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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A taster to the upcoming album of the year!,
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This review is from: Overture of the Wicked (Audio CD)
If the rest of 'Framing Armageddon'is as good as this, then there's no doubt that it'll be Metal album of the year 2007! That's right, even better than Machine Head's 'The Blackening'!!
'Ten Thousand Strong' kicks straight in with a fast, HEAVY riff and Ripper Owens's producing one long scream. It kicks you in the nuts and straps you in tight from the first second! This song is typical Iced Earth, in the same formulae as past single 'The Reckoning' (although better!) and has one of the catchiest chorus's in Iced Earth history! Then comes the re-recorded 'Something Wicked' trilogy. And yes, it's a very different sounding trilogy, but believe me it's just as good in it's own right. It's a heavier, darker and more evil sounding trilogy, and Jon Shaffer did a stunning job in making it different but keeping the glory of the original. Brent Smedley's drumming get's 10/10 as through-out his double-bass work doubles up with Shaffer's intense rhythm, highlighting the alternate picking of the riffs. Tim Mills did a nice job on the solos too, with not much different from the originals. And finally, always the talking point, how does Tim 'Ripper' Owens compare to Matt Barlow? Yes we're all sad that Matt left but he did, and time's moved on. Ripper is a fantastic singer (would he have got the Judas Priest job AND Iced Earth job if he wasn't?? Answer: NO!) and he proves here why he is so important to the scene. Sure, Barlow has better emotion in his voice, but Ripper has greater power. On all four songs Ripper does a stunning job with the vocals. If you're going to compare the re-recorded with the original note for note then the chances are you wont like it. STOP BEING SO PATHETIC. It's very different but just as good. I love both versions. Both versions beat the hell outta everything being produced by the likes of Trivium and Bullet for my Valentine etc. Listen to this CD as it's own and you will be blown away. I got it this afternoon and have already listened to it way into the double figures.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
...power metal manna...,
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This review is from: Overture of the Wicked (Audio CD)
Blimey! Are you ready for this? Power metal overlord Jon Schaffer has went back to the "Something Wicked This Way Comes" album from a decade back, rerecorded the "Something Wicked" trilogy and extended the storyline into two (yes, two) brand new albums telling the story in its entirety. Now that's just too metal for one hand. Respect.
And what you get on this taster EP is the rerecorded songs alongside new track 'Ten Thousand Strong' which will appear on part 1 of the album, catchily entitled "Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1)", which will be out in September. According to the main man, "the original trilogy is just an overview of the story that begins 12,000 years ago and leads us to the modern day". Woof! And this is just fantastic. Considerably more brutal than the original recordings, this also has the added bonus of one time Judas Priest vocalist 'Ripper' Owens wailing away in fine style. The new song certainly whets the appetite for things to come but the out and out killer is the new version of 'The Coming Curse', one of my all time favourite power metal tunes. I didn't think it could be any better and appraoched with some trepidation, but it's now beyond good and absolutely essential listening. Grab it with both hands now!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Nice, but lacking some feeling,
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This review is from: Overture of the Wicked (Audio CD)
First of all let me say that Iced Earth have a special place in my heart. They were the ones that got my into metal when I was in high school, and of course every greek guy has a special realtionship with them since Alive... Now, on the single. Ten thousand strong sounds good. The trilogy sounds good. But... It really doesn't have the feeling it used to have. Owens has an amazing voice, but it just doesn't fit really well with the gloomy style Iced Earth have. The result to me is a bit flat and without passion... Especially hearing the Wicked trilogy will make you a bit sad if you are older fan. Perhaps younger fans won't have this problem. All in all the single is very good, nice production, nice sound. If you are a fan since the Glorious Burden then perhaps you will like it more than me. If you are an old-school Iced Earth fan, you might be saddened a bit, but you should give it a try.
Cheers!
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