What SECRETS are veiled on POWERSLAVE? | Iron Maiden Reaction
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- Iron Maiden's Powerslave is not only one of the fans' favourite album music-wise, but is also the one to feature one of the most complicated and beloved album artwork covers. Designed once again by Derek Riggs Iron Maiden's Powerslave is full of jokes and hidden references planted throughout the artwork. In addition it helped Iron Maiden with its imagery on one of the most successful live tours - World Slavery Tour which to this day is considered one of the best the band ever had.
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Backstory
01:52 - The writings on the wall
08:11 - Verdict
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*When was the first time you saw a Powerslave artwork?*
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When I looked up “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. I knew the poem that it was based on so I was intrigued by this mysterious metal band that had written a song about it. The album cover blew my mind before I even clicked on the video.
111 = III or the 3rd … could be in reference to the ruler Amenhotep III who brought prosperity and splendor to his kingdom …. Not to mention it is the 3rd album with Bruce Dickinson
around 1989 - 1990
when the Lp first came out
The "load of crap" reference I believe is a sly reference to someone saying "This is Shit" in the background to Die with your Boots on from the Piece of Mind album
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Man, I wish Derek was still doing the Maiden artwork.
Me too.
I agree but I also am not a big fan of his recent work. I’m pretty sure he moved from using paint and canvas to digital because of illness but I don’t really like the look of the digital work.
Would’ve loved to see what Derek would’ve done with the dance of death album artwork…
@@3L3V3N69 For me, only if he had done it the old school way. Unfortunately, around 2003 he was already firmly in the CGI realm. Have a look at what he came up for the cover of Gamma Ray's Power Plant in 2002, for instance. It's... interesting. 😶
@@3L3V3N69 worst. Cover. Ever.
Nice video 😀
The "111" is, in my Egyptologist opinion, not "111", but probably three times the sign for "netjer" which means "gods", or three times the sign for "power" which is a vertical scepter with a curved head. So it's probably more something linked to the hieroglyphs themselves rather than 111 ;-)
When they were little, I used to show my kids my CD version of Powerslave and would tell them that this was my favorite Maiden album cover and how I loved all the tiny hidden messages. So, while still a kid my son bought me a vinyl version of Powerslave and gave it to me as birthday gift. I framed it and hung it on the wall.
My dad did this to me, he only had a few of the cd’s in the early 90s but had all the vinyl! He dug out the record player and the leather vinyl boxes so he could show and play them and asked me to find all the hidden messages on the powerslave sleeve! 😅
111 a misinterpretation of III = the triad of Horus, Osiris, and Isis. (Osiris and Isis were brother and sister, husband and wife ).
Into the Abyss I'll fall, the Eye of Horus
Into the eyes of the night, watching me go
Green is the cat's eye that glows
In this Temple
Enter the risen Osiris, risen again
My first thought was that 111x6=666
@@Tmuk2 Well, it can be...who knows?
7 is supposed to be a representation of godly perfection, 6 is a human number, falling short of perfection or godhood, 3x is used for emphasis, so 777 is the number of god, 666 is the number of the beast, 111 would be the difference, denoting Eddie's transcendence to godhood.
Just a thought.
@@mattdowds8505 111 in binary is 7 in decimal.
@@Tmuk2 That's what I thought too, that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
The death of the LP was one of many tragedies, to come from the rise of digital music. There were several experiences lost such as, the conscious decisions that tied the layout, artwork, and liner notes tied to the music that were almost like an additional product that made the LP a "bonus" product. Being able open the sleeve up and study it while the LP is playing really was such a great experience.
Totaly agree!
Another misgiving of digital music is that rarely anyone listens to all of the songs contained in an album. The complete set of songs and their order, plus the artwork and liner notes is what really makes up an album. It's a very complete experience.
LP means Long play not vinyl
Agreed I loved examining the art work of my older brothers and sisters record albums. A lot went into then and it really added to the experience of the albums.
