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Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines power metal and speed metal/thrash metal genres in its music. The band was formed by Jon Schaffer, the lead songwriter and rhythm guitarist, in Tampa, Florida in 1984. The original name of the band was Purgatory but was then changed to Iced Earth.
Iced Earth’s music is often described as Iron Maiden combined with 80’s thrash metal. The most distinctive element of the band’s sound is the stuttering right-hand gallop of rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer, which sounds something like the ‘eighth-note, two-sixteenth-notes’ gallop made famous by Iron Maiden’s bass player/songwriter Steve Harris (in such songs as “Run to the Hills”, “The Trooper”, and “Caught Somewhere in Time”), varied rhythmically. Overtop of this gallop are typically laid strong melodic hooks, sometimes doubled by two guitars playing in harmony. The vocals are often high-pitched, but express a full range, while the rhythm section uses thrash and power metal techniques such as double-bass-drumming to keep the speed and energy high. Iced Earth’s drummer is known for his frequent use of drags and flams on the bass drum.
Today, Jon is the only original member in the band, having changed multiple guitarists, drummers, and vocalists. The two most recognized vocalists of the band are Matt Barlow and Tim “ripper” Owens, the former vocalist of Judas Priest. Matt Barlow ended up marrying Jon’s sister, making Matt the brother-in-law of Jon Schaffer.
Iced Earth’s music is often described as Iron Maiden combined with 80’s thrash metal. The most distinctive element of the band’s sound is the stuttering right-hand gallop of rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer, which sounds something like the ‘eighth-note, two-sixteenth-notes’ gallop made famous by Iron Maiden’s bass player/songwriter Steve Harris (in such songs as “Run to the Hills”, “The Trooper”, and “Caught Somewhere in Time”), varied rhythmically. Overtop of this gallop are typically laid strong melodic hooks, sometimes doubled by two guitars playing in harmony. The vocals are often high-pitched, but express a full range, while the rhythm section uses thrash and power metal techniques such as double-bass-drumming to keep the speed and energy high. Iced Earth’s drummer is known for his frequent use of drags and flams on the bass drum.
Today, Jon is the only original member in the band, having changed multiple guitarists, drummers, and vocalists. The two most recognized vocalists of the band are Matt Barlow and Tim “ripper” Owens, the former vocalist of Judas Priest. Matt Barlow ended up marrying Jon’s sister, making Matt the brother-in-law of Jon Schaffer.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Horror Show
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The Dark Saga
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Night of the Stormrider
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I Died for You
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Watching Over Me
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Melancholy (Holy Martyr)
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Angels Holocaust
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The Hunter
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Pure Evil
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Stormrider
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Dark Saga
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Burning Times
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A Question of Heaven
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Ten Thousand Strong
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Wolf
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When the Night Falls
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Desert Rain
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Stand Alone
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Shoutbox
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Berud wrote:
Gustave Doré check that group.
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AndresCampuzano wrote:
Hi friend, I'm Andres, I want to invite you to listen to my musical project. (new folk, medieval, symphonic, celtic, epic...) If you like please add us to your collection. http://www.lastfm.com/music/An+Danzza I autoproduce all songs and give themo to you. FREE download :) (if you want add tags or say to me which is your opinion about my music ) thank yooooooooooouuuuu!!!
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BFD31095 wrote:
DISCIPLES OF THE LIIIIEEEEE!!!!
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Rebel4o wrote:
Disciples of the lie is mindblowing
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AndresCampuzano wrote:
I'm Andres from Madrid, I want to invite you to listen to my musical project. (new folk, medieval, ambient epic...) If you like please add us to your collection. http://www.lastfm.com/music/An+Danzza I autoproduce all songs and give themo to you. Free download :) (if you want add tags or say to me which is your opinion about my music ) thank you!!!!!
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eyelinger wrote:
melancholy!!! what a perfect song!
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Tiago_Pessoa wrote:
Que venha para o Brasil!
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CountZPG wrote:
Iced Earth hasn't released a good album since always, fact. [2]
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metal4life69 wrote:
glorious burden had it's moments but it still sucked compared to all the albums before it
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S-cythe wrote:
Comes from a person who likes Oasis....
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Amonamarther wrote:
that is NOT true. glorious burden was decent.
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costalucas wrote:
Iced Earth hasn't released a good album since always, fact.
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costalucas wrote:
Que bosta de banda.
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Hardcorey1990 wrote:
Iced Earth hasn't released a good album since Burnt Offerings, fact.
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Irenicus_ wrote:
He doesn't realize that his songwriting is getting weaker and weaker with every album, instead he praises his own work as masterpiece. That's what I call ego problems, but you won't understand it as the fanboy you are. He can release shitty album after shitty album, but the IE fanboys will still praise them as masterpieces.
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Aninhateen wrote:
' awesome ;) LOVE THEM,
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Ollemann wrote:
And why isn't Burnt Offerings the top album? It's clearly their best.
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Ollemann wrote:
How can anyone tag this as progressive metal? It's got the most traditional approach possible. It's awesome, though. The only power metal I can stand.
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Glenzilla wrote:
I got all of Iced Earth's CD's, but the one I listen to the most is Alive in Athens, has such an awesome live recording and songs sound close to studio. Also a great mix of the songs I like.
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Bulldog Cafe, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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Via Funchal, São Paulo, Brazil
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News
ICED EARTH TO HEADLINE HAMMERFEST 2010
22 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/icedearth
ICED EARTH will be headlining Hammerfest in the UK in March of 2010. The band is very much looking forward to coming back to the UK!!Visit the Hammerfest WebsitePurchase Hammerfest Tickets
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tribut666, WarriorCurve, Halandaar and 13 other people added Iced Earth to their libraries. 59 minutes ago
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Corey_XP tagged Iced Earth with speed metal, progressive metal, thrash metal and 2 other tags. 12 hours ago
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poppipiffer added Iced Earth to the lineup of Iced Earth em Curitiba at Curitiba Master Hall. 17 hours ago
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