Out now in Germany!

Out on Monday in the rest of the world, and on Tuesday in the US.

Listened to it all on youtube. Sounds pretty cool. A lot of the songs I didn't like at first are growing on me.

Fave at the moment has to be 'The Awakening'.


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It's been a while since I updated this page so hello again everybody!

Needless to say, Wacken 2007 has been building up for quite a long time.
It's great, possibly the biggest metal festival in the world and you got Iced Earth headlining. At 30 minutes after midnight... After an equally formidable Blind Guardian...
Yup, just a few days away, nice and early on August the 3rd, Iced Earth will be kicking ass at Wacken.
I, unfortunately, will not be there but to those who are going (Ewan I know, is one): HAVE A FRICKIN AWESOME TIME!!! ICED EARTH WILL BLOW THE PLACE AWAY!!! Hopefully!
So, let us know how it goes! \m/ \m/

Talking of Iced Earth playing live, there's been some tour dates announced on various metal news sites regarding their tour in Europe. Now, Iced Earth have not announced it officially on their site but it all seems to be booked and confirmed. And it looks quite promising.
Dark Tranquility, when I think about it, would be a great band to see playing alongside the ever amazing Iced Earth, especially on the power of their recent release 'Fiction'. Yes, Dark Tranquility are quite likely to be supporting.

Listed below are the tour dates and details:

8 Okt 2007 - D Köln Live Music Hall
9 Okt 2007 - D München Backstage Werk
10 Okt 2007 - I Milan Alcatraz
12 Okt 2007 - E Barcelona Sala Razzmatazz 1
13 Okt 2007 - E Madrid La Riviera
15 Okt 2007 - CH Pratteln Konzertfabrik Z7
16 Okt 2007 - A Graz Orpheum
17 Okt 2007 - A Wien Planet Music
18 Okt 2007 - CZ Brno Fleda
19 Okt 2007 - D Berlin Columbia Club
21 Okt 2007 - S Malmö Kulturbolaget
22 Okt 2007 - N Oslo Rockefeller
23 Okt 2007 - S Gothenburg Tradgarn
25 Okt 2007 - S Stockholm Tirol
26 Okt 2007 - DK Kopenhagen Pumpenhuset
28 Okt 2007 - D Hamburg Markthalle
30 Okt 2007 - D Stuttgart LKA Longhorn
31 Oct 2007 - F Paris Elysée Montmartre (Tickets already on sale at www.francebillet.com)
1 Nov 2007 - NL Tilburg Club 013
2 Nov 2007 - B Antwerpen Hof Ter Lo

Thanks to www.metalstorm.ee for the information. Here's the page I got the stuff from: http://www.metalstorm.ee/events/news... Some people don't seem to know where Portugal or Poland are...

Pretty cool to finally see some european dates, huh? By the looks, of things, I'd say there's gonna be a few more announced.

Now, if only there some Irish dates. Still, the Heaven & Hell support tour in November ain't too far away.


I don't believe I'm mentioned the release dates for 'Framing Armageddon' so here they are, for those of you who have not yet realised, and, of course, for this blog's continuity.... (Announced by SPV in early July)

Framing Armageddon release dates:

Germany - September 7, 2007.
All of Europe - September 10, 2007.
USA - September 11, 2007.

Only a little over a month now... I, for one, can't bloody wait! What about you guys?


And finally... You can check out the pictures from Iced Earth's recent appearance at Sweden Rock 2007 here: http://icedearth.com/gallery/index.htm


Cheerio Setians! \m/ \m/

-Message from Jon Schaffer-

Hello my friends,

I hope at this point you’ve had a chance to absorb the single/EP OVERTURE OF THE WICKED, and are enjoying it. So far the reaction has been overwhelming. We’ve charted in several countries around the world, which is quite unusual for a metal band to do with a single. Madonna, Michael Jackson and the “pop stars,” yes, it happens all the time, independent heavy metal bands - not so much. We have you amazingly loyal fans to thank for that. The Iced Earth legion grows stronger and stronger all the time. When I think about the simple fact that Iced Earth has only opened for 2 bands in the last 17 years, Blind Guardian and Megadeth, it really makes me wonder what could happen if we had an opportunity to open for some of the big guys here in the States. It’s the belief that if we get a fair shot, we can do some great things. The incredible loyalty exhibited by all of you has and will continue to keep me in the trenches fighting the good fight.

We’re going to get one of those shots in November when we open for HEAVEN AND HELL (BLACK SABBATH) in the UK. I’m absolutely fired up about it. ICED EARTH is finally going to be heard in the UK, and believe me, we‘re going to be so freakin’ pumped, everyone’s going to remember that we were there!

I’d like to thank the Swedish Fans for their awesome response to our first appearance at Sweden Rock a few weeks ago. It was a great festival, very professional and very fun for us all. I personally had a great time, the chemistry of the live band is the best it’s ever been and even though this was our first show together, we played like we’d been together for years. It’s been quite sometime since I’ve had as much fun onstage, and we’re just getting started.

I’m very sorry about the confusion on our set length at Sweden Rock. We were told that we were to have a 50 minute set, and that’s what we played. When I arrived on the festival grounds and saw the festival program, and the fact that they had us listed as playing for 90 minutes, I was a bit concerned and knew that we were going to have some disappointed fans out there. All I can say is that we will do our level best at making it up to you guys on the headline tour, and it will not happen again.

The day after the festival we filmed the video for TEN THOUSAND STRONG in Gothenburg, Sweden with director Roger Johansen. Roger did the TERROR TRAIN video for Hansi and I, and I was very happy with his integrity and dedication to the project. Because of this, he was my first choice for the new IE video. This will be a very special video with many hours of work being done in post-production to help tell the early stages of the SOMETHING WICKED story, focusing on the struggle of the 10,000. If all goes as planned this will be the first in a line of videos that will be filmed through Parts I & II that will reveal key points of the saga.

At this point I’m wrapping up preparations for our show in Athens next week with HEAVEN AND HELL. I must say it is an absolute honor for us to be able to play with these guys and I can’t wait until the UK dates in November. We will start the headline tour of Europe in October and jump on with HEAVEN AND HELL in the UK after that. I’ve met RONNIE JAMES DIO several times over the years and I have to say he is hands down, the most genuine, inspirational and real person that I’ve met in this industry. It’s so refreshing when one of your idols is a wonderful person, and RONNIE JAMES DIO is all of that and more. There are some very cool things to look forward to for sure, for you the fans, and for myself as well.

Just before Sweden Rock we finished mixing and mastering FRAMING ARMAGEDDON (SOMETHING WICKED PART I) and I’m very happy with the end result. I’m totally pumped about wrapping up Part II now, and will be doing that in between the festivals and promo tours this summer. Part I’s timeline runs from the human