My second favorite Maiden/Riggs album cover after Somewhere in Time (which I have on my wall above my desk - Two LP's put side by side to make the panorama!). I actually prefer the crisp and bright aesthetic to SiT as Mr. Riggs really captured the monumentality and desert bleakness that is so symbolic of Egypt in modern viewers. Powerslave is nothing less than an abrupt about-face for the dark tones of previous album covers, proving that a bright cover can still be just as badass as any Maiden cover.
My favorite part of the cover is that the back artwork is a view from inside the "crotch" of the Eddie Statue we see in the front.
I had my original Albums matted and framed, this is beautiful artwork, I spent so many hours of my youth staring at these covers. Live after death is my favorite though.
The "111" is actually 3 vertical lines. In the interpretations of The Book Of The Dead, the 3 lines translates to "of the gods" every single time. Look it up!
Neat!
OK... I thought it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
I love all the little hidden shit that’s so very evident on all Derek’s artwork.
I purchased a poster of the Powerslave album front cover from a Fred Meyer's Department Store when I was 15 and taped it to my bedroom ceiling so I could see it everynight and morning from lying on my bed. Really cool fun art. Thank you for doing a video on it. My mom threw it away when I went to college. I did not notice any hidden meanings from it. For me there was enough mystery in the whole God/King/Egypt/Pharoah/Eternity/Pyramid "Slave to the Power of Death" thing that bringing additional or alternative meaning would have undermined what the song Powerslave was saying. Derek did a good job of furthering Iron Maiden's message and not subverting it which helps his reputation now.
I seem to remember C-3PO and R2D2 hidden in the hieroglyphics as well.
Really? I don't. Or you're just kidding?
@@herbertwest9626 I'm not kidding. It could be my memory playing tricks on me, but I'm pretty sure I saw them in there somewhere. Too bad I don't have the wall poster anymore.
@@skovol007 Not on this artwork. Steven Spielberg had them on the column to the left of the the vault that holds the Ark of the Covenant in "Raiders of the lost ark." It's a pretty famous nod to George Lucas.
Yesssss!!! Thank you. I was going crazy. I haven't had my vinyl albums and posters from my teen years for 30+ years, and I was sure they were on the cover as well... whew...life can go on.
No I remember that too !
Love how you break down the album artwork more of this please!
great content bro, much love from Canada, keep rocking !!
In 1984 when the album came out. I was totally intrigued by the artwork but too young and too poor to take a risk on buying it. Somwhere in Time was the first one I bought new. After hearing it, I had to go back and get all the other albums, and the singles too (in part for the Derek Riggs artwork). Powerslave was the second album I bought. I got it in a used record shop for $3.00 USD. I still have it! By the way, I think Nassau is pronounced "Nas-saw" not "nuh-sow". At least that's how the pronounce the county in New York of the same name. I had to run that back like six times to know what you meant. Maybe insert a caption for that word. Up the Irons!
Poor Guy H shld asked Me wld bought for U,luckily Singaporean Life stable since 40yrs back
I fully agree with the premise. Powerslave remains my favorite album art of all time. The back part two. I have also the poster to have it bigger. I'm sure many of the hieroglyphs are not random and mean something too. Notice the 7 women shades in the back part. The one kneeling's shadow looks a scarab beetle, typical in ancient Egypt mythology; the 6 standing, well that's six overall shadows and 2 make fork shadows, the forks and 6 yet another common element...
Great stuff. My favorite album and still my favorite live show as well. Would love to see a album break down
I love all of Dereks work...but partial to “The Trooper”.😉
Awesome vid man🤘🏻🤘🏻
And on the right side of the dancing girls on the back cover, over the first two steps is the sign with the 2 small circles, 1 big one and an arrow pointing down to a small straight line resembling a face with a screw on the forehead. This sign was in every Iron Maiden album from the first one and I was always trying to find it when I was buying a new album, so it might not refer to Eddie, since he hadn't the screws on his forehead before "Piece of mind" album.
