“It gave us loads of publicity. The kids who did want to buy our records were like, ‘Oh cool! The religious right are burning their records! I better buy half a dozen!’”: The controversial Iron Maiden classic featured in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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It has been an amazing couple of weeks for Iron Maiden. First, the heavy metal legends’ 1983 anthem The Trooper featured in the Stranger Things finale. And now another Maiden classic is the soundtrack to the climax of the horror movie 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

The song in question is The Number Of The Beast, the title track from the band’s breakthrough third album, released in 1982.