Aug 26

Iron Maiden Frontman’s Son’s Band Signs With Century Media

Posted by Chris Harris on August 26, 2011 in New Records, News

I'd rise to remain on that

Man, I feel bad for Austin Dickinson. I mean, it’s super rad that his dad’s the lead singer of Iron Maiden, but he’s also the singer in a band that has just signed with Century Media; people will always compare his band to his dad’s and, dad’s band is always going to win out. I’d feel just as bad for Michael Jordan’s son if he started playing basketball.

The band is called Rise To Remain, and before this week, I had never heard of them. Century Media will release the band’s debut album, City of Vultures, on October 11.

I wonder what Bruce Dickinson thinks of his son’s band — who a press release says are “one of the most exciting new heavy metal acts to come out of the U.K. in quite some time.”

“I hope a lot of people will respect this record, especially coming from a really young band, because there’s a lot that’s outside the usual metalcore cliché thinking box,” says Dickinson.

The album was produced by Colin Richardson, who is perhaps best known for his work with Slipknot.

The album was described in a press release announcing the signing as “an explosive, assured and extraordinarily diverse first offering that marks Rise To Remain as an extremely talented standard bearer for a new generation of metal bands.”

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Chris Harris is an internationally-published music journalist and writer whose work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone, IFC.com, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Radar. The former news editor for Noisecreep.com, AOL’s heavy metal blog, Harris also served as co-host for the site’s weekly podcast, “Creep Show." Harris spent four years as a reporter and on-air talent for MTV News.

  • Mandi Minx

    Hiya…people should not compare this stuff to Iron Maiden, Austin by right should have the chance to go his own way ‘n’ do his own stuff, My Dad bowls …I don’t get compared to him lolzz hope not anyway lolz… Wishing Austin all the bast!! ‘n’ Ignore what folk say Austin, they’re just daft!! :) all for the best matey xxxx

  • http://thenumberoftheblog.com/ groverXIII

    Both of Michael Jordan’s sons play basketball at UCF. They’re not all that good.

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