SONS OF LIBERTY: Post New Video Interview Online
Historically, music has always been at its most powerful when coming from a place of oppression or struggle. As the reality of making ends meet in North America becomes a…
ICED EARTH Cancels South American Dates
American power metal veterans ICED EARTH has announced that they have been forced to cancel their previous scheduled shows in Chile, Argentina and Colombia. A message from the band reads…
ICED EARTH – Interview with Guitarist and Band Founder John Schaffer
If there is one metal band most deserving of accepting IRON MAIDENs crown it is ICED EARTH. ICED EARTH exudes the same type of larger-than-life persona as MAIDEN. Epic song structures, powerful choruses, soaring vocal highs, memorable guitar riffs and intriguing story lines reveal a special breed of band, and their fans recognize this. ICED EARTH has headlined metals greatest summer festival, Wacken, has earned gold records in Greece for selling over 500,000 copies of their Alive in Athens album, and tore through the Billboard charts with their last couple of albums.
ICED EARTHs most recent development comes by way of their Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 2 album. This album is the second part of the Something Wicked saga, which first began as a three-part song on the Something Wicked This Way Comes album in 1998. “The Crucible of Man,” the story's first installment, featured former JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Tim The Ripper Owens, and showed the group utilize a more organic array of instruments and cinematic sound bites. The second portion revisits some of the same organic instrumentation such as cellos and bongos, but moves with a greater flow due to the group focusing more on traditional metal songs.
Framing Armageddon also signifies the return of long-time ICED EARTH vocalist Matthew Barlow. Barlow shows a spirit and connectivity to past ICED EARTH efforts (especially the Something Wicked This Way Comes recording) that wasnt present with Owens, even though those albums were great in their own way. Band founder and lead guitarist, John Schaffer chatted via phone with Metal Centre on Barlows triumphant return, as well as filling us in on the new album.
Century Media Signs Zonaria
Swedish death/black hopefuls ZONARIA have inked a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The group has just entered the studio to record its second full-length album, tentatively due later in…
ICED EARTH “I Walk Among You” Widget
Power metal icons, ICED EARTH have posted a link to a widget for their upcoming single 'I Walk Among You.' This widget will continue to showcase tracks from their forthcoming…
Matt Barlow Comments on Returning to ICED EARTH
“Brothers and Sisters!
I'm sure that you are all well aware of things that are happening within Iced Earth, and a statement from me is well overdue. To that, I…
Tim “Ripper” Owens Comments on Leaving ICED EARTH
Singer Tim “Ripper” Owens (ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) issues the following statement regarding his departure from Iced Earth:
“My last words on my departure from Iced Earth. Well, first off…
Matt Barlow Returns to ICED EARTH
ICED EARTH's Jon Schaffer has issued the following announcement:
Hello Dear Friends!
Once again the winds of change are upon us, and this time I can say that I am…
LIONS SHARE Signs to AFM Records
After four successful albums and several tours with bands like MANOWAR, DIO, MOTÖRHEAD, SAXON, U.D.O., ICED EARTH and NEVERMORE, Swedish heavy metal masters LION'S SHARE are back with their long-awaited…
ICED EARTH „The Blessed and the Damned”
Ok, you all know Iced Earth and I fell there is no need to try to describe you their music. In case you dont know I have to tell you that they have left Century Media and this release is a best of that their old label released.