Iced Earth and McFarlane....

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October 1st, 2004, 01:35 PM
-megalithanod

I redid my playlist last night for work, and I got to reading titles and such from the bands I was copying over to my laptop and I just found this interesting....

I think the band Iced Earth has the larget number of songs tat correlate to action figures being releaed by TMP.

Off their album Dark Saga (see my avitar) - it is based off of the Span Mythos thorugh most of the somgs.
<ul type="square">[*]Dark Saga[*]I Deid for You[*]Violate[*]The Hunter[*]The Last Laugh[*]Depths of Hell[*]Vengence is Mine[*]Scarred[*]Slave to the Dark[*]A Question of Heaven[/list]Then in the next album Something Wicked This Way Comes

There are a few songs that fit into the Spawn ideals if not meant for it like int he previous album
<ul type="square">[*]Burning Times[*]Stand Alone[*]My own Savior[/list]Then we move on to an album titled Horror Show which is based on all the legends, literature, fim and myths of classic horror icons....
<ul type="square">[*]Wolf[*]Jack[*]Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaoh's Curse)[*]Dragon's Child[*]Frankenstein[*]Dracula[*]Transyvania (Iron Maiden Cover)[/list]Then the lastest album, which only has one song that might correlate is titled The Glorious Burden which is more of a historical based album

<ul type="square">[*]Attila[/list]At some point as well, I think it was for their Alive in Athens boxed set, there was a disk of covers, that had "The Ripper" originally done by Priest I think
Hell - I am just trying to make it through a Friday without hurting someone....thought I'd share some more of my random thoughts that I tend to ponder on from time to time

[ October 01, 2004 10:59 AM: Message edited by: -megalithanod ]
October 1st, 2004, 01:45 PM
grail25

Did you take your medication this morning??
October 1st, 2004, 01:48 PM
-megalithanod

wether I did or didn't take any medication - you can't dispute the facts! [img]wink.gif[/img]
October 1st, 2004, 01:48 PM
Quikman

Quote:

Did you take your medication this morning??

I think he forgott [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

jk mega [img]wink.gif[/img]
October 1st, 2004, 01:52 PM
grail25

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Originally posted by -megalithanod:
wether I did or didn't take any medication - you can't dispute the facts! [img]wink.gif[/img]

I know.. you're right...

*crawls back to his cavern* [img]wink.gif[/img]
October 1st, 2004, 01:55 PM
Tr3s

I'm not sure if I've heard any of their songs. Maybe I have, in passing. Nevertheless (hello), that is an interesting point of fact.
October 1st, 2004, 02:02 PM
Peter Peeker

I relly should get around to listening to this band.

what would you compare them to?

oh, and The Ripper was Judas Priest, yes. [img]graemlins/devil.gif[/img]
October 1st, 2004, 02:05 PM
DARTH POOH

Hmm.. Do we have an Iced / Todd conspiracy??
Actually the first batch listed does bear
more than a passing resemblance to the Spawn mythos (Well the titles anyway) so let's see about some new names for this band
I kinda like "Iced Todd"
"McFarlane's Earth"?? Nah...to dictatorial.
"Iced Al"..Nah
I like "Iced Todd" tha best.. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]
October 1st, 2004, 02:15 PM
-megalithanod

Peeker - I think they have some song samples on their site www.icedearth.com

As to who to compare them to - I am not sure, they kind of ride ride between a lot of things - most simplistic of terms, take Iron Maiden and Megadeth and OLD Metallica, then mesh those together and you are close. The one thing I like about IE is their taking of a story and spreading it over a three song "opera" of sorts with thrash Power Metal. 30 minutes later and you have one long song complete that you just need to go back and listen to again and again.

Darth - they should seem like they match the Spawniverse - here is the blurb on their site:

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Iced Earth continues to mature and evolve with their fourth release. "The Dark Saga" is a concept album based on the popular Spawn comic book series. It tells the story of a man who sells his soul in order to return to his true love on Earth. But he soon discovers that she is married to his own best friend. He is left completely alone in the world, and although he has good inside, he is influenced by dark forces. Everything that he desires is denied, even his own death. Fans of earlier Iced Earth albums might notice the change in the musical style to fit with this dark love story. The focus is less on technical musicianship (although the playing is still as impeccable as ever), and more on creating a complete story through sound and words. Thus, the music is generally more dark, emotional, melodic, and simple than other Iced Earth albums. This is not to say that the songs are uninteresting; to the contrary, some of the most amazing Iced Earth songs appear on this album. The crushing heaviness and power remains, but it is entwined with beauty and grace, creating Iced Earth's most thoughtful and emotional work to date.
October 1st, 2004, 02:22 PM
Peter Peeker

I bookmarked the site.
I'll check 'em out a bit later.
my PC gets testy if I try to listen to streaming audio while I'm on the boards...
piece of junk...

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