PAUL DI'ANNO's ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ Recording Debut Album

ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ, the new band featuring former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di’Anno alongside members of Paul‘s longtime German touring backing group THE PHANTOMZ, has entered a German studio to begin recording its debut album for a tentative early summer release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Apache Falls”, “When Murder Comes To Town”, “Je Suis Charlie”, “AOC” and “Switched Off”.

In a recent interview with Songfacts, Di’Anno stated about ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ: “This is my German touring band. We’ve been friends for so many years and we just decided that we’ve had enough of this, let’s become a band. We still play some of the MAIDEN songs, but we started writing and it’s all going very, very well. We had an EP we put out to try and get a record deal, and somehow, Metal Hammer got a hold of it and Rock Hard magazine have both made us the ‘EP Of The Month’ in August. And the vibe on us is going absolutely crazy, so we’re loving it. So we’re just going to see what happens with this now.”

Di’Anno recently revealed that he scrapped his previously announced retirement plans, explaining to “The Metal Voice”: “I was gonna retire because of a bad knee. And it was really pissing me off. What it is, I’ve got a knee replacement, ’cause it’s all damaged; I’ve had a couple of motorcycle accidents. I thought about quitting — not because I wanted to, but I thought, ‘This could get worse. I’m doing more damage to it.’ But then I thought, it doesn’t make a difference; it’s about the voice. And I spoke to the wife and she said, ‘Oh, my God. If you stay home for two months, I’ll probably murder you.’ So I decided in the end, ‘Fuck it.’ Doing all these things is great, but I actually wanna be part of a band.”

Paul Di’Anno‘s April 9, 2014 performance at Lizard Club in Krakow, Poland as part of the Doładowanie festival was professionally filmed for a DVD, “The Beast Arises”, which was released on October 6, 2014 in Europe through Metal Mind Productions and October 7, 2014 in North America via MVD. “The Beast Arises” was also made available on CD, digital and vinyl.

The setlist for Di’Anno‘s concert in Krakow included some of the best IRON MAIDEN tracks from the period when Di’Anno was the band’s lead singer, as well as KILLERS and Di’Anno solo tracks. The DVD will also contain bonus features such as an interview with Di’Anno, a photo gallery and more.

Di’Anno recorded two classic albums with IRON MAIDEN before being fired and replaced by Bruce Dickinson. He went on to front a number of other bands, including KILLERS and BATTLEZONE, and released several solo records.