{"product_id":"paul-diannos-battlezone-killers-in-the-battlezone-1986-2000","title":"Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone - Killers In The Battlezone 1986-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree classic albums from NWOBHM stalwart and former \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIron Maiden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e vocalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul Di’Anno. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes his two mid-80s albums as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBattlezone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e where he was joined by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTokyo Blade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Wiggins. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlus his later band \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKillers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, caught live in 2000.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul Di’Anno’s name is inextricably linked to that of Iron Maiden, the world-conquering metal band he fronted from 1978-1981, recording their first two ground-breaking albums, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Iron Maiden’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1980 and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Killers’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1981. 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