Author Topic: The Official Iced Earth Thread v. "Tastes Like Treason!" (Read 314461 times)

Zook · « **Reply #1610 on:** May 29, 2013, 09:31:19 PM »

The conflagration... I mean consolation has begun!

Zook · « **Reply #1611 on:** June 01, 2013, 06:35:41 PM »

Don't forget to vote. It's a 3 way tie right now.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=37292.0

Zook · « **Reply #1612 on:** June 09, 2013, 08:28:19 PM »

Quote from: Zook on June 09, 2013, 08:04:59 PM

Now it's the battle of the number 2s right? I just want to make sure I'm not skipping a step.

Consolation = 3
Semi finals = 2
Finals = 1

And then we vote from the three winners?

Zook · « **Reply #1613 on:** June 24, 2013, 09:39:18 AM »

A Question of Heaven with Stulow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_4nlKBzPig

ehh, it's not as bad as I thought it would be, but it would be much better in his natural voice. His Barlow impression is hurting his range.

Zook · « **Reply #1614 on:** June 25, 2013, 03:45:14 AM »

FIVE WAY TIE! VOTE!

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=37684.0

wolfking · « **Reply #1615 on:** June 26, 2013, 06:16:03 AM »

Ashes of Ares studio teaser. Sounding pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Iecq5Tw1g

Jaq · « **Reply #1616 on:** June 26, 2013, 10:19:19 AM »

The more Ashes of Ares puts out, the more tenuous Stu Block's position in Iced Earth becomes.

Zook · « **Reply #1617 on:** June 26, 2013, 10:32:31 AM »

Pyramaze Part 2?

Mister Gold · « **Reply #1618 on:** June 26, 2013, 10:42:54 AM »

Quote from: Zook on June 26, 2013, 10:32:31 AM

Pyramaze Part 2?

Kinda hope not. AoA seems to be shaping up to be pretty great, and I think it's probably in both Matt and Jon's best interests to keep things as they are now.

Zook · « **Reply #1619 on:** June 26, 2013, 10:54:24 AM »

Well Matt quit because he couldn't do the extensive touring due to his day job, so for him to rejoin wouldn't make sense anyway.

Jaq · « **Reply #1620 on:** June 26, 2013, 02:55:19 PM »

Of course Matt won't go back, but I still see Schaffer sitting in a studio kind of quivering every time anything from AoA is posted.

wolfking · « **Reply #1621 on:** June 30, 2013, 02:46:42 AM »

https://www.bravewords.com/news/206516

KP: I had the chance to talk with Stu (Block/vocals) before your last live appearances in Athens. He seemed to be a really nice and down to earth guy. How is working with him and what is the element you think he has bring to Iced Earth?

Schaffer: "It's great working with Stu. He's a lot of fun to hang out with, he is always very positive, hard worker, always ready to go and giving 100% all the time. He brings a lot of cool things in the table. He brings the ability for me to have a writing partner who can attribute with some very cool vocal melodies. I guess the most important thing is our friendship. The chemistry from an artistic stand point of view is obviously very important, but when this caring over to a more personal thing and being friends and having this chemistry in a personal level...that is that makes it more special. We have a great time, Stu makes me laugh. We hit it up great and he fits with Iced Earth great. I'm very glad we found him."

KP: And what do you think are the main differences between him and Matt (Barlow) and Tim (Owens)?

Schaffer: "All these three guys are very different personalities, with their own strengths and weaknesses. You can't really compare. I guess the thing with Stu is that he can do so much different things with his voice... And the other guys can as well, don't get me wrong... Matt and Tim can make great things with their voices. What I mean is that Stu can go from that death metal kind of shit to the Rob Halford kind of highs and everything in between and it's very cool. He is developing his middle range and that's the area of his voice I've being really working on and pushing him in the songwriting process. That's kind the part of his voice that he never worked with and nobody pushed him to use before the Dystopia album and he is really excited about it too, because he is discovering all the things that he can do and he is just getting better all the time."

I was hoping he would get fired.

Zook · « **Reply #1622 on:** June 30, 2013, 08:05:06 AM »

Well then I guess you aren't going to like this:

As someone said on Facebook, Tim needs to lay off the beer.

wolfking · « **Reply #1623 on:** June 30, 2013, 06:58:03 PM »

HOLY FUCK!!

Tim, my god, he's obviously eating too many burgers and beers at his own resteraunt. You can hardly recognize him.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #1624 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:02:03 PM »

Wait a minute, that's Ripper?

Zook · « **Reply #1625 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:03:53 PM »

Yeah... if he gets any bigger, it's going to effect his singing, if it hasn't already.

wolfking · « **Reply #1626 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:10:20 PM »

It's hard to believe it's the same guy from the Judas Priest days;

wolfking · « **Reply #1627 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:11:15 PM »

Quote from: Zook on June 30, 2013, 07:03:53 PM

Yeah... if he gets any bigger, it's going to effect his singing, if it hasn't already.

