interesting iced earth news

[Yetti]

iced earth now has a new singer and guess who it is!

message from jon schaffer from IE.com:

Hey People,

Well the album is done, and it's not just done, it rules!! I have never been more pleased in all my years of recording.
It came out the way it was supposed to be!
And now for the big news, it's Tim Owens on vocals and he did an amazing job! I know there were a lot of people hoping that this would be the case, and it is.
I've asked Neil to put a sample of 3 of the songs for you guys to check out. SPV agreed to letting me do this as long as I did not put the whole song up. I hope you enjoy them, I know I do.
I'll be in touch soon with more news and details of the release dates for the single which will be called "The Reckoning" and the full length CD "The Glorious Burden."
I can honestly tell you I've never felt better and am truly looking to the future with more optimism than ever before.

Until next time,

Jon

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heres the link for the samples. they sound rather awesome in my opinion.

SOUNDS PAGE

 

[bassbitch]

Not huge departure musically from Horrorshow (which isn't a bad thing at all), but the vox are pretty interesting. I wasn't a fan of ripper with Judas Priest, but i think that it was mostly the songwriting (trying to be Nu- and Extreme). Based on the song samples, I'd probably pick up the new Iced Earth.

I'm curious whether the new Judas Priest will follow the footsteps of priest or halford... or somewhere in the middle...? You have to hand it to Roy Z -- he had quite a knack for working with legendary metal singers. How much of Rob's return is Roy Z's handiwork? Only time will tell...

I'll stop thinking now... and time to get off the boards and pick up the big bad bass...