Iron Maiden's 'The Final Frontier' worth the wait

Four years after "A Matter of Life or Death" - the longest wait for a new album in the British metal heroes' 35-year history - Iron Maiden delivers its longest outing yet (more than 76 minutes), a loosely thematic opus that features some of Maiden's most ambitious and intricate work. This latest set, "The Final Frontier" (Sony), boasts just one track that runs less than five minutes and five that weigh in at more than eight. The delicately crafted "Coming Home" is Maiden's most effective power ballad ever, while "The Man Who Would Be King" delivers a slice of medieval mayhem.- Billboard

Iron Maiden

"The Final Frontier"

GRADE B

BOTTOM LINE Goes where few metal bands have gone before