Iron Maiden, Number of the Beast

Frizz and Bob dive headfirst into one of the most important and controversial metal albums of all time: Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast. Bob pours Ardbeg Ardcore, Frizz reaches for Cardhu Gold Reserve, and together they trace Iron Maiden's scrappy rise from Christmas Day to cult favorites and lineup changes. Track by track, they explore Viking invasions, twin-leads, psychic children, existential imprisonment, Satanic panic, colonialism, death-row dread, and the Eddie imagery that lit the fire of fear across the nation.