From there, they dive straight into more of the new material including Dance Of Death's two monster epics; the title track, and "Paschendale". Each song clocks in at over ten minutes here and were easily two of the show's highlights. "Paschendale" is a remarkable song that tells the story of a soldier who fought and died in one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. The performance begins with one of the evenings most intense lighting and sound effect sequences, as stage hands dressed in WWI army uniforms recreate the horrific battle field scene, complete with barbed wire fences and dead soldier props. Bruce Dickinson sings the entire song in a WWI era wool trench coat and infantry helmet. Now that is dedication!

They dramatically close out the first set with the title track from their 1980 self-titled debut album, Iron Maiden, and it is here where they unleash the first Eddie on the worshipping crowd. Near the end of the song a monstrous, 20-foot, Eddie puppet, dressed as the Grim Reaper, rises menacingly from behind the drum kit pointing his Bruce Dickinson-sized finger at several unsuspecting victims in the crowd. Only Maiden could pull this off and make it look so cool.

They show nearly three minutes of the crowd pleading "Maiden, Maiden, Maiden..." before the band eventually answers them with an encore set. Surprisingly, they open the encore with Dance Of Death's closing track, and their first ever entirely acoustic song, "Journeyman". I had pretty much overlooked this song on the album, and you wouldn't think that it would work so well to kick off the encore set, but it did, and it was absolutely stunning.

Have no fear, the old guys haven't gone entirely soft on us yet, because they immediately followed with two Number Of The Beast classics; the title track, and "Run To The Hills". The "real" Eddie makes an appearance during "Number Of The Beast", lumbering around the stage and mainly terrorizing the three guitarists as they hammer out those brutal riffs.

Death On The Road captures another great performance from this legendary metal band, and I highly recommend picking up this DVD - but now for the bad part. Once again Steve Harris was allowed to edit the thing, and once again he nearly ruined the entire experience. As with the incredible Rock In Rio DVD, Harris found it necessary to show about ten different camera angles within the span of, oh, ONE SECOND!, throughout the entire performance.

What's funny is that there is a disclaimer at the beginning of the DVD that warns "The live concert footage contains prolonged periods of fast flashing imagery and light patterns which may cause a small percentage of people who suffer with Epilepsy to have seizures". No, it is not so much the flashing lights - it is Harris' goddamn ADHD editing style that will give you a seizure! Please, leave the next one to a professional Steve - I wouldn't want to see a video editor up there playing your bass parts.