Iced Earth

[Night Prowler]

Friends,
We are proud to present you with the new cover art for “Plagues of Babylon”.
This is a seriously heavy album with a seriously brutal album cover. I’m sure it will go down as a classic in the epic ICED EARTH catalog.

Tracklist:
1. Plagues of Babylon
2. Democide
3. The Culling
4. Among The Living Dead
5. Resistance
6. The End?
7. If I Could See You
8. Cthulhu
9. Peacemaker
10. Parasite
11. Spirit Of The Times
12. Highwayman

I hope you enjoy this preview! Much more exciting news coming very soon!
In Metal,
Jon Schaffer
Cover painted by Eliran Kantor

 

[Mosh]

Gee, I wonder what Resistance is about.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

There's some pretty bad ass titles on that album...Cthulhu?

I sincerely hope that Highwayman is a cover of this:

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Now I don't hope anymore now it better be

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Don't dig the cover. It looks like something that would have been their first album cover, especially if they were a death/gore metal band.

 

[Forostar]

Eddie controls the Devils.

 

[Night Prowler]

Cover is awesome, like most IE covers.

 

[Black Wizard]

I bet 'If I Could See You' is "one of those fucked up Iced Earth love songs".

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

I bet 'If I Could See You' is "one of those fucked up Iced Earth love songs".

Quiet arpeggios followed by a heavy, but plodding chorus using the distorted chords from the previous arpeggios, repeat verse and chorus, one measure mid-range guitar lead, and a triple chorus repeat at the end with some high falsetto wailing in the background? I could almost bet my life on it.

 

[Black Wizard]

I won't be able to see Iced Earth this year as their Glasgow show supporting Volbeat has sold out. It would have been cool to see them three years running (November '11, Birmingham - August '12, Glasgow - ...) and I usually always have gigs in the middle of October. In fact, last year I did actually go to a gig on October 17th which is the date of this year's Glasgow show. I've already seen them three times so it's not a disaster but I would have liked to have seen them play new material.

 

[Night Prowler]

They are playing in Birmingham in January: http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/27135_503360596392238_818089867_n.jpg

 

[Black Wizard]

I know, but I don't live there any more and can't afford the travel costs. I also have no idea where I'll be in January.

 

[Night Prowler]

Ah. I'm pretty sure they'll do multiple European tours again, so don't worry

 

[Black Wizard]

Hope so. God know who'll be in the band then though!

 

[Night Prowler]

I'm pretty sure Troy will be the next one to go. Mark my words

 

[Mosh]

I really hope you're right.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

We all know that Jon will just fire everyone because they're not "politically aware" enough and start anew.

Quiet arpeggios followed by a heavy, but plodding chorus using the distorted chords from the previous arpeggios, repeat verse and chorus, one measure mid-range guitar lead, and a triple chorus repeat at the end with some high falsetto wailing in the background? I could almost bet my life on it.

Don't forget to mention that the arpeggiated into will only be played once before the vocals start; none of that repeating crap.

 

[Mosh]

Gah, I have a headache just thinking about whatever stupid ballads they put on this album. Those were cool in the 90's but it's so formulaic.

 

[Night Prowler]

Dystopia ballads were awesome. The only really bad ballad they made would be Hollow Man.

 

[Perun]

Hope so. God know who'll be in the band then though!

Jon Schaffer. What band?