High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Hallowed Be Thy Name" is a song written by Steve Harris for the 1982 Iron Maiden album The Number of The Beast.The song includes 2 guitar solos: the first is played by Dave Murray,and second was played by Adrian Smith from 1982 until 1988.From 1990, second solo is played by Janick Gers. It is the most covered song by the band with fourteen different versions by artists like Dream Theater, Machine Head, Cradle of Filth and Brown Brigade.