I went to see Iced Earth last night, I was hoping to get an interview face to face but I never did get a call from their tour manager. If you get a chance to see them do so. There's a couple of this to note this band is on par with the touring line-up for The Glorious Burden. Wow! My jaw simply hit the dirty, grimy floor of the shit venue that they had to performed at. I really had to think hard about this one as ZZ Top, another of my all-time favorite bands was playing the same night across town. The venue had horrible acoustics, the soundman couldn't get it together, the openers were both mediocre at best, that said their set was flawless. One thing that I noticed about Barlow, for those of you that have seen Iced Earth in the last couple of months let me know if you'd agree. Matt appears to have taken a book from Owens as far as his stage presence, the show boxing, the fist pumping, ect. They did a few tracks from the Owns era and it's clear why Tim sang on those albums, Matt just can't hit the notes, granted different kind of singer but no modifications were made to fit Barlow's ability. In the end the thing was fucking awesome. The last two times ZZ Top has been in town I've had to pass on them because another band was playing the saem night this past August I went to see Crufest and last night Iced Earth. Maybe the next time around... I'm serioulsy considering going to see Edguy and Kamelot this friday though it's at the same venue of the Iced Earth show...
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