Iced Earth

by **thrash metal maniac** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:45 pm

I'm a massive fan of this band, one of the first really decent metal bands I got into, along with Megadeth, Slayer etc...

I'm just interested how many of you like these guys??

I love all of their stuff, but it's been getting weaker since 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' came out, Horror Show was pretty good, but nothing in comparison with its predecessors (except for the production..)!!

Favourite album? Favourite songs?

Iced Earth rule!!!!!!!

:rockdevil:

by **boovidge** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:11 pm

Alive in Athens is a quality album.

I have Horror Show,Something Wicked, Night of the Stormrider, Burnt Offerings and Athens.

Barlow was amazingly cool, pity he's a police officer now
:doh:

by **Steve** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:32 pm

I recently got the Alive In Athens DVD, haven't watched it yet :doh:

Great band, can't wait to see them at Wacken! :rockdevil:

by **hyder** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:05 pm

Used to be a band I listened to almost daily.
Still love 'em though, but it upsets me that Barlow isn't in the band. I refuse to even listen to the Ripper stuff.

Fave song is maybe Angels Holocaust. Alive in Athens is probably the best live metal album EVER - they are just so fucking tight its amazing.

good eggs

by **Darkweasel** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:45 pm

I refuse to even listen to the Ripper stuff.

You're not the only person to do this but I just can't understand it. The Glorious Burden is my favourite Iced Earth album (and yes, I did get into them when Barlow was the singer).
Ripper is an amazing singer, his stuff with Beyond Fear is excellent and the blame for the turgid output released with Priest must lie at the feet of Downing and Tipton.

I love Something Wicked and to hear that the new album is going to be SWTWC Part 2 and a double album to boot is great news.

Favourite Tracks:

Gettysburg
Damien
Red Baron Blue Max
Ghost of Freedom
Hollow Man
Melancholy
Burning Times
Desert Rain
Disciples of the Lie
Watching Over Me
I Died for You
The Hunter

Get watching that Alive in Athens dvd! It's a fucking monster.

by **jonny_boy34** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:55 pm

I've always found Iced Earth quite an average band really, though that's probably because I haven't heard much of their earlier stuff. I've heard the Horrow Show one, which was quite nice, and some of the album that 'Watching Over Me' is from, which is also quite nice if I remember rightly, and I've got The Glorious Burden, which was quite average, though I found Gettysburg to be quite amazing. Tim Owen's voice (I refuse to call him 'The Ripper', the bastard, how dare he name himself after such an amazing song, he wouldn't even be worthy of the name Turbo Lover!) is a bit annoying, and even though he was especially shit in Judas Priest I don't think he's too bad in Iced Earth. Perhaps I need to listen to more, but from what I've heard they don't really rock my boat too much.

by **Mikey** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:00 pm

Another Iced Earth fan here, i have Horror Show and Something Wicked this Way Comes, love both the albums, by the sounds of things i should get Alive in Athens.

On a side note, Tim Mills (Bareknuckle Pickups) has recently joined the band, so expect the new album to be tonally awsome :-)

plus he shreads like a mother f*cker.

by **thrashduck** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:16 pm

Yeh definetly cool - Can't wait to see them at Wacken. I've seen a bit of that DVD and it wasn't completely amazing to be honest. Tribute to the gods is a beasty covers album though - for a change.

by **jonny_boy34** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:19 pm

thrashduck wrote:Tribute to the gods is a beasty covers album though - for a change.

Oh yes indeed, I forgot I had that too. That is quite good, acutally.

by **hyder** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:34 pm

Darkweasel wrote:
I refuse to even listen to the Ripper stuff.

You're not the only person to do this but I just can't understand it.

I dunno, for me Iced Earth was all about Barlow and Schaffer. I was gutted after he left.

I do have Glorius Burden... I may give it a shot

by **southwestthrasher** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:32 pm

best albums are STORMRIDER, alive in athens, something wicked this way comes and i also quite liked horror show but its no way as good as their earlier stuff \m/

by **metal_thrashing_dad** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:39 pm

NOT ONLY I HAVE THE "ALIVE IN ATHENS" CD & DVD BUT I WAS INSIDE THE RODON CLUB DURING THESE TWO NIGHTS. BELIEVE ME THAT THE DVD CAN'T CAPTURE WHAT WAS GOING ON THOSE NIGHTS IN ATHENS. IT WAS ABSOLUTELLY INTENSE.
THEIR BEST PERIOD WAS THE "DARK SAGA" - "SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES" ALBUMS. "A QUESTION OF HEAVEN" IS BRILLIANT

by **Darkweasel** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:45 pm

I WAS INSIDE THE RODON CLUB DURING THESE TWO NIGHTS. BELIEVE ME THAT THE DVD CAN'T CAPTURE WHAT WAS GOING ON THOSE NIGHTS IN ATHENS. IT WAS ABSOLUTELLY INTENSE

I may or may not be insanely jealous...

by **Hostile** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:01 pm

I downloaded the Iced Earth disco and then lost it. Ever since I miss all their material like crazy. Except for that shitty post-9/11 album with Eagle Soars and all that shit. Yes, you're upset Americans, we get it.

by **STD_Caps** on Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:10 pm

I have 'Something Wicked...' and it is awesome. Fucking great CD. Would like to check out more of their stuff, actually, just don't know where next to go. I can imagine that most things would struggle to follow SWTWC. Jon, Watching Over Me is on that album. Get it. The concept songs at the end kill.