Iron Maiden return to Athens tonight for a massive Heavy Metal celebration (photos-video)

Athens is acceptable for different unforgettable nighttime of heavy metal arsenic Iron Maiden instrumentality implicit the Olympic Stadium (OAKA) tonight, May 23, with their spectacular “Run For Your Lives” World Tour. Thousands of fans from Greece and overseas are expected to flood the iconic venue for 1 of the biggest stone events of the year.

The legendary British set returns to Greece arsenic portion of its 50th day celebrations which commencement successful Athens, bringing a setlist focused connected the archetypal 9 classical albums that defined the aboriginal decades of their career. According to accusation frankincense far, this is the band’s astir ambitious and theatrical accumulation to date, combining monolithic signifier design, ocular effects, and timeless anthems that shaped generations of metallic fans.

For Greek metalheads, the timing could not beryllium much exciting. Just 15 days ago, Metallica delivered a historical show astatine the aforesaid OAKA stadium during their M72 World Tour, attracting much than 90,000 fans and mounting a caller attendance grounds for the venue. Now, Athens continues its unthinkable tally arsenic 1 of Europe’s hottest destinations for unrecorded dense music, with Iron Maiden stepping into the spotlight for different monumental night.

The ambiance astir the metropolis has been electrical each week. Fans wearing classical Maiden shirts, waving Eddie flags, and revisiting legendary albums similar “The Number of the Beast“, “Powerslave“, and “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” person transformed Athens into a existent metallic capital. The “Run For Your Lives” circuit has already go 1 of the astir talked-about stone tours successful the world, with sold-out shows and overwhelming request crossed Europe.

Adding adjacent much firepower to the night, peculiar guests are besides expected to energize the assemblage earlier Bruce Dickinson and the boys deed the stage. Earlier this week, helium besides sparked excitement among fans with a societal media station hinting that the fans whitethorn witnesser a fewer unexpected surprises and uncommon additions to the setlist tonight. Who knows? They whitethorn adjacent play agelong awaited and demanded “Alexander the Great” for the archetypal successful Greece…

Tonight’s opening act, Anthrax, volition footwear disconnected the evening with a afloat dose of New York thrash metallic intensity, reminding everyone wherefore they stay 1 of the “Big Four” of the genre alongside Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth. Known for their explosive unrecorded shows and unmistakable crossover sound, Anthrax are expected to lukewarm up the monolithic OAKA assemblage with a acceptable that blends speed, aggression, and groove-driven riffs. Since their breakthrough successful the 1980s, albums similar “Among the Living” and “Persistence of Time” person cemented their spot successful metallic history, and their power tin inactive beryllium felt crossed modern thrash and hardcore scenes. Tonight successful Athens, they are acceptable to present a high-energy show that perfectly sets the signifier for Iron Maiden’s legendary headlining spectacle.

One happening is certain: aft Metallica shook OAKA earlier this month, Iron Maiden are acceptable to beryllium erstwhile again wherefore the Greek fans remains 1 of the loudest and astir passionate successful the world.