As far as I understood, it's the signature of Derrick Riggs ☺️
@@StIndigo Yes, that's correct.
I didn't know what that logo meant years ago, but thought it looked cool enough that I painted a massive one in grey on my black bedroom wall. 😁
But if you look at the EARTH WIND and FIRE album ALL AND ALL and IRON MAIDEN album POWER SLAVE.
You could definitely see a similarity to each other.
The number 111 is actually a pretty funny reference, although deeply numerological, is translated as "reasoning reasoning reasoning," which is of course the reference to 666 the number of the beast, and the biblical quote, "let him who hath understanding recon the number of the beast," or which also means 'to reason' the number of the beast. One interesting note is that the Levites were not enslaved along with the rest of the Jews, but were employed as high priests of Pharoah, and like Moses, chose to join the rest of their brothers in the Exodus from Egypt. Therefore, much of the symbolism and numerology carved into the Egyptian tombs were of archetypal unison.
The number 111 is usually considered to be a sign of enlightenment. It can also represent self-love, abundance, and good luck. Another reason you keep seeing the number 111 is because it's your inner voice telling you to focus on your desires and not to give up
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
I love the Iron Maiden reference in the top left corner. If you look closely, you can clearly see that Derek has written Iron Maiden in the Iron Maiden font - Iron Maiden - Up the Irons! Iron Maiden.
You should try to interview Derek on those topics. That would bring in a lot more views.
stellar idea!!!
Funny, talking about the show at the end of your video reminds me of when, way back in the day, I went to see the Iron Maiden Powerslave show (first time in Greensboro NC and the second time was early the next year towards the end of the same tour in Poplar Grove Illinois, outside of Chicago...that outdoor show KILLED all other shows I have ever seen, frankly by them or anyone else....BTW #2 favorite show was Operation Mindcrime in its entirety on the Empire tour)(and my Mom painted the album cover front and back on huge canvasses for my brother and me. he got the front cover and I got the back, done in oil, mine is 4'x4' and I think it is killer, my brother sadly lost his in a flood years ago)
The show was at Poplar Creek. That was my first concert ever. Accept was the opening act. My parents took me and my brothers, I was only 10 or 11 at the time. We where in the last row and I'll never forget my father had me up un his shoulders for most of the show so I could see over the crowd. 30 years later I took my son to his first concert, at the age of 10, which was of course Iron Maiden. I love it when life comes full circle. Up the Irons. 🤘
@@charlesyoung7669 You are right...that show , when they had the 60 foot tall Eddie shoot flames out of his eyes, they set fireworks off in the sky over the amphitheater (it was outdoor but the bowl was covered by an awning....I remember because I was under the awning except for when the Eddie shot flames, I was out under the stars for some reason and saw the fireworks go off overhead....Bets show ever)
111 = III or the 3rd … could be in reference to the ruler Amenhotep III who brought prosperity and splendor to his kingdom …. Not to mention it is the 3rd album with Bruce Dickinson
It's 666 in hebrew alphabet just like in monster energy can. The original historical way to write the number of the beast.
@@ark-mark1 by writing 111? That's some secret squirrel shit right there lol!
@@machupikachu1085 1 looks like hebrew alphabet wav, which is 6 in arabic alphabet, so wav wav wav is 666 in our (arabic) alphabet. That's the reason monster energy has it in its logo. Monster energy 666.
@@machupikachu1085 Why the hell Maiden would not put 666 in hebrew in it? why the hell 111 as a numeric value. Come on. Which on is maiden song 666 or 111 ?
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
Maybe 111 has something to do with Acces high and the german bomber plane Heinkel HE 111?!🤔
Ha, that’s actually very interesting… maybe
That or Bilbo's age at the beginning of The Lord of The Rings
Aces aka 1's or 1+1+2+3+5+8 followed by two minutes to midnight.
What happened to the small Batman figure on the cover? He used to stand near the trees. Seems like DC didn't like Maiden using him unless they paid some good money. They didn't, so Batman was deleted from newer versions. But returned on "Somewhere in Time".
