Wait what?!

Written by Zap on 25.04.2013 at 12:26

Wait what?!

Announced on Facebook. That tracklist probably isn't final.

Written by Risto on 25.04.2013 at 12:27

Announced on Facebook. That tracklist probably isn't final.

Alright, now I'm sort of excited.

"Among The Living Dead"? Now they're singing about zombies? Groovy

I can't wait for this. I'm a bit worried they've rushed it though. We shall see. The last album was awsome so you never know.

Looking forward to this release. Shame Brent's left, but love Stu Block's vocals - great singer. Hope this album has some really dark riffs.

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-iced-earth-performs-new-song-if-i-could-see-you-in-paris/

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yLBNRyGvG8

Oh fuck yeah...

I. am. ready for.................................!

What the?? It's on Spotify! I just saw this when I was gonna listen to the new live album. What's up with this? It hasn't even leaked, and it's streaming on there?

I'm in Norway though, and I don't know if they're gonna release it everywhere on Spotify, but it's available here at least. Just listened to Democide, and that was a pretty awesome track. Much more speedy than the title track.

Written by DeathSlyzer on 27.12.2013 at 14:09

What the?? It's on Spotify! I just saw this when I was gonna listen to the new live album. What's up with this? It hasn't even leaked, and it's streaming on there?

I'm in Norway though, and I don't know if they're gonna release it everywhere on Spotify, but it's available here at least. Just listened to Democide, and that was a pretty awesome track. Much more speedy than the title track.

I'm in the UK, and it's on my Spotify too! Strangely though, the song "Highwayman" is not available, even though the rest of the album is. Strange!

Written by Angelic Storm on 27.12.2013 at 14:29

Strangely though, the song "Highwayman" is not available, even though the rest of the album is. Strange!

It's probably a some kind of bonus track as it's a cover. The band themselves announced the Spotify stream last night so it's not going anywhere.

Written by Risto on 27.12.2013 at 15:37
It's probably a some kind of bonus track as it's a cover. The band themselves announced the Spotify stream last night so it's not going anywhere.

Ah, I didn't realise it was a cover... it makes sense now why it's not available. Thanx for the info!

Written by Risto on 27.12.2013 at 15:37

Written by Angelic Storm on 27.12.2013 at 14:29

Strangely though, the song "Highwayman" is not available, even though the rest of the album is. Strange!

It's probably a some kind of bonus track as it's a cover. The band themselves announced the Spotify stream last night so it's not going anywhere.

Oh, ok cool! Thanks.

It doesn't seem as solid as Dystopia to me on the first listen, but I'll hold on judging it until I've listened through the whole thing a couple of times.

For the moment, this album is definitely inferior to "Dystopia", and actually challenges TCOM for the worst IE album. Most of the album is a snoozefest. "Among The Living Dead" and "Peacemaker" are great songs though!

Odd. To my ears this is maybe just slightly weaker than Dystopia (which, come on, had two terrible ballads and a weak closer), but still blows Framing and TCOM away. The main problem is the production. The drums are far too loud. But Democide, Among the Living Dead, Cthulhu, and Peacemaker are all great songs. Only 2 listens in, though.

Sounds great to me, so far!

Really great vocal performance on this album. Love it!

Boring so far...

Written by iMorphball on 29.12.2013 at 19:39

Really great vocal performance on this album. Love it!

I think the vocals are rather boring. It's like Stu Block was on Jon's leash a bit too tight, bar a couple of tracks.

Iced Erath, huh good one, typcal IE guitara, dobble bass, drums, lyrics, US power thrash metal, but vocals then what si real IE vocals?
Good albums but maybe I have get so many from IE that I cant apriciate this? who knows, defenetly not bad, and it will be hight , it will

I had very little issue with any of Iced Earth's four previous singers, but I find Stu Block unbearable. It's still a much better album than Dystopia.

Typical average Iced Earth. So far I can't see why this is worse than Dystopia, that album is so boring. But being better than Dystopia isn't that difficult .

Written by Rulatore on 02.01.2014 at 04:07

So far I can't see why this is worse than Dystopia, that album is so boring.

At least the same chorus isn't recycled all the time like on this one. The vocal melodies are much better overall on Dystopia, where Stu Block has more of his own thing going on as well.

This the best sounding Iced Earth album. The sound of drums is simply breathtaking, paired with deep bass, it's an unforgettable listening experience.
Stu Block is a perfect replacement for Matt Barlow.
The title track is one of the best Iced Earth songs.

And that's basically it. The rest is boring as shit. One of the weakest IE albums.

Written by Daniell on 04.01.2014 at 13:44

This the bes best sounding Iced Earth album. The sound of drums is simply breathtaking, paired with deep bass, it's an unforgettable listening experience.
Stu Block is a perfect replacement for Matt Barlow.
The title track is one of the best Iced Earth songs.

And that's basically it. The rest is boring as shit. One of the weakest IE albums.

You had me going there, for a moment.

Great album! A step down from the last release, tho...

Sad to say...but for me it's also boring, disappointing... with all respect to Iced Earth.

The first half disappointed me but the next half refreshed me.Its generally a good album. a 7.5/10 for me