THOMAS ZWIJSEN To Release Nylon Maiden Guitar Tab Book With Bonus EP In October
August 5, 2013, 11 years ago
Dutch classical guitarist THOMAS ZWIJSEN will release a guitar tab book for his album Nylon Maiden - featuring IRON MAIDEN songs transcibed for classical guitar - on October 3rd. The book will have tablature and standard notation for 12 songs and will also contain a 4-track bonus EP with non-album tracks and a link to online video lessons for each song. The book will be available in PDF format and as paperback edition.
On Zwijsen’s website you can download the tablature and watch a video lesson for his arrangement for 'The Trooper'. The tab book is available for pre-order via Zwijsen's website here.
Guitar Tab book songs:
'Aces High'
'Rainmaker'
'The Trooper'
'Blood Brothers'
'Can I Play With Madness'
'The Clairvoyant'
'Wasted Years'
'The Clansman'
'Fear Of The Dark'
'The Evil That Men Do'
'Wasting Love'
'Run To The Hills'
Bonus EP:
'Fear Of The Dark' (previously unreleased)
'Phantom Of The Opera' (from the Japanese edition of Nylon Maiden)
'The Evil That Men Do' (previously released on vinyl)
'Run To The Hills' (previously released on vinyl)
Nylon Maiden was released on January 8, 2013. The album contains 11 unique arrangements of Iron Maiden tracks on classical guitar. Additional musicians on the album are Anne Bakker (violin), Nathanael Taekema (drums), Tony Newton (bass; VOODOO SIX) and Blaze Bayley (vocals; ek-Iron Maiden, WOLFSBANE). To promote this album Zwijsen toured in South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. In May, Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers called Zwijsen to tell him that his album is brilliant.
Zwijsen will play solo shows and shows with Blaze Bayley in Europe this year, before returning to South America in December. Stay tuned for updates.