I haven't heard any performances from him over the last couple of years. It would be interesting to see how is going now, especially in this state. Anyone know who he's playing with at Graspop? I'm guessing it's one of his cover bands.

Zook · « **Reply #1628 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:24:02 PM »

He was with his new band, Rockstar, but I can't find any footage.

Zook · « **Reply #1629 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:33:00 PM »

Here's Iced Earth at Graspop if anyone cares:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kid6vwvE8aI

Skip to 30:08 for some hilarity.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #1630 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:35:41 PM »

He's clearly not impressed.

Also

is with Stu looking like a caveman?

Zook · « **Reply #1631 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:38:14 PM »

Quote from: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on June 30, 2013, 07:35:41 PM

He's clearly not impressed.

Also is with Stu looking like a caveman?

He's obviously going to be the remake Michael Myers for Halloween.

Bloody hell did Stu sound fucking silly at the end of AQoH.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #1632 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:46:08 PM »

I didn't even listen to any of it.

I mean, I'm happy for Stu, that he's in a bigger band, probably making a lot more money, but I think he was much better with Into Eternity.

wolfking · « **Reply #1633 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:53:33 PM »

I'll check the vid when I get home, at work and youtube runs like shit.

Quote from: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on June 30, 2013, 07:46:08 PM

I didn't even listen to any of it.

I mean, I'm happy for Stu, that he's in a bigger band, probably making a lot more money, but I think he was much better with Into Eternity.

There's really no comparison IMO.

Mosh · « **Reply #1634 on:** June 30, 2013, 08:17:29 PM »

Yea. My distaste for Iced Earth these days is mostly directed at Jon. The whole Barlow clone thing has to be his idea; Stu is a good singer and seems to be a cool guy. Unfortunately this band has just become a parody, it's unfortunate really. Even when Barlow came back they weren't very good IMO.

aurorablind · « **Reply #1635 on:** July 01, 2013, 05:23:46 AM »

Jesus Christ.. I only heard a couple of songs from Graspop, and the new drummer =

And i just have to say.....a question of heaven..... they actually tried to do it with Stu = epic fail!

wolfking · « **Reply #1636 on:** July 01, 2013, 05:46:50 AM »

Quote from: Zook on June 30, 2013, 07:33:00 PM

Here's Iced Earth at Graspop if anyone cares:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kid6vwvE8aI

Skip to 30:08 for some hilarity.

He obviously wasn't keen on hear Stu butcher it.

Man, Stu is so out of tune on the quiet bits. Fuck he sounded so weak at the end too.

Their new drummer sucks too.

Zook · « **Reply #1637 on:** July 01, 2013, 08:35:58 AM »

I couldn't tell if the drummer was bad or if he was just mixed horribly. He did sound weird though.

Mosh · « **Reply #1638 on:** July 01, 2013, 12:12:43 PM »

He's bad. They posted a video on facebook of them playing Question of Heaven before this and he kept fucking up there too. The slow intro was really close to completely falling apart.

aurorablind · « **Reply #1639 on:** July 01, 2013, 12:32:09 PM »

Yeah. Looked up some other shows on youtube, and he is like the Troy Seele of drumming..

Brent was a really dull drummer the last period he had with the band, but he was incredibly tight and consistent. Even tough the performance was lifeless at times, at least he made the band TIGHT.

This guy (i forgot his name) needs to sit down with a metronome. The tempo varies wildly during a song, and signature fills are missing from certain songs (like the intro of Pure Evil and Dark Saga).
God John.. What happened? I mean.. Brent was replaced by Richard Christy the last time - an amazing drummer! During the Glorious Burden era they changed pretty much the entire band; the lead guitarist was awesome, the drummer was awesome, the bassist was awesome and the new singer was awesome.
I guess people know pretty well by now that getting a job in IE is a pretty shaky commitment..

wolfking · « **Reply #1640 on:** July 01, 2013, 05:20:27 PM »

Maybe simply no one wants to join the band anymore.

Mister Gold · « **Reply #1641 on:** July 08, 2013, 09:23:25 AM »

Ashes of Ares just released their first complete song, 'Dead Man's Plight'!

Seems to me Schaffer should have had Freddie on guitar while he was in the band. The whole band sounds great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbftEsV-DxE

adace · « **Reply #1642 on:** July 08, 2013, 01:08:42 PM »

Matt sounds great there! Looking forward to it

jjrock88 · « **Reply #1643 on:** July 08, 2013, 05:43:30 PM »

Matt sounds really good on that track!

wolfking · « **Reply #1644 on:** July 09, 2013, 04:49:08 AM »

Quote from: Mister Gold on July 08, 2013, 09:23:25 AM

Ashes of Ares just released their first complete song, 'Dead Man's Plight'! Seems to me Schaffer should have had Freddie on guitar while he was in the band. The whole band sounds great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbftEsV-DxE

Am I the only one that found this incredibly stale and boring?

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