Iced Earth-Minions of the Watch/The Revealing

[@RoyMach1ne]

Crucible is my favorite IE album when it comes to drums. The technicality/timing of the bass drum lines is just perfect.

[@archados]

Iced Earth is one of the most underrated metal bands I know. These guys have contributed to the metal scene with very traditional and yet unique and fresh material for years. If you never heard of them listen to or watch their live performance in Athens to songs like "Pure Evil", "Stand Alone", "Violate".

[@MetaL556]

Absolutely awesome song, hands down.

[@darkest1hourxx]

i just recently found out about this band...and i have to say..i usually do not listen to this kind of metal..but this is sick...its absolutly amazing....top notch metal right here..

[@simpleXsurvival999]

Minions of the Watch is one of my favorite songs from this album. Thanks for uploading it!

[@hollowjack8711]

Matt did all the vocal work here, recording the track over track

[@mpdiglio]

If you like this CD... get into all of them... great, consistent band... Days of Purgatory is a combination of their first two albums and with Barlow, instead of the old singer. Every album is f'n sick.

[@mcmarkwitfries]

Thanks for posting, I'm addicted to these songs and I haven't been able to find them anywhere else yet!

[@adamrspears1981]

I you like rap that's fine. But one of the things that enhances the artistic qualities of music is the incorporation of instruments. Yes, the human voice is a musical instrument, but rappers don't song; they talk. They don't usually incorporate woodwind, brass or strong instruments. Just percussion. & mostly the percussion is a looped digital track. This is why I don't consider rap to be dynamic & artistic as the other genres of music. It takes creativity & skill to create a dynamic sound.

[@christofferhougaard]

Wise words my friend!

[@spyd3r666]

Fuck rap and pop. Long live metal, may you only get stronger \m/

[@55er66]

Matt is my favourite singer, but I like also Owens, The Glorious Burden and Framming Armageddon are great, but the 90s classic are the best in my opinion. I am a little sad that Matt must leave the band again, but i want to hear the upcoming Dystopia, let us see what is John Schaffer preparing for us.

[@tracyconnorsandcelinapollo4897]

iced earth rules so does hammerfall crowbar crematory type o neg and many thrash and goth metal especially the gathering w Anneke and her whole band

[@ThinkShink]

It may well be that you're just burning out on metal. Hearing Matt ripping it again pumps me up. One way to keep listening to metal without burning out that desire for metal is to expand your musical taste. I will always love metal, but I've branched out to post rock and some other things. This is my counterbalance, it calms me, helps me think and sleep. Check into Red Sparowes, Steve Von Till, Russian Circles. Anything to get you in a different (but equally good) mental state.

[@lilheners]

Dude ha thanks for uploading this playlist of their new album, badd ass man you rock

[@da44e]

Yea...the Alive in Athens thing was blazing! I still do listen to old songs :) but whatever Iced Earth does, it's worth listening...and HEADBANGING! ;D

[@Chuloloc]

I totally agree with Metal L. Absolutely awesome, bar none. Hail Iced Earth.

[@probatos1]

When they will be playing these songs in the concerts the fans will be sitting on their chairs and listening??? Good song-songs but such an album would never make me wanna headbang like when they first came in Athens after Dark Saga.. (ok that was 11 years ago I know-call me a old timer!) + in mellody - in energy and power

[@ToothlessWizard]

@macktherocker666 Correct Mack, though schaffer can be heard on more tracks since he is taking a lot of the background vocals for his bill. Like this one :) Again, dude, super that you combine what should be combined, a true Metalhead :D

[@WeepingBurma]

When I bought the album, The Revealing wasn't included in the lyrics, it was strange.

[@gege117]

really nice stuff

[@ToothlessWizard]

@zmh24 Schaffer does the backing vocals... you hear them both

[@Rabidhellbugs]

\m/ The song rocks, what more do you want?

[@SkullCowboy333]

So good it hurts and equally deep.

[@MetalxXxMayhem]

Fine. Iced Earth is fucking AWESOME and i want to see them live. \m/!!

[@tee_nanners]

As much as I agree with you on how awesome Iced Earth is, I'm not sure if I agree with how you're advertising. These last two albums were pretty light compared to older IE albums. I mean, come on, Domino Decree had a keyboard solo.

[@Metalfurious14]

very good songs of the crucible of man

[@shingshong7]

i dont really listen to power metal but this is pretty sweet. i like the song the revealing. Isnt the lead singer for this band also in judas priest and with yngwie malmsteen or an i thinking of someone else?

[@MRVC_83]

@MetalxXxMayhem i removed it myself , because i know it's a waste of my time to go back and forth with people who listen to crap then real music and can't tell the difference .

[@EmpyreanFrost]

that pic is what Dec 2012 is going to be like ^_^

[@Tony11442]

@ToothlessWizard yes but not the high pich back vocals, coz mat does those

[@danukenator123]

@TheAmeader Ignorance is bliss I suppose...

[@Bjorn308]

@EmpyreanFrost - We can only hope to be so lucky... LOL.

[@EmpyreanFrost]

@ MinionOfDeth2112 or April 2029 according to Peter Steele (Rest in Pieces brother.)

