Iced Earth

...from a number of their bands marketed as a cheap way to get a hold of some new music. There nestled The Gathering among the likes of Iced Earth, Moonspell, Arch Enemy, Rotting Christ, Emperor, Katatonia, and Nevermore. To say they stood...

In this article: The Gathering, Nevermore, Twitter, Rotting Christ, Moonspell, Century Media Records, Katatonia, and Anneke van Giersbergen

Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force Records will release a compilation CD with a "big-surprise bonus track that is a unique song choice for the guitar god," according to a posting on Yngwie's MySpace page. More information will be made available...

In this article: Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Perpetual Flame, Smells Like Teen Spirit, MySpace, Tim "Ripper" Owens, and Korea

...Earth follows a more traditional thrash metal sound, rather than the power metal direction the band would follow after Matt Barlow had joined. Iced Earth would stick to the power metal formula until Barlow left the band, with his replacement...

In this article: Iced Earth, Matt Barlow, Days of Purgatory, Gene Adam, Tim Owens, Mike McGill, Dark Genesis, Night of the Stormrider, and North America

...Franklin, Indiana) is a heavy metal guitarist and songwriter. He is the founder and only remaining original member of the heavy metal band Iced Earth. At the age of 14 Jon got his first guitar and began writing music. At the age of 16 he...

In this article: Jon Ryan Schaffer, Kiss, Matt Barlow, The Crucible of Man, Tribute to the Gods, Night of the Stormrider, Purgatory, Northrop High School, and God of Thunder

...the band spent five years playing live locally and went through several line-up changes. After changing their name to Iced Earth, the band recorded the demo Enter the Realm (1988), which landed them a deal with the German label, Century...

In this article: Enter the Realm, The Glorious Burden, Purgatory, SPV, Overture of the Wicked, Century Media Records, Tim "Ripper" Owens, Framing Armageddon, and Jon Schaffer

Yngwie Malmsteen: 'Live In Korea' DVD Details Revealed, date: october 02, 2009 Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force Records will soon begin releasing rare archival concert footage that many Malmsteen collectors will want to have. The first is...

In this article: Yngwie J. Malmsteen, DVD, Korea, Perpetual Flame, Sam Ash, Tim "Ripper" Owens, and Clearwater, Florida

...Iced Earth albums, and Jim Morris doing most of the guitar solos, Morris also having worked with Iced Earth in the past. The original goal of the band was to forge the different musical styles of both Iced Earth's dark melodies and Blind...

In this article: Uriah Heep, Jon Schaffer, Blind Guardian, Demons and Wizards, Demons & Wizards, Jim Morris, Crimson King, Hansi Kursch, and Mark Prator

...27, 2009 Tim 'Ripper' Owens To Guest On New Avantasia Album Powerhouse heavy metal singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Beyond Fear) will guest on the forthcoming album from Edguy frontman Tobias...

In this article: Tim "Ripper" Owens, Avantasia, The Scarecrow, Tobias Sammet, Jorn Lande, Eric Singer, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Scorpions, and Avantasia

...(Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen) and bassist Steve DiGiorgio (Sadus, Death, Iced Earth). Christy has played in many bands, including Iced Earth, Burning Inside, Death and Control Denied. Christy joined Death after meeting their...

In this article: Death, Richard Christy, Control Denied, Burning Inside, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Howard Stern Show, Metal Blade, Steve DiGiorgio, and Sadus

A brand new interview with Iced Earth guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer conducted on March 13, 2009 is available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location (8.4 MB). Regarding the immediate plans for Iced Earth, Schaffer says, "Well,...

In this article: DVD, Jon Schaffer, Blind Guardian, In Flames, E mail, Gettysburg, Demons & Wizards, and Tim Owens