Iced Earth

With “IIII,” Messrs. Kürsch and Schaffer haven't let anyone down. They've made a top-notch, eclectic album that's sure to please every fan who was sick of waiting fifteen years for the next chapter of the Demons & Wizards project.

After a warm-up night like the one Iced Earth, Metalsteel and Eruption put on, counting down the days until we're back in T'mina gets a whole lot easier.

"The response was truly lukewarm, even though the crowd was visibly enjoying itself throughout the show. Marilyn Manson sensed this flatness quickly and started acting extremely formal. Just enough to »pocket« another gig and a few rustling…

Despite apocalyptic downpours, we made it through the first full day of the festival thanks to killer sets from Iced Earth, Dool, Loudness, Absu, Batushka and Venom Inc.

»Incorruptible« is yet another very good studio effort from this long-lived band. Nothing more. It's seasoned from head to toe with all the right trademarks that have always defined the music of Iced Earth.

With »The Dark Saga«, a dark musical tale of Spawn's suffering and vengeance, Iced Earth created one of the peaks of their career, even though the album mostly wasn't greeted by the metal crowd with as much enthusiasm on release as its…

"Day three of the legendary Bang Your Head festival 2016, closed out by Iced Earth!"

The third and final day of the 21st Bang Your Head!!! festival in the German town of Balingen finally brought a completely dry, sunny day. Iced Earth headlined, followed by Dirkschneider, Uriah Heep, Grave Digger, Great White, Tankard,…

'Many who now think they're kings up there will wallow down here like swine in the mire of filth, leaving behind them a name of infamy,' the ferryman Phlegyas warned Dante as they sailed across the Styx. Iced Earth were thinking much the…

Two thirds of our plague-ridden Balkan tour were behind us by around midnight on Saturday, January 25, 2013, and the Zagreb show hadn't even cooled down yet, but the anticipation for the final third was already thick in the air - Sarajevo!

If Iced Earth come to Ljubljana, why not (slightly stalker-style) follow them, first a good hundred kilometers, then another almost six hundred, deep into the Balkan peninsula?

We finally got a good dose of frost and snow on the very last weekend of January. And this time, both were welcome, because they brought frozen earth along with them. American frozen earth. Iced Earth!

Ahead of Iced Earth's January show in Ljubljana, we sat down for a few words with the band's eternal mastermind, Jon Schaffer, and the chat was mostly about the new album, which proves Iced Earth are far from done.

The Americans have been enjoying probably the biggest comeback of their career since 2011, but it was clear that only Dystopia's successor would be the real test. So did Iced Earth pass this stress test better than our banks?

Location: Graz / Stadthalle / AustriaDate: 18.11.2013 When I first heard about the Volbeat tour with Iced Earth as the support act, I figured it had to be a mistake. Iced Earth are veterans, after all, with roots going back to the…

In Graz, Austria, Volbeat used a nearly two-hour set to prove they're a band that's hard to stop.

Location: Tolmin / Sotočje / SloveniaDate: 25.07.2013 Day four of the festival kicked off with Italian folk metallers from Venice, Vallorch. The seven-piece don't bring any musical revolution to the table and instead tread…

"By now night had fallen over the grounds, and Accept used the backdrop to serve up their iron-clad repertoire, which of course included Fast as a Shark, Metal Heart and Balls to the Wall. Experiencing the Accept march in front of a…

The fourth day of the festival brought the best lineup yet, with bands practically competing over who could be better.

Accept, the unbreakable standard-bearers of the most traditional heavy metal heritage, delivered the grand finale of the seventeenth Bang Your Head.

With their comeback album, Iced Earth literally crush a totalitarian, anti-utopian regime to dust and prove that a few weaker albums are far from the end of the road.

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Backstage Werk / Munich / GermanyConcert date: 07.12.2011Attendance: 1200Ticket price: €28.00 (presale) / €32.00 (day of show) What happens when a band with cult status on the metal…

Author: Rok Klemše Location: SKC / Belgrade / SerbiaConcert date: 22.11.2011Attendance: 800Ticket price: 2,000,00 RSD (approx. 20,00€) American power metal giants Iced Earth have dropped their new record Dystopia, which takes them back to…

Festivals of the Wicked is a textbook example of how to capture the unquenchable power of a band like Iced Earth on a piece of flat plastic!

The morning of the festival's third day, and breakfast too, were still riding high on the previous day's shows and served up more of that heated debate about heavy metal, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, but it couldn't go on forever...

Matt Barlow's return to Iced Earth. A lead vocalist swap that hardly paid off for Schaffer, if at all. The Crucible Of Man is the musical continuation of its predecessor!

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: February 21, 2009Attendance: 1,500Ticket price: 200.00 HRK Saxon and Iced Earth on a joint tour! For any true lover of heavy metal sounds,…

"I've never listened to bands, people, labels or anyone else when it comes to creativity."

Author: Rok Klemše Venue: VPK Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 19.02.2009Attendance: 900Ticket price: 30€ Over the last few years, metal has been going through a real renaissance, more than any other genre, probably even its second…

Nine years have gone by since this triple live CD from Florida thrash metal champions Iced Earth came out, and here I am typing these words on my PC. It's one of those heavy metal documents that stay forever in the heart of every true music…

Author: Aleš Podbrežnik Concert date: 27.06.2008Attendance: 2706Ticket price: 15000 This year's traditional Bang Your Head!!! festival, held on the outskirts of the little town of Balingen in the state of Baden Württemberg, in…

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Orpheum Theater / Graz / AustriaConcert date: October 16, 2007Attendance: 800Ticket price: €30.00 Iced Earth have been writing one hell of an interesting band history over the last few…

Ever since the release of the rather mediocre album "The Glorious Burden" in 2004, which was saved from total gray mediocrity mainly by the fantastic Gettysburg trilogy, silence reigned in the Iced Earth camp. At the start of th

With Iced Earth, Jon Schaffer built one of the biggest metal bands around over 22 years, and their career has spawned some excellent records that earned a place in the metal encyclopedia. Probably the highest spot under the Iced Earth name…

It's a bit of a thankless job to review a cult release like this concert video, whose recording is still considered one of the best live albums ever, and not just in metal. Personally, I'm generally dead set against any

Hm, this record is one of the more controversial ones in metal. Well, at least for 2004. You hardly know where to start with a review. Every plus comes with its minus, which means the new Iced Earth album is pretty neutral in character