The Maiden Triple-Bill Live, 'Heavy Trip', & Pathology's 'Unholy Descent'

This week on The Heavy Metal Hangover, Rex and Duff dedicate the bulk of the show to a full recap of the current Iron Maiden tour. We pull no punches as we dissect the performances, stage energy, and full setlists from the legendary triple-threat bill: the thrash assault of Anthrax, the razor-sharp attack of Megadeth, and the unstoppable powerhouse that is Iron Maiden. Did the setlists deliver the deep cuts we wanted, or play it safe? We break down every riff and theatrical moment from the pit.

Before we get to the arena report, Rex shares a brutal realization from the underground: finally digging into Pathology’s crushing album Unholy Descent after remembering an old listener recommendation—and now he can't turn the damn thing off. Plus, Rex admits where he went wrong on cinema by stubbornly dodging subtitled films for years, only to finally watch the Finnish metal comedy masterpiece Heavy Trip and completely fall in love with "symphonic post-apocalyptic reindeer-grinding Christ-abusing extreme war pagan Fennoscandian metal."