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Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon
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7.2 | 384 votes |
Release date: 6 January 2014
Style: Heavy metal, US power metal

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01. Plagues Of Babylon
02. Democide
03. The Culling
04. Among The Living Dead
05. Resistance
06. The End?
07. If I Could See You
08. Cthulhu
09. Peacemaker
10. Parasite
11. Spirit Of The Times [Sons Of Liberty cover]
12. Highwayman [Jimmy Webb cover]
13. Outro
Reviews (2) Lyrics (12)

Additional info
Artwork by Eliran Kantor.

Release dates
  • Europe: January 6th.
  • North America: January 21st.

    • Staff review by
    R Lewis
    Rating:
    7.4
    So, Jon Shaffer and his bunch of ever-changing musicians are back in town with release number eleven, after 2011's Dystopia that finally set the bar pretty high, after maybe too many years of... well, not mediocrity, but of music that didn't live up to Iced Earth standards.

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    published 12.01.2014 | Comments (19)

    Guest review by
    tominator
    Rating:
    8.2
    Let me start this review by saying that I really like this album. I even prefer it over Dystopia, which is pretty good album in my opinion.

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    published 02.01.2017 | Comments (6)

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    Comments: 63   Visited by: 1013 users
    19.01.2021 - 16:34
    Rating: 5
    JOPE OF STEELE
    Steelemeister
    I thought it was nothing special when it was released. After more listens it still does sound like that. The album is too long, there is a couple of better songs and the rest isn't especially good. I don't think it's quite as bad as their worst albums, however. Cthulhu stands out.
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    22.11.2021 - 12:24
    Rating: 7
    GrimReaper85
    Drums sound ear-bleeding to me. So I don't agree with this review at all:
    "The drums sound powerful without overruling the riffs or the vocals, the riffs and bass lines get the attention they deserve on this record, and the vocals are mixed in really well."

    Once my eardrums adapted to the drum sound, my favourite tracks are Plagues of Babylon and Cthulhu. Spirit of the Times is also a good listen.
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    21.10.2022 - 07:51
    Rating: 5
    majormalfunction
    Easily my least favourite Iced Earth record, feels like listening to a bunch of leftover ideas thrown together. It's not a total waste of time as the middle part is quite okey but I probably won't listen to this one ever again in full.
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