Box of the Wicked

Box of the Wicked
Box set by Iced Earth
Released April 23, 2010
Genre Power metal, Thrash Metal
Label SPV GmbH
Iced Earth chronology
The Crucible of Man: Something Wicked Part 2
(2008)		 Box of the Wicked
(2010)		 Dystopia
{2011}
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Box Of The Wicked is a box set released by the American heavy metal band Iced Earth, which include all the albums from the Something Wicked Saga concept. The set is limited to 10,000 copies worldwide.

The whole saga is included in this high-quality hardcover boxset (height 13 cm, depth 4.5 cm, width 14.5 cm) featuring the original digipak CDs Framing Armageddon and The Crucible of Man as well as the original digipaks EPs Overture of the Wicked and I Walk Among You. In addition, the boxset includes a bonus cardboard CD with one song from Framing Armageddon now sung by Matt Barlow and three previously unreleased live tracks from the Belgian Graspop Metal Meeting festival in 2008, also featuring Barlow on vocals. The boxset will come with a full-color A1 poster and a 12-page booklet with previously unseen photos and liner notes.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

Digipak CD - Framing Armageddon

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Overture"   (instrumental) Jon Schaffer 2:24
2. "Something Wicked (Part 1)"   Schaffer Schaffer 5:03
3. "Invasion"   (instrumental) Schaffer 1:00
4. "Motivation of Man"   Schaffer Schaffer 1:34
5. "Setian Massacre"   Schaffer Schaffer 3:49
6. "A Charge to Keep"   Schaffer Schaffer 4:24
7. "Reflections"   Schaffer Tim Mills, Schaffer 1:50
8. "Ten Thousand Strong"   Schaffer Schaffer 3:54
9. "Execution"   (instrumental) Schaffer 1:27
10. "Order of the Rose"   Schaffer Schaffer 4:52
11. "Cataclysm"   (instrumental) Schaffer 1:30
12. "The Clouding"   Schaffer Schaffer 9:19
13. "Infiltrate and Assimilate"   Schaffer Mills, Schaffer 3:48
14. "Retribution Through the Ages"   Schaffer Schaffer 4:32
15. "Something Wicked (Part 2)"   (instrumental) Schaffer 2:59
16. "The Domino Decree"   Schaffer Tim "Ripper" Owens, Schaffer 6:36
17. "Framing Armageddon"   Schaffer Schaffer 3:41
18. "When Stars Collide (Born Is He)"   Schaffer Schaffer 4:18
19. "The Awakening"   (instrumental) Schaffer 2:01

Disc two

Digipak Single - Overture Of The Wicked

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Ten Thousand Strong"   Schaffer Schaffer 3:54
2. "Prophecy" (re-recorded version of the original from 1998 with Tim "Ripper" Owens on vocals) Schaffer Schaffer 6:00
3. "Birth of the Wicked" (re-recorded version of the original from 1998 with Tim "Ripper" Owens on vocals) Schaffer Schaffer 4:31
4. "The Coming Curse" (re-recorded version of the original from 1998 with Tim "Ripper" Owens on vocals) Schaffer Schaffer 8:00

Disc Three

Digipak CD - The Crucible Of Man

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "In Sacred Flames"   Schaffer Schaffer 1:29
2. "Behold the Wicked Child"   Schaffer Schaffer 5:38
3. "Minions of the Watch"   Matt Barlow Schaffer 2:06
4. "The Revealing"   Schaffer Schaffer 2:40
5. "A Gift or a Curse?"   Schaffer Schaffer, Jim Morris 5:34
6. "Crown of the Fallen"   Schaffer Schaffer 2:49
7. "The Dimension Gauntlet"   Schaffer Schaffer 3:12
8. "I Walk Alone"   Schaffer Mills, Schaffer 4:00
9. "Harbinger of Fate"   Schaffer Schaffer 4:43
10. "Crucify the King"   Barlow Schaffer 5:36
11. "Sacrificial Kingdoms"   Barlow Schaffer 3:58
12. "Something Wicked (Part 3)"   Barlow Schaffer 4:32
13. "Divide and Devour"   Schaffer Schaffer 3:15
14. "Come What May"   Schaffer Schaffer 7:24
15. "Epilogue"   (instrumental) Schaffer 2:21

Disc Four

Digipak Single - I Walk Among You

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "I Walk Alone"   Schaffer Mills, Schaffer 4:00
2. "Setian Massacre" (re-recorded version of the Framing Armageddon track with Matt Barlow on vocals) Schaffer Schaffer 3:44
3. "The Clouding" (re-recorded version of the Framing Armageddon track with Matt Barlow on vocals) Schaffer Schaffer 9:13

Disc Five

Bonus CD (cardboard sleeve)

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "A Charge to Keep" (re-recorded version of the Framing Armageddon track with Matt Barlow on vocals) Schaffer Schaffer 4:25
2. "Dark Saga" (previously unreleased, Live At Graspop Festival, Belgium June 2008) Schaffer Schaffer  
3. "Iced Earth" (previously unreleased, Live At Graspop Festival, Belgium June 2008) Schaffer Schaffer  
4. "Pure Evil" (previously unreleased, Live At Graspop Festival, Belgium June 2008) Schaffer Randall Shawver, Schaffer  

Personnel

  • Corinne Bach, Marjorie Bates, Debra Brant, Jeff Brant, Erin Conley, Tori Fuson, Marshall Gillon, Heather Krueger, Jesse Morris, Jeremy Silverman, Kathy Helm, Todd Plant – chorus
  • Matt Barlow – lead vocals on disk 3, 4 and 5
  • Jason Blackerby – backing vocals, assistant engineer
  • Tim Borror – booking
  • Debbie Harrell – backing vocals
  • Felipe Machado Franco – artwork, cover art, layout
  • Ross Halfin – photography
  • Dennis Hayes – bass, bass, fretless bass
  • Howard Helm – keyboards, backing vocals, hammond B3
  • Tim Mills – guitar
  • Jim Morris – guitar, backing vocals, producer, engineer, mastering, mixing
  • Tom Morris – chorus, mastering
  • David Newman-Stump – artwork
  • Tim Owens – vocals on disk 1 and 2
  • Patina Ripkey – backing vocals
  • Nathan Perry – artwork, cover art
  • Steve Rogowski – cello
  • Paul Ryan – booking
  • Jon Schaffer – acoustic guitar, bass, rhythm Guitar, keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, producer
  • Troy Seele – guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, soloist
  • Brent Smedley – drums
  • Freddie Vidales – bass

References

  1. ^ Jukebox:Metal review
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