Metal band Iron Maiden will release a new album on September 4th. It will be the band’s first new record in five years and their first double album.

The Book of Souls was recorded in Paris with their longstanding producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley in late 2014, with the finishing touches added earlier this year.  However, the band decided to delay its release so that vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who was recently given the all-clear from a tumour, would have time to recuperate sufficiently to join in the preparations for the album’s launch.

The Book of Souls will feature 11 songs, including the 18-minute long “Empire Of The Clouds.”