The Blessed and the Damned

The Blessed and the Damned
Greatest hits album by Iced Earth
Released August 10, 2004
Recorded 1990-2001
Genre heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal
Length 2:04:48
Label Century Media
Iced Earth chronology
The Glorious Burden
(2004)
The Blessed and the Damned
(2004)
Overture of the Wicked
(2007)
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"The Damned" cover version of the album
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The Blessed and the Damned is a double CD best of compilation album by the American heavy metal band Iced Earth. The CD-booklet can be reversed, to show either angels or demons on the cover. The booklet also includes Jon Schaffer's comments on previous albums and his life. Even though the CD was released after The Glorious Burden, the biography in the booklet makes no mention of it. This is probably because Iced Earth left their record label Century Media Records prior to The Glorious Burden, and signed with SPV. In turn, Century Media released this compilation album.

Track listing

Disc 1

No. TitleLyricsMusicOriginal album Length
1. "Burning Times"  Matt Barlow, Jon SchafferBarlow, SchafferSomething Wicked This Way Comes 3:43
2. "Wolf"  SchafferSchafferHorror Show 5:20
3. "The Hunter"  SchafferSchafferThe Dark Saga 3:55
4. "Curse the Sky"  SchafferRandall Shawver, SchafferIced Earth 4:43
5. "Melancholy (Holy Martyr)"  SchafferSchafferSomething Wicked This Way Comes 4:44
6. "Stormrider"  SchafferShawver, SchafferNight of the Stormrider 4:48
7. "Burnt Offerings"  SchafferShawver, SchafferBurnt Offerings 7:21
8. "Travel in Stygian" (live)SchafferSchafferAlive in Athens 9:06
9. "Dark Saga"  SchafferSchafferThe Dark Saga 3:43
10. "Written on the Walls"  Gene AdamAdam, Shawver, Schaffer, Dave AbellIced Earth 6:07
11. "Damien"  SchafferSchafferHorror Show 9:11

Disc 2

No. TitleLyricsMusicOriginal album Length
1. "Angels Holocaust"  SchafferSchafferDays of Purgatory 4:54
2. "Desert Rain"  SchafferSchaffer, AbellDays of Purgatory 6:38
3. "Last December"  SchafferSchafferBurnt Offerings 3:23
4. "Watching Over Me"  SchafferSchafferSomething Wicked This Way Comes 4:26
5. "Pure Evil" (live)SchafferShawver, SchafferAlive in Athens 6:37
6. "The Path I Choose"  SchafferShawver, SchafferNight of the Stormrider 5:55
7. "I Died for You"  SchafferSchafferThe Dark Saga 3:47
8. "Disciples of the Lie"  SchafferSchafferSomething Wicked This Way Comes 4:04
9. "When the Night Falls"  SchafferSchafferDays of Purgatory 7:50
10. "Jack"  BarlowSchafferHorror Show 4:12
11. "Iced Earth"  SchafferSchafferIced Earth 5:23
12. "Violate" (live)SchafferSchafferAlive in Athens 4:12

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