ICED EARTH Completes New Single; More Album Details.[views:5178][posts:12]_____________________________________________ [Mar 16,2007 10:05pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""] ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I just wanted to give you an update of what's happening in ICED EARTH world. "We just finished mixing and mastering the [new] single, which will be titled 'Overture of the Wicked' and should be released in late May or early June. The four songs that will be featured on this are as follows: 01. Ten Thousand Strong 02. Prophecy 03. Birth of the Wicked 04. The Coming Curse "'Ten Thousand Strong' will be the song that we will be filming a video for in the following months, most likely in June right around the Sweden Rock festival. "I'm very happy with the results of our efforts. We've been really working hard on delivering something special to you guys and this single is just a hint of things to come, and it's freakin' awesome. "We will be finishing the rest of production for Part 1 over the course of the next few weeks, with plans to mix in the early part of May. The title of the full release is 'Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1)' and should be out in the late August/September time frame. The 'Framing Armageddon' tracklist will appear as follows: 01. Overture 02. Something Wicked (Part 1) 03. Invasion 04. Man's Motivation 05. The Setian Massacre 06. A Charge to Keep 07. Reflections 08. Ten Thousand Strong 09. Execution 10. Order of the Rose 11. The Clouding 12. Infiltrate and Assimilate 13. Retribution Through the Ages 14. Something Wicked (Part 2) 15. The Domino Decree 16. Framing Armageddon 17. When Stars Collide (Born is He) 18. The Awakening "The working title of Part 2 is 'Revelation Abomination Something Wicked (Part 2)' and the tracklist is as follows: 01. The Sacred Flames 02. Behold the Wicked Child 03. Minions of the Watch 04. A Gift or a Curse 05. I Walk Among You 06. Harbinger of Fate 07. Ancient Rage of the High Priest 08. A Gathering Threat / Time Marches On 09. Sacrificial Kingdoms 10. Something Wicked (Part 3) 11. Divide Devour 12. Conspiracy / Pilgrimage In Guile 13. Come What May "The final tracking and mixing for Part 2 will take place between the festivals and world tour and will have a targeted release in February/March of 2008. "Due to family health issues, Bo Wallace will not be able to be involved with ICED EARTH. I played the bass guitar parts on the single and we will be bringing Dennis Hayes, who worked with Tim [Owens, vocals] on his BEYOND FEAR side project, in to play on parts of the remainder of the recording. He will be doing the live shows as well." |
| ______________________________ [Mar 16,2007 10:12pm - pam ""] Break up. Ripper sucks. |
| _______________________________________________ [Mar 16,2007 10:14pm - chris_from_shit_fuck ""] pam said:Break up. Ripper sucks. 100% agree |
| ______________________________ [Mar 16,2007 10:21pm - pam ""] Barlow or break up. That's the deal. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 16,2007 10:52pm - DreamingInExile ""] pam said:Barlow or break up. That's the deal. I couldn't have said that better! :bow: |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 16,2007 11:13pm - Neverpurified ""] bahhhhhlooowwwwww |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 17,2007 1:01pm - y_ddraig_goch ""] you guys are all cry babies, the new guy is a great singer, just because it Matt Barlow decided to leave doesnt mean the band sucks now. I mean that's like bitching about the last million bond movies because Sean connery isn't Bond |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 17,2007 6:46pm - ++TERRORIZER++ ""] ICED EARTH rules |
| _____________________________ [Mar 17,2007 7:58pm - pam ""] Actually Ripper is horrible and I can't stand him. His voice is a C level at best. He's everyone's "better than nothing" replacement for amazing vocalists. |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 18,2007 12:05am - y_ddraig_goch ""] yeah well Marlow aint ever coming back, well atleast not until they piss off enough fans and then make a bunch of money with a return tour. They should find someone else, that is true. but personally I don't mind the new guy too much |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 18,2007 12:28am - Neverpurified ""] he's not bad, despite the fact that he puts NO emotion into the ballads and he sounds like billy corgan...except for when he's trying to be Halford. At least Barlow had his own voice, and put tons of emotion into the songs. listen to "watching over me" song written about someone barlow never met, but you'd swear he knew the guy forever. then listen to "when the eagle cries" a song about a tragedy that affected all of us, and ripper displays almost no emotion. the only reason i can listen to the glorious burden and enjoy it is the fact that musically it's one of schaffer's best albums....gettysburg was amazing. i just dont enjoy ripper being a standard, run-of-the-mill power metal singer |
| _______________________________ [Mar 18,2007 1:29am - Arist ""] Barlow was the treasure of Iced Earth, no other voice would fit on the Burnt Offerings album as his did or bring that kind of atmosphere to the music, just incredible. I don't want to hear owens ever sing those because he half-asses it with his generic 80s vibrato, that's why I can safely say I stopped listening to IE when matt left, Barlow or break up. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 18,2007 2:49am - pam ""] Ripper has no emotion, no originality, and no definition. That's why he's nothing but everyone's good enough replacement. Barlow was an original voice that brought the hook to Iced Earth. Without him it's nothing but Schaffer's noodling with a boring singer. Break.up. |