Ashes Of Ares, featuring former Iced Earth vocalist Matt Barlow and bassist Freddie Vidales, recently announced a European tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Iced Earth’s Dark Saga album.
The Metal Voice recently spoke to Matt Barlow about the bands upcoming tour. He also talked about the new Ashes Of Ares studio album, to be released in the summer of 2025. Watch the video below.
When asked if his announcement to go out and perform Iced Earth’s The Dark Saga in its entirety caused any backlash, considering Jon Shaffer’s involvement in the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol, Barlow answered, “We don’t live in a tube of silence here. I think at the end of the day it’s the music and I hope that everybody’s respectful because I’m going to celebrate Jon and what he’s done. You know (Jon) he’s written some F- amazing music and I’ve been fortunate to be a part of that. So outside of that I’m not going to get political with anything. We’re just talking strictly about music and it’s for the love of the music and I hope that everybody understands that. If Jon wants to tour again and play this music again I wholeheartedly look forward to that. If that’s a possibility. We’re just going to go out there and celebrate this music that is very special for a lot of people. We’ve been given the blessing to do so by Jon. So that’s super important to us as well.”
When asked if he would rejoin Iced Earth, Matt said, “Well it’s not on the table. Something like that would be entirely up to Jon, that’s Jon’s band 100%. So that would be something that Jon would have to decide. Whether I would be a part of it or not either way but whether Iced Earth goes out and does it I look forward to that. Whether it would be me involved with it or some somebody else if that were to happen and I can’t speak to it.”
Asked if there is a new Ashes Of Ares studio album coming out, Barlow reveals, “We got a new record coming out called New Messiahs. I think there’s some really really good music in this record, we’ve been sitting on it for a while. As far as the release times, we got pushed back a little bit but the record has been in the can for about a year. We’ve been sitting on it for a while and it’s really tough man. It’s really tough to sit on music that you’re really excited about people hearing. It’ll be out this summer 2025. We’re getting ready to release some promotional videos and stuff like that too. So that’s that’s coming. It’s amazing.”
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The Metal Voice recently spoke to Matt Barlow about the bands upcoming tour. He also talked about the new Ashes Of Ares studio album, to be released in the summer of 2025. Watch the video below.
When asked if his announcement to go out and perform Iced Earth’s The Dark Saga in its entirety caused any backlash, considering Jon Shaffer’s involvement in the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol, Barlow answered, “We don’t live in a tube of silence here. I think at the end of the day it’s the music and I hope that everybody’s respectful because I’m going to celebrate Jon and what he’s done. You know (Jon) he’s written some F- amazing music and I’ve been fortunate to be a part of that. So outside of that I’m not going to get political with anything. We’re just talking strictly about music and it’s for the love of the music and I hope that everybody understands that. If Jon wants to tour again and play this music again I wholeheartedly look forward to that. If that’s a possibility. We’re just going to go out there and celebrate this music that is very special for a lot of people. We’ve been given the blessing to do so by Jon. So that’s super important to us as well.”
When asked if he would rejoin Iced Earth, Matt said, “Well it’s not on the table. Something like that would be entirely up to Jon, that’s Jon’s band 100%. So that would be something that Jon would have to decide. Whether I would be a part of it or not either way but whether Iced Earth goes out and does it I look forward to that. Whether it would be me involved with it or some somebody else if that were to happen and I can’t speak to it.”
Asked if there is a new Ashes Of Ares studio album coming out, Barlow reveals, “We got a new record coming out called New Messiahs. I think there’s some really really good music in this record, we’ve been sitting on it for a while. As far as the release times, we got pushed back a little bit but the record has been in the can for about a year. We’ve been sitting on it for a while and it’s really tough man. It’s really tough to sit on music that you’re really excited about people hearing. It’ll be out this summer 2025. We’re getting ready to release some promotional videos and stuff like that too. So that’s that’s coming. It’s amazing.”
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