Burnt Offerings (album)
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| Studio album by Iced Earth | ||
| Released | April 18, 1995 | |
| Recorded | Morrisound Studios Tampa, Florida | |
| Genre | Power metal Thrash metal |
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| Length | 52:39 | |
| Label | Century Media | |
| Producer(s) | Jim Morris, Jon Schaffer | |
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| Iced Earth chronology | ||
 Night of the Stormrider (1991) |
 Burnt Offerings (1995) |
 The Dark Saga (1996) |
Burnt Offerings is Iced Earth's third album, released April 18, 1995, by Century Media Records. This album marked the introduction of legendary metal vocalist Matt Barlow, who many fans, even after his exit from the band to work for the Department of Homeland Security following the September 11, 2001 attacks, consider to be "the voice" of Iced Earth. The epic and final track of the album, Dante's Inferno and also the album artwork is based on the famous poem by Dante Alighieri.
This album drew both ire and praise at the same time, anger from the European fans who felt betrayed that Iced Earth chose a different path musically, and in contrast, sold much higher in the USA than their previous albums.
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[edit] Interpretation
Burnt Offerings is said to have been written during a time of turmoil and anger, particularly focusing on a dispute with the band's then record label, Century Media Records. According to interviews with Jon Schaffer, the title track is about the band's struggles with Century Media.
[edit] Track listing
- "Burnt Offerings" (Schaffer, Shawver) – 7:22
- "Last December" (Schaffer) – 3:23
- "Diary" (Abell, Barlow, Schabata, Shawver) – 6:14
- "Brainwashed" (Schaffer, Shawver) – 5:22
- "Burning Oasis" (Abell, Schaffer, Shawver) – 6:00
- "Creator Failure" (Abell, Barlow, Schaffer, Shawver) – 6:02
- "The Pierced Spirit" (Abell, Schaffer, Shawver) – 1:54
- "Dante's Inferno" (Schaffer) – 16:26
[edit] Personnel
- Jon Schaffer - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Producer
- Matthew Barlow - Lead Vocals
- Randall Shawver - Lead Guitar
- Dave Abell - Bass
- Rodney Beasley - Drums
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- Howard Helm - Keyboards
[edit] Miscellanea
- The opening line to Burnt Offerings, "I was betrayed. Look what your God has done to me!" is taken from the 1992 movie, Bram Stoker's Dracula. The same movie was quoted again on 2001's Horror Show.
- The songs "Burnt Offerings," "Brainwashed," "Creator Failure," and "Dante's Inferno" were remastered and released on the 1997 compilation set Days of Purgatory. For this release, "Burnt Offerings" was re-edited to include "the original intro," while "Dante's Inferno" was remixed.
| Iced Earth |
| Jon Schaffer | Tim 'Ripper' Owens | Brent Smedley | Dennis Hayes |
| Former members: Gene Adam | Randall Shawver | Dave Abell | Mike McGill | John Greely | Rick Secchiari | Matthew Barlow | Rodney Beasley | Mark Prator | James MacDonough | Brent Smedley | Larry Tarnowski | Steve DiGiorgio | Richard Christy | Ralph Santolla | Tim Mills |
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| Discography |
| Albums: Iced Earth | Night of the Stormrider | Burnt Offerings | The Dark Saga | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Horror Show | The Glorious Burden | Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1) | Revelation Abomination (Something Wicked Part 2) |
| E.P.'s and demos: Enter the Realm | Untitled demo | The Melancholy E.P. | The Reckoning | Overture of the Wicked |
| Live albums: Alive in Athens |
| DVDs: Gettysburg (1863) | Alive in Athens |
| Other releases: Days of Purgatory | Dark Genesis | Tribute to the Gods | The Blessed and The Damned |