[@da44e]

Just because it isn't on MTV doesn't mean that it sucks...it's maybe even better, too much fame becomes only sellout...

[@justinladwig9451]

thats just how good he was

[@MetalxXxMayhem]

@jimischild13 Oh, i like this too. Omg, i can like both kinds of music!! What a fucking SHOCKER!?!!

[@OhHiMarsh]

Jon Schaffer does some of the vocals I believe, his voice really isnt half bad, he should sing more.

[@trashstop]

I think its schaffer that sings back up, but i don't know. His voice is harder to recognize.

[@macktherocker666]

I Cant Remember But Yah Shaffer did sing on 1. i think it was a gift or a curse

[@Shinkada]

He doesn't need it, and they did it a bit too much. But there's a few times when they only do it once at the peak of a verse or chorus and fuck if it doesn't sound epic. Makes me wish I had about seventeen voice boxes.

[@Anthony_Cika]

@danukenator123 Emminems early stuff was good....I still think he is, he's better at pacing than most others at any rate. But recently his music sounds like a description of any page off Rotten.com

[@niggeling5741]

@archados underrated? they are one of the most well known power metal bands in the world! don't know what's unknown about them...

[@mcmarkwitfries]

AMAZING.

[@danukenator123]

@hellsfireD31g I don't listen to rap but you should at least acknowledge that there are skilled rappers that take time to very carefully select their words and incorporate themes.

[@bromomegatron]

If its not on MTV. Its not supermarket Metal.

[@88speedfreakDrage]

Hey dude, would it be okay if you sent me these two songs together as an mp3 format, along with 'Crown of the Fallen/The Dimension Gauntlet'? Lee \m/

[@metalmaster66608]

this song is so fuckin bad ass

[@probatos1]

he does it a lot anyways...from youtube it seems to me this album is weaker than the previous despite Matt's voice and guts...I thought maybe it's me or the fact that I'm tired of metal...I just don't feel it..(Ice T) Then why when I listen to Trivium I feel something? I wan't another travel in stygia or pure evil...in that way songs...I am a hardcore fan and I'm gonna think alot about buying the album. listen to LOST HORIZON's "Welcome back" song - best metal song ever!!!!!

[@xunknownxmysteryx]

Is there a guest vocalist in this song? Some of that doesn't sound like Barlow.

[@MetalxXxMayhem]

@jimischild13 Enjoy having your comments removed for being blatantly hateful.

[@blueberrypie6766]

Fuck yes! \m/

[@bromomegatron]

I was not saying that it sucks. Hell I am glad its not MTV. Metal can stand on its own. I was merely replying to XYZmachina's comment that Ice Earth is supermnarket metal for low I@ people. Thrash til' Death!!!!

[@crneroses]

LOLLOLL so fuking true!!!

[@Metal666ATX9ers]

@neocloak i don't think schaffer is a racist bigot....

[@ToothlessWizard]

@michaelba86 Ofcourse :-)

[@bizzhat]

@ mtr666; so ur saying yur too lazy to do what u love? - man, I sure dont envy yur sex life! :D Thanx for the song.

[@MetalxXxMayhem]

@hellsfireD31g You can't tell me somebody like Tech N9ne isn't talented. You'd have to be a deaf fool to think that.

[@Mailrobot]

Theres no such thing as super market metal, because metal heads are far from being a "super market". Well...maybe a bit on Europe, metal is big there.

[@Mailrobot]

revealing is just fucking killer. too bad it doesnt last 5 minutes

[@EmpyreanFrost]

I stopped watching mtv after i saw this vid on Headbangers Ball

[@adamrspears1981]

Rappers don't seem to possess the creativity & skill needed to create a dynamic sound. They don't aim to be Acoustic Artists. Their standards are of a lower quality. They don't care about these things neither. They've found an easy, lazy way of accumulating lots of money & game & really that's a rapper's prime directive concerning music. They don't do it to because they like art, or they have a passion to entertain us. They do it for their avarice; their love of money & fame.

[@Lobometal]

222!!!!!!!

[@rsssputnik]

reallly bad- BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ilove it?? and??? itis sooooooo old--------

[@MetalxXxMayhem]

@hellsfireD31g You'd be suprised. Go listen to some fast rap and tell me that shit isn't full of talent.

[@MetalxXxMayhem]

Ahahahaha!!! A weirdo...? So?

[@rsssputnik]

but never ny best!! !!!!!!!

[@hellsfireD31g]

MTV just plain fuckin sucks. Its been taken over by rap and that nu-metal punk shit. it wasnt cool to watch since headbangers ball in the early 90s. No talent these days. i don't even consider rap takes any real talent to perform. its not even music compared to,like say, this song.

[@adamrspears1981]

I hate it when rappers title themselves as a doctor. Yet they've never earned a doctorate degree in anything. They've got enough money to pay cash upfront to go through a doctorate program at any college or university, bit they are too lazy to even attend one class. But they will call themselves a doctor in a heartbeat. I guess "Dre" without the false title of Dr. in front of it seems too pathetic. (Yeah, that was sarcasm.) What an insult to REAL doctors!