Biography

Iced Earth's self-titled debut spread steadily throughout the European underground in 1991, while in North America the metal market was soon to undergo a drastic change. Through their persistence of vision and in spite of the U.S. trend-laden music scene, Iced Earth never succumbed to the pressure of going mainstream. Songwriter and guitarist Jon Schaffer added vocalist Matthew Barlow to the band's nucleus in 1995, which strengthened the band's writing and solidified its forceful delivery. The incredible praise Barlow earned for his work on Iced Earth's third studio album, Burnt Offerings, brought only a hint of the powerful things to come. The Dark Saga, with its trademarked orchestral elements, was released in 1996 and heralded the band's breakthrough in the United States. Sales of Iced Earth's back catalog increased with every newfound fan. Band members frequently faced inquiries about their demo recordings and unreleased rarities. Using the benefit of updated recording technology for their 1997 offering Days Of Purgatory, they meticulously reconstructed all of the material from their infamous Enter The Realm demo tape and reworked selected songs from their first two classics, Iced Earth and Night Of The Stormrider, so fans could enjoy classic Iced Earth material written between 1986-1994. Now, with the legacy of seven albums, they have built an unwavering legion of loyal-to-the-death followers around the world. In turn, they have returned that loyalty ten-fold to their fans. In 1999, they embarked on a successful six-week national U.S. tour in support of Something Wicked This Way Comes. In Europe, they dominated stages at the Gods Of Metal festival in Italy, the Dynamo festival in The Netherlands, and the legendary Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. Words often fail the attempts to describe first-hand accounts of the raw power felt at an Iced Earth concert.

Jon Schaffer has returned for the first studio album in three years with lead singer Matthew Barlow, fellow guitar player Larry Tarnowski, and new drummer Richard Christy (Control Denied, Death, Incantation, touring drummer for Demons & Wizards). Using the trusted production skills of Jim Morris at Morrisound Studios in Florida where Iced Earth have recorded all of their studio work, they have unquestionably harnessed their collective professional talents to create a monumental contribution to the genre of heavy metal. Adeptly adjoining Schaffer's penchant for musically technical constructions with his impeccable storytelling abilities, Horror Show extols a brilliant and dramatic seamlessness from the first note to the last. Encapsulated here is a ravaging collection of songs bearing tribute to the timeless legends of evil that have plagued our nightmares since childhood: The Werewolf, Damien Thorne, Jack The Ripper, The Mummy, Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Dracula, Frankenstein. Collectively, this album is an invocation of all your greatest fears, blatantly challenging you to look at your own malevolence. With artwork expertly handled by the team of Danny Miki (Spawn and The Creech comic book artist) and Travis Smith (cover artist for Jag Panzer and Opeth), both have created another masterful design package that's as richly detailed and haunting as the music and lyrics. This is an album generations of fans will be justifiably proud of. This is metal for the new millennia.

Members

Tim Owens - vocals
(Matthew Barlow)

Jon Schaffer - guitars, backing vocals

Tim Mills - guitar

James Wallace - bass guitar
(James MacDonough)

Brent Smedley - drums
(Richard Christy)

Discography

1991 - Iced Earth	01 - Iced Earth 02 - Written on the Walls 03 - Colors 04 - Curse the Sky 05 - Life and Death 06 - Solitude 07 - The Funeral 08 - When the Night Falls

1992 - Night Of The Stormrider	01 - Angels Holocaust 02 - Stormrider 03 - The Path I Choose 04 - Before the Vision 05 - Mystical End 06 - Desert Rain 07 - Pure Evil 08 - Reaching the End 09 - Travel in Stygian

1995 - Burnt Offerings	01 - Burnt Offerings 02 - Last December 03 - Diary 04 - Brainwashed 05 - Burning Oasis 06 - Creator Failure 07 - The Pierced Spirit 08 - Dante's Inferno

1996 - Dark Saga	01 - Dark Saga 02 - I Died For You 03 - Violate 04 - The Hunter 05 - The Last Laugh 06 - Depths of Hell 07 - Vengeance is Mine The Suffering: 08 - Scarred 09 - Slave to the Dark 10 - A Question of Heaven

1997 - Days Of Purgatory

Disc I 01 - Enter The Realm 02 - Colors 03 - Angels Holocaust 04 - Stormrider 05 - Winter Nights 06 - Nightmares 07 - Before The Vision 08 - Pure Evil 09 - Solitude 10 - The Funeral 11 - When The Night Falls Disc II 12 - Burnt Offerings 13 - Cast in Stone 14 - Desert Rain 15 - Brainwashed 16 - Life and Death 17 - Creator Failure 18 - Reaching the End 19 - Travel in Stygian 20 - Dante's Inferno 21 - Iced Earth

