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Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, NWOBHM, progressive metal as well
as gothic touches.
The central figure of Iced Earth is rhythm guitarist and songwriter Jon Schaffer, who formed Purgatory in Indiana in 1984. After moving to
Florida and changing their name to Iced Earth, the group's Enter the Realm demo was popular enough that they released an eponymous
debut LP with Century Media Records. Since then the band has gone through numerous lineup changes, thanks in part to the authoritarian
rule of Schaffer. Vocal ...read more
Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, NWOBHM, progressive metal as well
as gothic touches.
The central figure of Iced Earth is rhythm guitarist and songwriter Jon Schaffer, who formed Purgatory in Indiana in 1984. After moving to
Florida and changing their name to Iced Earth, the group's Enter the Realm demo was popular enough that they released an eponymous
debut LP with Century Media Records. Since then the band has gone through numerous lineup changes, thanks in part to the authoritarian
rule of Schaffer. Vocalist Matt Barlow joined the band (after a three-year band hiatus following Night of the Stormrider) for Burnt Offerings,
largely based on Dante's Inferno. Barlow's vocals proved extremely popular and he remained with the band for many years, eventually
parting amicably with the band in June 2003 to pursue a career with the United States Department of Homeland Security. Conveniently,
singer Tim 'Ripper' Owens soon left Judas Priest (to make room for returning original vocalist Rob Halford) and became Iced Earth's new
vocalist. His first album with the band, The Glorious Burden, is an examination of many aspects of warfare and military figures who have
shaped the modern world. Its topics range from the Declaration of Independence to 9/11 to Napoleon Bonaparte, and there are three songs
dealing with the Battle of Gettysburg. There is a limited edition where the Gettysburg Trilogy is moved to a second disc and the songs
Greenface and the unplugged version of When the Eagle Cries, as well as the instrumental intro The Star-Sprangled Banner, are added to the
first disc. The album's theme became the centre of a recent controversy after Schaffer gave an interview to Canadian heavy metal magazine
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. After the interview was published, Schaffer accused the magazine of having taking him out of context and of
pushing an anti-American bias, and subsequently announced that the band would boycott the magazine in the future.
In December of 2007, Jon Schaffer announced that Matt Barlow would be rejoining the band, replacing Tim Owens.
Iced Earth is.
Matt Barlow- Vocals
Jon Schaffer - Rhythm Guitars & Backing Vocals
Troy Seele- Lead Guitars
Freddie Vidales - Bass
Brent Smedley - Drums « hide |
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