I immediately thought of the Powerslave album cover when I saw the ancient Egyptian temple of Abu Simbel - a UNESCO heritage site on the shore of Lake Nasser on the Nile River.
When I saw the Powerslave cover for the first time in the 80s, I immediately thought of Abu Simbel although I've never been there...
If anyone remembers the old saying"Kilroy was here"...well...that smiling perv looking over the bathroom stall is KILLROY!!
My personal favorite is live after death.
Yes. That's the best one
No doubt
111 is a stylistic representation of 666 like the Monster energy drink logo using the Hebrew waw.
I thought too, that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
Powerslave and live after death(the record cover when is open)are the best album covers ever with a lot of hidden treasures and secrets....also venom album black metal cover got a few secrets on the cover
The numerical value of the word "good" in the Jewish alphabet is 111. Bruce Dickinson being a student of ocultism and hermeticism, it's highly likely Derick might have been no stranger to the topic. Gematria is an aspect of the Kabala that considers the numerical value of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in words to determine the relationship of their qualities.
111 can also be looked at as 0111, which is seven in binary. Seven is a mysterious number, and perhaps this is a reference to something they were already toying with for Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
I'd heard this too, but I imagined that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
I feel like the truth about everything in life is hidden inside album covers
Could the ones be aces for Aces High? Just a thought.
I thoughtthat it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
In 8th grade in art class we could paint a ceiling tile. I did the pharaoh Eddie.
I don’t know if you could cal it something you missed but the 12inch singles from owerslave -aces high&two minuetes to midnight also had there own hidden art bits
Would be happy to cover them in a separate episode
It is my understanding that the number 111 is the numerical glyph of the Egyptian goddess of space Nuit from Aleister Crowley's book of the law. Bruce made a movie called chemical wedding about Crowley, but that was much later. Who knows if DR was referencing that or not.
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
Very cool stuff! My take on the 111...and this may be a stretch but if you count the Maiden Japan EP (which was an Official release) Powerslave would be the band's 6th album...what's 111 x 6??? Hmmmmmm ;)
Yeah, that's what I thought too ! And way back when the pyramids were built by the Egyptians would have been earlier so maybe 111 was the 666 of the time ? LOL
One more thing, 111 is likely a reference to Bilbo's "Eleventy-first" birthday. You had a LOTR joke right after that. Your guess too, or coincidence? Also don't forget to look at the little messages inscribed on the actual vinyl aroud the center.
Wot no Guinness
TY IRON MAIDEN would not have been possible without you A- Job 369 keystone to everything VowEls
I've always heard Judas priest symbol is on there somewhere but I can never find it
🤘🏻
The world slavery tour poster us by far the baddest eddie..ever...
Powerslave remains the only Maiden album I really enjoyed after Paul Di'Anno's departure, it's the strongest album they released since Killers and the last thing the band released where they did something new in my opinion - admittedly I did give up on the band after Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son which seemed like a huge step backwards to me at the time, but the first album, Killers, Maiden Japan and Powerslave still remain in my record collection
I would guess that the 111 is a joke or veiled reference to 666.
I thought too, that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
The 3 ones are probably the Hebrew vav witch is the number 6 so 666 or kind of like the M on the monster energy drink can.
Maybe 111 is a reference to how many days it took to create the artwork.
Definitely not.
@@decemberflower3990, how do you know?
I knew a tattoo artist who knew Derek Riggs. He told that there is "artist crazy", and then there is "Derek Riggs crazy".
dont know if you notice but the reaper got like a seth head
How you know is 111.....maybe is III(number 3 on roman)
111 in english is an unlucky number and refers to nelson, (1 eye, 1 arm , 1 leg) its most probably a cricket thing
I thoughtthat it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
Did Dreek ever entered inside a
PowerSlave Egyptian Pyramid Spiritually(Soul Travelling) before dun think so
Is it 111 or the Hebrew symbols for 666 (according to monster energy drink folklore) ?
