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Iced Earth - Alive In Athens [Live]



9.4 | 388 votes |
Release date: 27 July 1999
Style: Heavy metal, US power metal

Owners:

521 have it
25 want it
1 trades it


Disc I
01. Burning Times
02. Vengeance is Mine
03. Pure Evil
04. My Own Savior
05. Melancholy (Holy Martyr)
06. Dante's Inferno
07. The Hunter
08. Travel In Stygian
09. Slave To The Dark
10. A Question Of Heaven

Disc II
01. Dark Saga
02. Last Laugh
03. Last December
04. Watching Over Me
05. Angels Holocaust
06. Stormrider
07. The Path I Choose
08. I Died For You
09. Prophecy
10. Birth Of The Wicked
11. The Coming Curse
12. Iced Earth
13. Colors [2008 reissue bonus]

Disc III
01. Stand Alone
02. Cast In Stone
03. Desert Rain
04. Brainwashed
05. Disciples Of The Lie
06. When The Night Falls
07. Diary
08. Blessed Are You
09. Violate

Additional info
Available in versions of 1, 2 or 3 CDs.
Picture cds - digipack

2008 mini-LP sleeve reissue of the 3-disc version includes "Colors" at the end of disc 2.

Jon Schaffer sings all of the lyrics on the song "Stormrider" except for the intro.

Staff review by
Sephiroth
Rating:
10
I won't spend much words on this live album. Recorded during two live shows in Athens in 1998, it is simply the best live album I've ever heard: perfect sound, often heavier than in the studio albums themselves, clean and clear. You'll understand what being at a IE's concert mean. Raw power.

Barlow's voice is outstanding, this is the demonstration that he doesn't use any electronical devices for the recordings?.he simply sings like God. Schaffer is a metronome with his guitar and so are all the other band members who play with undoubtable precision and power.

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published 18.09.2003 | Comments (12)

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04.07.2015 - 16:51
Rating: 9
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
No comments huh
I would say this is best live album ever, I thought it that time when I got it in 2006 something, I think it now. I am not huge live album fun but this is well money well spend, no regrets, you can spend 100 dollars or whore and even 10 and later e gert, maybe I waist money, not this case
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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06.07.2015 - 02:51
Rating: 9
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by deadone on 06.07.2015 at 02:39

Written by Bad English on 04.07.2015 at 16:51

No comments huh
I would say this is best live album ever, I thought it that time when I got it in 2006 something, I think it now. I am not huge live album fun but this is well money well spend, no regrets, you can spend 100 dollars or whore and even 10 and later e gert, maybe I waist money, not this case

I think it's the second best live album after phenomenal Live After Death by Iron Maiden. I've never heard anything live that even compares to these two.

Maiden has more classic set list, here are more to chose from
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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15.04.2018 - 12:58
Rating: 10
robpal
Proglord
Probably my favorite live album of all time.
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08.03.2019 - 09:30
Rating: 10
Mountain King
K i K o
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this one and how good it is. I am not sure if they use any technique in the studio to make it sound almost perfect or whether the band is so awesome. I am not a fan of IE but this album really surprised me. All the songs sound better than in the studio.
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26.03.2022 - 07:56
Rating: 10
majormalfunction
Written by Mountain King on 08.03.2019 at 09:30

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this one and how good it is. I am not sure if they use any technique in the studio to make it sound almost perfect or whether the band is so awesome. I am not a fan of IE but this album really surprised me. All the songs sound better than in the studio.

Quite a lot of overdubs on this one. Looking at the Alive in Athens DVD it's very obvious. Also there's was (or is) some raw material from the two nights floating around on youtube where you can hear they changed stuff in the studio. But to be fair almost everyone does that to some extent. This is nonetheless one of the best live records.
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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19.09.2024 - 22:23
Rating: 10
DarkWingedSoul
Just got my cd copies....amazing concert !
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11.11.2024 - 18:22
Rating: 10
IconMaiden
The best live album of all time. No doubt. Too bad Jon Schaffer went down the rabit hole. Was my favorite songwriter after Steve Harris.
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