Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

On the back of greatness, we often find ourselves wondering how we can achieve an even larger, more vast declaration of intent.

Close to two full decades since Bruce Dickinson found his way into the recording studio without any back up from the Iron Maiden family, The Mandrake Project is that album of glorious purpose after a run of seismic recordings from Eddie’s boys that returned them rightfully to the top ten charts, and in doing so scored their first number one in the U.K. since the release of the scintillating Fear Of The Dark.