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IRON MAIDEN THE TROOPER

From galloping rhythms to harmonised guitar lines and a blistering solo battle between Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, all the signature classic Maiden elements are present here in The Trooper.

The song begins with the two guitars riffing in unison before quickly diverging as Murray plays a high harmony line. Now, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy and Wishbone Ash had all employed this twin-lead technique before, but it’s a Maiden

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