There was some overlap but Black Sabbath started in 1968 while Iron Maiden's first album wasn't until 1980 (although they had been around for a while). That's q

There was some overlap but Black Sabbath started in 1968 while Iron Maiden's first album wasn't until 1980 (although they had been around for a while). That's quite a long time in music/fashion. Iron Maiden was part of the new wave of British Heavy metal which kicked off a lot of the bands like Metallica that went on to great success. Iron Maiden are still going strong and quite a lot of their songs have interesting links to history/literature. Up the Irons!