Bands that sound like Iron Maiden

[FerretallicA]

Just what it says. Can anyone recommend some bands to check out that sound roughly similar to Iron Maiden? The only one I can think of so far would be Machine Men.

 

[phlogiston]

Warmachine do a fair impression too.

 

[FerretallicA]

Ah yeah... and of course Iced Earth have their distinctly Maiden-ish moments.

 

[Goreripper]

Machine Men sound more like Maiden than Maiden. Twisted Tower Dire have that Maiden thing about them too. Years ago listening to Dungeon rehearse I thought they were a Maiden tribute band.

 

[Shadow298]

Cellador
Circle of Pain
Alta Densidad (Spanish Maiden)
Angra
Animetal (Japanese cover band that do originals with a Maiden flavour)
Ark Storm (more Japanese power metal)
Benedictum
Vendetta
Bruce Dickenson's solo stuff
Dragonland
Dream Evil
Edguy
Heimdall
Lost Horizon
Manigance (French band)
Metalium
Mob Rules
Persuader
Powernude (Japanese band)
Powerwolf

that's about all that I can think of off the top of my head.

sure that there are a couple of Aussie bands too but can't remember their names.

 

[FerretallicA]

I haven't heard of all of those but

Angra
Animetal (Japanese cover band that do originals with a Maiden flavour)
Ark Storm (more Japanese power metal)
Benedictum
Bruce Dickenson's solo stuff
Dragonland
Dream Evil
Edguy
Heimdall
Lost Horizon
Manigance (French band)
Metalium
Mob Rules
Persuader

I don't think they sound anything like Maiden... not even most of Bruce's solo stuff (other than the vocal style of course). Dream Evil... very loosely at times...

 

[Spiff]

I'd say that John Arch-era Fates Warning sound a bit like Maiden, just a bit proggier.

 

[Priest of Evil]

OMEN

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[Spiff]

And then of course there's UFO, but they were before Maiden.

 

[Goreripper]

Ooo! Ooo! I just thought of another one: Thin Lizzy on the song "Emerald" from Jailbreak. Maiden ripped this song off about a dozen times at least.

 

[Spiff]

And they covered Massacre.