So far, the only song we’ve heard from Senjutsu is The Writing On The Wall, which was teased for weeks ahead of time via some carefully placed T-shirts, posters and Twitter accounts. The video was premiered on Friday June 15, 2021, under the guise of Belshazzar's Feast.
The state-of-the-art animated video features countless nods to various aspects of Maiden lore. Frontman Bruce Dickinson actually came up with the concept, which was fully realised by two former Pixar execs, Mark Andrews and Andrew Gordon, plus London animation studio BlinkInk.
Reviewing the first single, K! writer Nick Ruskell said: “As a song to break silence with, it’s not the most obvious route one might take. It’s not a fast-paced banger, but a more steady thunderer with space between the notes. But then that ties in with the video, one you watch intently, unpacking it all a little more with each repeat. And as you do, things click into place, and quite how good The Writing On The Wall is reveals itself.”