Iron Maiden [ˈaɪən ˈmeɪdn] (English for Iron Maiden) is a British music group formed in 1975. Building on the hard rock and heavy metal music of the 1970s, she developed her own style that helped shape the heavy metal of the 1980s. Their eponymous debut album Iron Maiden was released in 1980.

The group is associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal along with bands such as Saxon, Angel Witch, Praying Mantis, Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang and Def Leppard.

Since the 1980s, Iron Maiden have been one of metal's most enduring and commercially successful bands. Their music was style-defining and significant for subsequent bands of the most diverse metal subgenres. The band around mascot Eddie has sold over 100 million albums worldwide to date. (Source: Wikipedia.de)