the other. It's not metal, but prog-rock, made with very heavy tones, where the band aren't constrained by the length of a 7” single, focusing instead on writing something with as many tempo shifts, parts and bridges you can imagine. Even “The Red And The Black” is a mere 13 minutes long, and powers along like a modern day 'Heaven Can Wait'. In fact, having spend most of 2012-2014 touring their “Maiden England” show (a recreation of the 1988 tour designed to show fans that were too young to see it then get another chance), the musical DNA of their classic late 1980's era is sprinkled all over “The Book Of Souls” like arterial wounds from an knife fight. There's another three-guitar-solos-in-a-row load of fretwankery, which is of course, utter brilliance in its hairy-chest stadium rock preposterousness, .and lasts at least seven or eight minutes. In fact, that's pretty much every song on the album ; 8 minutes of hollering and guitars, that sounds pretty much brilliant and would give me Air Guitar RSI if I saw them live. Five years between albums is a long time. But the band haven't rested, and in the past five years, have toured the world twice, and released a live album, reissued a classic concert on DVD, and … oh yeah, Bruce Dickinson has managed to kick throat cancer. Recorded before that, and thus, delayed, “The Book Of Souls” is the bands first genuine double album at 93 minutes, and, in one case, manages to beat even their most epicness with album closer, “Empire Of The Clouds”. Every song is a highlight, apart from the slightly rubbish acoustic codas. The rest of it is snarling, wonderful, enormous thunderstorms of rock – even “Shadows Of The Valley” which is a carbon copy of “Wasted Years” and even references their 1986 song 'Sea Of Madness'. It's as if they wrote five years worth of songs and only recorded the best ones, with none of the usual end-of-side-two rubbish. Every song seems to have longevity built in by design, for a long standing life, and it's already high up my iPod play list. The whole of “Book Of Souls” is easily the best Iron Maiden album* since 1988's epochal, perfect “Seventh Son of A Seventh Son”. And it's about time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A modern day Maiden classic *by C***E on 11 September 2015* New Iron Maiden albums are few and far between these days so the expectation from their fans is always high and many of those fans have been waiting for a return to Maidens 'glory years' since their 80s heyday. I wasn't raising my hopes too high for this release because I hadn't been particularly impressed with their last effort (TFF) although it did have some great songs. So, to my suprise I have had The Book Of Souls on repeat for the past few days - I feel it is a fantastic album but there are a few issues with the sound/production. Some have stated that they cannot listen to it at all but I've not found that to be the case. I first listened through a loud (but cheap) soundbar and I just couldn't get the settings right and it sounded very muddy. I've since listened through various devices (surround sound system, various headphones, good hi-fi) and my only complaints are that on some songs the intro's appear to be louder than the rest of the song and some of Bruce's vocals and various guitar parts are occasionally low in the mix. I'm assuming that is the price we pay for having an album which is 'recorded live' in the studio. It certainly makes you listen a little harder. AMOLAD had a similar recording process and also similar issues on some songs but it's a minor complaint from me and it appears that the vast majority of listeners do not have a major problem with it. Also, the band seem happy to produce this way and they know that you can't please everybody - there will always be some complaints when you have a fanbase the size (and age) of Iron Maidens. I'm giving this album 5 stars because for me it improves after every listen and I think there are some very strong songs on here. There's just too much content to dissect and I don't want to start comparing this to previous albums. People go on about how great Powerslave, Piece of Mind etc were but they had their weak points and are considered to be some of Maidens best. Long songs are not for everybody and there's an awful lot to take in (ooh er) on one listen. You just can't appreciate the longer songs until you've heard them a few times. I struggled to get through Empire Of The Clouds and needed to put my headphones on with no distractions to hear it properly. It really is an impressive song from Bruce but a million miles from their early stuff and as for the piano - well I didn't expect that! Maiden have always pushed themselves to produce something new and it doesn't always sit well with their fans but this time I truly believe they have nailed it and if you like the newer Maiden stuff you should enjoy The Book Of Souls. There's not a track on it that I don't like and Bruce's voice is unbelievably good here - how does a man of his age still hit those high notes? Amazing to think that he was diagnosed with tongue cancer shortly after recording this. I'm looking forward to their tour in 2016 and hopefully they will squeeze a few TBOS songs into the setlist. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/49879000-the-book-of-souls](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/49879000-the-book-of-souls) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-07-07*