The Nomad (9:07)

The instrumental part of ‘The Nomad’ has been borrowed from Beckett’s ‘Life’s Shadow’, a song featured on their one and only self-titled 1974 album. Obviously, it has been re-arranged to fit Iron Maiden’s style and sound, but the similarity is absolutely unmistakable. Incidentally, ‘Life’s Shadow’ also contains lyrics that Steve Harris used for ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’. Some may consider this plagiarism, but I doubt that Maiden would have used this material without prior consent of the original artists. Besides, there’s nothing wrong with a little inspiration from another band when you write such a great piece of music. In any case, Beckett may have released only one album, but they sure influenced Steve a lot!

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