1998 - Something Wicked This way Comes	01 - Burning Times 02 - Melancholy (Holy Martyr) 03 - Disciples of the Lie 04 - Watching Over Me 05 - Stand Alone 06 - Consequences 07 - My Own Savior 08 - Reaping Stone 09 - 1776 (Instrumental) 10 - Blessed Are You Something Wicked (Trilogy): 11 - Prophecy 12 - Birth of the Wicked 13 - The Coming Curse

1999 - Alive In Athens

Alive In Athens 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 11 - Dark Saga 12 - Last Laugh 13 - Last December 14 - Watching Over Me 15 - Angels Holocaust 16 - Stormrider 17 - Path I Choose 18 - I Died For You 19 - Prophecy 20 - Birth Of The Wicked 21 - The Coming Curse 22 - Iced Earth 23 - Stand Alone 24 - Cast In Stone 25 - Desert Rain 26 - Brainwashed 27 - Disciples Of The Lie 28 - When the Night Falls 29 - Diary 30 - Blessed Are You 31 - Violate

2001 - The Melancholy EP	Melancholy 01 - Melancholy (Holy Martyr) 02 - Shooting Star [Bad Company] 03 - Watching Over Me 04 - Electric Funeral [Black Sabbath] 05 - I Died For You 06 - The Ripper [Judas Priest] 07 - Colors (live)

2001 - Horor Show	01 - Wolf 02 - Damien 03 - Jack 04 - Ghost of Freedom 05 - Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaoh's urse) 06 - Jeckyl & Hyde 07 - Dragon's Child 08 - Frankenstein 09 - Dracula 10 - The Phantom Opera Ghost

2002 - Tribute To The Gods	Tribute To The Gods 01 - Creatures Of The Night 02 - Number Of The Beast 03 - Highway To Hell 04 - Burnin' For You 05 - God Of Thunder 06 - Screaming For Vengence 07 - Dead Babies 08 - Cities On Flame 09 - Long Way To The Top 10 - Black Sabbath 11 - Hallowed Be Thy Name

2003 - The Reckoning	The Reckoning 01 - The Reckoning 02 - When The Eagle Cries (Unplugged) 03 - Valley Forge 04 - Hollow Man

2004 - The Glorious Burden	The Glorious Burden 01 - Star Spangled Banner 02 - Declaration Day 03 - When The Eagle Cries 04 - The Reckoning 05 - Attila 06 - Red Baron / Blue Max 07 - Hollow Man 08 - Waterloo 09 - Valley Forge 10 - Gettysburg 11 - The Devil To Pay 12 - Hold At All Costs 13 - High Water Mark

2004 - The Blessed And The Damned

The Blessed And The Damned 01 - Burning Times 02 - Wolf 03 - The Hunter 04 - Curse The Sky 05 - Melancholy (Holy Martyr) 06 - Stormrider 07 - Burnt Offerings 08 - Travel In Stygian (Live) 09 - Dark Saga 10 - Written On The Walls 11 - Damien 12 - Angels Holocaust 13 - Desert Rain 14 - Last December 15 - Watching Over Me 16 - Pure Evil (Live) 17 - The Path I Choose 18 - I Died For You 19 - Disciples Of The Lie 20 - When The Night Falls 21 - Jack 22 - Iced Earth 23 - Violate (Live)

2007 - Overture of the Wicked	01 - Ten Thousand Strong 02 - Prophecy 03 - Birth of the Wicked 04 - The Coming Curse

2007 - Framing Armageddon

01 - Overture 02 - Something Wicked, Part 1 03 - Invasion 04 - Motivation of Man 05 - Setian Massacre 06 - A Charge to Keep 07 - Reflections 80 - Ten Thousand Strong 09 - Execution 10 - Order of the Rose 11 - Cataclysm 12 - The Clouding 13 - Infiltrate and Assimilate 14 - Retribution Through the Ages 15 - Something Wicked, Part 2 16 - The Domino Decree 17 - Framing Armageddon 18 - When Stars Collide 19 - The Awakening

2008 - I Walk Among You	01 - I Walk Alone 02 - Setian Massacre 03 - The Clouding 04 - A Charge to Keep

2008 - The Crucible of Man	01 - In Sacred Flames 02 - Behold the Wicked Child 03 - Minions of the Watch 04 - The Revealing 05 - A Gift Or A Curse? 06 - Crown of the Fallen 07 - The Dimension Gauntlet 08 - I Walk Alone 09 - Harbinger of Fate 10 - Crucify the King 11 - Sacrificial Kingdoms 12 - Something Wicked (Part 3) 13 - Divide Devour 14 - Come What May 15 - Epilogue

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