Editing Iron Maiden (section)

===Appearance in media===
The first heavy metal videos broadcast by [[MTV]] were the live versions of "Iron Maiden" and "Wrathchild" taken from the official VHS ''[[Live at the Rainbow|Live at the Rainbow (Iron Maiden)]]''.{{sfn|MTV|2021}}{{sfn|List25|2021}} In 1989, Iron Maiden took part in the [[Rock Aid Armenia]] project (also known as [[Live Aid Armenia]]) - a humanitarian project by the British music industry. The project aimed to raise funds to help people affected by the earthquake in [[Armenia]] in 1988.{{sfn|RAAR|2023}}

The number of releases in tribute to the British band can be estimated in the hundreds, with an extremely wide range of stylistic variants.{{sfn|Tribute1|2021}}{{sfn|Tribute2|2021}} In 2008, ''[[Kerrang!]]'' released ''[[Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden]]'', an album composed of Iron Maiden cover songs performed by Metallica, [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], [[Dream Theater]], [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]], [[Coheed and Cambria]], Avenged Sevenfold, and other groups influenced by the band.{{sfn|Kerrang!|2008}} In 2010, [[Maiden uniteD]], an acoustic tribute band consisting of members of [[Ayreon]], [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] and [[Within Temptation]], released ''[[Mind the Acoustic Pieces]]'', a re-interpretation of the entire ''[[Piece of Mind]]'' album.{{sfn|Maiden United}} As of 2021 nearly 200 Iron Maiden cover audio-visual releases exist (each featuring various artists), including piano,{{sfn|AllMusic}} electro,{{sfn|Aquarius Records}} string quartet{{sfn|Loftus}} and hip-hop tributes.{{sfn|AllMusic(2)}}

In March 2025, [[Netflix]] will release ''Run to the Hills'', a documentary celebrating Iron Maiden's 50th anniversary. Directed by David Morgan, it will explore the band's rise from their early days in London to global heavy metal icons. The exact release date is yet to be confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Iron Maiden: Netflix to release a documentary on the band's history in March 2025. | url=https://heavymetalbest.com/news-article/ta3zWWQRUbhigvqrK7kM | date=October 10, 2024 | publisher=HeavyMetalBest.com | access-date=October 18, 2024}}</ref>