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| Artist: Iced Earth
Label: Hunter
Category: Music
Buy New: $22.98
Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 22958
Format: Limited Edition, Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 693723003825
EAN: 0693723003825
ASIN: B0000YTOXA
Release Date: January 13, 2004
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Star-Spangled Banner | | • | Declaration Day | | • | When the Eagle Cries | | • | The Reckoning | | • | Greenface | | • | Attila | | • | Red Baron/Blue Max | | • | Hollow Man | | • | Valley Forge | | • | Waterloo | | • | When the Eagle Cries (Unplugged) | | • | The Devil To Pay | | • | Hold At All Costs | | • | High Water Mark |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 182 more reviews...
 Gettysburg is Epic! October 22, 2008
Amorphous (Indiana)
Schaffer has done for the Civil War, what Homer did for Troy. This is The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) of the United States. It's simply one of the most amazing pieces of music I have ever heard in my life. People that say Metal has no heart don't know what they are talking about!
Gettysburg is very very Greek. They had their Odysseus, Achilles, and Hector; we have our Lee, Longsteet and Chamberlain.
Unfortunatly, as a whole I can only give this album four stars, but Gettysburg is easily one of the greatest songs ever written. So Matt Barlow doesn't have vocal duties on this album? Big deal. It is still better than most of the junk you'll hear on the radio, and it is worth purchasing for the Gettysburg Trilogy alone.
The three parts of Gettysburg highlight the events of July 1,2, and 3 of 1863, and run right around 30 minutes in length from beginning to end. That is double the length of the epic 16 minute Dante's Inferno from Burnt Offerings
"The Devil To Pay" starts with the Star Spangled Banner. Soon the southern theme of Dixie invades and then the sound of cannon. The events of July 1st, 1863 follow, and "Hold At All Costs" highlights the stand of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top on day 2.
However, the third act is the crown jewel of the album. "High Water Mark" starts with Tim "Ripper" Owens as General Lee and Jon Schaffer as General Longstreet. They have an exchange and then Pickets Charge is sung of in all its romantic glory. Symphony, cannon fire, musket exchange, the cries of soldiers, and the awesome riffing of guitars; what a masterpiece!
The track ends with an ominous feeling of dread. You can almost envision the horror of the battle.
Want more? I highly recommend you read The Killer Angels by Sharra if you want more of Gettysburg. I know many people don't like to read. You are in luck! There is a movie adaptation of the book called Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition). Hey, if you don't like the movie just fast forward to the battle scenes and crank Iced Earth to 11. Just a thought. Man, I'm a geek.
 I had doubts! But MAN was I wrong! One of the best Iced Earth Albums! September 17, 2008
Zeno Rodrigo (Staten Island, NY USA)
I had doubts, becuase I loved this band with Matt Barlow! Man I thought no one could pull it off after Matt Barlow, but Tim "Ripper" Owens was the one for the job! Amazing vocal performance on almost every track! Don't get me wrong, I prefer Barlow in Iced Earth, but Owens kept this band on the map and then some. Of course the legendary song writing of Jon Shaffer had an immense amount of influence in the creation of this epic. Power Ballads, thrashy, heavy head bangers, and epics, what else can a metal fanatic ask for? Literally holding the American flag for pure metal!
Great, Historical Modern Day Metal May 20, 2007
The Clansman (Michigan USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my introduction to Iced Earth. It may not be their best album, but it's still an extraordinary piece of work. As I'm sure you all know, this is Tim "Ripper" Owen's debut with the band. You're probably thinking that that's no good. Do not fret. Remember, this guy sang with Judas Priest. That ain't too shabby if you ask me. Now of course Iced Earth's best and most popular era was with Barlow. And rightfully so. He has the perfect voice for Iced Earth and did a superb job. But, Tim brings different things to the table. He can hit the high notes and the classic metal screech better than Barlow, although Barlow's was also excellent. "Ripper" doesn't have nearly as low or deep up a voice, which also changes things up quite a bit. All in all, Owens gives a more than average performance and is an exceptional replacement. This is unlike almost anything out there right now in the fact that this is very educational/ informal and all about history and war (mostly Civil War and a little World War I). Now I'm not a big guy on history, but if I had to choose, the Civil War and the World Wars would be my favorite topics. You don't have to like history one bit to enjoy this cd, although you may not get the full effect that a history buff might get out of it. Just listen to the amazing instruments and Owen's voice. They're enough to make your head spin.
