Iron Maiden - Wrathchild

What this video is

Wrathchild (2015 Remaster) is a digitally repackaged artefact of one of the most historically significant moments in heavy metal media history. The original footage was captured on 21 December 1980 at London's Rainbow Theatre — Iron Maiden's first professional video recording — and the Wrathchild and Iron Maiden cuts became among the very first heavy metal videos broadcast on MTV when the channel launched in August…

Why it matters

As one of the first heavy metal videos ever aired on MTV, Wrathchild holds foundational genre significance — it is a primary document of NWOBHM performance aesthetics and a direct contributor to the legitimisation of heavy metal as a televised, globally distributed musical form. Its stark,…

The director

British director active from the early 1980s through the 2000s. Directed the Iron Maiden Live at the Rainbow video (filmed December 21, 1980) and the standalone Wrathchild music video (1981). His wider career spans television direction including An Audience…