This
is page is about my favorite band, Iced Earth. They feature Mathew Barlow
(pictured right) on lead vocals, Jon Schaffer (pictured right, below Mathew
Barlow) on guitars and back-up vocals, and James MacDonough on bass guitar.
Randy Shawver and Brent Smedley tag along for the live shows, playing
guitar and drums respectively. The first, and ever sought after, release
was the Enter the Realm demo. I'm looking for it, so if you can hook me
up with a copy let me know. Some of the songs were redone and released
on Days of Purgatory. Their first official release was the self-titled
album, Iced Earth. The line-up for this album had Gene Adam on vocals,
Dave Abell on bass guitar, and Mike McGill on drums. Their second album,
was entitled Night of the Stormrider. It tells the story of a man who is
betrayed by his religion and ultimately ends up in hell. Line up changes
for this album include the addition of John Greely on vocals, and Richey
Secchiari on drums. Burnt Offerings, their third album, introduced the
current vocalist, Mathew Barlow to the group. The only other addition is
Rodney Beasley on drums. This is definitely one of my favorite Iced Earth
albums, with the title track, Last December, and, of course, the over sixteen
minute song, Dante's Inferno. The Dark Saga, is based on the comic series,
Spawn. My favorite song on this cd is I Died for You. 'The Ripper', originally
on the Judas Priest tribute, can be found as a bonus track on some versions
of this cd, but I'm not sure where. The only line-up change on this
album was yet another drummer, Mark Prator. Days of Purgatory was the first
album
from Iced Earth that I bought. It features songs from Enter the Realm,
Iced Earth and Night of the Stormrider, but they are re-sung and on some
tracks the guitar, bass and drums are also re-done. If you manage to get
the European import, it is a double disc which contains songs from Burnt
Offerings, which are remastered and in some cases, different versions,
aswell. I haven't got the double disc ... yet, but my favorite songs
on the single disc are Stormrider, Desert Rain, Travel in Stygian, and
Iced Earth. Their latest release, Something Wicked this Way Comes, features
the line up listed at the top of this page. I think the best songs on this
cd are .... ah, I can't really pick one, they're all good. The Japanese
version features a live version of Stormrider. The upcoming Iced Earth
album will be live, and it was recorded on January 23 and 24th in Athens,
Greece. The setlist is below. I haven't been able to see Iced Earth live,
so I can't wait for this cd to come out. The release date is set for July
27.
Here
is the setlists for the shows that were recorded for the upcoming live
album. It was recorded in Athens, Greece. These may be incorrect, and not
all of the songs will make the cd.
On the first show (January 23) they played:
Colours
Pure Evil
Cast in Stone
Desert Rain
Travel in Stygian
Dante's Inferno
Iced Earth
I Died for You
Violate
The Hunter
Vengeance is Mine
Slave to the Dark
Question of Heaven
Burning Times
Melancholy
Watching Over Me
Stand Alone
My Own Savior
Blessed Are You
The
setlist for the second show (January 24) is:
Disciples of the Lie
Melancholy
Watching Over Me
Blessed are You
Something Wicked Trilogy
The Prophecy
Birth of the Wicked
The Coming Curse
Dark Saga
I Died for You
Violate
Last Laugh
Diary
Last December
Brainwashed
Angels Holocaust / Stormrider
Pure Evil
The Path I Choose
Iced Earth
When the Night Falls.
I hear the concerts were awesome. The album will be titled "Alive in
Athens" and will be released on July 27.
Iced Earth have
also recorded an EP. It was limited to two thousand copies, five hundred
of which were distributed to radio stations. Each of the 1500 EP's sold
to fans were hand numbered (I got #15!!). Unfortunately a lot of people
bought multiple copies of the cd and sold them on e-bay for inflated prices.
Because of this, Jon has said that Shooting Star and Electric Funeral will
be released as bonus tracks on a future release. It featured Iced Earth
covering Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath and Shooting Star by Bad Company.
Also included is Melancholy, I Died for You, and Watching Over Me. It was
originally supposed to have Last in Line by Dio on it, but it was scrapped
in favour of the Black Sabbath song.
Most info and pictures appearing on this page was taken from the Official Iced Earth page and the Century Media page, there is a link to it at the bottom of this page. And thanx to Asmodeus for the logo at the top of the page. Check out his page, the banner is at the bottom.
News
Discography
Enter the Realm (demo)
Iced Earth
Night of the Stormrider
Burnt Offerings
The Dark Saga
Days of Purgatory
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Melancholy EP
Alive in Athens
Sound Files (mp3 format)
Iced Earth
Burnt Offerings
(64 Kbps / 22 kHz)
Dante's
Inferno (64 Kbps / 44 kHz)
The
Hunter (64 Kbps / 44 kHz)
The
Ripper (128 Kbps / 44 kHz)
Desert
Rain (64 Kbps / 44 kHz)
Watching
Over Me (64 Kbps / 44 kHz)
My
Own Savior (live) (Real Audio)
Birth of the Wicked(64
Kbps / 22 kHz)
Other Bands I recommend
(mp3 format)
Blind
Guardian - Mirror Mirror (64 Kbps / 44 kHz)
Gamma
Ray - Rebellion in Dreamland (64 Kpbs / 44 kHz)
Helloween
- I Want Out (64 Kbps / 44 kHz)
Paradise
Lost - Once Solemn (64 Kbps / 44kHz)
Rage
- XIII (64 Kbps / 44 kHz)
Savatage
- Nothing Going On (64 Kbps / 44kHz)
Feedback
sdinicol@hotmail.com
Links
Iced Earth -
Official Website
Century Media
Justin's
Heavy Metal Site
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