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ICED EARTH
1990 - Iced Earth.
1995 - Burnt Offerings.
2004 - The Glorious Burden.
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November 1990 - 2025: 35 years of: Iced Earth.

The other shade of Tampa.

Florida's deathmetal counterpart, aside from SAVATAGE. Building on the legacy of Eurometal giants, a new American trooper shall lit the scene. Hell froze over ...here's the power of: ICED EARTH.

The Force is strong, as the band's title-track for "Iced Earth" and "Written On The Walls" ravage with pride. Clever licks and strong metal is fully present on the menacing "Funeral" and the equivalently dark "Colors", while the intricate "Life And Death" treks in between both states.

After 1989's well received Enter The Realm demo, a contract was sealed with upcoming Century Media Records and the burnt offerings came to fruition. During America's powermetal-less era, ICED EARTH's pure creation shall shine through the 90s drought. A heavymetal purgatory.

Second album, second singer, the band shall step-up the game with 1991's Night Of The Stormrider CD.

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Iced Earth = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPUbJ2iMppw&list=PLL44kuYYS8ymg8hfnikiO5xHoEBmXV-f6
Video in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOdV-Gg75lk
Interview in 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfnqBTk9oUw

April 18, 1995 - 2025: 30 years of: Burnt Offerings.

Building a legacy.

Third record, third frontman ...welcome Matthew Barlow into the arena. After the rampage of 1991's Night Of The Stormrider CD, ICED EARTH shall solidify America's powermetal front.

An incent fills the hall, as the "Burnt Offerings" scorch eardrums with strenght and determination. With melody and might, "Last December"s monster-metal rages, as well as on "Burning Oasis"s intricate twist and turns. With massive crunch, "Creator Failure" fights the trends, while the centerpiece remains the Three Acts, 16min+ "Dante's Inferno" ...a meltdown of slick riffing and respectable heavymetal.

While America was classic heavymetal hostile for most of the decade, some units made sure highly crafted material was issued for the hungry undergound. Way past the desert rains, ICED EARTH's next riffology shall appear on 1996's The Dark Saga CD.

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Burnt Offerings = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc2WX0LW-Aw&list=PLDIYs-6SRyIXOBLBkt3O9EOjUb913dfoR
Live in Germany in 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4XhxeBXhoM

January 12, 2004 - 2024: 20 years of: The Glorious Burden.

An American Union.

Pushing real heavymetal during the tough 90s, the Tampa terror of ICED EARTH was finally making waves in the new millennium. Following the 9/11 events, singer Matt Barlow left the crew and was replaced by newly job-less ex-JUDAS PRIEST Ripper Owens. The all-star effect was rounded up with James MacDonough (future MEGADETH) on bass and both ex-DEATH Richard Christy on drums and Ralph Santolla on guest-leads ...talks about demons & wizards !

The celebration opens-up with a metalized "The Star-Spangled Banner" overture that rides into the "Declaration Day" ...a crude riff-o-rama. Tight fast metal rhythm and overlaid high vocal-melodies, an Euro signature performed in an American way.

With pride, passion and power, the ravage powermetal of "The Reckoning (Don't Tread On Me)" and "Red Baron / Blue Max" are strong assets to heavymetal's eventual 2004-05 massive return / rebirth. Remembrance and revenge is across the menacing powerballad "When The Eagle Cries", an homage to the lost souls of 9/11.

American history gets Jon Schaffer-ed, with a rich epic heavymetal concept. The 31min+ "Gettysburg (1863)" three-track Civil War recollection is a deep, symphony-supported, serious metal-trek. Patriotic-metal is here.

Following 2001's Horror Show CD, ICED EARTH provides more brute raw power. These cold killers were now under contract with Germany's SPV Records and waving the heavymetal flag, high above the scene.

The stormriders shall strike every nerve with their second Ripper burnt offering, the first of a two-segment concept: 2007's Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 1 CD.

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Declaration Day = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrjh4r_Z41U
The Reckoning (Don't Tread On Me) = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtkcXm8lQo
When The Eagle Cries (acoustic) = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o6xrSyhVhc
The Glorious Burden = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn2sZ3pk7tk&list=OLAK5uy_mYSrzpj8EXm9-gIGbgXDpBv5rRZM7qArs
Live in Sauget IL in 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD9BbFU62gM

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