With the framework for the Armageddon of Man firmly laid with the bands 2007 full-length release, Framing Armageddon Something Wicked Part I, ICED EARTH are set to launch the next installment of Jon Schaffers Something Wicked saga with the release of their new single, I Walk Among You, in June of 2008. The full-length studio follow-up to Something Wicked Part I is due for release in Fall of 2008.
The new single and proceeding full-length studio album mark the return of longtime frontman, Matt Barlow to the band whos dark and sinister tones are the perfect fit to narrate the intense and viscous annihilation of mankind set in motion with the birth of the storys main character, Set Abominae, in Something Wicked Part II. The single will allow fans to get a glimpse of the bright future for the band, and the perhaps not-so-bright future for humanity as we now know it.
The single will feature 3 songs, an exclusive version of the song "I Walk Alone" and a few tracks from Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1) with new vocal performances by Matt Barlow. Due to the re-tracking of the lead vocals these tracks have been remixed and remastered. There will be an iTunes exclusive version of the single "I Walk Among You" that features "A Charge To Keep" which has also been re-sung by Matt, remixed and re-mastered.
The video for "I Walk Alone" is being filmed in early April.
All tracks were recorded at Jon Schaffers studio, Soaring Eagle Sound, and mixed and mastered at Morrisound. The single, and following full-length platter will be released by Steamhammer/SPV.
"I Walk Among You" Tracklisting:
1. I Walk Alone
2. Setian Massacre
3. The Clouding
4. A Charge to Keep (exclusive iTunes track)
I take it Felipe Machado did the artwork once again?
