Iced Earth: Opinions

'burning times' is a scorcher of a song

i like the band every once in a while

I know these d00ds have kinda sunken into mediocrity in recent years but they're supposed to be fun live and apparently they're playing the "Wicked" trilogy from SWTWC ("Prophecy", "Birth of the Wicked", "Coming Curse") on this tour so....i'm kinda stoked. plus Stu Block is a dope vocalist even if he's kinda imitating Matt Barlow in this band (and sounds more like himself in Into Eternity).

Jon Schaffer is a doofus though.

dear Christ, the versions of the trilogy they did with Ripper are fucking TERRIBLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN1WlkqxtK0

why the hell did they lower the key, he can hit higher notes than Barlow

fuck it, I'll defend these guys. p much haven't put out anything great in years, but even at their most self-plagiarizing they were often fun. Barlow kinda elevated em a bit. Ripper Owens era was terrible.

Horror Show is flawed but "Wolf", "Damien" and "Dracula" are fun.

last two w/ Stu Block kinda middling, his first (Dystopia) wasn't a classic but it was good!

Weird I just listened to these guys for the first time since high school, just to see how it sounded now. Sure it's ridiculous music but Burnt Offerings and the Spawn one (lol) have really catchy hooks and cool riffs. Every now and then I'll click on the metal thread and check out some retro thrash thing on Bandcamp, and it's inevitably not as good? But I don't actually listen to metal beyond my 5 or so favorite albums from high school, so who cares what I think.

me and the band

http://i64.tinypic.com/23jizc7.jpg

love that so much

yea Jon screamed "Kreatorrrr" at me. nice dude.

Stu Block is amazing. i could hear him during soundcheck a half a block away

finally dug into the "Jon Schaffer's Purgatory" EP. it's fun, ignorant-assed heavy metal that sounds lyrically like it was written by 12 year olds doing a book report on horror films.

in other words, good mindless fun.

the weirdest thing - you know how sometimes there's this vocalist everybody clowns for being shit, then years later, he resurfaces, and suddenly he's improved a shit-ton?

Yeah, that is...not the case with Gene Adam.

As I walk through the blackened forest
Thoughts of hate and anger fill my soul
The charred remains of the holy rollers
Scream repentance though it's far too late

I fight back the laughter at what I see
The suffering healers false destined prophecy

He didn't think yesterday of the end of his life
The brainwashed fools born again of a thousand lies

lolllllll, i love this cheesy-assed band

debut album just reissued/remixed/remastered.

for a remix, it doesn't sound toooo terribly different. was hoping maybe they mixed Gene Adam's voice with Mario Lanza or something. the guitars are still crunchy but tbh I always liked the original production.

i just love this cheesy-assed band and I won't apologize for it. Jon Schaffer's pretentiousness almost improves things cos you can't help but laugh at how cornball he is - yr a dude who learned how to play gallop patterns real well, nobody cares about your IRL opinions about commerce and government.

some real dire shit in the catalog. the Ripper albums were a huge wtf. never seen a guy with such a good voice completely suck everything interesting out of a band with a solid track record, TWICE.

seriously tho Gene is the worst singer ever, he makes Kai Hansen sound like Andrea Bocelli

FUCK YOU

https://www.metalsucks.net/2021/01/06/iced-earths-jon-schaffer-reportedly-among-pro-trump-rioters-at-capitol/?fbclid=IwAR3uZcvkOwEWD8fujLzSpcsopcwyTp8MVWgXMH14TH6DXnZWia8BZVuxXzI

Absolutely love how thoroughly dude has fucked himself over now

https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/heavy-metal-guitarist-seen-wearing-oath-keepers-lifetime-member-hat-on-jan-6-is-first-to-plead-guilty-in-capitol-siege/

Dumbass.

Speaking of, I meant to bump this thread last month when I saw that a, presumably very disappointed, former Iced Earth fan dumped damn near the band's entire catalog on CD at a local used shop.

Closing words of the proceedings:

Judge: Mr. Schaffer, good luck. We will see you soon.

Schaffer: Thank you, your honor. https://t.co/kw58Blb2bK

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) April 16, 2021

From an ILX vet

In hindsight Iced Earth's problematic politics probably should've been obvious when Matt Barlow left to join the DHS and they replaced him with right-wing idiot Tim "Ripper" Owens. Also Schaffer's side project about how the Federal Reserve is evil.

— Jeff Treppel (@JeffTreppel) April 16, 2021

Hard to maintain a “snitches get stitches” ethos when you’ve got a thin blue line full back tattoo.

He's doing this in hopes that prosecutors will recommended a lesser sentence for the crimes he committed.

Here is the "information" the govt submitted detailing the crimes he's pleaded guilty tohttps://t.co/Y2R4Pr8tlh

— Ken Bensinger (@kenbensinger) April 16, 2021

Anyway Jeff's working on a story so sharing this out:

If anyone here knows any former members of Iced Earth, associates of Jon Schaffer, Ripper Owens, or Matt Barlow, or former tourmates who would be willing to go on the record, please DM me (and feel free to retweet).

— Jeff Treppel (@JeffTreppel) April 16, 2021

I want to know how the iced earth face tattoo guy feels

nevermind, misremembered. it was earth crisis

Possibly going in to witness protection

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/iced-earths-jon-schaffer-is-continuing-to-cooperate-with-u-s-capitol-riot-investigators/

Man, if this is the dude that ends up rolling and taking down a bigger name...

can't wait to be at a metal show in the future, only to see familiar rhythm guitarist "Lon Snyder" on stage