“It’s great when stuff like that breaks through”: Bruce Dickinson explains why he loves one of nu metal’s biggest, most “eccentric” bands

Bruce Dickinson on the cover of Metal Hammer.

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has expressed his admiration for seminal nu metal band System Of A Down in a new interview.

During a conversation with Loudwire, the vocalist – who joined Iron Maiden in 1981 and left in 1993, before returning in 1999 – was asked for his opinion on younger artists who emerged in the wake of Maiden’s initial success in the early 80s.