...Iced Earth has risen...
Hey, don't waste your time here! Instead, go to the new official
Iced Earth web site:
http://www.icedearth.com/
And add a link to it on your page if you have one!
oh yeah, I'm the webmaster over there...
Iced Earth. When I first heard these guys,
I was a little doubtful
because they were heavier than anything I'd really been
into before. But now I've realized that they're really an excellent band.
These brothers-in-rock of Blind Guardian hail from Florida, and aren't really
similar to Blind Guardian at all. They've got driving yet complex rhythms,
pounding drums melded with ethereal keyboards, and vocals that are growling,
screeching, and melodic. Rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer does most of the
music writing and all of the lyrics. They've had three singers in four
albums, getting better each time.
They've been labeled power metal, progressive metal,
and even Euro-metal, but the truth is, there isn't too much around like them.
They've been compared to Iron Maiden, Metallica, early Queensryche, or
Sabbat, but only take elements from those bands, sounding nothing like any of
them. As influences, the band themselves lists Kiss, Black Sabbath,
Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, Judas Priest and Metallica. Iced Earth
clearly is not for the faint of heart. But if you're a classic metal fan,
be sure to check them out.
The Albums:
More Cool Stuff:
Thanks to Metal-Elf for the pics!
Interview with Jon Schaffer from HardRadio
Other Iced Earth Sites:
Iced Earth Multimedia:
- Colors
(508K RealAudio 2.0 entire song-4:50) from Iced Earth
- Curse the
Sky (521K .wav 11KHz 8-bit mono 48 sec) from Iced Earth
- Angels
Holocaust (546K RealAudio 2.0 entire song-4:52) from Night of the
Stormrider
- Travel in
Stygian (604K .wav 11KHz 8-bit mono, 56 sec) from Night of the Stormrider
- Last
December (294K .wav 11KHz 8-bit mono, 27 sec) from Burnt Offerings
- Brainwashed
(596K RealAudio 2.0 entire song-5:22) from Burnt Offerings
- Died for You
(140K .wav 11KHz 4-bit mono, 25 sec) from The Dark Saga
- Violate
(391K RealAudio 2.0 enitre song-3:30) from The Dark Saga
- A Question of
Heaven (180K .wav 11KHz 4-bit mono, 32 sec) from The Dark Saga
- The Ripper
(174K .wav 8KHz 4-bit mono, 43 sec) from the Import Version of The Dark
Saga, a Judas Priest cover. Check it out, it's really cool. Thanks Paul!
- BEST VALUE!
A compilation of bits of songs from the whole album. (232K RealAudio 2.0,
2 minutes) Tracks (in order): Dark Saga, The Hunter, The Last Laugh,
Depths of Hell, Vengeance is Mine, Scarred, Slave to the Dark, A Question of
Heaven
Back to the Bands
Questions, comments, complaints? Let me know:
gregie@students.uiuc.edu