Iron Maiden have now confirmed the release date for their much anticipated 'Death on the Road' DVD.
This will initially be available as a limited-edition special digipack and is out on February 6th 2006 through EMI.
The DVD package contains the full performance of their 'Dance of Death Tour' in December 2003. Filmed at the Westenfalenhalle Arena, Dortmund, the show has been personally edited by band member Steve Harris, to fully capture the magnificent stage production and to cut right to the heart and electricity of the band's performance.
"We realize that the fans have been made to wait a little longer than planned for the DVD to come out," Steve Says, "but as they know, we won't settle for anything but the best and the extra time and effort spent in the final production of this DVD should be apparent. I can safely say that when people see songs like 'Paschendale' and 'Dance of Death' their jaws will hit the floor as mine did when I saw the final product on my TV at home."
The band have taken the unprecedented step of making the full concert available on two separate discs, one with full traditional stereo soundtrack and the other with specially mixed 5.1 sound. The set is made up with a third, special features disk.
"We are aware that many fans don't yet have access to 5.1 sound and still use stereo," Harris continues, "but if you put both sound beds on one disc with the concert a fair amount of visual quality can be lost due to the massive amount of information that needs storing. As this was quite a dark and theatrical show we refused to allow this to happen!"
The pricing will be the same as 'Rock in Rio' which was a 2-disc package.
The special features disc contains an exclusive documentary directed by Matthew Amos, who also directed the band's award-winning 'Early Days' documentary. It's an insight into the production of the 'Dance of Death' album from its writing and recording through to the detail in what it takes to get a massive show like Maiden on the road.