The Root of All Evil (EP)

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The Root of All Evil
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ReleasedApril 23, 2008 (Japan)
StudioNRG Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Genre Heavy metal
Eurobeat
Length17:33
Label Powerslave Records
Producer The Iron Maidens and Mark Dawson
The Iron Maidens chronology
Route 666
(2007)
The Root of All Evil
(2008)
Metal Gathering Tour Live in Japan 2010
(2010)

The Root of All Evil is a Japan-only EP release by the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens. It includes three new cover recordings of Iron Maiden songs and a dance remix of "The Trooper." [1] This was the band's last recording to feature lead vocalist Aja Kim and guitarists Sara Marsh and Heather Baker, who left the band.

Contents

Unlike their previous albums, the EP is not offered on the band's official website. [2]

Prior to the release of the EP, the band first performed the acoustic version of "Different World" on the Los Angeles, CA, radio station 97.1 KLSX in late 2007. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Transylvania" (Steve Harris) - 4:21
  2. "The Evil That Men Do" (Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith, Harris) - 4:29
  3. "Different World" (Acoustic Version) (Smith, Harris) - 4:02
  4. "The Trooper" (Dance Remix) (Harris) - 4:41
    • Remixed by Glenn Baren and Lynn Woolever

Personnel

Credits

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References

  1. Powerslave Records catalog
  2. "The Iron Maidens Forums - Root of All Evil?". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  3. YouTube - The Iron Maidens Unplugged