Orthodox Christians Performed IRON MAIDEN's 'Wasting Love' at Their Monastery

21 August 2018

There was a time when IRON MAIDEN's album The Number of the Beast and its title track filled Christians with dread and confused music fans into thinking the band members were Satanists.

It took MAIDEN a little while to overcome the stigma, which is hard to believe today since that song is now a staple of the NWOBHM and the Christian community haven't bothered Maiden in decades.

In fact, some devoutly religious folk even celebrate the mighty MAIDEN. Recently, two Orthodox Christian monks performed the band's ballad 'Wasting Love' (which appeared on 1992's Fear of the Dark) and posted it online via Headliner Magazine. The acoustic strumming, Christ-loving MAIDEN fans are Peter and Teofil and they reside in the Tuman Monastery in Eastern Serbia.