Have 5 minutes and need to make your day considerably extra superior? Then come spend it watching Iron Maiden’s new music video for the music “Stratego,” launched by Adult Swim final Wednesday.

Honestly, the work stands for itself, in that it’s sort of incomprehensible but in addition completely rad:

“For I have not a mortal soul. Death is my future, to be reborn.” That’s superior, and god solely is aware of what it means, as a result of it’s not a reference to something. Honestly, it’s virtually sort of poignant while you bear in mind the metallic band has been taking part in collectively since 1975, practically half a century. Like the band’s zombie mascot Eddie—who’s revealed because the samurai in black on the finish of the video, and this whole epic battle of light-vs.-dark has been him taking part in a match of the Japanese technique sport Shogi—it looks as if dying can’t ever cease Iron Maiden. Old age clearly hasn’t.

The music is featured on the brand new album, which is Japanese for “tactics” or “strategy,” a thematically on-brand title provided that Stratego can be the title of a really beloved technique board sport. The music was written by Iron Maiden’s longtime songwriter and bassist Steve Harris and guitarist Janick Gers; the band’s frontman, Bruce Dickinson, govt produced the music video which was directed by Swedish artist Gustaf Holtenäs and animated by the London studio Blinkink, which has performed different movies for musicians just like the Weeknd and Elton John, in addition to a section for Netflix’s sci-fi animation anthology Love Death + Robots. The similar workforce made one other video for “The Writing on the Wall,” which can be on Senjutsu:

It’s been a very long time since Iron Maiden’s unique heydey when it was screaming out hits like 1982’s “Hallowed Be Thy Name” and 1984’s “Powerslave.” But in line with Kerrang, the band is presently battling Drake for the title of the #1 album on the UK music charts. Not unhealthy for a band that’s been round for nearly half a century!

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