这张是Iron Maiden2002在巴西进行巡演时的现场录音。这张现场专辑被誉为是继那张经典的Live After Death后，乐队最出色的现场。这时的Iron Maiden拥有乐队史上最豪华的阵容，人们都等不及想听听拥有3把吉他的Iron Maiden现场究竟会有多火爆！在25万观众的集体大合唱配合下，6头野兽的表演丝毫不显老态，诞生了又一张经典的现场专辑。就正如乐队自己说的那样：“我们就是为了现场而生的！”


Rock In Rio is a live album recorded in Brazil by Iron Maiden in 2001. Here they faced their second largest ever crowd - 250,000 people - the first being their 1985 Rock In Rio performance to a crowd of 400,000, and with the relatively recent return of lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, they recorded their fifth live album.

It features many of their best known tracks, including the eponymous "Iron Maiden" and "Run to the Hills" coupled with some of their "comeback" tracks, such as "The Wicker Man" and "Brave New World." Less popular songs were also performed, such as Bruce Dickinson's versions of the Blaze Bayley-era songs "Sign of the Cross" and "The Clansman".

A video version is also available on DVD.