Now, there are really no filler songs on here, with the exception of the introduction, the Star Spangled Banner, which is just simply exactly that. They don't mess with it or toy with it one bit, which kind of goes to show how Jon Schaffer feels towards history (Afterall, he did write a whole frickin' album about it). Easily, easily the best songs on here are the Gettysburg trilogy. First off, they're all epics and who wouldn't like that. You can really feel the emotion in Tim's voice on every song, but for me, most notably on Hold at all Costs, which has a beautiful acoustic intro that portrays Confederate General General Lewis Armistead speaking of his best friend, Union General Winfield Scott Hancock who he would soon be going against in battle. It then goes into a heavy, driving beat with Jon's galloping guitar lines. The last and best song on the album, High Water Mark, starts off with Tim Owens, portraying General Robert E. Lee, talking to Jon Schaffer, portraying General James Longstreet, voicing his concerns with the upcoming battle- Day 3 of the Gettysburg battle, the last, most important day of the Gettysburg fight. At about 8:50 on this song, Tim gives maybe his most emotional, greatest sounding vocals I've ever heard from him. They end the album off on an extraordinary high mark with this song.
Now, for the non-Gettysburg trilogy songs, a favorite of mine would be When The Eagle Cries, which is mostly acoustic and about the terrors of the 911 terrorist attacks. Also, Declaration Day and Red Baron/ Blue Max, which is easily the heaviest song on the album and amazing high-pitched vocals from "Ripper" on the chorus. Although Matt Barlow is not singing on this album, before he left the band, he co-wrote one song on the album, Attila, which is excellent. He also helped out with the bonus track, Waterloo, which is also awesome and should have definitely been included on the original album. There is also an unplugged version of When The Eagle Cries. This is an excellent little extra. Jon Schaffer's backing vocals on the chorus are much more clean and emotional for that matter. Jon Schaffer really shows his love for history on here, and that is very comendable and respectable of him to put out an album like this in this day and age when most people could care less about this type of stuff.
If you're wondering to get this two-disc album or the one-disc, I would go with the two-disc if you have enough money. It has two cool bonus tracks- Waterloo and When The Eagle Cries(Unplugged). The Gettysburg trilogy is also put on the second disc, which is nice. Included is a nice, fully detailed booklet, explaining the battle of Gettysburg fully and two pages of notes from Mr. Schaffer. He really did a huge part in keeping metal alive and kickin' when it was almost dead in the 90's. This is not your average album, so do yourself a favor and pick this one up. Jon Schaffer/ Iced Earth, I salute you!
great album but i do miss barlowe April 8, 2007
Aaron R. Headley (killeen, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is one of iced earth's most ambitious efforts put on disk i feel, especially the 30+ minute gettysburg trilogy. however it somewhat falls just short of true greatness. i dont know what it is, but im pretty sure its ripper owens. now dont get me wrong, hes a very talented singer, but i feel barlowe was the ultimate voice of iced earth. lets put it this way. its just like when blaze bailey took over for bruce dickinson. yes blaze was a talented singer, but the absense of bruce's greatness was very obvious non the less. however i did get used to blaze after awhile (untill bruce's return) so ill probably be used to ripper also. other than that, this album still rocks, killer riffs, great atmospheric epics, and everything else you want in a power metal band. give this album a shot if you havent done so yet.
Nice shot Mr john! February 22, 2007
Kim Young Ae (korea)
That album has a lot of amazing thing in!!!
God blessed on Iced earth!
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