R.I.P. Iced Earth

[pott]

Except I'd have no idea who the hell you're talking about I only have one Priest album... Ram it Down. Kickass though. Despite the 'drums'.

[RacerX]

THAT'S your one Priest album?

[pott]

Why...? Not as good..? It was the only I found at the CD shop 5 or so years ago. I haven't bought more. I used to play Living After Midnight with a band... now the song makes me laugh a little

[joshulator]

My favorite Priest album by far is Painkiller.

[pott]

Ah well I got Hellfire Club by EdGuy today. I like what I hear so far!

[Anders]

A travesty of metal has been commited. My singer Ty brought over the re-recorded versions of the Something Wicked Trilogy...

To fuck with perfection and make it completely suck balls..is indeed a travesty!

I feel, bad saying this..But Tim isn't sounding that great lately. Iced Earth is Jon's band, this must his idea..The guitarist whover-Mills is a good player. Schaffer's Uber sounds great, BUT his over-use of palm muting every fucking single note sounds ridiculous..there's no dynamics at all...he sounds like he's playing bass..which he is.

There is no emotion or "feeling" in the remake whatsoever. It sounds like a cover band doing a paint by numbers copy. Absolutely horrible, when compared to the original..WHY, is the only word that comes to mind.

Iced Earth died when Matt Barlow left..he was one half of Iced Earth's "magic"..that is gone!

My introduction to Iced Earth was in '98 when SWTWC was released. I remeber taking that fuggin' cd home and freakin' the fuck out. What grabbed me by the balls was the combination of the soulful and very powerful voice of Barlow, and the heavy guitar tones of Schaffer. That was a formula all it's own, that set a benchmark in metal. Brent Smedely, Larry Tarnowski, and James MacDonugh (great bassist), Jon Schaffer, and Matt Barlow was and always will be Iced Earth!

Barlow will be singing on the next Pyramaze, on the nightmare records roster. I'm looking forward to that. Pyramaze will sound more like the real Iced Earth. So, Basically, Iced Earth changed their name to Pyramaze IMO.

The Live in Athens show is on DVD. When you see Matt singing with all that power and emotion..it is something to behold..it is fucking absolutely killer..and a reminder of what used to be.

I can't blame Jon Schaffer for trying to keep Iced Earth on life support,..but this train has wrecked. There will be a few who think the Owens material is good, and some of it is..but it pales to what was...sound familair?...hint Judas Preist.

Buy Live In Athens DVD..Horns Up

666 Horns Down for the revamped so-called Iced Earth.

..keep an out out for Pyramaze..I predict that will kick fuggin' ass!

Bill Z Bub

BTW .."When The Eagle Whines"..Am I the only one that completely hates this fuggin' pussy song. What the fuck happened here? Metal is rebellion, strength, angst, revenge..not jumping on the victim/exploitation sympathy bandwagon..Here's a better title.."When The Eagle Fucks Your Ass"...I like that better!

Everything in this post is absolutely completely 10000% true! It's simply the truth. It doesn't get more true than this! I applaud you, Bill!!!

[horns666]

Everything in this post is absolutely completely 10000% true! It's simply the truth. It doesn't get more true than this! I applaud you, Bill!!!

Thank you broham Anders, and how are things with you man. I had a 105 fever last night..I was talking in tongues.. in the same voice-over in The Exorcist..I can dictate that dialgue word for word..every single nuance and in that EXACT voice!!

I drive my wife nuts with that shit!!:ROTF:

It's the best impersonation I do..I fuggin' love that shit!

My favorite part is when Regan makes the side drawyer open and the preist ask.."did you do that?"..she does this coolest thing like she so proud of herself.. "ahhhhhh haaaaaaaaaaaa"..yeah, I got that shit down!

[DC_rhoads82]

I just saw the video for 10,000 strong yesterday....awful video. The song is good, but video not that great. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed! And pyramaze is awesome.

[horns666]

I just saw the video for 10,000 strong yesterday....awful video. The song is good, but video not that great. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed! And pyramaze is awesome.

If Barlow is on it..ask yourself..how can it be not?

Matt Barlow is one of the most distinctive "original" voices in metal in the last 12 year or so..

Tim is good people..but how many metal dudes can fuggin' scream ..my dude can scream ALL day..but he won't. That is a dymanic "tool"..you don't base your entire your sig on a "Trick" , especially one stolen from Halford..WTF?

Why you think Ripper's guitarist wants to use my fuggin' singer..really bad???!!

We have a Judas Preist cover band..that Clevo-John's bass player's in..the dude is kind of a goof but he smokes Tim doing Preist man..too bad both their guitarist suck balls. I never heard two 5150 stacks sound that fucking horrible in my life..but that fucker can do Halford right!

About as good as my dude did David Lee Roth..

[Cleveland Metal]

All I know is the two times I saw them live with Barlow, it sounded exactly like the live disc. One of those shows ranks in my top three best shows of all time.

I've seen them live fairly often. I'd agree with that totally.

[soc_monki]

'some' studio editing? at least half of what shaffer plays has been overdubbed. some of barlows singing too. real obvious shit too.

i listened to that live album more than a few times and heard some guitar screw ups...little stuff, but stuff you can hear if you listen. id figure if they overdubbed a lot and fixed stuff, they would fix the screw ups?

[horns666]

i listened to that live album more than a few times and heard some guitar screw ups...little stuff, but stuff you can hear if you listen. id figure if they overdubbed a lot and fixed stuff, they would fix the screw ups?

Sure, alot of bands do that..but it is a true document of a metal masterpiece..it really captured the moment and the essense of the band at its finset!!

I put it in company with some of the geatest live metal performances..such as ..Unleashed in the East and ect, a future classsic that will stand the test of time. I always assumed it was a much larger venue..I was schocked to see it was that intimate event..The energy and sound seemed much larger than it was..