| The Writing on the Wall | |
| Cover: | Iron Maiden - Writing on the Wall.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Iron Maiden |
| Album: | Senjutsu |
| Recorded: | Early 2019 |
| Studio: | Guillaume Tell (Paris) |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 6:13 |
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| Producer: | Kevin Shirley |
| Prev Title: | Empire of the Clouds |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Stratego |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
"The Writing on the Wall" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The song was released on 15 July 2021 alongside a music video,[1] and served as the lead single from their seventeenth studio album Senjutsu. It was also the band's first single since 2016's "Empire of the Clouds".[2]
It was elected by Loudwire as the 14th best metal song of 2021.[3]
The song's music video was directed by Nicos Livesey from BlinkInk, a London based animation studio, in collaboration with Bruce Dickinson and former Pixar executives and long-standing Maiden fans Mark Andrews and Andrew Gordon via weekly Zoom meetings.[4] The video is a story written by Dickinson, inspired by the biblical stories of Belshazzar's feast and Daniel, as well as other biblical references[5] featuring the band's mascot, Eddie, in various styles influenced by the artwork of previous albums.[6] The visual effects were provided by BlinkInk with fans of the band reaching out with storyboard ideas from across the globe.[7]
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