Well, looking at the Hebrew way of writing the number 6 looks very close to a 1, so I think there you have your answer.
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
7:45 Perhaps a reference to Nelson. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_(cricket)
3:09 that's actually Suzanne from Blender
My second lp of maiden. First was killers
Kilroy and Chad are the wrong way round: It was Kilroy in the UK
thanks Chad. :D
The "load of crap" reference I believe is a sly reference to someone saying "This is Shit" in the background to Die with your Boots on from the Piece of Mind album
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Can you do an in-depth video on “ Secrets of Love Gun “ album artwork ?
Are there any secrets?
Chad old brittish graffiti
Is it 111 or the Hebrew number for 6? As in 666?
or it could be that 111 is not 111 but the Hebrew letter Vav that looks like 111 and is the 6't letter in the Hebrew Alphabet so this could be a Referenzen to the first album bruce Dickinson sing (number of the beast)
111 could refer to AA . For example : Always AA. = Don´t loose control - Don´t drink to much. - It hit me right away that a certain germen sportsmark also is like 111 - Up the irons - Support Brentford and the vikings and The Hammers - When U R blowing bobles ;-) 666 ;-) 13
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
Was there not 6 of the 111 hieroglyphs making “666”?
I am 54 and stil have all my 80's 2x3 posters of Maiden! \m/ @.@ \m/
Use the Sir Francis Bacon cipher. 111
I ve heard, about the 111 number : it s a claim remanding at logo on wings of fascists aviation Italy of WWII, which it s ridiculous, cause I don't know someone more ENGLISH than maidens. And the hate between the two nations, at that time, it s notorious. And that's all
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
Looks like Alexander the Great AG
111 is the sign of an angel.. Represents impending doom
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
and by the way
my like in this video is number ...112
i bet if you ask steve harris who his favorite bass player is it would be paul mcartney
That's right Zenjitsu is already forgotten. Powerslave will live forever and ever!
in bowling, the score of " 111" is called the shit house.
Killers..
You're accent broke my neck
Is an secret metal.
Didn't watch as it's obviously kilroy from WWII graffiti who Styx also referenced eg Mr roboto
Tell me why i had to be a powerslave, i don't wanna die i'm a God, why can't i live on?
111 is 666 at Hebrew numbers probably
Yes, or Arabic. 6 looks pretty much the same in both writings.
Thanks, that's what I came here to say
Nope.
111 is the correct number of the beast rather than 666
I thought too, that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
Significance of the 111 is its iii roman numerals its 3 cause its bruces third album
Nope.
@@decemberflower3990care to elaborate? Or just a simple nay say
666÷6=111 if it is so,only Derek could know what's about.
111 must be 666 written in Arabic numbers.
update to answer some comments : by Arabic numbers, I don't mean the numbers we use in western countries and call "arabic numbers", but the digits used in Arabic languages. And as a coincidence, the 6 in Arabic looks similar to the 6 in Hebrew (but not the other digits)... But is it really a coincidence ?
Makes sense.
We use Arabic numbers every day that's the modern numbers we use!
666 are Arabic numbers. The Greeks used them already, when they translated the Bible into Greek from Aramaic. Probably the Aramaics used Arabic numbers or cifres already.
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
That little dude is KILROY WAS HERE ,,,, an old 70s to early 90s joke. Early examples of graffiti
the 111 on back are actually hebrew number 6 vav vav vav or 666..reference to number of the beast...
The 111 is actually another Disney reference which you can find hidden on most older Disney movies and cover art
Was that a bait on that 111? It's hebrew wav wav wav, as in monster energy logo. 666 the number of the beast as written in early hebrew bible.
I thought that it was 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album.
1+1+1=3, its the third album Bruce Dickinson sang on for Maiden.
Hahahaha
too fast talking, too fast cuts
What dialect or accent is that anyway?
Does he think he discovered something?????
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Is it possible that "111" was actually 1/6th of the number of the beast as Powerslave was Iron Maiden's 6th album ?
I think its george rr martin