A 59-YEAR-OLD metal fan has decided that since there is such a fuss about it, he will give Taylor Swift’s new one a spin.

Bus driver Tom Booker has been a metalhead all his life, but after four decades of lyrics based on Aleister Crowley books or the life of Alexander the Great was looking for a change of pace.

He said: “It’s been Maiden for me since Powerslave in ’84. The galloping bass runs of Steve Harris, the operatic wailings of Bruce Dickinson, and they always keep it proper heavy.

“But I heard some girls discussing this Swift on the bus and well, all that stuff about death, demons, and the cruelty of man toward man does get a bit samey. What are her albums about? Herself? Well, Maiden have never done a 14-minute metal epic about that.

“I’d always thought she was more of a sing

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