Watch a Finnish Folk Band Cover Iron Maiden's "Aces High"
Finland's Steve 'N' Seagulls are famous for their wild bluegrass-tinged folk-music covers of heavy metal classics. You might remember their cover of Iron Maiden’s "The Trooper."
Now, the Scandinavian boys are back with a banjo/stand-up bass/accordion cover of another Maiden tune, "Aces High."
"Aces High," a song written from the vantage point of an RAF pilot fighting the German Luftwaffe over the skies of Britain in WWII, was featured on Iron Maiden's 1984 album, Powerslave.
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