Burnt Offerings (album)

Burnt Offerings
Studio album by Iced Earth
Released	April 18, 1995
Recorded	Morrisound Recordings, Tampa, Florida 1994
Genre	Thrash metal, power metal
Length	52:39
Label	Century Media
Producer	Jim Morris Jon Schaffer
Iced Earth chronology
Night of the Stormrider (1991) Burnt Offerings (1995) The Dark Saga (1996)
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Burnt Offerings is American heavy metal band Iced Earth's third album, released April 18, 1995, by Century Media Records. This album marked the introduction of vocalist Matt Barlow and was the only Iced Earth album featuring drummer Rodney Beasley. The original album cover is of Lucifer in the Ninth Circle from Gustave Doré's series of engravings based on the work.

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. The arrival of Barlow began bringing influences from power metal, though this album still retained most of the musical identity of thrash metal from the bands previous albums.

As with Iced Earth and Night of the Stormrider, the 2001 remastered version has a new cover.

Contents 1 Limited Edition 2 Interpretation 3 Track listing 3.1 2008 Slave to the Dark Bonus Disc 4 Personnel 4.1 Band members 4.2 Additional musicians 4.3 Song Information

Limited Edition

A limited edition copy has also been released, containing two CD's - one a rough mix, and one of the regular recording - with black marks representing an LP. The case also comes with a small collection of art - supposedly hell - and lyrics of all the songs.

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.

Track listing

Some re-releases of the CD incorrectly list the three movements of "Dante's Inferno" as separate tracks 9-11. These are actually the three components which make up the song and this is a labelling error.

2008 Slave to the Dark Bonus Disc

Personnel

Band members

• Jon Schaffer − rhythm guitar, vocals, producer
• Matthew Barlow − lead vocals
• Randall Shawver − lead guitar
• Dave Abell − bass
• Rodney Beasley − drums

Additional musicians

• Howard Helm − keyboards

Song Information

• "Burnt Offerings" incorporates a call-and-answer style vocal technique with Jon Schaffer and Matt Barlow. This is similar to "Desert Rain" on the previous album, Night of the Stormrider, in which Jon Schaffer and John Greely use the same approach.
• 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
• "Diary" is about a vampire.
• "Dante's Inferno" is Iced Earth's longest song yet, at 16 minutes and 26 seconds. It is based on Inferno the first part of Dante Alighieri's epic poem The Divine Comedy.

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