Iced Earth (album)
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| Studio album by Iced Earth | |||||
| Released | November 1990 (Europe) February 1991 (USA) |
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| Recorded | 1986-1990 | ||||
| Genre | Thrash metal | ||||
| Length | 44:14 | ||||
| Label | Century Media | ||||
| Producer | Tom Morris | ||||
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Remastered Album Cover
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Iced Earth is the eponymous debut album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth. It was released in November 1990 internationally and February 1991 in North America. The original release of this album had two different covers (a worldwide cover and a different Japanese cover). This album was Mike McGill's only album with Iced Earth, as well as the last for singer Gene Adam. Like the album's successor Night of the Stormrider, Iced Earth follows a more traditional thrash metal sound, rather than the power metal direction the band would follow after Matt Barlow had joined. Iced Earth would stick to the power metal formula until Barlow left the band, with his replacement Tim Owens singing in a style reminiscent of both genres.
Iced Earth's first three albums (this album, Night of the Stormrider, and Burnt Offerings) were remastered in 2001, and each had a new cover.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Shawver and Schaffer unless stated.
- "Iced Earth" (Jon Schaffer) – 5:22
- "Written on the Walls" (Gene Adam, Randall Shawver, Schaffer, Dave Abell) – 6:06
- "Colors" – 4:50
- "Curse the Sky" – 4:41
- "Life and Death" – 6:07
- "Solitude" – 1:44
- "The Funeral" – 6:15
- "When the Night Falls" – 9:01
[edit] Credits
- Gene Adam − vocals
- Jon Schaffer − rhythm guitar, backing vocals, producer, design
- Randall Shawver − lead guitar
- Dave Abell − bass
- Mike McGill − drums
[edit] Info
- "Colors" is about the TV novel also named Colors. This novel is about gangsters.
- Note that "Written on the Walls" solo is very similar to "Angels Holocaust"'s from Night of the Stormrider
- Every song on this album except "Curse The Sky" was redone for 1997's Days of Purgatory. For that release, "Written on the Walls" was given new lyrics and renamed "Cast In Stone".
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