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Tyranny of Souls is the sixth studio album released by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson on 23 May 2005. The cover art is one of the panels of Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation, a work by renaissance artist Hans Memling. It is his first solo album since rejoining Iron Maiden in 1999 and his most recent studio album as a solo artist to date.

Tyranny of Souls
Studio album by Bruce Dickinson
Released	23 May 2005
Recorded	2005
Studio	Castle Oaks (Calabasas) Signature Sound (San Diego) Dexter's Laboratory[lower-alpha 1] (Los Angeles)
Genre	Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length	43:35
Label	Sanctuary Victor (Japan)
Producer	Roy Z
Bruce Dickinson chronology
The Best of Bruce Dickinson (2001) Tyranny of Souls (2005) Alive (2005)
Singles from Tyranny of Souls
"Abduction" Released: 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	8.5/10[2]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles	8.0/10[3]
Metal Storm	9.0/10[4]
Rock Hard	9.5/10[5]

The songwriting on the album was split between Roy Z and Dickinson. During composition, Roy sent recordings of riffs to Dickinson, who was on tour with Iron Maiden. Dickinson subsequently wrote lyrics and melodies. Roy also served as the album's producer and played all guitar parts as well as some supplemental bass guitar and piano parts.

The other players on the album were all connected to Roy Z through different projects. Z, bassist Ray "Geezer" Burke, and keyboardist Maestro Mistheria all contributed to vocalist Rob Rock's 2003 release, Eyes of Eternity. Drummer Dave Moreno and bassist Juan Perez were members of Z's Latin rock band Tribe of Gypsies at the time.

"Kill Devil Hill" is inspired by the successful flight by the Wright brothers in 1903 (see Kill Devil Hills).

"Navigate the Seas of the Sun" is inspired by Erich Von Däniken's theory about extraterrestrial presence on Earth long ago and about man dealing with that in the future. ^{[citation needed]}

The title track is somewhat based on Shakespeare's tragedy MacBeth, and includes direct quotes and lines from the play throughout the song.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
• Roy Z – guitars, bass guitar (tracks 7, 9), producer, engineer, mixing
• Dave Moreno – drums
• Ray "Geezer" Burke – bass guitar (tracks 1, 4-6, 8, 10)
• Juan Perez – bass guitar (tracks 2, 3)
• Maestro Mistheria – keyboards

Production

• Hatch Inagaki – second engineer
• Stan Katayama – mixing
• Jeff Wakolbinger – mixing assistant
• Tom Baker – mastering at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles

Chart positions

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Austrian Top 40 Albums[6]	58
Belgian Ultratop (Flanders)[7]	76
Canadian Albums Chart	71
Finnish Albums Chart[8]	10
French Albums Chart[9]	101
German Albums Chart[10]	39
Greek Albums Chart	2
Hungarian Albums Chart[11]	24
Italian Albums Chart[12]	34
Japan Albums Chart	75
Dutch MegaCharts[13]	96
Swedish Albums Chart[14]	10
Swiss Albums Top 100[15]	73
UK Albums Chart[16]	65
Billboard 200 (US)[17]	180

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References

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Tyranny of Souls es un álbum de heavy metal publicado en el 2005 por Bruce Dickinson. La carátula representa un dibujo del artista Hans Memling. Es el primer disco de Bruce en solitario desde que se unió nuevamente a Iron Maiden en 1999.[1][2]

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